gentoo-overlay/www-misc/zoneminder/files

1. If this is a new installation, you will need to create a MySQL

   database for zoneminder to use

   (see https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/MySQL/Startup_Guide).

   E.g., when logged into mysql as root,

     mysql> CREATE DATABASE \`zm\`;

     mysql> GRANT ALL ON zm.* TO 'zmuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'topsecretpassword';

   Once you completed that you should execute the following:

     cd /usr/share/zoneminder

     mysql -u zmuser -p < db/zm_create.sql



2. Set your database settings in /etc/zm.conf, including above topsecretpassword



3. Configure apache to use zoneminder, see /usr/share/doc/zoneminder*/10_zoneminder.conf

   for an example configuration snippet.



4. Enable PHP in your webserver configuration,

   enable short_open_tags in php.ini,

   set the time zone in php.ini,

   and restart/reload the webserver.



5. Start the zoneminder daemon:

     /etc/init.d/zoneminder start



6. Finally point your browser to http://your.webserver/zoneminder



If you are upgrading, you will need to run the zmupdate.pl script:

      /usr/bin/zmupdate.pl --version=oldversionnumber [--user=zmuser --pass=topsecretpassword]