Installing Asterisk FREEPBX Centos

Simple way of installing FreePBX  on asterisk 1.8.x  with Addons. 

 

 

 

How to install asterisk and freepbx from scratch,  useful if your using a virtual machine.

 (As of now  this is raw commands)

Install Requirements:

1. Install CentOS, enabling the following packages:
*DNS Server
*Web Server
*Mail Server
*MySQL Database
*Development Tools

OR

yum install nano gcc gcc-cpp gcc-c++ httpd mysql-devel mysql-server php php-mysql ncurses-devel libxml2-devel php-process php-5.3-zend-guard-loader sysadmin  incron tftp-server svn make e2fsprogs-devel keyutils-libs-devel krb5-devel libogg libselinux-devel libsepol-devel libxml2-devel libtiff-devel gmp php-pear php-pear-DB php-gd php-mysql php-pdo kernel-devel ncurses-devel audiofile-devel libogg-devel openssl-devel mysql-devel zlib-devel perl-DateManip sendmail-cf sox

 

 

 

 

wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin-1.630-1.noarch.rpm

rpm -U webmin-1.630-1.noarch.rpm

  echo “selinux=disabled” > /etc/selinux/config

cd /usr/src

wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/lame/files/lame/3.98.4/lame-3.98.4.tar.gz

tar zxvf lame-3.98.4.tar.gz

cd lame-3.98.4

./configure
make
make install

cd ..

 

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Download and install sources:

 

wget http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/asterisk-1.8-current.tar.gz

wget http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/dahdi-linux-complete/dahdi-linux-complete-current.tar.gz

wget http://mirror.freepbx.org/freepbx-2.8.1.tar.gz

 

tar xvfz asterisk-1.8-current.tar.gz

tar zxvf dahdi-linux-complete-current.tar.gz

tar zxvf freepbx-2.8.1.tar.gz

 

cd asterisk-1.8.23.0

./configure

contrib/scripts/get_mp3_source.sh

 

./configure
make menuconfig
select app_mysql, app_saycountpl, cdr_mysql, format_mp3, res_config_mysql
go to Extras Sound Packages
Select EXTRAS-SOUNDS-EN-GSM
Save & Exit

make

make install

 

useradd -c “Asterisk PBX” -d /var/lib/asterisk asterisk
mkdir /var/run/asterisk
mkdir /var/log/asterisk
chown -R asterisk:asterisk /var/run/asterisk
chown -R asterisk:asterisk /var/log/asterisk
chown -R asterisk:asterisk /var/lib/php/session/
nano +231 /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

cd ..
#Change User apache and Group apache to User asterisk and Group asterisk.
#Ctrl-X to save, ‘Y’ to confirm 

nano +329 /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
#Change AllowOverride None to AllowOverride All
#Ctrl-X to save, ‘Y’ to confirm

 

 /etc/init.d/mysqld start
cd /usr/src/freepbx-2.8.1

mysqladmin create asterisk
mysqladmin create asteriskcdrdb
mysql asterisk < SQL/newinstall.sql
mysql asteriskcdrdb < SQL/cdr_mysql_table.sql

 

mysql
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON asteriskcdrdb.* TO asteriskuser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY ‘SOMEPASSWORD’;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON asterisk.* TO asteriskuser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY ‘SOMEPASSWORD’;
flush privileges;
\q

mysqladmin -u root password ‘SOMEPASSWORD’

cd /usr/src/freepbx-2.8.1
./start_asterisk start

pear install DB
./install_amp –username=asteriskuser –password=SOMEPASSWORD
echo “/usr/local/sbin/amportal start” >> /etc/rc.local
chkconfig httpd on
chkconfig mysqld on
Open browser to http://ipaddressofpbx/admin
Click red bar in FreePBX

7. Fix ARI password:
note: in FreePBX 2.8 you do this in /etc/amportal.conf
nano -w /etc/amportal.conf
ARI_ADMIN_PASSWORD=SOMEPASSWORD
Ctrl-X to save, ‘Y’ to confirm

8. Configure Sendmail:
nano /etc/mail/sendmail.mc
define(`SMART_HOST’, `relay.DOMAIN.com)dnl
MASQUERADE_AS(`pbx.DOMAIN.com’)dnl
FEATURE(`masquerade_envelope’)dnl
Ctrl-X to save, ‘Y’ to confirm

make -C /etc/mail

9. Edit sip_nat.conf for proper NAT:
note: in FreePBX 2.8 you can download Asterisk SIP Settings module to do this
nano /etc/asterisk/sip_nat.conf

localnet=192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0
externhost=pbx.DOMAIN.com (Set your external hostname name here)
externrefresh=10
fromdomain=DOMAIN.com (Set your external domain name here)
nat=yes
qualify=yes
canreinvite=no
Ctrl-X to save, ‘Y’ to confirm

10. Add extra codecs to config:
note: in FreePBX 2.8 you can download Asterisk SIP Settings module to do this
nano /etc/asterisk/sip_custom.conf

allow=gsm
allow=h261
allow=h263
allow=h263p
videosupport=yes
Ctrl-X to save, ‘Y’ to confirm

note: in FreePBX 2.8 you can download Asterisk IAX Settings module to do this
nano /etc/asterisk/iax_custom.conf

allow=gsm
allow=h261
allow=h263
allow=h263p
videosupport=yes
Ctrl-X to save, ‘Y’ to confirm

asterisk -rx reload

11. Edit voicemail config:
nano /etc/amportal.conf
If the web interface on your PBX will be accessible on the internet:
AMPWEBADDRESS=pbx.DOMAIN.com (Set your external hostname name here)
If the web interface on your PBX will be accessible only on your internal network:
AMPWEBADDRESS=internal.hostname.DOMAIN.com (Set your internal hostname name here)
Ctrl-X to save, ‘Y’ to confirm

or if your users will NOT have access to the web interface:

nano /etc/asterisk/vm_email.inc
remove “Visit http://AMPWEBADDRESS/cgi-bin/vmail.cgi?action=login&mailbox=${VM_MAILBOX} to check your voicemail with a web browser.\n”
Ctrl-X to save, ‘Y’ to confirm

nano /etc/asterisk/vm_general.inc

serveremail=[email protected] ; Who the e-mail notification should appear to come from
fromstring=DOMAIN PBX ; Real name of email sender
Ctrl-X to save, ‘Y’ to confirm

12. Fix MOH directory:
ln -s /var/lib/asterisk/moh /var/lib/asterisk/mohmp3
asterisk -rx reload

14. Open browser to http://ipaddressofpbx
Done!

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Published on: Mar 03, 2021