How to install and configure Asterisk in CentOS

Installing Asterisk 13.10.0

Download the latest package from its official website,
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/ .

Use wget command to download the package as follows.

[root@linuxhelp1 jansson-2.7]# wget http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/asterisk-13.10.0-rc3.tar.gz
--2016-07-15 15:54:09--  http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/asterisk-13.10.0-rc3.tar.gz
Resolving downloads.asterisk.org (downloads.asterisk.org)... 76.164.171.238, 2001:470:e0d4::ee
Connecting to downloads.asterisk.org (downloads.asterisk.org)|76.164.171.238|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 32606288 (31M) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: ‘ asterisk-13.10.0-rc3.tar.gz’ 

100%[=============================================================================================> ] 3,26,06,288  155KB/s   in 5m 24s

2016-07-15 15:59:37 (98.3 KB/s) - ‘ asterisk-13.10.0-rc3.tar.gz’  saved [32606288/32606288]

Extract the downloaded package

[root@linuxhelp1 jansson-2.7]# tar -zxvf asterisk-13.10.0-rc3.tar.gz
asterisk-13.10.0-rc3/
asterisk-13.10.0-rc3/Makefile.moddir_rules
asterisk-13.10.0-rc3/missing
asterisk-13.10.0-rc3/CREDITS
asterisk-13.10.0-rc3/makeopts.in

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asterisk-13.10.0-rc3/doc/smsq.8
asterisk-13.10.0-rc3/doc/asterisk.sgml
asterisk-13.10.0-rc3/doc/asterisk-ng-doxygen.in
asterisk-13.10.0-rc3/doc/appdocsxml.dtd

Open the Asterisk directory and execute the configure script

[root@linuxhelp1 jansson-2.7]# cd asterisk-13.10.0-rc3/
[root@linuxhelp1 asterisk-13.10.0-rc3]# ./configure --libdir=/usrllib64
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out

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Asterisk Modules Setup

Run the following command and select appropriate options to add/delete the modules.

[root@linuxhelp1 asterisk-13.10.0-rc3]# make menuselect
CC=" cc"  CXX=" g++"  LD=" "  AR=" "  RANLIB=" "  CFLAGS=" "  LDFLAGS=" "  make -C menuselect CONFIGURE_SILENT=" --silent"  cmenuselect
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/jansson-2.7/asterisk-13.10.0-rc3/menuselect' 
gcc  -g -D_GNU_SOURCE -Wall -I/usr/include/libxml2   -c -o menuselect.o menuselect.c
gcc  -g -D_GNU_SOURCE -Wall   -c -o strcompat.o strcompat.c
gcc  -g -D_GNU_SOURCE -Wall    -c -o menuselect_curses.o menuselect_curses.c
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To Load mp3 Libraries

Run the following command to download the mp3 decoder library into the source.

[root@linuxhelp1 asterisk-13.10.0-rc3]# contrib/scripts/get_mp3_source.sh
A    addons/mp3
A    addons/mp3/MPGLIB_README
A    addons/mp3/common.c
A    addons/mp3/huffman.h
A    addons/mp3/tabinit.c
A    addons/mp3/Makefile
A    addons/mp3/README
A    addons/mp3/decode_i386.c
A    addons/mp3/dct64_i386.c
A    addons/mp3/MPGLIB_TODO
A    addons/mp3/mpg123.h
A    addons/mp3/layer3.c
A    addons/mp3/mpglib.h
A    addons/mp3/decode_ntom.c
A    addons/mp3/interface.c
Exported revision 202.

To install modules

Install the selected modules using the make script.

[root@linuxhelp1 asterisk-13.10.0-rc3]# make
Generating embedded module rules ...
   [CC] astcanary.c ->  astcanary.o
   [LD] astcanary.o ->  astcanary
   [CC] astdb2sqlite3.c ->  astdb2sqlite3.o
   [CC] hash/hash.c ->  hash/hash.o
   [CC] hash/hash_bigkey.c ->  hash/hash_bigkey.o

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   [CC] res_config_mysql.c ->  res_config_mysql.o
   [LD] res_config_mysql.o ->  res_config_mysql.so
Building Documentation For: third-party channels pbx apps codecs formats cdr cel bridges funcs tests main res addons
 +--------- Asterisk Build Complete ---------+
 + Asterisk has successfully been built, and +
 + can be installed by running:              +
 +                                           +
 +                make install               +
 +-------------------------------------------+

Run the command as shown in the above output to install asterisk.

[root@linuxhelp1 asterisk-13.10.0-rc3]# make install
Installing modules from channels...
Installing modules from pbx...
Installing modules from apps...
Installing modules from codecs...
Installing modules from formats...

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make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/jansson-2.7/asterisk-13.10.0-rc3/sounds' 
find rest-api -name " *.json"  | while read x  do 
    /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 $x " /var/lib/asterisk/rest-api"    
done
 +---- Asterisk Installation Complete -------+
 +                                           +
 +    YOU MUST READ THE SECURITY DOCUMENT    +
 +                                           +
 + Asterisk has successfully been installed. +
 + If you would like to install the sample   +
 + configuration files (overwriting any      +
 + existing config files), run:              +
 +                                           +
 + For generic reference documentation:      +
 +    make samples                           +
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 + For a sample basic PBX:                   +
 +    make basic-pbx                         +
 +                                           +
 +                                           +
 +-----------------  or ---------------------+
 +                                           +
 + You can go ahead and install the asterisk +
 + program documentation now or later run:   +
 +                                           +
 +               make progdocs               +
 +                                           +
 + **Note** This requires that you have      +
 + doxygen installed on your local system    +
 +-------------------------------------------+

Now install the sample configuration files.

[root@linuxhelp1 asterisk-13.10.0-rc3]# make samples
Installing adsi config files...
/usr/bin/install -c -d " /etc/asterisk" 
Installing configs/samples/asterisk.adsi
Installing configs/samples/telcordia-1.adsi
Installing other config files...
Installing file configs/samples/acl.conf.sample
Installing file configs/samples/adsi.conf.sample
Installing file configs/samples/agents.conf.sample
Installing file configs/samples/alarmreceiver.conf.sample
Installing file configs/samples/alsa.conf.sample
Installing file configs/samples/amd.conf.sample
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Installing file phoneprov/000000000000-directory.xml
Installing file phoneprov/000000000000-phone.cfg
Installing file phoneprov/polycom_line.xml
Installing file phoneprov/polycom.xml
Installing file phoneprov/snom-mac.xml

Run the following make config command.

[root@linuxhelp1 asterisk-13.10.0-rc3]# make config
if [ -f /etc/redhat-release -o -f /etc/fedora-release ]  then 
    ./build_tools/install_subst contrib/init.d/rc.redhat.asterisk  " /etc/rc.d/init.d/asterisk"   
    if [ ! -f " /etc/sysconfig/asterisk"  ]   then 
        /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 contrib/init.d/etc_default_asterisk " /etc/sysconfig/asterisk"    
    fi       
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    fi  
elif [ -f /etc/slackware-version ]  then 
    echo " Slackware is not currently supported, although an init script does exist for it."   
else 
    echo " We could not install init scripts for your distribution."    
fi

To Setup Asterisk User

Create a separate user by running the following command.

[root@linuxhelp1 asterisk-13.10.0-rc3]# useradd -m asterisk
[root@linuxhelp1 asterisk-13.10.0-rc3]# chown -R asterisk.asterisk /var/run/asterisk/
[root@linuxhelp1 asterisk-13.10.0-rc3]# chown -R asterisk.asterisk /var/{lib,log,spool}/asterisk

Start and enable the firewalld services.

[root@linuxhelp1 asterisk-13.10.0-rc3]# systemctl start firewalld
[root@linuxhelp1 asterisk-13.10.0-rc3]# systemctl enable firewalld

Allow access to the following ports that is used by Asterisk PBX.

[root@linuxhelp1 asterisk-13.10.0-rc3]# firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=5060/udp --permanent
success
[root@linuxhelp1 asterisk-13.10.0-rc3]# firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=5060/tcp --permanent
success
[root@linuxhelp1 asterisk-13.10.0-rc3]# firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=5061/tcp --permanent
success
[root@linuxhelp1 asterisk-13.10.0-rc3]# firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=5061/udp --permanent
success
[root@linuxhelp1 asterisk-13.10.0-rc3]# firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=4569/udp --permanent
success
[root@linuxhelp1 asterisk-13.10.0-rc3]# firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=5038/tcp --permanent
success
[root@linuxhelp1 asterisk-13.10.0-rc3]# firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=10000-20000/udp --permanent
success
[root@linuxhelp1 asterisk-13.10.0-rc3]# firewall-cmd --reload
success

To Setup Asterisk Database

Connect to the MySQL MariaDB by using the following command.

[root@linuxhelp1 asterisk-13.10.0-rc3]# mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with   or g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 11
Server version: 5.5.47-MariaDB MariaDB Server

Copyright (c) 2000, 2015, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

Type ' help '  or ' h'  for help. Type ' c'  to clear the current input statement.

MariaDB [(none)]>  create user asterisk@localhost identified by ' linuxc'  
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.10 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]>  create database asterisk 
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]>  create database cdrdb 
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]>  grant all privileges on asterisk.* to asterisk@localhost identified by ' linuxc'  
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]>  grant all privileges on cdrdb.* to asterisk@localhost identified by ' linuxc'  
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]>  flush privileges 
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]>  exit 
Bye

Restart and enable Asterisk

[root@linuxhelp1 asterisk-13.10.0-rc3]# systemctl restart asterisk
[root@linuxhelp1 asterisk-13.10.0-rc3]# systemctl enable asterisk.service
asterisk.service is not a native service, redirecting to /sbin/chkconfig.
Executing /sbin/chkconfig asterisk on

Check the status of Asterisk.

[root@linuxhelp1 asterisk-13.10.0-rc3]# systemctl status asterisk
 asterisk.service - LSB: Asterisk PBX
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/asterisk)
   Active: active (running) since Sat 2016-07-16 09:59:00 IST  5s ago
     Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
  Process: 24740 ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/init.d/asterisk start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 25245
   CGroup: /system.slice/asterisk.service
           ??25243 /bin/sh /usr/sbin/safe_asterisk
           ??25507 /bin/sh /usr/sbin/safe_asterisk

Jul 16 09:58:59 linuxhelp1 systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Asterisk PBX...
Jul 16 09:59:00 linuxhelp1 asterisk[24740]: Starting asterisk:
Jul 16 09:59:00 linuxhelp1 systemd[1]: PID file /var/run/asterisk/asterisk.pid not readable (yet?) after start.
Jul 16 09:59:00 linuxhelp1 systemd[1]: asterisk.service: Supervising process 25245 which is not our child. We' ll mo...exits.
Jul 16 09:59:00 linuxhelp1 systemd[1]: Started LSB: Asterisk PBX.
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.

To Launch Asterisk

Utilise the following command to launch Asterisk.

[root@linuxhelp1 asterisk-13.10.0-rc3]# asterisk -vvvc
Asterisk 13.10.0-rc3, Copyright (C) 1999 - 2014, Digium, Inc. and others.
Created by Mark Spencer < markster@digium.com> 
Asterisk comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY  type ' core show warranty'  for details.
This is free software, with components licensed under the GNU General Public
License version 2 and other licenses  you are welcome to redistribute it under
certain conditions. Type ' core show license'  for details.
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== app_queue.so =>  (True Call Queueing)
  == Parsing ' /etc/asterisk/cli_permissions.conf' : Found
  == Parsing ' /etc/asterisk/cli.conf' : Found
Asterisk Ready.

*CLI> 
*CLI>