Hello and welcome. Let's begin our journey into the world of Asterisk.
Before we can start, make sure you have the following:
1. Computer with installed Linux OS
2. Asterisk's installation packages
3. Some free time to spend ;o)
4. An IQ higher than the freezing point of water (in Celsius)
1. Computer with installed Linux OS
In this tutorial, we do not discuss Linux installation on your machine. However, we will show you how to install an Asterisk PBX system on a previously installed Linux PC.
You must install these packages before proceeding with the installation of Asterisk.
* Linux 2.4 kernel sources or kernel 2.6 header files. (for libpri)
* bison and bison-devel packages (This is used to build Asterisk)
* ncurses and ncurses-devel packages (Used to build astman, etc.)
* zlib and zlib-devel packages
* openssl and openssl-devel packages
2. Asterisk's Installation Packages
The following packages are needed to install Asterisk: libpri, zaptel and of course Asterisk.
There are three ways to obtain these files: 2.1. Directly download tarball files:
To learn how to compile and install Asterisk take a look at the next tutorial.
User Comments
jefrey (jefrey dot alimpuangon at itgroup dot com dot ph) 12 November 2008 09:58:28 kindly send me an email on how to install asterisk in linux server and what kind of card aside we are going to use to setup outgoing call
jefrey (jefrey dot alimpuangon at itgroup dot com dot ph) 12 November 2008 09:55:33 kindly send me an email on how to install asterisk in linux server and what kind of card aside we are going to use to setup outgoing call
akhilesh tripathi (akhilesh1213 at gmail dot com) 12 August 2008 08:18:35 I am interesting to know asterisk setup in call center for incoming and outgoing calls.how can configure asterisk in our call center. Kindly send me complete design and hardware required.
chandu (chandrakanth dot nani at gmail dot com) 01 July 2008 10:13:18 I need a information when we r installing asterisk Quad-Span togglable E1/T1 card is needed r not
Rob (bpx at gmail dot com) 26 June 2008 21:28:31 o hai :)
sark (sarkash_786 at hotmail dot com) 26 June 2008 07:33:07 Would you please send me all information and configuration regarding to setup a call center for incoming and outgoing calls for more then 10 users.Kindly send me complete design and hardware required.
Thanks & regards
iftikhar (iftikharshawa at yahoo dot com) 22 February 2008 14:09:33 what is asterisk
siraj siddique (siraj_siddique at hotmail dot com) 12 February 2008 13:22:50 hi, iam not interested in setting up a call centre but i need to set up a call centre.how do i make a start and could anybody send me the true information for watever is required in setting up an atleast 30 seat call centre.u would be suitably rewarded.
rama (rama34 at hotmail dot com) 06 February 2008 17:04:00 I am a system engneer, and new in The Asteristk World.if any body mail me Asteristk Manaual. any technical info
Thanks
erdeha (erdeha at yahoo dot com) 31 January 2008 06:31:08 Hi,
I am new user.Could you pls tell me
how to install asterisk on gentoo?? and how to configure it
Please..
I need a help
mail me
Thank you
Rohini (rohini dot nalawade at tcs dot com) 24 January 2008 11:08:32 Hi,
I am new user.Could you pls tell me whether Windows version is available for asterisk?& how to configur the same.Pls help as i need to configure the same for PSTN Pbx in India.
Regards,
Rohini
Rohini (rohini dot nalawade at tcs dot com) 24 January 2008 09:09:42 HI,
I am a new user & want to install the asterisk for windows.Is any version available for windows & if yes how to setup ?Can anyone guide on this
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Ponraj (ponraj at touchpointindia dot com) 17 January 2008 13:15:22 Hi,
I am also interesting to setup a call center for incoming and outgoing calls for 50 users. Kindly send me complete design and hardware & software required.
Thanks in advance
-Ponraj
RITIKA RATHI (ritika dot rth at gmail dot com) 14 January 2008 06:44:14 hi, i m new to voip n asterisk . i want to learn how to work with asterisk softswitch .... is there ny core or classes for it
Hii .. yum is not working with me !! (senior dot uob at hotmail dot com) 11 October 2007 09:18:20 well im trying to intstall asterisk but wen i try to install packages with command "yum" i get this kind of error Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=core-6&arch=i386 error was
[Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (110, 'Connection timed out')>
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: core
plzz if u can help me n show me y it's giving such error ..
thnx alot ..
Bilal (bs72004 at google dot com) 11 October 2007 08:58:27 I Love Asterisk!!!
Nadia (kiran-rao at hotmail dot com) 29 September 2007 07:30:14 Hi....m new to Astreisk n VOIP nd currently doing a job...here i have a task to redirect Voicemails from one station to other Asterisk branch station(other server).......please guide me if someone have knowledge abt this
kayode (nuurueal at yahoo dot com) 22 August 2007 15:04:37 the alignment on my asterisk pbx keeps going on and off,please how do I go about reseting the parameters
om singh (omsingh22 at rediffmail dot com) 11 August 2007 06:38:18 I'm new to Asterisk and trying to use it. But i don't know the relationship between asterisk, zaptel and libpri. More general, i want to know the architecture of Asterisk from technical view (not business view), i.e how much library it does has and others additional libs.
Do i post this message to the right place?
Thank you.
faheem (faheemahmed007 at gmail dot com) 19 July 2007 19:10:04 hi i m new user
i want to know about linux,asterisk and vicidialer.
so plz help me out
thank you
faheem ahmed
khalid khan (khalidkhan18 at hotmail dot com) 13 June 2007 08:00:54 Hi
I am intrested to set up a 50 seats call centre, I want to know the hardware & software I need for it & the block diagram if possible. If some one knows there so pls let me know. Thanks
Zeeshan Saeed Paracha (paracha at inbox dot com) 23 May 2007 20:04:58 Hi,
I would like to setup asterisk server on ubuntu-linux 6.06 Lts to test a small call centre, but i m really new to asterisk and vo-ip protocols, i would highly appreciate to have some guides, tutorials and documentation on Asterik based call centre setup .
Jordi Bech (jbech at nodus dot com) 08 May 2007 14:39:15 Mepo diaco merla po llaaste risk.
Tien Thanh (tienthanhptit at gmail dot com) 19 March 2007 08:00:25 Hi all, I am a new beginner and caring about Asterisk system. At this moment I have PC with Linux OS, but I don't know how to purchase "Asterisk' installation packages". I need one Instllation package and a quatation. Pls help me asap, Thanks and looking forward to seeing your reply!
shahzad (chudary1 at yahoo dot com) 10 March 2007 04:58:13 I am Computer Engineer, and new in The Asteristk World.if any body mail me Asteristk Manaual.
Thanks 4 ur Help
ahmed (taabeer at hotmail dot com) 09 January 2007 10:05:12 in dubai(uae) want to know the use
VIPUL RANA (vipulrana30 at gmail dot com) 23 December 2006 10:06:39 hi! i m begineer of asterisk.i dont know anything abt this.but i want to establish pbx server so plz can u help me? how can i start my project?i looking forward your reply.
beji (bejisofiene3 at yahoo dot fr) 18 December 2006 17:28:19 hi!!
i'm a new engineer of computer and i'm working in open source such as asterisk,vicidial!!
please i want some docs and forums to involve my knowledge in this domain!!
best regards
frank (frankshet at gmail dot com) 14 December 2006 06:40:53 Helow! i want to customize asterisk to fit my design, but i dont know where to start,can you give me the whole idea of customizing asterisk.Thank you!
kelly osagie (kennynl at yahoo dot com) 08 December 2006 11:12:22 I am looking @ setting up an enterprise asteriks-sip network that can handle at least 700 concurrent calls.can anyone recommend/advice me on d hardware,software,vendors and other need-to-know to effiently carry this out? guru plz i need ur input. -kelly.
Enrique Leon (enrique dot leon dot acedo at gmail dot com) 05 December 2006 16:31:20 I am trying to install asterisk but when I run make for the libpri package I only get all sort of error messages:
I've previously installed all the required packages (gcc, ncurses,bison, kernel-source, openssl, zlib, etc).
Any idea on what might be wrong??
Enrique Leon (enrique dot leon dot acedo at gmail dot com) 05 December 2006 16:27:38 I am trying to install asterisk but when I run make for the libpri package I only get all sort of error messages:
I've previously installed all the required packages (gcc, ncurses,bison, kernel-source, openssl, zlib, etc).
Any idea on what might be wrong??
N3nTr0u (jimmytavarez at gmail dot com) 24 November 2006 21:20:10 i'm a windows guru, and a linux dummy... can i install by myself or i'll need a guru's support
mail me to: jimmytavarez@gmail.com
niranjan (neeru_embdsys at yahoo dot co dot in) 03 November 2006 14:42:58 good evening,
i would like to know the technical details related to Asterisk PBX and the relation between Zapata ,Asterisk and libpri. could you please explain me these things.Thanks for your help.
vix (dragons_tiger_downcast at yahoo dot com) 01 November 2006 04:55:31 i would like to setup a call center for almost 15 to 20 users. Along with that i would highly appreciate to have some documentation on Asterik PBX system i will be very thankful to u
FRANCIS OLOYEDE (kunlefancis at yahoo dot com) 21 October 2006 15:19:15 i am new to asterisk pbx please kindly help thank you
Yogender Singh (y_s_bist at yahoo dot com) 20 October 2006 20:57:20 Hi
I wana to make my on pbx.Tell me its it posiblem i can configue asterisk server with fast lan card with my voip devices.
with regards
yogender sing
Brian Almeyda (bmalmeyda at yahoo dot com) 11 October 2006 06:01:09 I would like to put up a call center and I have 5 user agent that will answer the calls. I'm new here in this kind of industry. Can I ask want will be the minimun requirement in terms of hardware and software? thank you very much in advance....
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S H Lee (shlee at vplphone dot com) 09 September 2006 13:36:57 Looking for regular online paid technical support for asterisk.
Patrikios Gerassimos (patrikiosgerassimos at yahoo dot com) 21 August 2006 11:34:33 Hi i'm new to asterisk and I would like to know where after the installation of the program I can edit the settings of it.
Thank you in advance,
Patrikios
Abdul Rauf (rauf_khalid at hotmail dot com) 31 July 2006 20:43:58 i would like to setup a call center for almost 15 to 20 users. Along with that i would highly appreciate to have some documentation on Asterik PBX system
i will be very thankful to u
Naveed Paracha (naveed dot paracha at gmail dot com) 31 July 2006 13:36:25 i would like to setup a call center for almost 15 to 20 users. Along with that i would highly appreciate to have some documentation on Asterik PBX system.
Thanks
Naveed Paracha
Harry Seaw (HarrySeaw at hotmail dot com) 19 June 2006 05:45:59 Hi,
I am also interesting to setup a call center for incoming and outgoing calls for users.Kindly send me complete design and hardware required .
Thanks in advance
taiwo (taiwo222 at yahoo dot co dot uk) 07 June 2006 19:40:56 Hi every one there pls i need a complete refernce guide for enterprise solution on asterisk thanks.
Hina (fromparadise79 at yahoo dot com) 01 June 2006 10:23:00 Hi,
I am interesting to setup a call center for incoming and outgoing calls for 12 users.Kindly send me complete design and hardware required.
Thanks in advance
hina khan (fromparadise79 at yahoo dot com)
Keyan (karthik at pamho dot net) 27 May 2006 07:19:41 Hi,
I am new to asterix design, I would like to design a 8 port E1/T1/J1 CARD using ZAPTEL. can some one send a document relevant to this. Urgent.
Thanks in advance
Keyan
jagadish (jagadish dot hattigud at globaledgesoft dot com) 22 May 2006 08:41:05 Hi all
I have registered to asterisk 1.2.6 and Not able to send Subscribe to other user who is also registered to asterisk 1.2.6.
I am getting error like
ERROR[28985] : chan_sip.c:10284 handle_request_subscribe:Got SUBSCRIBE for extensions without hint.please add hint to c in context default
is there any problem with asterisk 1.2.6
i am able to subscribe with asterisk 1.0.6
thanks in advance
Sravana (k dot sravanakumar at gmail dot com) 21 March 2006 17:55:52 I have the Generic X100P card, it is not supported but I have found information that says it can be used for the PBX. How do I set it up if its not supported? How to configure that card? After fit this card into CPU, how can we know It is connecting to asterisk.
Thank You
Manu Kamalenga (manukamalenga at unikin dot cd) 03 March 2006 15:19:57 Hello!
I'm interested by astrerisk, a friend of mine has told me about,but i need more explaining about it, it usefullness and so on.In fact, i'm a Linux os user,but i also use BSD OS.And i want to know if it's compatible.
Thanks.
Etienne (etienne at abeyant dot co dot za) 07 February 2006 09:03:50 Post comments in the forum - not here!
Amit Goel (amitgoel74 at rediffmail dot com) 31 January 2006 08:11:39 I'm new to Asterisk and trying to use it. But i don't know the relationship between asterisk, zaptel and libpri. More general, i want to know the architecture of Asterisk from technical view (not business view), i.e how much library it does has and others additional libs.
Do i post this message to the right place?
Amit Goel
Thank you.
kerberos (daemonwww at yahoo dot com) 23 January 2006 11:04:47 hello
i want to try this Asterisk PABX System on my debian 3.1 (sarge)
i try to use CVS for downloading, i follow these steps
from the mostly recommended by experienced user
1."apt-get build-dep asterisk"
2."apt-get install kernel-headers-2.4.27-2-386"
3. "apt-get install graphviz"
4."cd /usr/src
5. "export CVSROOT=:pserver:anoncvs@cvs.digium.com:/usr/cvsroot"
6. "cvs login (the password is anoncvs - if you get an error just type this again)"
i did this super user (su) mode but after typing the pass word
"anoncvs" i got a long time and after how many minutes it
says "request aborted" or "request time out" something like that
i did it again and again.
so i tried to install with tar.gz version (i downloaded
asterisk-1.2.1 and asterisk-1.2.2) but when i "make"
i received this last 3 lines (error )
"make[1]: *** [chan_zap.o] Error 1"
"make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/asterisk-1.2.2/channels'"
"make: *** [subdirs] Error 1"
please help
kerberos
Filein Rommel (fileinrommel at gmail dot com) 25 November 2005 18:54:22 Hi..!
Asterisk 1.2 require Postgres ? I'm trying to install this asterisk new version, but when I try run make, I get Errors... early I've istalled asterisk 1.0.7 but nevr have this problem..
Someboy could help me ?..
Best Regards
CPU Intel Celeron M 1.6
Linux OS: Ubuntu Linux 5.04
RAM 512
cdr_pgsql.c:33:22: libpq-fe.h: No existe el fichero o el directorio
cdr_pgsql.c:46: error: error sintáctico before '*' token
cdr_pgsql.c:46: aviso: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `conn'
cdr_pgsql.c:46: aviso: data definition has no type or storage class
cdr_pgsql.c:47: error: error sintáctico before '*' token
cdr_pgsql.c:47: aviso: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `result'
cdr_pgsql.c:47: aviso: data definition has no type or storage class
cdr_pgsql.c: En la función `pgsql_log':
cdr_pgsql.c:61: aviso: implicit declaration of function `PQsetdbLogin'
cdr_pgsql.c:61: aviso: asignación se crea un puntero desde un entero sin una conversión
cdr_pgsql.c:62: aviso: implicit declaration of function `PQstatus'
cdr_pgsql.c:62: error: `CONNECTION_BAD' undeclared (first use in this function)
cdr_pgsql.c:62: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
cdr_pgsql.c:62: error: for each function it appears in.)
cdr_pgsql.c:65: aviso: implicit declaration of function `PQerrorMessage'
cdr_pgsql.c:65: aviso: asignación se crea un puntero desde un entero sin una conversión
cdr_pgsql.c:77: aviso: implicit declaration of function `PQescapeString'
cdr_pgsql.c:108: error: `CONNECTION_OK' undeclared (first use in this function)
cdr_pgsql.c:112: aviso: implicit declaration of function `PQreset'
cdr_pgsql.c:117: aviso: asignación se crea un puntero desde un entero sin una conversión
cdr_pgsql.c:125: aviso: implicit declaration of function `PQexec'
cdr_pgsql.c:125: aviso: asignación se crea un puntero desde un entero sin una conversión
cdr_pgsql.c:126: aviso: implicit declaration of function `PQresultStatus'
cdr_pgsql.c:126: error: `PGRES_COMMAND_OK' undeclared (first use in this function)
cdr_pgsql.c:127: aviso: implicit declaration of function `PQresultErrorMessage'
cdr_pgsql.c:127: aviso: asignación se crea un puntero desde un entero sin una conversión
cdr_pgsql.c:135: aviso: asignación se crea un puntero desde un entero sin una conversión
cdr_pgsql.c:138: aviso: asignación se crea un puntero desde un entero sin una conversión
cdr_pgsql.c: En la función `my_unload_module':
cdr_pgsql.c:159: aviso: implicit declaration of function `PQfinish'
cdr_pgsql.c: En la función `process_my_load_module':
cdr_pgsql.c:297: aviso: asignación se crea un puntero desde un entero sin una conversión
cdr_pgsql.c:298: error: `CONNECTION_BAD' undeclared (first use in this function)
cdr_pgsql.c:302: aviso: asignación se crea un puntero desde un entero sin una conversión
rvmalana (rvmalana at gmail dot com) 11 November 2005 04:03:35 Goodday,
does asterisk has a call monitoring and how does it works?
I hope i've post this message on the right place,
Thank you so much for your help..
Dzung Nguyen (serepoc at yahoo dot com) 18 October 2005 09:10:16 I'm new to Asterisk and trying to use it. But i don't know the relationship between asterisk, zaptel and libpri. More general, i want to know the architecture of Asterisk from technical view (not business view), i.e how much library it does has and others additional libs.
Do i post this message to the right place?
Thank you.
Brian Jerome (bjerome at calgarytelecom dot com) 14 October 2005 07:38:58 Hello,
I have IAX phones available. They work awesome and are priced right. Contact me directly and I will send you an excel spreadsheet with our phones, pricing and volume discounts.
Regards,
Brian Jerome
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badpacket (badpacketnomorespam at yahoo dot com) 24 August 2005 02:21:51
One thing missing from many tutorials is how to actualy build-out the physical infrastructure, and suggestions for moderately priced phones. Loots of searching required I guess.
Gladys (snkgla001 at yahoo dot com) 28 July 2005 15:19:50 I have the Generic X100P card, it is not supported but I have found information that says it can be used for the PBX. How do I set it up if its not supported?