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