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[https://www.zoneminder.com/ ZoneMinder] usually runs with [[Apache]], but in this short how-to we use [[Lighttpd]].
[https://www.zoneminder.com/ ZoneMinder] usually runs with [[Apache]], but in this short how-to we use [[Lighttpd]].
ZoneMinder is found in the community repositories, please enable it by following the instructions [[Repositories#Enabling_the_community_repository|here]]


First, add the needed packages to our system
First, add the needed packages to our system


  apk add zoneminder mariadb mysql-client lighttpd php5-fpm php5-pdo php5-pdo_mysql
  apk add zoneminder mariadb mysql-client lighttpd php8-fpm php8-pdo php8-pdo_mysql


Initialize [https://www.mysql.com/ MySQL] database
Initialize [https://www.mysql.com/ MySQL] database


  /etc/init.d/mariadb setup
  /etc/init.d/mariadb setup
Start the database
/etc/init.d/mariadb start


Set root password for MySQL as instructed by MySQL setup
Set root password for MySQL as instructed by MySQL setup


  /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'your_secure_root_mysql_password'
  /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'your_secure_root_mysql_password'
You can log into MySQL as current root user with
mysql


Create a ZoneMinder MySQL database and user
Create a ZoneMinder MySQL database and user
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We are running <code>lighttpd</code>, so let's run <code>php-fpm</code> as lighttpd user/group
We are running <code>lighttpd</code>, so let's run <code>php-fpm</code> as lighttpd user/group


  vim /etc/php5/php-fpm.conf
  vi /etc/php8/php-fpm.conf


Which should look like:
Add this section to the bottom of the file:


  ; Unix user/group of processes
  ; Unix user/group of processes
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Enable the php cgi fpm config in <code>lighttpd.conf</code>
Enable the php cgi fpm config in <code>lighttpd.conf</code>


  vim /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
  vi /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf


Go down to the includes section, it should look like:
Go down to the includes section, it should look like:
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Edit lighttpd cgi config and add old style cgi support by adding to cgi.assign
Edit lighttpd cgi config and add old style cgi support by adding to cgi.assign


  vim /etc/lighttpd/mod_cgi.conf
  vi /etc/lighttpd/mod_cgi.conf


which should look like
which should look like
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Start php-fpm
Start php-fpm


  /etc/init.d/php-fpm start
  /etc/init.d/php-fpm8 start


Start lighttpd
Start lighttpd
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And set <code>ZM_SERVER_HOST</code> to your ZoneMinder hostname/ipaddress
And set <code>ZM_SERVER_HOST</code> to your ZoneMinder hostname/ipaddress


  vim /etc/zm.conf
  vi /etc/zm/zm.conf


Which should look like:
Which should look like:
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Change ownership of <code>zm.conf</code> to <code>lighttpd</code>
Change ownership of <code>zm.conf</code> to <code>lighttpd</code>


  chown lighttpd.lighttpd /etc/zm.conf
  chown lighttpd.lighttpd /etc/zm/zm.conf


Initialize the ZoneMinder database
Initialize the ZoneMinder database
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  rc-update add lighttpd default
  rc-update add lighttpd default
  rc-update add mariadb default
  rc-update add mariadb default
  rc-update add php-fpm default
  rc-update add php-fpm8 default
  rc-update add zoneminder default
  rc-update add zoneminder default



Revision as of 12:56, 2 October 2022

ZoneMinder usually runs with Apache, but in this short how-to we use Lighttpd.

ZoneMinder is found in the community repositories, please enable it by following the instructions here

First, add the needed packages to our system

apk add zoneminder mariadb mysql-client lighttpd php8-fpm php8-pdo php8-pdo_mysql

Initialize MySQL database

/etc/init.d/mariadb setup

Start the database

/etc/init.d/mariadb start

Set root password for MySQL as instructed by MySQL setup

/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'your_secure_root_mysql_password'

You can log into MySQL as current root user with

mysql

Create a ZoneMinder MySQL database and user

mysql> create database zm;
mysql> CREATE USER zmuser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'your_zm_password_as_set_in_config';
mysql> grant ALL on zm.* to zmuser@localhost;

We are running lighttpd, so let's run php-fpm as lighttpd user/group

vi /etc/php8/php-fpm.conf

Add this section to the bottom of the file:

; Unix user/group of processes
; Note: The user is mandatory. If the group is not set, the default user's group
;       will be used.
;user = nobody
;group = nobody
user = lighttpd
group = lighttpd

Enable the php cgi fpm config in lighttpd.conf

vi /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

Go down to the includes section, it should look like:

# {{{ includes
include "mime-types.conf"
# uncomment for cgi support
   include "mod_cgi.conf"
# uncomment for php/fastcgi support
#   include "mod_fastcgi.conf"
# uncomment for php/fastcgi fpm support
   include "mod_fastcgi_fpm.conf"

# }}}

Edit lighttpd cgi config and add old style cgi support by adding to cgi.assign

vi /etc/lighttpd/mod_cgi.conf

which should look like

cgi.assign = (
    ""      =>      "",
    ".pl"   =>      "/usr/bin/perl",
    ".cgi"  =>      "/usr/bin/perl"
)

Start php-fpm

/etc/init.d/php-fpm8 start

Start lighttpd

/etc/init.d/lighttpd start

Set the MySQL hostname, username, password.

Change the ZoneMinder user (ZM_WEB_USER) and group (ZM_WEB_GROUP) to lighttpd

And set ZM_SERVER_HOST to your ZoneMinder hostname/ipaddress

vi /etc/zm/zm.conf

Which should look like:

# Username and group that web daemon (httpd/apache) runs as
ZM_WEB_USER=lighttpd
ZM_WEB_GROUP=lighttpd
ZM_PATH_DATA=/usr/share/zoneminder
# ZoneMinder database type: so far only mysql is supported
ZM_DB_TYPE=mysql

# ZoneMinder database hostname or ip address
ZM_DB_HOST=localhost

# ZoneMinder database name
ZM_DB_NAME=zm

# ZoneMinder database user
ZM_DB_USER=zmuser

# ZoneMinder database password
ZM_DB_PASS=your_zm_password_as_set_in_config

# Host of this machine
ZM_SERVER_HOST=yourserver

Change ownership of zm.conf to lighttpd

chown lighttpd.lighttpd /etc/zm/zm.conf

Initialize the ZoneMinder database

/etc/init.d/zoneminder setup

Start ZoneMinder

/etc/init.d/zoneminder start

Profit!

To access ZoneMinder, browse to http://yourserver/zm/

To make it start automatically on boot:

rc-update add lighttpd default
rc-update add mariadb default
rc-update add php-fpm8 default
rc-update add zoneminder default

Added notes to work with Nginx

Later to add some notes about running via nginx

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