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      sdudley
      last edited by

      What would be the command to start the Asterisk daemon from a shell…wasn't quite certain and "/etc/init.d/asterisk start" returned a command not found.

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      • marcellocM
        marcelloc
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        /usr/local/etc/rc.d/asterisk

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          sdudley
          last edited by

          Commenting out some of the modules did it, the daemon started and looks like it's running via the GUI now. Wonder if it was because the default extensions.conf and sip.conf contained references to demo interfaces that I didn't have? There's no telephony cards on the board…yet. SIP phones still aren't showing up but I can have a go at those now that I know the daemon is running. Thanks again Marcelloc.

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            m4f1050
            last edited by

            I downgraded to 2.0.1 just to install this!  :)

            Is there any tutorial on how to initially set it up?  (I am coming from Windows and Axon PBX)

            ..or asterisk-gui?  Trying that out first.

            EDIT:

            I fetched http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/ports/i386/packages-8.1-release/All/asterisk-gui-2.0.4_4.tbz

            Tried to add it but I get:

            pkg_add: could not find package openldap-client-2.4.23 !
            pkg_add: could not find package perl-5.10.1_1 !
            pkg_add: could not find package libltdl-2.2.6b !
            pkg_add: could not find package wget-1.12_1 !
            pkg_add: could not find package libgcrypt-1.4.5_1 !
            pkg_add: could not find package postgresql-client-8.2.17_1 !

            EDIT 2:

            fetched the missing packages then pkg_add asterisk-gui-2.0.4_4.tbz it said it installed in /usr/local and gave me a url to go to but not working.

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            • marcellocM
              marcelloc
              last edited by

              Asterisk gui need some file changes to work and I did not had time to finish it.

              This current version can be configured only on console/files.

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                m4f1050
                last edited by

                I changed manager.conf and http.conf:

                manager.conf:

                enabled=yes
                webenabled=yes
                [admin]
                secret = password
                read = all
                write = all

                http.conf:

                enabled=yes
                enablestatic=yes

                And got it to load and login, but I get an alert:

                The GUI does not have necessary privileges.
                Please check the manager permissions for the user !

                Thanks for your time!!!

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                • marcellocM
                  marcelloc
                  last edited by

                  these are few steps I did to get asterisk-gui working.
                  I'm not sure if it is all remain steps.

                  mkdir /var/lib
                  mkdir /etc/dahdi/
                  
                  ln -s /usr/local/etc/asterisk /etc/asterisk
                  ln -s /usr/local/share/asterisk /var/lib/asterisk
                  
                  /var/lib/asterisk/gui_backups
                  /var/lib/asterisk/sounds/imageupdate
                  
                  chown -R asterisk /var/lib/asterisk
                  chown -R asterisk /usr/local/etc/asterisk
                  chown -R asterisk /etc/dahdi
                  
                  /var/lib/asterisk/static_html/config
                  /var/lib/asterisk/scripts
                  
                  /usr/local/etc/rc.d/asterisk/restart
                   asterisk -rx "core set debug 10"
                  asterisk -rx "core set verbose 10"
                  

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                    m4f1050
                    last edited by

                    Cool, will try that.  That's how you got it to load up, but you weren't able to get it to write/update the .conf files, correct?

                    EDIT:

                    Ok, got it to show up, had to edit index.js to include asterisk/1.8 but it won't save any settings  :-/

                    asterisk-gui.jpg
                    asterisk-gui.jpg_thumb

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                      tempest69
                      last edited by

                      Hello,
                      what a great package!
                      But…
                      I'm on nanobsd platform and something seems incorrect :
                      the file /usr/local/etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf contain the line "astdbdir => /tmp" ==> this is ok
                      But on the gui when i go to status=>asterisk, i see this :

                      * Directories
                        -------------
                        Configuration file:          
                        Configuration directory:     /usr/local/etc/asterisk
                        Module directory:            /usr/local/lib/asterisk/modules
                        Spool directory:             /var/spool/asterisk
                        Log directory:               /var/log/asterisk
                        Run/Sockets directory:       /var/run/asterisk
                        PID file:                    /var/run/asterisk/asterisk.pid
                        VarLib directory:            /usr/local/share/asterisk
                        Data directory:              /usr/local/share/asterisk
                        ASTDB:                       /var/db/asterisk/astdb
                        IAX2 Keys directory:         /usr/local/share/asterisk/keys
                        AGI Scripts directory:       /usr/local/share/asterisk/agi-bin
                      

                      astdb is /var/db/asterisk/astdb ==> it's bad!
                      It seems that the file /usr/local/etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf is not the one used when asterisk is started.
                      And when i look at /usr/local/etc/rc.d/asterisk , i don't see anything that say to use this .conf file (like a -C switch ==> -C /usr/local/etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf in a command_args variable for example)
                      Do i have missed something?
                      Because i have a lot of "Unable to open Asterisk database '/var/db/asterisk/astdb': No such file or directory" in my log…

                      It would also be nice to have the "module show" command or even better the possibility to type commands (like with the  fivn asterisk management  "command" menu)
                      Thank you

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                      • marcellocM
                        marcelloc
                        last edited by

                        try to start asterisk on foreground to check what is not loading or missing.

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                          tempest69
                          last edited by

                          thanks,

                          stop an restart the service solve the problem (without change to config files)…
                          I will try to see why it was wrong and if the problem reappears...

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                            m4f1050
                            last edited by

                            When I restarted my pfSense the gui was no longer available and I am also getting the db warning…

                            I guess I had created the /var/db/asterisk folders when fiddling with it..  I tried restarting asterisk from pfSense and I still get them.  I even modified the asterisk.conf file (which was pointing to /tmp also) but nothing... :O

                            
                            [Jul 7 10:16:14] WARNING[24915] db.c: Unable to open Asterisk database '/var/db/asterisk/astdb': No such file or directory
                            
                            
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                              tempest69
                              last edited by

                              well now i'm getting this message after every call i make (the call work but the history of calls is not updated/empty) :
                              [Jul 7 18:18:57] ERROR[36008] cdr_csv.c: Unable to re-open master file /var/log/asterisk//cdr-csv//Master.csv : No such file or directory

                              Strange (double // in the path of the file) … something seems corrupted (EDIT: after a search double // seems correct...).
                              Where can i get the list of file created by this package (on startup and/or package installation?)

                              EDIT :could it be that the "Log directory:              /var/log/asterisk" is incorrect for a nanobsd installation ?
                              After creating by hand "/var/log/asterisk/cdr-csv" directory, the message has gone, do these directories get created on asterisk startup or only once on package installation ?

                              i think it's time to re-read all the topics related to asterisk in pfsense in the forum...

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                              • marcellocM
                                marcelloc
                                last edited by

                                @m4f1050:

                                When I restarted my pfSense the gui was no longer available and I am also getting the db warning…
                                Unable to re-open master file /var/log/asterisk//cdr-csv//Master.csv : No such file or directory

                                check on asterisk.inc if it's checking/creating the /var/db folder

                                @tempest69:

                                EDIT :could it be that the "Log directory:               /var/log/asterisk" is incorrect for a nanobsd installation ?

                                IIRC, /var is flushed every reboot, so it need to be recreated during package sync/startup

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                                  tempest69
                                  last edited by

                                  @marcelloc:

                                  IIRC, /var is flushed every reboot, so it need to me recreated during package sync/startup

                                  So, if i understand good, i just need to edit asterisk.inc and add some code to create the directories (like "mkdir -p /var/log/asterisk/cdr-csv" in the sync_package_asterisk() function) ?
                                  thank you

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                                  • rcfaR
                                    rcfa
                                    last edited by

                                    @marcelloc:

                                    IIRC, /var is flushed every reboot, so it need to me recreated during package sync/startup

                                    Is that supposed to be a good thing?

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                                      marcelloc
                                      last edited by

                                      there is a type on that post,

                                      So it needs to be recreated during package sync/startup/boot as it's a memory file system on nanobsd.

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                                        rcfa
                                        last edited by

                                        @marcelloc:

                                        there is a type on that post,

                                        So it needs to be recreated during package sync/startup/boot as it's a memory file system on nanobsd.

                                        OK, I wasn't aware this was about nanobsd… Missed that part somehow.

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                                          m4f1050
                                          last edited by

                                          @marcelloc:

                                          @m4f1050:

                                          When I restarted my pfSense the gui was no longer available and I am also getting the db warning…
                                          Unable to re-open master file /var/log/asterisk//cdr-csv//Master.csv : No such file or directory

                                          check on asterisk.inc if it's checking/creating the /var/db folder

                                          Nope, it's not creating that on the .inc the .inc file says to replace whatever it's there with /tmp (which I changed it to /usr/local/db/asterisk but it's not taking it..

                                          Here is what it says when I go to Status / Asterisk

                                          
                                          PBX Core settings
                                          -----------------
                                            Version:                     1.8.8.1
                                            Build Options:               LOADABLE_MODULES
                                            Maximum calls:               Not set
                                            Maximum open file handles:   Not set
                                            Verbosity:                   0
                                            Debug level:                 0
                                            Maximum load average:        0.000000
                                            Startup time:                00:44:21
                                            Last reload time:            00:44:30
                                            System:                      FreeBSD/8.1-RELEASE-p5 built by root on i386 2012-01-15 05:07:25 UTC
                                            System name:                 
                                            Entity ID:                   xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
                                            Default language:            en
                                            Language prefix:             Enabled
                                            User name and group:         /
                                            Executable includes:         Disabled
                                            Transcode via SLIN:          Enabled
                                            Internal timing:             Disabled
                                            Transmit silence during rec: Disabled
                                            Generic PLC:                 Enabled
                                          
                                          * Subsystems
                                            -------------
                                            Manager (AMI):               Enabled
                                            Web Manager (AMI/HTTP):      Enabled
                                            Call data records:           Enabled
                                            Realtime Architecture (ARA): Disabled
                                          
                                          * Directories
                                            -------------
                                            Configuration file:          
                                            Configuration directory:     /usr/local/etc/asterisk
                                            Module directory:            /usr/local/lib/asterisk/modules
                                            Spool directory:             /var/spool/asterisk
                                            Log directory:               /var/log/asterisk
                                            Run/Sockets directory:       /var/run/asterisk
                                            PID file:                    /var/run/asterisk/asterisk.pid
                                            VarLib directory:            /usr/local/share/asterisk
                                            Data directory:              /usr/local/share/asterisk
                                            ASTDB:                       /var/db/asterisk/astdb
                                            IAX2 Keys directory:         /usr/local/share/asterisk/keys
                                            AGI Scripts directory:       /usr/local/share/asterisk/agi-bin
                                          
                                          
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                                            tempest69
                                            last edited by

                                            (asterisk package with nanobsd installation)
                                            the problem :

                                            Unable to re-open master file /var/log/asterisk//cdr-csv//Master.csv : No such file or directory
                                            

                                            has been solved with the shellcmd package, i have created 3 shellcmd :

                                            mkdir /var/log/asterisk && chmod 0766 /var/log/asterisk 	shellcmd 	
                                            mkdir /var/log/asterisk/cdr-csv && chmod 0766 /var/log/asterisk/cdr-csv 	shellcmd 	
                                            chown -R asterisk:wheel /var/log/asterisk 	shellcmd 
                                            
                                            

                                            It is hardcoded but the message has gone… and now i can see the call history until a reboot.
                                            But now i would like to make things persistent :
                                            1/ to copy a saved Master.csv (and eventualy astdb) on startup to /var/log/asterisk/cdr-csv/Master.csv
                                            using shellcmd seems the best solution (but it would be more accurate to do this on service startup?)
                                            2/ to save Master.csv (an eventually astdb) from memory to my sdcard periodicaly (every day?)
                                            using cron package seems the best solution
                                            3/ to save Master.csv (an eventually astdb) from memory to my sdcard on shutdown or asterisk service stop
                                            NO idea on how to do it...

                                            is it a good solution or am i completly wrong?

                                            I'm very happy with pfsense/asterisk and I'm planing to migrate my (little) asterisk server (dockstar + debian lenny+asterisk 1.6) to my pfsense box !

                                            @m4f1050 : you should try to edit asterisk.conf and modify by hand the directories to /tmp (on nanobsd of course)

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