Zoneminder front end server

japerlman · Post by **japerlman** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:50 pm

Hello all,

I'm currently working on a project that will leave me with multiple zoneminder machines.

I was wondering if anyone out there has written a front end for handling multiple back end zoneminder servers so there is a single place to go for monitoring all camera's instead of having to access a different IP address based on which camera(s) you want to see.

Thanks,

Jason.

jameswilson · Post by **jameswilson** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:55 pm

zm4ms does this but its a windows client only, not web based

japerlman · Post by **japerlman** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 5:14 pm

Thanks! I think it'll do exactly what I need.

My only question is on the "Monitors" tab where it asks for IP/URL I'm assuming thats the IP address of the zoneminder box.

With that said I'm assuming I can specify several different zoneminder boxes without a problem. However, on the "Playback" tab it only asks for user/pass and dbname. Is it going to assume the same user/pass across all zoneminder boxes or is it really designed to only be a front end for a single zoneminder server. I don't have any of the equipment in yet so I can't just try it at the moment.

jameswilson · Post by **jameswilson** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:21 pm

yes there will need to be a common username and password accross the boxes but you could have upto 32 different boxes if required.
Assuming the path statement is right (the default is for the live cd) then it should just work by putting the ip in monitor box for each monitor.
It will use that ip for playback purposes but will need ip access to mysql port 3306 and the login for zm4ms must match an active user in each zm host.