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Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2025 5:29 am**

Hello brothers

I just installed ZM in ubuntu liunux. My system condition is following
- OS : Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- ZM version : 1.36.35
- Webserver : Apache2.4.52
- Database : mysql 8.0.40
* I am trying to use zoneminder in virtual domain ( ex: zm.mydomain.com ), not with subdirectory

installation progress all fine and completed but I got two problems
- Camera streaming is not shown (https://cloud.wise-leader.com/index.php ... mepuH4bMuu)
- Recording is done but When I clicked the thumbnail picture, nothing worked (https://cloud.wise-leader.com/index.php ... BAH4DCgDvC)

And then, I looked log file
Two error I see

Socket /run/zm/zms-494948s.sock does not exist. This file is created by zms, and since it does not exist, either zms did not run, or zms exited early. Please check your zms logs and ensure that CGI is enabled in apache and check that the PATH_ZMS is set correctly. Make sure that ZM is actually recording. If you are trying to view a live stream and the capture process (zmc) is not running then zms will exit. Please go to http://zoneminder.readthedocs.io/en/lat ... window-etc for more information.",includes/functions.php,1884

getCmdResponse stream error: Socket /run/zm/zms-494948s.sock does not exist. This file is created by zms, and since it does not exist, either zms did not run, or zms exited early. Please check your zms logs and ensure that CGI is enabled in apache and check that the PATH_ZMS is set correctly. Make sure that ZM is actually recording. If you are trying to view a live stream and the capture process (zmc) is not running then zms will exit. Please go to http://zoneminder.readthedocs.io/en/lat ... window-etc for more information. - checkStreamForErrors()",?view=event&eid=14&filter[Query][terms][0][attr]=MonitorId&filter[Query][terms][0][op]=%3d&filter[Query][terms][0][val]=2&page=1,'-

Important for me with this log is I can see only two files in /run/zm.
zm.pid , zmdc.sock in webaccount user group. I don't see any other files name like zms-*****.sock in any numbering in this directory
Finally, it means ZM is not making any zms-*******.sock file in this directory. I am totally lost from here.

My ZM config file has

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ZM_PATH_ZMS=/cgi-bin/nph-zms
ZM_PATH_SOCKS=/run/zm

in /etc/zm/conf.d/01-system-paths.conf

In Apache2 conf config , I all made scripAlias as

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ScriptAlias /cgi-bin "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin"
<Directory "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin">

Alias /cache /var/cache/zoneminder/cache
<Directory /var/cache/zoneminder/cache>

Alias /* /usr/share/zoneminder/www
<Directory /usr/share/zoneminder/www>

I also specified virtual host name saperately and clearly as

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<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName zm.mydomain.com
  ServerAdmin admin@mydomain.com
  DocumentRoot /usr/share/zoneminder/www

  <Directory /usr/share/zoneminder/www>
    Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
    <IfModule mod_dir.c>
      DirectoryIndex index.php
    </IfModule>
  </Directory>

I don't know where I am missing for this.

Posted: **Sat Feb 01, 2025 2:23 am**

After I changed it as

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ZM_PATH_ZMS=/cgi-bin/nph-zms

to

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ZM_PATH_ZMS=/zoneminder/cgi-bin/nph-zms

No more PHP related error I see from the apache error log

But I am still struggling in /run/zm/zm-*****.sock does not exist issue...

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