New installs ============ 1. Unless you are already using the MySQL server or you are running it remotely you will need to ensure that the server is installed and secured: yum install mysql-server chkconfig mysql on service mysql start mysql_secure_installation 2. You will need to create the ZoneMinder database. These commands should do the trick, assuming your database server is local: mysql -u root -p < /usr/share/zoneminder/db/zm_create.sql mysqladmin reload 3. The database needs a user. One is not created by default because this would introduce an obvious security issue. The following should set this up: mysql -u root -p grant select,insert,update,delete on zm.* to 'zmuser'@localhost identified by 'zmpass'; Obviously, change at least zmpass to an actual, secure password or passphrase. You can change zmuser as well if you like. 4. Edit /etc/zm.conf and, at the bottom, change ZM_DB_PASS and perhaps ZM_DB_USER to match. 5. Edit /etc/php.ini, uncomment the date.timezone line, and add your local timezone. For whatever reason, PHP will complain loudly if this is not set, or if it is set incorrectly, and these complaints will show up in the zoneminder logging system as errors. If you are not sure of the proper timezone specification to use, look in /etc/sysconfig/clock. 6. This package probably does not work with SELinux enabled at the moment. It may be necessary to disable SELinux for httpd, or even completely for ZoneMinder to function. This will be addressed in a later release. Run setenforce 0 for testing, and edit /etc/sysconfig/selinux to disable it at boot time. 7. Enable and start the zoneminder service: systemctl enable zoneminder.service systemctl start zoneminder.service 8. The ZoneMinder web interface is disabled by default (which makes it rather useless but also secure by default), you will need to edit /etc/httpd/conf.d/zoneminder.conf to enable it. Afterwards, you can start the web server: systemctl enable httpd.service systemctl start httpd.service 9. You should immediately visit http://localhost/zm and secure the system if it is network facing. To do this: a) click Options, then System. b) check OPT_USE_AUTH. c) set AUTH_HASH_SECRET to a random string. d) click Save and refresh the main browser window. e) You should be prompted to log in; the default username/password is admin/admin. f) Open Options again, choose the newly visible Users tab. g) click the admin user and set a password. Upgrades ======== 1. Update /etc/zm.conf. Check for any new settings and update the version information. Comparing /etc/zm.conf and /etc/zm.conf.rpmnew should help to do this. 2. You will need to upgrade the ZoneMinder database as described in the manual. This command should be sufficient when run as root: zmupdate.pl --version=<from version>