[VoIP] Asterisk start on boot with Debian Linux

[Donald Froula]

>From what I read, Debian does things quite differently
from most other Linux distributions.

The Debian solution also will restart Asterisk if the
process dies. The script must be written properly for
this to work. The sample script provided with Asterisk
does support restarts. I tested this by killing off
the Asterisk process.

Don

--- Greg Blakely <greg at vyger.net> wrote:

> I also have my asterisk start at boot-up (Fedora),
> but I do it through
> /etc/inittab.
> 
> That way, if it dies, it will restart.
> 
> Here's what it looks like, a line by itself, all the
> way at the bottom
> of the file:
> 
> # Start Asterisk
> ax:2345:respawn:/usr/sbin/asterisk -cq
> 
> 
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: voip-bounces at ckts.info
> [mailto:voip-bounces at ckts.info] 
> > On Behalf Of Donald Froula
> > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 11:48 AM
> > To: voip at ckts.info
> > Subject: [VoIP] Asterisk start on boot with Debian
> Linux
> > 
> > I figured out how to run Asterisk at boot up, but
> only after 
> > lots of false starts.
> > 
> > Debian requires a startup script to be placed in
> the 
> > directory /etc/init.d. The Asterisk source
> distribution comes 
> > with a working script in the "contrib/init.d"
> sub-directory, 
> > called rc.debian.asterisk. I copied this to
> /etc/init.d and 
> > edited it to modprobe my zaptel drivers and run
> ztcfg to 
> > bring up the interfaces.
> > 
> > Debian then requires you to run the command
> "update-rc.d" to 
> > set up the rules for running the script in the
> various run levels.
> > 
> > I used the following command:
> > 
> > "update-rc.d rc.debian.asterisk start 99 2 3 4 5 .
> 1 0
> > 1 6 ."
> > 
> > This sets up the script to run Asterisk as the
> last process 
> > when booting in runlevels 2 3 4 and 5, the normal
> run levels. 
> > It also tells Debian to kill off Asterisk the
> first thing 
> > when switching to runlevels 0, 1 and 6. 0 and 6
> are for 
> > system halt and shutdown.
> > Level 1 is single-user "safe" mode.
> > 
> > The problem I had was that I had been running
> Asterisk in 
> > single-user "safe" mode. I did this to avoid
> launching the 
> > GUI when booting up. This will never work, as
> Debian kills 
> > all daemons in single-user, runlevel 1.
> > 
> > To set things right, I entered the following
> command to 
> > inhibit running the GUI at boot in the normal run
> levels.
> > 
> > "update-rc.d -f GDM remove"
> > 
> > I then changed the /boot/grub/menu.lst to default
> back to 
> > normal mode at boot (I had the order of the menu
> items 
> > swapped to default to single-user mode).
> > 
> > Now, Asterisk starts up as a daemon at boot time.
> If your 
> > BIOS supports reboot on power-failure, it makes a
> very robust setup.
> > 
> > Note that this is all specific to Debian Linux.
> > 
> > Hope this helps someone.
> > 
> > Best,
> > 
> > Don
> > 
> > 
> > --- Donald Froula <dfroula at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > I'm still trying to figure how to load all the
> zaptel 
> > drivers, start 
> > > zaptel, and start asterisk at boot.
> > > I've played with adding a shell script in
> /etc/init.d, with 
> > a softlink 
> > > from /etc/rc1.d, but can't get this to work. Any
> ideas?
> > > 
> > >
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