Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Step by step

Introduction

Step by step

1. Install AUR dependencies Here's a helper script to download the PKGBUILDS from the AUR:

   # script to download Zoneminder dependency build tarballs from AUR
   mkdir --parent aur && cd aur
   wget https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ca/cambozola/cambozola.tar.gz
   wget https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pe/perl-astro-suntime/perl-astro-suntime.tar.gz
   wget https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pe/perl-expect/perl-expect.tar.gz
   wget https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pe/perl-net-sftp-foreign/perl-net-sftp-foreign.tar.gz
   wget https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pe/perl-php-serialization/perl-php-serialization.tar.gz
   wget https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pe/perl-sys-mmap/perl-sys-mmap.tar.gz
   wget https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pe/perl-x10/perl-x10.tar.gz
   

2. Build zoneminder package but don't install it

   cp -a zoneminder zoneminder-build
   cd zoneminder-build
   makepkg -s
   

3. Copy config files

   set -o errexit
   set -o verbose
   cd ../config
   cp -i /etc/php/php.ini php.ini.pre.zoneminder.install
   cp -i /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf httpd.conf.pre.zoneminder.install
   

4. Install zoneminder

   pacman --upgrade zoneminder-1.27.0-2-i686.pkg.tar.xz
   

5. Copy config files

   set -o errexit
   set -o verbose
   cd ../config
   cp -i /etc/php/php.ini php.ini.post.zoneminder.install
   cp -i /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf httpd.conf.post.zoneminder.install
   

6. Configure /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf for PHP

   1. Read primary documentation https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Apache_HTTP_Server#PHP

   2. To use mod_mpmprefork, open file:///etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and replace

      LoadModule mpm_event_module modules/mod_mpm_event.so
      

      with

      LoadModule mpm_prefork_module modules/mod_mpm_prefork.so
      

   3. add these lines to file:///etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:

      1. Place this in the LoadModule list anywhere after LoadModule dir_module modules/mod_dir.so: (Note: zoneminder.install attemps to do this but fails)

         LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so
         

      2. Place this at the end of the Include list: (Note: zoneminder.install did this)

         Include conf/extra/php5_module.conf
         

7. Mysql (see zoneminder.install)

   1. Start httpd server

      systemctl restart httpd
      

   2. Start mysql server

      systemctl restart mysqld
      

   3. add Zoneminder database

      1. typing (with passsword):

         mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/my.cnf -p -f reload
         cat /usr/share/zoneminder/db/zm_create.sql | mysql --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/my.cnf -p
         echo 'grant lock tables, alter,select,insert,update,delete on zm.* to 'zmuser'@localhost identified by "zmpass";' | mysql --defaults-file=/mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/my.cnf -p -f reload
         
         
         cat /usr/share/zoneminder/db/zm_create.sql | mysql --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/my.cnf -p
         echo 'grant lock tables, alter,select,insert,update,delete on zm.* to 'zmuser'@localhost identified by "zmpass";' | mysql --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/my.cnf -p mysql
         

8. sudo systemctl start zoneminder

9. sudo systemctl enable zoneminder