================================================================================ NEW INSTALLS ================================================================================ 1. Unless you are already using MySQL server, you need to ensure that the server is confired to start during boot and properly secured by running: sudo service mysqld start /usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation sudo chkconfig mysqld on 2. Using the password for the root account set during the previous step, you will need to create the ZoneMinder database: mysql -uroot -p mysql> create database zm; mysql> grant select,insert,update,delete,alter on zm.* to 'zmuser'@localhost identified by 'zmpass'; mysql> exit; mysql -uroot -p < /usr/share/zoneminder/db/zm_create.sql mysqladmin -uroot -p reload 3. IMPORTANT: Edit /etc/php.ini and put in the appropriate timezone for date.timezone! 4. The ZoneMinder web interface is disabled by default, you will need to edit this file to enable it: /etc/httpd/conf.d/zoneminder.conf HINT: Most users will want to simply delete the line that says "Deny from all". 5. Configure the web server to start automatically: sudo chkconfig httpd on sudo service httpd start 6. This package has automatically configured and installed an SELinux policy called local_zoneminder. A copy of this policy is in the documentation folder. 7. Finally, you may start the ZoneMinder service: sudo service zoneminder start Then point your web browser to http:///zm ================================================================================ UPGRADES ================================================================================ 1. Add the mysql ALTER permission to the zmuser account: mysql -u root -p grant alter on zm.* to 'zmuser'@localhost identified by 'zmpass'; Since this is an upgrade, the assumption is that the zmuser account already has select, insert, update, and delete permission. 2. You will need to upgrade the ZoneMinder database as described in the manual. Only if the previous step was succesful, may you run zmupdate like so: sudo zmupdate.pl --version= If unsure then run it this way: sudo zmupdate.pl --user=root --pass= --version=