Installing Asterisk Server

I recently had a really hard time installing Asterisk Server. We were trying to establish connection between 2 phones (soft phones). So here is a guide to install Asterisk Server on your machine.

If you are using a Windows machine, it is advisable to install WSL-2 to follow along with the tutorial

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What is an Asterisk Server?

Asterisk is an open source communication server which uses different communication protocols to handle the complexities of sending and receiving voice data over the internet. One important protocol implemented by Asterisk is the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). This protocol is responsible for initiating, maintaining and terminating real-time sessions in voice, video and instant messaging applications.

Installing Asterisk Server

Getting right into the steps to install an Asterisk Server. Run the following commands and you’ll be good to go —

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

sudo apt install wget build-essential subversion

cd /usr/src/ 

sudo wget http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/asterisk-18-current.tar.gz

sudo tar zxf asterisk-18-current.tar.gz

cd asterisk-18.*/

sudo contrib/scripts/get_mp3_source.sh

sudo contrib/scripts/install_prereq install

sudo ./configure

Before doing menuselect, make sure the window of the terminal is fullsize or you’ll get the following error —

Reference — https://docs.asterisk.org/Getting-Started/Installing-Asterisk/Installing-Asterisk-From-Source/Using-Menuselect-to-Select-Asterisk-Options/

Terminal must be at least 80 x 27.

sudo make menuselect

in menuselect, select format_mp3 -> save and exit

sudo make -j2

sudo make install

sudo make samples

sudo make config

sudo ldconfig

sudo ufw allow 5060/udp

# this is optional

sudo systemctl start asterisk

sudo asterisk -vvvr

This will start your Asterisk Server

References :

[embed]Using Menuselect to Select Asterisk Options - Asterisk Documentation The next step in the build process is to tell Asterisk which modules to compile and install, as well as set various…docs.asterisk.org

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