Overview
Quick and easy guide to installing Asterisk 1.4.0 on Debian 4 (Etch).
Requirements
- PC/Laptop/Server spare of course
Debian Etch Netinst Nightly CD (http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/)
- Network Connection - with Internet access
Boot from CD/DVD
Language Selection
Network Configuration
User Configuration
Enter the root password (something complex, but don't forget it) and user details to continue.
Disk Configuration
With a little preparation you could split your drive into multiple partitions, but for simplicity I used a single partition - the whole disk in this instance.
Network Mirror Configuration
Software Selection
Selecting SQL database here installs PostgreSQL. You can just select Standard system if you prefer MySQL.
Install Grub - Finish
Install Grub, Eject CD and reboot to finish installation.
Asterisk Required Packages
I installed the packages listed here prior to compiling Asterisk. An easy way to do this is to use the program aptitude or apt-get. There are many tutorials on Debian package management so i'd suggest starting here: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-package.en.html
Don't forget to su to root first.
- ntp
- sudo
- screen
- openssh-server
- postgresql-server-dev-8.1
- linux-headers
- autoconf
- snmp
- snmpd
- sox
- libsnmp9-dev
- libnet-snmp-perl
- festival
- minicom
- doxygen
- gnutls-bin
- libgnutls-dev
- libneon26-gnutls-dev
- libiksemel-dev
- libiksemel-utils
- libosp-dev
When you have installed those pacakges you need to get the dependencies required to build Asterisk 1.4.0 by running the command:
voip:~# apt-get build-dep asterisk
Installing Zaptel
Zaptel provides an interface to the Digium range of telephony cards and also includes tools to improve timing.
voip:~# wget http://ftp.digium.com/pub/zaptel/releases/zaptel-1.4.0.tar.gz voip:~# tar -zxvf zaptel-1.4.0.tar.gz voip:~# cd zaptel-1.4.0 voip:~# ./configure voip:~# make menuselect voip:~# make voip:~# make install voip:~# vi /etc/zaptel.conf voip:~# reboot
Installing Asterisk
Installing Asterisk is as simple as:
voip:~# wget http://ftp.digium.com/pub/asterisk/releases/asterisk-1.4.0.tar.gz voip:~# tar -zxvf asterisk-1.4.0.tar.gz voip:~# cd asterisk-1.4.0 voip:~# ./configure voip:~# make menuselect voip:~# make voip:~# make install voip:~# make samples
Installing Asterisk Addons
If you intend to use MySQL for your CDR logging you will need this. It will not hurt to install it anyway.
voip:~# wget http://ftp.digium.com/pub/asterisk/releases/asterisk-addons-1.4.0.tar.gz voip:~# tar -zxvf asterisk-addons-1.4.0.tar.gz voip:~# cd asterisk-addons-1.4.0 voip:~# ./configure voip:~# make menuselect voip:~# make voip:~# make install voip:~# make samples
Reconfigure Exim to allow outgoing mail
One of the features of Asterisk is the ability to mail you voicemail. If you want to send mail to an external domain you are going to want to run:
voip:~# dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config
Finish
You now have Asterisk 1.4.0 installed and ready to be configured. You can find commented sample configuration files in /etc/asterisk. I'd suggest you read the online manual if this is your first Asterisk installation, you can download it here http://www.asteriskdocs.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=11
