Asterisk Notes

11-28-11 Astrerisk is a free call process, provides support for cards like T1 - it acts like a gateway, or you can employ a service (server to act as the card or gateway) It has become much better over the last five years and has been aroud for 7 or 8 but was no very stable in the beginning. You will find it built into most open source services. You can get asterisk to work on windows but it is not designed for that. The 7900 series of cisco phones work well with asterisk and can get a 7960 for around 20 bucks on ebay.

We will be using Oracle's VirtualBox to download Asterisk to. You will need to create a storage space on your D drive. Make a new folder with your name and semester "Name-FA11" then close.

Next open up VirtualBox settings and under general in the default box find the folder you just made and click ok. Your information will now be saved there.

Next create a new virtual machine by clicking on new machine under OS click on Linux, click next, under RAM use 768 , click next, create new hard disk, click next, VDI, next, Dynammically allocated, next location Astersiks server, default, next, then click create. You should now see that your VM has been created.

You will now nee to change the settings under the network by simply clicking on Network and under network click on adapter and on attatched and change to bridged.

• • Next under storage CD/DVD Drive: click icon beside arrow change to choose a virtual disk CNT files under Linux then Ubuntu 10.10. asterisk tty1

You will get a couple of warnings, click on through them. Under language choose your language (English is the only one Franske will have support for) US, enter, under keyboard click no, enter, enter, it will the start to load. Under hostname use Asterisk, enter, yes, enter, enter, under partition move to yes click continue. Make changes to disks move to yes, continue. The base system will now be installed. enter your name in lowercase, password cisco, cisco again yes, no for encrypting and down arrow for no http proxy continue and it will continue installing choose no automatic updates. Under software selection leave them all blank by using tab key to tab through to select continue after installation select yes to install bootloader. Finish by clicking on devices and click on CD/DVD and make sure there is no check mark beside ubuntu. then click continue

Type your name and password that you entered You are not automatically admin to become the admin you have to enter: sudo bash You will see a # to confirm that you are now admin. We will now edit a file by typing: nano /etc/apt/sources.list (nano is the text editor and etc is the file) Click control W US. archive.ubuntu.com Under replace with: enter mirror .rit.edu then repeat control w and change security.ubuntu.com with the mirror.RIT.edu Update by typing aptitude update, enter aptitude full-upgrade, enter, click enter for yes and update starts. After update it will say Current Staus: 0 updates [-94] We will the type: aptitude install asterisk atfpd dhcp3-server enter 001 for USA country code and click continue If there are errors (and ther will be) type: aptitude update enter install aptitude update enter

to restart type: shutdown -r now

and try reinstalling if there are still errors, you will need to log back in and refollow steps to update

We should be able to program settings for 7960 phone nano sip.com nano extensions.com

better notes by Greg 2011 11 28

asterisk.org

open source / free call processor

gateway buy VOIP service from service provider on internet

   connects over network to provider with actual gateway

asterisk has been around for 7 - 8 years

   early days, not ready for prime time, not stable, poor configuration
   last 5 years, better
   many small businesses use asterisk,  
   built into other products,  often the engine is asterisk

can be customized

   call centers
   robo dialing

GOALS: Walk through installing asterisk

   install on linux  (install linux, then install asterisk
   Cisco 7960 phones popular with asterisk

Virtual box

create folder on D drive with username, semester, and year update default folder in virtualbox general

   virtualbox settings -- general
   New
       asterisk server
       linux
       ubuntu
       768 MB ram
       Create new hard disk
       VDI (default)
       Dynamically allocated
       8 GB is enough for virtual disk
       Confirm that drive is installed in expected folder

       Create
       Create

   Change Network Setting   (click on Network)
       Attached to:  Bridged Adapter
       (connects virtual machine directly to network card of computer)

   ubuntu server file is already on system

   Click on Storage
       click on IDE Controller / Empty
       click on disk on far right side (next ot IDE Secondary Master)
           Choose Virtual CD Disk File
           D:\\CNT Files\Linux Install CDs\
               ubuntu-10.10-server-i386.iso

   Click Start to start the virtual machine
       OK through warning about keyboard capture
       OK through virtual colors
       OK through audio problems
       English
   Enter
   Install Ubuntu Server
       OK through mouse pointer
       OK through color
   Enter through English
   Enter through United States
   no for detect keyboard
   USA
   Standard USA keyboard
   hostname   asterisk
   America/Chicago time zone
   Guided  - use entire disk adn set up LVM
   Select Disk -- SCSI3
   select YES
   use default, 8.3 GB
   YES - Write changes to disk

       lower corner of screen will show activity to hard disk, CD, 
           and other devices.

   Create User Accounts
       Full Name
       username   
       password:  cisco
              cisco
       Yes -- accept weak password
       NO  -- do not encrypt home directory
       empty -- no http proxy

   NO automatic updates

   Software to Install
       Leave blank
       TAB to reach Continue button
           the distribution is Oct 2010
           current Oct2011 server edition is the same
           
   Yes -- install GRUB boot loader to master boot record

Remove virtual CD before

   Pull down Devices to --> CD/DVD Devices

Login using name and password that we specified

become administrator

   sudo bash 
   cisco

   nano /etc/apt/soruces.list

   ctrl-w
   ctrl-r
   search for us.archive.ubuntu.com
   replace with mirror.rit.edu
       In vi this is :1,$s/us.archive.ubuntu.com/mirror.rit.edu/g
       14 lines are changed
   search for security.ubuntu.com
   replace with mirror.rit.edu
       :1,$s/security.ubuntu.com/mirror.rit.edu/g
       6 lines change
   ctrl-o
   enter
   ctrl-x  to exit

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Notes 2011 11 30

The problem with the asterisk install was the age of the operating system. The fix is to upgrade the Ubuntu OS to a later version that is compatible with the current asterisk distribution.

The upgrade process includes the following. 1. login 2. become root via the command

   sudo bash

3. Edit the file, /etc/apt/sources.list. Change the phrase, maverick, to the phrase, nantty, on every line.

   The vi command phrase is :1,$s/maverick/nantty/g

4. Update via the command

   aptitude update

5. Install the upgrade via the command

   aptitude full-upgrade
     Accept this solution:   Answer Y to every prompt
     Click OK for the openbsd-inetd cron atd upgrade
     Click OK for the cron atd upgrade