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Introduction

This HOWTO describes setting up a dedicated linux server for security camera monitoring. The setup is based on Zoneminder. I don't cover using cameras connected to the server. My setup uses all IP network cameras. Do not run other services or allow users to log in to the server.

Setting Up The Base Server

• Start with the base server setup for CentOS 5.x.

Instaall Softwre

We need to add the rpmforge repo. So type:
> rpm -Uhv http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/i386/rpmforge/RPMS/rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm One quick yum line will get everything we need.
> yum -y install zoneminder

Configure Zoneminder

The apache config file for zoneminder doesn't allow connections from anyone. We want to allow connections so delete the line the info in the file says to delete.
> nano -w /etc/httpd/conf.d/zoneminder.conf Restart apache.
> service httpd restart

Next we need to setup the mysql database.
> mysql -p -u root mysql < /usr/share/zoneminder/db/zm_create.sql > mysqladmin -p -u root reload

Now load up the zoneminder web page. Be sure to start the zoneminder service.

Conclusion

That's the complete setup. Be sure to read the documentation at the zoneminder website.

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