asterisk users - Feb 2009 - Asterisk on the Cloud With a Click - pre-built Asterisk Amazon EC2 instance

Asterisk-users,

Our two-part tutorial explaining how to use VoIP and Asterisk in  
Amazon?s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) has garnered quite a bit of  
attention. But due to the time required to complete the many steps  
needed to get up and running, some of you have asked if it is possible  
to create a much simpler to install ?pre-built? Asterisk EC2 ?instance.?

In short, yes it is. And we?ve done just that for you.

With the power of the cloud, it?s not necessary have to wait days or  
hours for servers to be rebuilt. We don?t even need to start with a  
server that has nothing more than an operating system on it. Someone  
(Voxillans) can do all the grunt work: building, compiling, installing  
software; then share the complete server with others (you). Amazon  
calls this sharing Amazon Machine Images (AMIs).

Now you have two choices, you can either build the Asterisk server  
yourself, or you can use Voxilla?s pre-built image to eliminate a lot  
of the heavy lifting.

Learn more at
http://voxilla.com/2009/02/18/asterisk-on-the-cloud-with-a-click-1405


--
Eric Chamberlain, Founder
RF.com - http://RF.com/

On Feb 18, 2009, at 1:18 PM, Eric Chamberlain wrote:
> Asterisk-users,
>
> Our two-part tutorial explaining how to use VoIP and Asterisk in
> Amazon?s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) has garnered quite a bit of
> attention. But due to the time required to complete the many steps
> needed to get up and running, some of you have asked if it is possible
> to create a much simpler to install ?pre-built? Asterisk EC2  
> ?instance.?
>
> In short, yes it is. And we?ve done just that for you.
>
> With the power of the cloud, it?s not necessary have to wait days or
> hours for servers to be rebuilt. We don?t even need to start with a
> server that has nothing more than an operating system on it. Someone
> (Voxillans) can do all the grunt work: building, compiling, installing
> software; then share the complete server with others (you). Amazon
> calls this sharing Amazon Machine Images (AMIs).
>
> Now you have two choices, you can either build the Asterisk server
> yourself, or you can use Voxilla?s pre-built image to eliminate a lot
> of the heavy lifting.
>
> Learn more at
http://voxilla.com/2009/02/18/asterisk-on-the-cloud-with-a-click-1405
>
> --
> Eric Chamberlain, Founder
> RF.com - http://RF.com/


I'd like to add that this is a particularly useful image since it  
includes both a fairly recent version of Asterisk (1.6.0.5) and also  
includes functional DAHDI timers to allow MeetMe and other timing- 
specific apps to work correctly.

I'd very much like to hear of anyone doing load testing on the small,  
medium, and large instances of EC2 with this image.  I think it's a  
great way to get people working with Asterisk very quickly, and  
without having to compile or manage operating-system level issues to  
start with.  It's always easier to learn to be a mechanic by starting  
with an assembled car and working backwards than with a pile of parts,  
even if ultimately you need to be able to take the parts and build the  
car yourself.

http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=2086

There are several Asterisk images on EC2 that are already available,  
but this one seems to have all the parts for a baseline Asterisk  
system without too many frills.

JT

---
John Todd                       email:jtodd at digium.com
Digium, Inc. | Asterisk Open Source Community Director
445 Jan Davis Drive NW -  Huntsville AL 35806  -   USA
direct: +1-256-428-6083         http://www.digium.com/