I don't use it, but some Asterisk configurations will complain if it isn't installed. I have no plans to use legacy analog FXS/FXO interface cards. However it seems to remain a standard Asterisk dependency.
On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 9:16 PM, Faisal Imtiaz <fai...@snappytelecom.net> wrote: > Interesting... Thanks.. > > BTW, I thought dahdi is no longer used, we quit installing it a while back > ? > > > Regards > > Faisal Imtiaz > Snappy Internet & Telecom > 7266 SW 48 Street > Miami, FL 33155 > Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 > > Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net > > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"Eric Kuhnke" <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> > *To: *af@afmug.com > *Sent: *Thursday, January 14, 2016 11:40:54 PM > *Subject: *[AFMUG] Notes: Latest FreePBX+Asterisk on Debian Stretch > (testing) amd64 > > For those with a lot of debian experience, many people have noticed that > the "testing" branch is actually a lot more stable than described. Debian > "stable" is very conservative and designed to have nothing break. I even > know people who run their desktop workstation as 'sid'. > > If you're adventurous enough to run 'stretch' on a VoIP server, here's > some notes on the process of manually installing the latest releases of > Asterisk and FreePBX together on 'stretch'. If you just want something that > works and is much more conservative in the software version packaging, the > same process could apply to 'jessie' (the current stable version). > > This started when I became generally dissatisfied with the FreePBX distro > which is based on CentOS 6.x and ships with an ancient kernel. I'm not a > huge fan of CentOS as either a hypervisor or guest VM, and I needed to run > FreePBX on some very new hardware that is *not* happy with a 2.6.xx > series Linux kernel. It was necessary to have current kernel support for > fun things like btrfs and some new 10GbE NICs. (Yes, I know you can > install the epel-kernel repo on centos and add kernel v4.3.x, but that's a > hack and going outside of the distro's normal repo tree). > > > Here's my step by step notes file if anyone wants to try: > > install debian stretch amd64 no gui > > set up the test virtualbox vm to use bridged networking to the host eth0 > adapter (not NAT) > > > fully update debian stretch to the latest version of everything > > > install and configure asterisk. instructions from freepbx website. everything > must be run as root (not sudo!) > > you will want to be able to ssh into the server while doing the install > > edit the sshd_config to PermitRootLogin Yes > > > > > install required dependencies: > > apt-get install -y build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r` openssh-server > apache2 mysql-server\ > mysql-client bison flex php5 php5-curl php5-cli php5-mysql php-pear php5-gd > curl sox\ > libncurses5-dev libssl-dev libmysqlclient-dev mpg123 libxml2-dev > libnewt-dev sqlite3\ > libsqlite3-dev pkg-config automake libtool autoconf git unixodbc-dev uuid > uuid-dev\ > libasound2-dev libogg-dev libvorbis-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libical-dev > libneon27-dev libsrtp0-dev\ > libspandsp-dev sudo libmyodbc subversion > > > choose no root password for mysql-server (yet) , this will be configured in a > later step > > > apt-get install sox lame ffmpeg id3tool id3v2 p7zip rsync nmap curl snmp gcc > > > a2enmod ssl > a2enmod rewrite > > > delete some things from the local apt disk cache to free up disk space > > apt-get clean > > apt-get autoclean > > > install legacy pear requirements, reference: > https://pear.php.net/package/Console_Getopt/ > > pear install Console_Getopt > > > > cd /usr/src > wget > http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/dahdi-linux-complete/dahdi-linux-complete-current.tar.gz > wget > http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/libpri/libpri-1.4-current.tar.gz > wget > http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/asterisk-13-current.tar.gz > wget -O jansson.tar.gz https://github.com/akheron/jansson/archive/v2.7.tar.gz > wget http://www.pjsip.org/release/2.4/pjproject-2.4.tar.bz2 > > we want to manually retrieve and install the latest versions of all these > projects, from these sources: > http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/dahdi-linux-complete/ > http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/libpri/ > http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/ > http://www.digip.org/jansson/ > http://www.pjsip.org/download.htm > > > compile and install DAHDI and libpri > > cd /usr/src > tar xvfz dahdi-linux-complete-current.tar.gz > rm -f dahdi-linux-complete-current.tar.gz > cd dahdi-linux-complete-* > make all > make install > make config > cd /usr/src > tar xvfz libpri-1.4-current.tar.gz > rm -f libpri-1.4-current.tar.gz > cd libpri-* > make > make install > > > note: DAHDI is a kernel module so it will need to be recompiled and > reinstalled if the kernel is upgraded > > > compile and install pjsip (pjproject) > cd /usr/src > tar -xjvf pjproject-2.4.tar.bz2 > rm -f pjproject-2.4.tar.bz2 > cd pjproject-2.4 > CFLAGS='-DPJ_HAS_IPV6=1' ./configure --enable-shared --disable-sound > --disable-resample --disable-video --disable-opencore-amr > make dep > make > make install > > > compile and install jansson > cd /usr/src > tar vxfz jansson.tar.gz > rm -f jansson.tar.gz > cd jansson-* > autoreconf -i > ./configure > make > make install > > > > compile and install asterisk > > cd /usr/src > tar xvfz asterisk-13-current.tar.gz > rm -f asterisk-13-current.tar.gz > cd asterisk-* > contrib/scripts/get_mp3_source.sh > contrib/scripts/install_prereq install > ./configure > make menuselect > > > choose enabled modules > > make > make install > make config > ldconfig > update-rc.d -f asterisk remove > > > retrieve more asterisk sounds > > cd /var/lib/asterisk/sounds > wget > http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/sounds/asterisk-core-sounds-en-wav-current.tar.gz > wget > http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/sounds/asterisk-extra-sounds-en-wav-current.tar.gz > tar xvf asterisk-core-sounds-en-wav-current.tar.gz > rm -f asterisk-core-sounds-en-wav-current.tar.gz > tar xfz asterisk-extra-sounds-en-wav-current.tar.gz > rm -f asterisk-extra-sounds-en-wav-current.tar.gz > # Wideband Audio download > wget > http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/sounds/asterisk-core-sounds-en-g722-current.tar.gz > wget > http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/sounds/asterisk-extra-sounds-en-g722-current.tar.gz > tar xfz asterisk-extra-sounds-en-g722-current.tar.gz > rm -f asterisk-extra-sounds-en-g722-current.tar.gz > tar xfz asterisk-core-sounds-en-g722-current.tar.gz > rm -f asterisk-core-sounds-en-g722-current.tar.gz > > > Install and Configure FreePBX > Create the Asterisk user and set base file permissions. > useradd -m asterisk > chown asterisk. /var/run/asterisk > chown -R asterisk. /etc/asterisk > chown -R asterisk. /var/{lib,log,spool}/asterisk > chown -R asterisk. /usr/lib/asterisk > rm -rf /var/www/htmlcd /et > > > A few small modifications to Apache. > sed -i 's/\(^upload_max_filesize = \).*/\120M/' /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini > cp /etc/apache2/apache2.conf /etc/apache2/apache2.conf_orig > sed -i 's/^\(User\|Group\).*/\1 asterisk/' /etc/apache2/apache2.conf > sed -i 's/AllowOverride None/AllowOverride All/' /etc/apache2/apache2.conf > service apache2 restart > > > create the /etc/odbcinst.ini file with the following contents: > [MySQL] > Description = ODBC for MySQL > Driver = /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/odbc/libmyodbc.so > Setup = /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/odbc/libodbcmyS.so > FileUsage = 1 > > > ceate the /etc/odbc.ini file with the following contents: > [MySQL-asteriskcdrdb] > Description=MySQL connection to 'asteriskcdrdb' database > driver=MySQL > server=localhost > database=asteriskcdrdb > Port=3306 > Socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock > option=3 > > > Download and install FreePBX. > cd /usr/src > wget > http://mirror.freepbx.org/modules/packages/freepbx/freepbx-13.0-latest.tgz > tar vxfz freepbx-13.0-latest.tgz > rm -f freepbx-13.0-latest.tgz > cd freepbx > ./start_asterisk start > ./install -n > > > configure freepbx from its http GUI > > > use the GUI to install all of the free FreePBX modules > > you may need to go through module installation up to 4 times, as some things > will not install until > their dependencies are met (confereces, call recording, etc). install, check > repositories, install again, > repeat. > > > chown the directory /etc/dahdi/ and everything in it to the asterisk user and > asterisk group, by > running the command 'amportal chown' > > > edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and disable remote root login > > > edit /etc/sudoers and add eric to the sudoers list > > > copy eric's ssh public key to the system and verify that logging in works, > sudo works > > > you need to create a systemd startup script to start asterisk and other > things on boot, > reference:http://wiki.freepbx.org/display/HTGS/Example+systemd+startup+script+for+FreePBX > > >
