CentOS 5 and Asterisk 1.4.

x installation Base Install of Asterisk on an i386 CentOS/RHEL box:

More as an aide memoir for us (Asterisk consultants) than anything else, but if somebody does find it useful, then that's good too! Before you edit this page and remove the link to us, I would point out that we have received absolutely no business from this site. We have, however, helped several people with their problems for no charge at all. As a business, we make money from open source software and we feel duty bound to return something to the community. This page (and the small amount of help we have given as a result) goes some way to repaying that debt. For reasons detailed elsewhere, you're best not using a GUI, so do the installation from the command line ('linux-text' at the GRUB prompt). When you select the packages, the only one you need is 'server'. Disk partitioning, networking etc. is all entirely up to you! At your first login, you'll be presented with a simple administration screen. Disable SELinux and (for now) the firewall.

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1. Dependencies
The first thing to do is to get your box up to date. If you have CentOS 5.1 or lower, you may want to upgrade to CentOS 5.2. Try: yum -y upgrade and then reboot. Otherwise, to update all the installed packages, at the shell, run yum -y update When you've done either of the above, reboot the machine when it's finished (as it'll install a new kernel) and then run yum -y update again and repeat until there are no more updates.

Quick method:
Do you trust me? If so, the line below will install all the dependencies you need (and then some!) - cut and paste from here if you're happy to install things you may or may not need. If not, then have a look at this page's history as some of the dependencies are listed separately.

yum -y install gcc gcc-c++ kernel-devel bison openssl-devel \ libtermcap-devel ncurses-devel doxygen curl-devel newt-devel \ mlocate lynx tar wget nmap bzip2 mod_ssl crontabs vixie-cron \ speex speex-devel unixODBC unixODBC-devel libtool-ltdl \ libtool-ltdl-devel mysql-connector-odbc mysql mysql-devel \ mysql-server php-mysql php-mbstring php-mcrypt flex screen \ libxml2 libxml2-devel libtiff libtiff-devel gmime gmime-devel \

Dependencies Quick method: For Centos X86_64 Download and install Asterisk and components Download SpanDSP (optional) Libpri (optional) DAHDI Asterisk Configure MySQL (optional) Notes SQL Configure various files Set up CDR to ODBC (MySQL) Set up realtime ODBC configuration (using settings from above) /etc/odbcinst.ini /etc/odbc.ini /etc/asterisk/res_odbc.conf / etc/asterisk/func_odbc.conf See Also

net-snmp-utils net-snmp-devel neon libxml2 openssl \ openssl-devel gnutls-devel gnutls-utils

For Centos X86_64

The latest CentOS release doesn't appear to install any .i386 libraries, so installation should work as above. Checking whether the following code is still required: yum -y install libidn-devel krb5-devel krb5-libs zlib-devel libidn-devel ln -sf /lib64/libcom_err.so.2 /lib64/libcom_err.so

Download and install Asterisk and components

Download
Download the latest asterisk version /usr/src/asterisk and untar the files as follows: mkdir -p /usr/src/asterisk cd /usr/src/asterisk wget http://downloads.digium.com/pub/asterisk/asterisk-1.4-current.tar.gz wget http://downloads.digium.com/pub/telephony/dahdi-linux-complete/dahdi-linux-completecurrent.tar.gz wget http://downloads.digium.com/pub/libpri/libpri-1.4-current.tar.gz wget http://soft-switch.org/downloads/spandsp/spandsp-0.0.5.tgz tar -zxf dahdi-linux-complete-current.tar.gz tar -zxf asterisk-1.4-current.tar.gz tar -zxf libpri-1.4-current.tar.gz tar -zxf spandsp-0.0.5.tgz You'll end up with four tar files and four directories in the directory '/usr/src/asterisk'.

SpanDSP (optional)
cd /usr/src/asterisk/spandsp-0.0.5 make clean ./configure make make install cat > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/spandsp.conf << EOF /usr/local /usr/local/lib EOF ldconfig -v

Libpri (optional)
If you are using E1 cards you need to install LIBPRI. If you do want to use LIBPRI, make sure you compile and install it before you compile Asterisk. Replace 'VERSION' with the correct details. cd /usr/src/asterisk/libpri-VERSION make clean make make install

DAHDI
You're pretty much going to need DAHDI. If not for any hardware then for the dummy timer anyway. Note that the stock CentOS kernels come with a 1000HZ timer and so don't need recompiling (phew!). Replace 'VERSION' with the correct details. cd /usr/src/asterisk/dahdi-linux-complete-VERSION make all make install make config Edit /etc/dahdi/modules.conf, /etc/dahdi/system.conf and /etc/asterisk/chan_dahdi.conf for your site. Set DAHDI to start automatically and then start it. chkconfig dahdi on service dahdi start

Asterisk
cd /usr/src/asterisk/asterisk-VERSION make clean ./configure Choose which options to install (audio files, voicemail storage, codecs etc.) make menuselect make make install Install sample files in /etc/asterisk, install docs/manpages and set to start on boot. make samples make progdocs make config chkconfig asterisk on Check Asterisk starts properly: asterisk -vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvc stop now If not, you've probably not been following these instructions carefully! Assuming it does start properly, you probably want to start it in the background: service asterisk start Then edit the following files in /etc/asterisk: indications.conf - Change default country modules.conf - Uncomment the line 'preload => res_odbc.so' modules.conf - Add 'noload => pbx_ael.so' to bottom of file modules.conf - Add 'noload => codec_dahdi.so' to the bottom of the file Tidy up a bit (you can cut and paste all of this to the command line) rm /etc/asterisk/extensions.ael cat > /etc/asterisk/extensions.conf << EOF [general] static=yes writeprotect=yes autofallthrough=yes extenpatternmatchnew=no

clearglobalvars=yes priorityjumping=no userscontext=default [globals] [default] exten => _.,1,Goto(i,1) exten => i,1,NoOp(Invalid) exten => i,n,Congestion() exten => i,n,Hangup() exten => h,1,NoOp(Hanging up) EOF rm /etc/asterisk/extensions.lua cat > /etc/asterisk/sip.conf << EOF [general] context=default allowguest=yes match_auth_username=yes allowoverlap=no allowtransfer=no realm=pbx12.vitell.co.uk udpbindaddr=0.0.0.0 tcpenable=no tlsenable=no srvlookup=yes pedantic=no tos_sip=cs3 tos_audio=ef tos_video=af41 tos_text=af41 cos_sip=3 cos_audio=5 cos_video=4 cos_text=3 maxexpiry=3600 minexpiry=60 defaultexpiry=120 mwiexpiry=3600 qualifyfreq=60 qualifygap=100 qualifypeers=1 vmexten=voicemail disallow=all allow=alaw mohinterpret=default mohsuggest=default parkinglot=plaza language=en relaxdtmf=yes useragent=AsteriskPBX sdpsession=AsteriskPBX promiscredir=no dtmfmode=rfc2833 videosupport=no callevents=no alwaysauthreject=yes shrinkcallerid=no

allowsubscribe=yes subscribecontext=default notifyringing=yes notifyhold=yes notifycid=yes callcounter=yes t38pt_udptl=yes,fec,maxdatagram=400 faxdetect=no nat=no directmedia=no directrtpsetup=no EOF

Configure MySQL (optional)

The information below shows table definitions for all of the tables Asterisk can use with MySQL or ODBC.

Notes
The UniqueID field in the CDR table is not necessarily unique! Due to the very very dodgy way Asterisk handles unique IDs, if you set the field to be the primary key (as advised elsewhere), you will lose data.

SQL
Note that the SIP 'qualify' field has a default value set to 'yes'. This is for two reasons. Firstly, I wrote these notes because it's how I use and want to use Asterisk. Secondly, whether qualification is enabled or not in realtime is controlled by the 'rtcachefriends' setting in sip.conf - if it's 'no', then whether 'qualify' is 'yes' or 'no' in the database is irrelevant. It makes sense therefore to enable it in the database and then turn it on or off with the 'rtcachefriends' setting. SET SQL_MODE="NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO"; ## ##Database: `asterisk` ## CREATE DATABASE `asterisk` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci; USE `asterisk`; ########################################################## ## ##Table structure for table `cdr` ## CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `cdr` ( `recid` mediumint(8) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment COMMENT 'Record ID', `calldate` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00', `clid` varchar(80) NOT NULL default '', `src` varchar(80) NOT NULL default '', `dst` varchar(80) NOT NULL default '', `dcontext` varchar(80) NOT NULL default '', `channel` varchar(80) NOT NULL default '', `dstchannel` varchar(80) NOT NULL default '', `lastapp` varchar(80) NOT NULL default '', `lastdata` varchar(80) NOT NULL default '', `duration` int(11) NOT NULL default '0', `billsec` int(11) NOT NULL default '0', `disposition` varchar(45) NOT NULL default '', `amaflags` int(11) NOT NULL default '0', `accountcode` varchar(20) NOT NULL default '',

`uniqueid` varchar(32) NOT NULL default '', `userfield` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '', PRIMARY KEY (`recid`), KEY `calldate` (`calldate`), KEY `dst` (`dst`), KEY `accountcode` (`accountcode`), KEY `src` (`src`), KEY `disposition` (`disposition`), KEY `uniqueid` (`uniqueid`) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ; ########################################################## ## ##Table structure for table `queue_members` ## CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `queue_members` ( `queue_name` varchar(128) NOT NULL default '', `interface` varchar(128) NOT NULL default '', `penalty` int(11) default NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`queue_name`,`interface`) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1; ########################################################## ## ##Table structure for table `queues` ## CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `queues` ( `name` varchar(128) NOT NULL, `musiconhold` varchar(128) default 'default', `announce` varchar(128) default NULL, `context` varchar(128) default NULL, `timeout` int(11) default '60', `monitor_join` tinyint(1) default NULL, `monitor_format` varchar(128) default NULL, `queue_youarenext` varchar(128) default NULL, `queue_thereare` varchar(128) default NULL, `queue_callswaiting` varchar(128) default NULL, `queue_holdtime` varchar(128) default NULL, `queue_minutes` varchar(128) default NULL, `queue_seconds` varchar(128) default NULL, `queue_lessthan` varchar(128) default NULL, `queue_thankyou` varchar(128) default NULL, `queue_reporthold` varchar(128) default NULL, `announce_frequency` int(11) default NULL, `announce_round_seconds` int(11) default NULL, `announce_holdtime` varchar(128) default NULL, `periodic_announce` varchar(128) default NULL, `periodic_announce_frequency` int(11) default NULL, `retry` int(11) default '5', `ringinuse` varchar(5) NOT NULL default 'no', `autofill` varchar(5) NOT NULL default 'yes', `autopause` varchar(5) NOT NULL default 'no', `setinterfacevar` varchar(5) NOT NULL default 'yes', `wrapuptime` int(11) default '30', `maxlen` int(11) default NULL, `servicelevel` int(11) default NULL,

`strategy` varchar(128) default 'ringall', `joinempty` varchar(128) default 'no', `leavewhenempty` varchar(128) default 'yes', `eventmemberstatus` tinyint(1) default NULL, `eventwhencalled` tinyint(1) default NULL, `reportholdtime` tinyint(1) default NULL, `memberdelay` int(11) default NULL, `weight` int(11) default NULL, `timeoutrestart` tinyint(1) default NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`name`) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1; ########################################################## ## ##Table structure for table `sip` ## CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `sip` ( `id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, `name` varchar(80) NOT NULL, `host` varchar(31) NOT NULL default 'dynamic', `nat` varchar(5) NOT NULL default 'no', `type` enum('user','peer','friend') NOT NULL default 'friend', `accountcode` varchar(20) default 'ACCOUNT', `amaflags` varchar(13) default NULL, `callgroup` varchar(10) default NULL, `callerid` varchar(80) default NULL, `call-limit` varchar(6) NOT NULL default '10', `cancallforward` char(3) default 'yes', `canreinvite` char(3) default 'no', `context` varchar(80) default 'from-sip', `defaultip` varchar(15) default NULL, `dtmfmode` varchar(7) default 'rfc2833', `fromuser` varchar(80) default NULL, `fromdomain` varchar(80) default NULL, `insecure` varchar(4) default NULL, `language` char(2) default 'en', `mailbox` varchar(50) default NULL, `md5secret` varchar(80) default NULL, `deny` varchar(95) default '0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0', `permit` varchar(95) default '0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0', `mask` varchar(95) default NULL, `musiconhold` varchar(100) default 'default', `pickupgroup` varchar(10) default NULL, `qualify` char(3) default 'yes', `regexten` varchar(80) default NULL, `restrictcid` char(3) default NULL, `rtptimeout` char(3) default NULL, `rtpholdtimeout` char(3) default NULL, `secret` varchar(80) default 'SECRET', `setvar` varchar(100) default NULL, `disallow` varchar(100) default 'all', `allow` varchar(100) default 'alaw', `fullcontact` varchar(80) NOT NULL default '', `ipaddr` varchar(15) NOT NULL default '', `port` smallint(5) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', `regserver` varchar(100) default NULL, `regseconds` int(11) NOT NULL default '0', `username` varchar(80) NOT NULL, `defaultuser` varchar(80) NOT NULL,

PRIMARY KEY (`id`), UNIQUE KEY `name` (`name`), KEY `name_2` (`name`) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 ROW_FORMAT=DYNAMIC AUTO_INCREMENT=301 ; ########################################################## ## ##Table structure for table `voicemail_messages` ## CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `voicemail_messages` ( `id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, `msgnum` int(11) NOT NULL default '0', `dir` varchar(80) default '', `context` varchar(80) default '', `macrocontext` varchar(80) default '', `callerid` varchar(40) default '', `origtime` varchar(40) default '', `duration` varchar(20) default '', `mailboxuser` varchar(80) default '', `mailboxcontext` varchar(80) default '', `recording` longblob, PRIMARY KEY (`id`), KEY `dir` (`dir`) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=1088 ; ########################################################## ## ##Table structure for table `voicemail_users` ## CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `voicemail_users` ( `uniqueid` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, `customer_id` varchar(11) NOT NULL default '0', `context` varchar(50) NOT NULL default 'default', `mailbox` varchar(11) NOT NULL default '0', `password` varchar(5) NOT NULL default '6666', `fullname` varchar(150) NOT NULL, `email` varchar(50) NOT NULL, `pager` varchar(50) NOT NULL, `tz` varchar(10) NOT NULL default 'en', `attach` varchar(4) NOT NULL default 'yes', `saycid` varchar(4) NOT NULL default 'yes', `dialout` varchar(10) NOT NULL, `callback` varchar(10) NOT NULL, `review` varchar(4) NOT NULL default 'no', `operator` varchar(4) NOT NULL default 'no', `envelope` varchar(4) NOT NULL default 'no', `sayduration` varchar(4) NOT NULL default 'no', `saydurationm` tinyint(4) NOT NULL default '1', `sendvoicemail` varchar(4) NOT NULL default 'no', `delete` varchar(4) NOT NULL default 'no', `nextaftercmd` varchar(4) NOT NULL default 'yes', `forcename` varchar(4) NOT NULL default 'no', `forcegreetings` varchar(4) NOT NULL default 'no', `hidefromdir` varchar(4) NOT NULL default 'yes', `stamp` timestamp NOT NULL default CURRENT_TIMESTAMP on update CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,

PRIMARY KEY (`uniqueid`), KEY `mailbox_context` (`mailbox`,`context`) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=101 ; ## ######################################################## ## ##Create realtime user with approximately the right privs. ## CREATE USER 'astrealtime'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'MYPASS'; GRANT FILE ON * . * TO 'astrealtime'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'MYPASS' WITH MAX_QUERIES_PER _HOUR 0 MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_HOUR 0 MAX_UPDATES_PER_HOUR 0 MAX_USER_CONNECTIONS 0 ; GRANT INSERT ON `asterisk`.`cdr` TO 'astrealtime'@'localhost'; GRANT SELECT , INSERT , UPDATE , DELETE ON `asterisk`.`queue_members` TO 'astrealtime'@'loca lhost'; GRANT SELECT , UPDATE ON `asterisk`.`queues` TO 'astrealtime'@'localhost'; GRANT SELECT , UPDATE ON `asterisk`.`sip` TO 'astrealtime'@'localhost'; GRANT SELECT , UPDATE ON `asterisk`.`voicemail_users` TO 'astrealtime'@'localhost'; GRANT SELECT , UPDATE , INSERT , DELETE ON `asterisk`.`voicemail_messages` TO 'astrealtime'@ 'localhost';

Configure various files

Set up CDR to ODBC (MySQL)
Edit /etc/asterisk/cdr_odbc.conf [global] dsn=astrealtime username=astrealtime password=MYPASS loguniqueid=yes dispositionstring=yes table=cdr usegmtime=yes

Set up realtime
Edit /etc/asterisk/extconfig.conf [settings] queues => odbc,astrealtime,queues queue_members => odbc,astrealtime,queue_members sippeers => odbc,astrealtime,sip sipusers => odbc,astrealtime,sip voicemail => odbc,astrealtime,voicemail_users

ODBC configuration (using settings from above)

/etc/odbcinst.ini [MySQL] Description = ODBC for MySQL Driver = /usr/lib/libmyodbc3.so Setup = /usr/lib/libodbcmyS.so FileUsage = 1 (Note the '3' which isn't in the original sample file!) /etc/odbc.ini ; DSN definitions [astrealtime] Description = Asterisk realtime and other FUNC_ODBC access Driver = MySQL

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/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock localhost astrealtime MYPASS asterisk 3

/etc/asterisk/res_odbc.conf ; Environment variables [ENV] ; Connections [astrealtime] enabled => yes dsn => astrealtime username => astrealtime password => MYPASS pre-connect => yes idlecheck => 3600 /etc/asterisk/func_odbc.conf This really depends on why you need database access from the dialplan!

See Also

Asterisk installation for CentOS 4.x Asterisk installation tips: How to install on all kinds of operating systems and distributions Asterisk Step-by-step Installation CentOS 5.2 and Asterisk 1.6.x installation