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    Asterisk ON pfSense2.0.1

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    • marcellocM
      marcelloc
      last edited by

      Try from my repo, I've compiled asterisk 1.8.8.1 to run on pfsense.

      amd64
      pkg_add -r http://e-sac.siteseguro.ws/packages/amd64/8/All/asterisk18-1.8.8.1.tbz

      i386
      pkg_add -r  http://e-sac.siteseguro.ws/packages/8/All/asterisk18-1.8.8.1.tbz

      to fix PACKAGESITE var to use 8.1 package repo, use

      amd64
      setenv PACKAGESITE "http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/ports/amd64/packages-8.1-release/Latest/"

      i386
      setenv PACKAGESITE "http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/ports/i386/packages-8.1-release/Latest/"

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      • R
        robi
        last edited by

        Thanks marcelloc, I'll try your bins too.

        Meanwhile, did anybody try this nice little AsteriskGUI from FIVN?
        http://www.fivn.com/products/asterisk.html

        It runs on basic routers with dd-wrt, so I guess it shouldn't have any problems with a full-blown pfSense…

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        • R
          robi
          last edited by

          No success  >:(

          /etc/rc.conf_mount_rw

pkg_add -r  http://e-sac.siteseguro.ws/packages/8/All/asterisk18-1.8.8.1.tbz

          I got various errors:

          /var: write failed, filesystem is full
lib/perl5/5.12.4/unicore/mktables.lst: Seek failed
...
lib/perl5/5.12.4/warnings/register.pm: Seek failed
tar: (Empty error message)
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
 Done.
...
tar: lib/perl5/5.12.4/warnings/register.pm: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
Removing stale symlinks from /usr/bin...
    Skipping /usr/bin/perl
    Skipping /usr/bin/perl5
Done.
...
WARNING: Failed to create /usr/local/etc/sasldb2

          etc…

          Disk usage was at 10% on Dashboard when first errors came up. At finish 16%, and no /usr/local/etc/rc.d/asterisk....

          Any ideas?

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          • R
            robi
            last edited by

            df -h:

            Filesystem           Size    Used   Avail Capacity  Mounted on
/dev/ufs/pfsense0    1.8G    266M    1.4G    16%    /
devfs                1.0K    1.0K      0B   100%    /dev
/dev/md0              38M     92K     35M     0%    /tmp
/dev/md1              58M    7.8M     45M    15%    /var
/dev/ufs/cf           49M    452K     45M     1%    /cf
devfs                1.0K    1.0K      0B   100%    /var/dhcpd/dev

            thus I don't understand the message /var: write failed, filesystem is full

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            • marcellocM
              marcelloc
              last edited by

              There is a post in forum that jimp explains how to fix this smal partition used during package install, I'll try to find it and post here.

              Here is the post:
              http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,44953.msg234429.html#msg234429

              shortcut to solution:

              /etc/rc.conf_mount_rw
setenv PKG_TMPDIR /root/
pkg_add -r http://e-sac.siteseguro.ws/packages/8/All/asterisk18-1.8.8.1.tbz
/etc/rc.conf_mount_ro

              Also, I think this topic should be moved to packages.

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              • R
                robi
                last edited by

                Thanks, I found it myself, and it seems to install fine now! I'm going on with config tests…

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                • R
                  robi
                  last edited by

                  Alright! It installed smoothly.

                  Next question is, how to make it start at boot?

                  adding 'asterisk_enable="YES"' to the the /etc/rc.conf.local (or /etc/defaults/rc.conf) doesn't start it at boot.
                  (copied /usr/local/etc/rc.d/asterisk to /etc/rc.d/asterisk.sh)

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                  • marcellocM
                    marcelloc
                    last edited by

                    Edit startup script and change values from NO to YES.  :)

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                    • R
                      robi
                      last edited by

                      Which startup script?

                      /etc/rc.conf.local  <-doesn't work
                      /etc/rc.conf  <-gets deleted every time I reboot

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                      • marcellocM
                        marcelloc
                        last edited by

                        asterisk script /usr/local/etc/rc.d/asterisk

                        Reference:
                        http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,2996.0.html

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                        • R
                          robi
                          last edited by

                          Cool, thanks.

                          I'm used to debian…  :-\

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                          • marcellocM
                            marcelloc
                            last edited by

                            Can you test and feedback if asterisk is working with no issues like one-way-audio?

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                            • R
                              robi
                              last edited by

                              I'm on to it. But before that, I notice stupid errors like this:

                              [Jan 25 14:45:34] WARNING[22801]: db.c:115 dbinit: Unable to open Asterisk database '/var/db/asterisk/astdb': No such file or directory
[Jan 25 14:45:34] WARNING[22801]: db.c:592 ast_db_gettree: Database unavailable
[Jan 25 14:45:35] WARNING[22801]: db.c:115 dbinit: Unable to open Asterisk database '/var/db/asterisk/astdb': No such file or directory
[Jan 25 14:45:35] WARNING[22801]: db.c:592 ast_db_gettree: Database unavailable
[Jan 25 14:45:35] WARNING[22801]: pbx_spool.c:772 load_module: Unable to create queue directory /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing -- outgoing spool disabled
[Jan 25 14:45:35] WARNING[22801]: db.c:115 dbinit: Unable to open Asterisk database '/var/db/asterisk/astdb': No such file or directory
[Jan 25 14:45:35] WARNING[22801]: db.c:115 dbinit: Unable to open Asterisk database '/var/db/asterisk/astdb': No such file or directory
[Jan 25 14:45:35] WARNING[22801]: db.c:115 dbinit: Unable to open Asterisk database '/var/db/asterisk/astdb': No such file or directory
[Jan 25 14:45:35] WARNING[22801]: db.c:115 dbinit: Unable to open Asterisk database '/var/db/asterisk/astdb': No such file or directory
[Jan 25 14:45:35] WARNING[22801]: db.c:592 ast_db_gettree: Database unavailable
[Jan 25 14:45:35] WARNING[22801]: db.c:115 dbinit: Unable to open Asterisk database '/var/db/asterisk/astdb': No such file or directory
[Jan 25 14:45:35] WARNING[22801]: db.c:592 ast_db_gettree: Database unavailable

                              Is there any way to disable astdb… I'm using v1.4 in production, that one doesn't have this problem. I need to hunt this down before any further testing.

                              Remember, I'm on nanobsd...

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                              • marcellocM
                                marcelloc
                                last edited by

                                /var is flushed every boot, it's on ram.

                                You need to change db file location to /usr for example.

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                                • R
                                  robi
                                  last edited by

                                  @marcelloc:

                                  You need to change db file location to /usr for example.

                                  But that's read-only at run-time, isn't it? On nanoBsd.

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                                  • marcellocM
                                    marcelloc
                                    last edited by

                                    Yes, it is.

                                    You will have to find a way to create or copy/backup db on asterisk startup and shutdown

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                                    • R
                                      robi
                                      last edited by

                                      Since my asterisk setup is quite simple, no database used really, I redirected everything that needs to be written to /tmp, don't mind if that's lost at reboot. Hope that workaround will be suitable.

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                                      • R
                                        robi
                                        last edited by

                                        I didn't bind Asterisk to any interface. It binds to all, so no firewall settings are required at all.

                                        Phones connect through LAN, telco providers connect through WAN. Asterisk itself routes the SIP/RTP traffic.

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                                        • marcellocM
                                          marcelloc
                                          last edited by

                                          So, It's working as expected(sip gateway/proxy/server) with no audio issues?

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                                          • R
                                            robi
                                            last edited by

                                            @marcelloc:

                                            So, It's working as expected(sip gateway/proxy/server) with no audio issues?

                                            Running with no issues so far for 4 days:

                                            • gateway/router/nat
                                            • OpenVPN server and client simultaneously
                                            • asterisk

                                            I also plan running Snort, but I need to upgrade RAM on the box first…

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