Search for [Date] (Ctrl + w then type Date and press Enter) and change
date.timezone for your time zone. Don't forget to remove the ; from in front
of date.timezone.
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[Date]
; Defines the default timezone used by the date functions
; http://php.net/date.timezone
date.timezone = America/New_York
CTRL+o then [Enter] to save
CTRL+x to exit
**Step 10:** Start ZoneMinder
Reload Apache to enable your changes and then start ZoneMinder.
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sudo systemctl reload apache2
sudo systemctl start zoneminder
You are now ready to go with ZoneMinder. Open a browser and type either ``localhost/zm`` one the local machine or ``{IP-OF-ZM-SERVER}/zm`` if you connect from a remote computer.
This procedure will guide you through the installation of ZoneMinder on Debian 9 (Stretch). This section has been tested with ZoneMinder 1.36 on Debian 9.8.
Open a console and use ``su`` command to become Root.
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apt update
apt upgrade
**Step 2:** Setup Sudo (optional but recommended)
By default Debian does not come with sudo, so you have to install it and configure it manually. This step is optional but recommended and the following instructions assume that you have setup sudo. If you prefer to setup ZoneMinder as root, do it at your own risk and adapt the following instructions accordingly.
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apt install sudo
usermod -a -G sudo <username>
exit
Now your terminal session is back under your normal user. You can check that you are now part of the sudo group with the command ``groups``, "sudo" should appear in the list. If not, run ``newgrp sudo`` and check again with ``groups``.
**Step 3:** Install Apache and MySQL
These are not dependencies for the ZoneMinder package as they could be installed elsewhere. If they are not installed yet in your system, you have to trigger their installation manually.
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sudo apt install apache2 mysql-server
**Step 4:** Add ZoneMinder's Package repository to your apt sources
ZoneMinder's Debian packages are not included in Debian's official package repositories. To be able to install ZoneMinder with APT, you have to edit the list of apt sources and add ZoneMinder's repository.
The following commands will setup the default /zm virtual directory and configure
required apache modules.
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sudo a2enconf zoneminder
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo a2enmod cgi # this is done automatically when installing the package. Redo this command manually only for troubleshooting.
**Step 9:** Edit Timezone in PHP
Automated way:
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sudo sed -i "s/;date.timezone =/date.timezone = $(sed 's/\//\\\//' /etc/timezone)/g" /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini
Manual way
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sudo nano /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini
Search for [Date] (Ctrl + w then type Date and press Enter) and change
date.timezone for your time zone. Don't forget to remove the ; from in front
of date.timezone.
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[Date]
; Defines the default timezone used by the date functions
; http://php.net/date.timezone
date.timezone = America/New_York
CTRL+o then [Enter] to save
CTRL+x to exit
**Step 10:** Start ZoneMinder
Reload Apache to enable your changes and then start ZoneMinder.
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sudo systemctl reload apache2
sudo systemctl start zoneminder
You are now ready to go with ZoneMinder. Open a browser and type either ``localhost/zm`` one the local machine or ``{IP-OF-ZM-SERVER}/zm`` if you connect from a remote computer.
Install the zm database and setup the user account. Refer to Hints in Ubuntu install
should you choose to change default database user and password.
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cat /usr/share/zoneminder/db/zm_create.sql | sudo mysql --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf
echo 'grant lock tables,alter,create,select,insert,update,delete,index on zm.* to 'zmuser'@localhost identified by "zmpass";' | sudo mysql --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf mysql
