Debian 8 with Zoneminder 1.29.0 instructions

[bbunge]

I finally got around to updating the install instructions for Debian 8 using the backports to install Zoneminder 1.29.0:

https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Debian_8_64 ... e_Easy_Way

I do not plan to do an upgrade procedure for Debian but the process is much the same as Ubuntu 14.04. Just make sure you upgrade the database!
https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Common_Issu ... PA_version

[jamesb]

Hi I have a 1.29 zoneminder installation running Jessie from the backports repository.

Everything is up and running apart from the API (which is the reason i installed this version).

When I go to <URL>/zm/api i see the CakePHP screen with the red message stating:

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URL rewriting is not properly configured on your server.

I've added the following to my apache config:

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# Zoneminder
LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache2/mod_rewrite.so

Alias /zm /usr/share/zoneminder
ScriptAlias /zm/cgi /usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin/

<Directory /usr/share/zoneminder>
  php_flag register_globals off
  Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
  <IfModule mod_dir.c>
    DirectoryIndex index.php
  </IfModule>
</Directory>

<Directory /usr/share/zoneminder/www/api>
    AllowOverride All
</Directory>

I found other threads mentioning this error but couldn't see anyone offering a solution. I don't know anything about CakePHP and the documentation just mentions the .htaccess settings which are already present in the zoneminder installation.

Does anyone know how to configure CakePHP to enable the API?

[asker]

A user in the IRC channel reported a similar problem (But he was upgrading from 1.28 to 1.29)

We added this to /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/zoneminder.conf

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<Directory /usr/share/zoneminder/www/api>
    AllowOverride All
</Directory>

Then do a

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sudo a2enmod rewrite

(should already be on, but no harm checking)

Then restart apache (important) and it worked for him

Your note above says you already added it to your apache config, but I don't know while file you are referring to and if you restarted apache

[bbunge]

This did not work for me. Will try the other recommendation.

A user in the IRC channel reported a similar problem (But he was upgrading from 1.28 to 1.29)

We added this to /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/zoneminder.conf

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<Directory /usr/share/zoneminder/www/api>
    AllowOverride All
</Directory>

Then do a

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sudo a2enmod rewrite

(should already be on, but no harm checking)

Then restart apache (important) and it worked for him

Your note above says you already added it to your apache config, but I don't know while file you are referring to and if you restarted apache

[jamesb]

It's working.

I'm hosting multiple sites on this server and found that my configuration was in a disabled site; oops!

Once I got it in the right place my configuration seems to be working for me.

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# Zoneminder
LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache2/mod_rewrite.so

Alias /zm /usr/share/zoneminder/www
ScriptAlias /zm/cgi /usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin/

<Directory /usr/share/zoneminder>
  php_flag register_globals off
  Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
  <IfModule mod_dir.c>
    DirectoryIndex index.php
  </IfModule>
</Directory>

<Directory /usr/share/zoneminder/www/api>
    AllowOverride All
</Directory>

[asker]

cool! Not quite sure why this is not part of the debian package

[jamesb]

It's working.

Well I spoke too soon, i've now got a different issue possibly with the cgi path?:

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socket_sendto( /var/run/zm/zms-472276s.sock ) failed: No such file or directory

[asker]

Yup this is unrelated. You need to follow the debian guide and make sure PATH_ZMS is set correctly.

[jamesb]

OK, now it's working and so is the zmNija app

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PATH_ZMS = /cgi-bin-zm/zms

Final apache config:

# Zoneminder
LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache2/mod_rewrite.so

Alias /zm /usr/share/zoneminder/www
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin-zm /usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin

<Directory /usr/share/zoneminder>
php_flag register_globals off
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.php
</IfModule>
</Directory>

<Directory /usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin>
AllowOverride All
Options +ExecCGI +FollowSymLinks
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.4
Require all granted
</IfModule>
</Directory>

<Directory /usr/share/zoneminder/www/api>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

[bbunge]

Had this same issue with Ubuntu 15.10 after an upgrade to 1.29.0

Solved by doing:

chown -R www-data:www-data /usr/share/zoneminder/

You still need to edit /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/zoneminder.conf and add:

<Directory /usr/share/zoneminder/www/api>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

Restart Apache

Works for Debian 8

Sometimes it takes me awhile to remember stuff!

[bbunge]

Updated the WIKI install procedure:

https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Debian_8_64 ... e_Easy_Way

[videoboom]

I have the same problem.

Follow the topic but not works no API works and "URL rewriting is not properly configured on your server. 1) Help me configure it 2) I don't / can't use URL rewriting" message in /zm/api