{"id":148,"date":"2020-06-13T11:05:40","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T18:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.apolonio.tech\/?p=148"},"modified":"2020-06-13T11:19:36","modified_gmt":"2020-06-13T18:19:36","slug":"zoneminder-on-minimal-centos-7-install","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/my.apolonio.tech\/?p=148","title":{"rendered":"Zoneminder on Minimal CentOS 7 Install"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have said Zoneminder is easy to install, hard to configure, lets go through that<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Say you did a minimal install of CentOS 7 and you wanted to install Zoneminder on it, here are the minimal steps you need in order to get it working. Simply log in as root and paste the following script. I do have a couple of concerns with these steps, see below, but this will get you started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just the Script<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
#!\/bin\/bash\nyum -y install mariadb mariadb-server mod_ssl php-mbstring php php-mysql httpd wget\nyum -y install epel-release\nwget https:\/\/download1.rpmfusion.org\/free\/el\/rpmfusion-free-release-7.noarch.rpm\nyum -y install rpmfusion-free-release-7.noarch.rpm\nyum -y install zoneminder\nsetenforce 0\nsed -i --follow-symlinks 's\/^SELINUX=.*\/SELINUX=disabled\/g' \/etc\/sysconfig\/selinux\nsystemctl start mariadb\nmysql < \/usr\/share\/zoneminder\/db\/zm_create.sql\nmysql -e \"GRANT ALL ON zm.* to 'zmuser'@localhost identified by 'zmpass';\"\nmysql -e \"FLUSH PRIVILEGES;\"\npushd \/etc\/httpd\/conf.d\nln -s \/etc\/zm\/www\/zoneminder.httpd.conf\nsed -i --follow-symlinks 's\/;date.timezone =\/date.timezone = America\\\/Los_Angeles\/g' \/etc\/php.ini\npopd\nfirewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=80\/tcp --permanent\nfirewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=443\/tcp --permanent\nfirewall-cmd --reload\nyum -y update\nsystemctl enable mariadb\nsystemctl enable httpd\nsystemctl enable zoneminder<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Quick tip – If you are logged in on the console and need the IP address the command “ip a” will tell you what it is so you can remotely access it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Detailed Explanation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The first line<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#!\/bin\/bash<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Is needed if you are pasting this into a script to run, it just defines the interpreter to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
yum -y install mariadb mariadb-server mod_ssl php-mbstring php php-mysql httpd wget<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n
This command installs some packages you need from CentOS itself<\/p>\n\n\n\n
yum -y install epel-release<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n
This command enables access to the EPEL third party repository<\/p>\n\n\n\n
wget https:\/\/download1.rpmfusion.org\/free\/el\/rpmfusion-free-release-7.noarch.rpm
yum -y install rpmfusion-free-release-7.noarch.rpm<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n
These two commands downloads the rpm needed to enable the rpmfusion repository<\/p>\n\n\n\n
yum -y install zoneminder<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n
This command installs zoneminder packages<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But we want you to get to a state where you can actually access Zoneminder, so read on<\/p>\n\n\n\n
setenforce 0
sed -i --follow-symlinks 's\/^SELINUX=.*\/SELINUX=disabled\/g' \/etc\/sysconfig\/selinux<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n
These the first of these two commands is needed to temporarily disables selinux by putting it in to permissive mode which can be problematic for Zoneminder, the second command changes \/etc\/sysconfig\/selinux so that on reboot selinux is truly disabled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
systemctl start mariadb
mysql < \/usr\/share\/zoneminder\/db\/zm_create.sql
mysql -e \"GRANT ALL ON zm.* to 'zmuser'@localhost identified by 'zmpass';\"
mysql -e \"FLUSH PRIVILEGES;\"<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n
These series of commands starts the database server, creates the database and adds the default user “zmuser” with the default password “zmpass” that zoneminder is configured to use (see below regarding my concerns)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
pushd \/etc\/httpd\/conf.d
ln -s \/etc\/zm\/www\/zoneminder.httpd.conf
sed -i --follow-symlinks 's\/;date.timezone =\/date.timezone = America\\\/Los_Angeles\/g' \/etc\/php.ini
popd<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n
These commands configures apache to access zoneminder, the pushd command is similar to cd (Change Directory) but allows easy return to the current directory you were in when you run the popd command, the \/etc\/zm\/www\/zoneminder.httpd.conf is the config file for zoneminder in apache, you could cp (copy) the file, but an ln (Link) command may be more appropriate if zoneminder packages need to change it.  The sed command is probably not needed anymore, but configures php to the Los Angeles Time Zone, I considered removing that command from this documentation, but leaving it in just in case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=80\/tcp --permanent
firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=443\/tcp --permanent
firewall-cmd --reload<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n
CentOS has a host based firewall, these commands open up the http and https ports so your client can communicate with apache.  Alternatively you can disable the firewall on reboot using the command systemctl disable firewalld<\/p>\n\n\n\n
yum -y update<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n
This command updates your box, not required but is recommended<\/p>\n\n\n\n
systemctl enable mariadb
systemctl enable httpd
systemctl enable zoneminder<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n
These three commands make sure the database, webserver, and zoneminder itself are started on reboot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
reboot<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n
This reboots your ZM box, after which you can connect with a web browser using https:\/\/ipaddress\/zm<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Concerns<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
#1 Minimal Build\/I did not fully test<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
I don’t usually just do a minimum install when I build a CentOS server, I do have a base linux install that I follow<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Base Linux Install<\/a><\/blockquote>