Zoneminder on FreeNAS

[melloa]

wow, that could be pretty professional looking with some fine tuning. nice job

I'd rather not contribute too much, sorry, my guides/notes to myself are always as barren as possible to keep the person guessing, lol.

Like every good FreeBSD guy :)

Because I've noticed some dependencies were not installed, so started installing FEMP after the ZM port to try to make it work. One of my comments in the document is that MySQL is not installed and I assume is needed as dependency. Also on item 1 of the README leads the reader to the assumption you got to have nginx and mysql running on the same server, so one could start by installing FEMP anyways.

Easy fix. Just playing around to learn ;)

I'm just following the instructions from a rookie's perspective, so built it based on the examples to install FEMP, removed the server session and added yours. If I only need the server session, I can make that change in the document.

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

the zoneminder package doesn't depend on a mysql server because you could have that on another jail/server, just like your webserver could be on another host.

try installing zoneminder v1.30 again in a fresh jail and you'll see it pulls in php56 & php56-mysql.

to clarify, ZM doesn't require nginx/fcgiwrap specifically, it just requires a webserver with cgi support, you could do this with apache if you like instead.

 

[melloa]

the zoneminder package doesn't depend on a mysql server because you could have that on another jail/server, just like your webserver could be on another host.

try installing zoneminder v1.30 again in a fresh jail and you'll see it pulls in php56 & php56-mysql.

to clarify, ZM doesn't require nginx/fcgiwrap specifically, it just requires a webserver with cgi support, you could do this with apache if you like instead.

I'm working with a FreeBSD VM on virtualbox, so the test will be from it - will report results below.

My $0.02 is that the how-to should have how to install a working copy of ZM without assuming the user has/knows how to do that and/or link to an existing one (I sure don't), so the easiest way is to have a jail or VM or physical box configured from A through Z.

I don't have any passion for Apache or nginx. I'll continue with nginx for two reasons: (1) You know nginx ;) and (2) It seems to be lighter (although we are using MySQL instead of SQLite that I've heard is easier on resources).

Output from pkg install zoneminder


New packages to be INSTALLED:
zoneminder: 1.25.0_7
pcre: 8.38_1
php56-session: 5.6.22
php56: 5.6.22
libxml2: 2.9.3
mysql56-client: 5.6.30
libedit: 3.1.20150325_2
gcc: 4.8.5_2
mpc: 1.0.3
gmp: 5.1.3_3
mpfr: 3.1.3_1
binutils: 2.25.1_1,1
gcc-ecj: 4.5
jpeg-turbo: 1.4.2
ffmpeg0: 0.7.17_2,1
libtheora: 1.1.1_6
libvorbis: 1.3.5,3
libogg: 1.3.2_1,4
libvpx: 1.5.0_1
xvid: 1.3.4,1
schroedinger: 1.0.11_4
orc: 0.4.25
freetype2: 2.6.3
libx264: 0.144.2533_1
opencv-core: 2.4.9_3
php56-json: 5.6.22
sudo: 1.8.16_1
netpbm: 10.35.98
jbigkit: 2.1_1
jasper: 1.900.1_16
tiff: 4.0.6_1
png: 1.6.21
php56-mysql: 5.6.22

The process will require 528 MiB more space.
93 MiB to be downloaded.

Proceed with this action? [y/N]:


I can see php56 and php56-mysql above, but see zoneminder 1.25, not 1.30.

Updated the ports and tried again:

root@freebsd-1:/usr/ports/multimedia # pkg install zoneminder
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up-to-date.
All repositories are up-to-date.
The following 33 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

New packages to be INSTALLED:
zoneminder: 1.25.0_7

Same 1.25.0_7. Is this correct?

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

not sure why 1.25 is still offered in the repo you are using. I just tested in a jail on FreeNAS and got v1.30, though with all the X dependencies I was complaining about. I personally would compile from ports so I could choose what gets installed.

 

[melloa]

not sure why 1.25 is still offered in the repo you are using. I just tested in a jail on FreeNAS and got v1.30, though with all the X dependencies I was complaining about. I personally would compile from ports so I could choose what gets installed.

That's is going beyond what I know who to do at this point, so if someone want's to continue the write-up I can send the doc, instead of the pdf. I do have it running on my ubuntu and was only trying to get it working for the FN folks to use.

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

That's is going beyond what I know who to do at this point, so if someone want's to continue the write-up I can send the doc, instead of the pdf. I do have it running on my ubuntu and was only trying to get it working for the FN folks to use.

compiling from ports, is about as simple as installing from pkg. you update your ports tree 'portsnap fetch install/update'
enter the directory you want to install compile/install it
'cd /usr/ports/multimedia/zoneminder
make install clean'

 

[melloa]

Will try ... do I need to install the dependencies as won't be with pkg?

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

Will try ... do I need to install the dependencies as won't be with pkg?

no, ports will install them all. though things could take a while depending on your system, you could manually grab dependencies from pkg first, another trick is to 'make config-recursive' first, so you can leave the install process alone after you go through the options.

 

[abi]

What FreeBSD version do you have?

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

What FreeBSD version do you have?

I've done my testing on a vanilla jail on freenas, I think they are 10.3.

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

What FreeBSD version do you have?

I've done my testing on a vanilla jail on freenas, I think they are 10.3.

 

[abi]

I've done my testing on a vanilla jail on freenas, I think they are 10.3.

The reason old version pulled can be FreeBSD version which has no precompiled package of ZM. For example, CURRENT.

 

[melloa]

What FreeBSD version do you have?

10.3

 

[melloa]

With make from zm port it does install 1.30

 

[melloa]

Last one... 99% there, as zm started. Probably nginx configuration?

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

Last one... 99% there, as zm started. Probably nginx configuration?

What are you asking?

 

[melloa]

What are you asking?

Double check the how-to and let me know what corrections to make so we can make it available to all?

 

[Wallybanger]

Last one... 99% there, as zm started. Probably nginx configuration?

That all looks great. So are you running FreeBSD in a jail? Does that use the FreeNAS kernal or will it use up extra resources?

I have 9 HDDs and a stick of ram sitting on my desk with more stuff on the way. Hopefully I will be doing this soon!

 

[melloa]

That all looks great. So are you running FreeBSD in a jail? Does that use the FreeNAS kernal or will it use up extra resources?

I have 9 HDDs and a stick of ram sitting on my desk with more stuff on the way. Hopefully I will be doing this soon!

Nope, FreeBSD 10.3 Virtualbox VM. Easy to snapshot back and forth while debugging my mistakes. Will move to FN when it's working. I did install it on a VM inside a jail last week for testing and run it on an ubuntu box.

 

[melloa]

Double check the how-to and let me know what corrections to make so we can make it available to all?

And by the way, bad phrasing here ... Not trying to say to anyone to do anything.