Hi All, I've got debian (etch), openvz and asterisk up and running using the openvz wiki guides. The examples use `apt-get install asterisk` and this will install 1.2.13. Has anyone gotten an VPS to compile the latest versions from source? Also, I'm unsure how the zaptel modules come into play, could use some guidance there as well. Thanks. JR -- JR Richardson Engineering for the Masses
> I've got debian (etch), openvz and asterisk up and running using the > openvz wiki guides. The examples use `apt-get install asterisk` and > this will install 1.2.13. Has anyone gotten an VPS to compile the > latest versions from source? >No problem -- we're running the latest 1.4.x in multiple VEs on Dual and Quad-Core Xeons with Debian and OpenVZ as part of our Virtual Private Asterisk Server service offering (see www.vpas.ca). Indeed our customers can install gcc and build their own Asterisk if they want (and some do).> Also, I'm unsure how the zaptel modules come into play, could use some > guidance there as well. >We chose to have a separate servers with Quad PRI cards to act as gateways which IAX to customer VPASs so the only zaptel module we needed was the ztdummy to provide timing for MeetMe and trunking. You can easily install this module in VE0 and grant access to the appropriate /dev/zap entries in the various VEs. You could put your Digium zaptel hardware on your OpenVZ system but I'm note sure how you would control/limit access to different channels to different VEs so I would think (and I now depart from empirical knowledge into speculation) one would probably want to run a "gateway" Asterisk in VE0 that would interface to the Digium hardware and pass the connections to other VEs using SIP or IAX. It would be interesting to hear from other Asterisk/OpenVZ users who have put Digium zaptel hardware on their box and managed to securely limit access to specific channels to different VEs. g. -- George Pajari (dCAP), netVOICE communications 604 484 VOIP(8647) x102 www.netvoice.ca www.ip-centrex.ca www.ip-pbx.ca www.vpas.ca www.digium.ca www.grandstream.ca www.sipura.ca www.snom.ca Open Source VoIP/Telephony Specialists 1 877 NET VOIP (638 8647 x102)
On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 08:10:33PM -0600, JR Richardson wrote:> Hi All, > > I've got debian (etch), openvz and asterisk up and running using the > openvz wiki guides. The examples use `apt-get install asterisk` and > this will install 1.2.13. Has anyone gotten an VPS to compile the > latest versions from source? > > Also, I'm unsure how the zaptel modules come into play, could use some > guidance there as well.I don't know about openvz, but from my experince with vserver (which is supported rather well and painlessly in Debian, with vanilla kernels) zaptel should basically be a matter of: m-a a-i zaptel . One gotcha is the generation of the /dev/zap files. If possible, generate static ones by the host and avoid udev at all. Alternatively, your vserver may need device files generation capabilities (which is naturally not that secure, as it allows access to disks). -- Tzafrir Cohen icq#16849755 jabber:tzafrir.cohen at xorcom.com +972-50-7952406 mailto:tzafrir.cohen at xorcom.com http://www.xorcom.com iax:guest at local.xorcom.com/tzafrir