How to get started with Asterisk
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Author: Martin List-Petersen - martin at list-petersen dot dk The newest version of this document can allways be found at http://www.marlow.dk/asterisk To see all pages of this document without menu etc. (for printing, opens new window, not including hardware page), click here. Version: 0.19 Created: November 17th, 2003 Last updated: May 10th, 2005 |
Acknowledgements: This document describes a limited set of the the setup, that can be done with Asterisk and walks you through some scenarios, that you not might find documented elsewhere, because they include third party patches/addons.
This document is provided AS IS, of course. Feel free to use the info provided here, but don't blame me, if it doesn't work. Feedback however is allways appreciated. I can't be made responsible for data loss or other damages in any way. Be aware, that this document is based on Debian and the packages provided for Debian. It might though be useful for asterisk in general.
A word to begin with
Asterisk has gotten pretty mature since the project started and is nearing the 1.0 release. The only problem is, that the configuration and documentation is scattered around in various places on the internet. There is a draft of version 2 of the handbook, but that was not as fullfilling, as i would have wanted.This documentation will be improved somewhat in the future, but only hold the absolutely basics, since my writing efforts are more concentrated on getting the Hitchhikers Guide to Asterisk to a point where it would be a true alternative or replacement to the official documentation done by Digium.
Content
- CVS HEAD and bristuff Debian Repositories
- Hardware usable for Asterisk
- The simple approach (SIP only gateway)
- Building the zaptel modules Debian style
- Links
Talk
History
- 0.20 - (20050913) added talk for SAGE-IE (The System Administrators Guild of Ireland) in the HEAnet boardroom in Ballsbridge, Dublin.
- 0.19 - (20050510) added a couple of pictures, removed source for asterisk stable, since Debian Sarge includes everything needed now. Removed hardware page from full view.
- 0.18 - (20050122) new stable packages with asterisk 1.0.4 and bristuff 0.2.0rc3a and added links to ftp sites.
- 0.17 - (20041106) added Building the zaptel modules Debian style, reorganised links, added a few.
- 0.16 - (20041031) updates of the pages, prepare for new sections, cleanup.
- 0.15 - (20041030) updated packages for stable and cvs head.
- 0.14 - (20041017) added the presentation from my talk at the ILUG AGM.
- 0.13 - (20041015) some more pictures.
- 0.12 - (20041013) added pictures of hardware etc.
- 0.11 - (20041010) revised version of this document, splittet in several pages.
- 0.10 - (20041007) alpha packages have been added, dependencies fixed, newer openh323 and pwlib are supported, app_dbodbc was added to asterisk package.
- 0.09 - (20040816) added link to ast-ax-snmpd
- 0.08 - (20040717) asterisk-head now includes bristuff also
- 0.07 - (20040713) added new repositories
- 0.06 - (20040707) update to meet HTML 4.01 transitional and integration into new website design
- 0.05 - (20040627) split of packagelist in HEAD and STABLE.
- 0.04 - (20040622) updated a few links.
- 0.03 - (20040328) updated with more packages.
- 0.02 - (20040326) updated urls etc.
- 0.01 - (20031117) initial document.
