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Fri, 03/14/2025 - 11:03
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HB9XCL
Asterisk on nodes
Hi,

just a short query - as AREDN runs on OpenWRT, did anybody ever try to install Asterisk or FreePBX directly on a node? there seem to exist packages for that...

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Kurt HB9XCL
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Sat, 03/15/2025 - 20:17
nc8q
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Asterisk on nodes
Hi, Kurt:

I tried and failed. I just use Raspberry Pis instead.
Mark N2MH brought a ?Gl-iNet? device running Asterisk to Hamcation 2024.
You could check with Mark to see how he achieved this.

73, Chuck
 
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Mon, 03/17/2025 - 05:41
N7CPZ
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Resources?
Commenting for interest since I need to learn Asterisk, but dedicated hardware nodes are quite resource constrained. When I stood up a quick FreePBX server it consumed way more resources than even my VM nodes are allocated, so I'm curious how this would work.
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Mon, 03/17/2025 - 07:33
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nc8q
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Resources: Asterisk modules .vs. FreePBX server
N7CPZ:
If you only install the necessary/needed modules,
the resources are much less than a full server installation.
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Mon, 03/17/2025 - 17:55
N7CPZ
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Interesting
Chuck,

Do you have any guides you'd recommend for someone learning Asterisk and setting up an ultralight deployment like that for the first time? I'd be interested to learn.
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Mon, 03/17/2025 - 19:16
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nc8q
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setting up an ultralight deployment
"Do you have any guides you'd recommend for someone learning Asterisk and setting up an ultralight deployment like that for the first time?"

n7cpz:

No.
I do not recommend setting up Asterisk on an AREDN node.
I do not recommend setting up Asterisk on an ultralight deployment.
Well, unless you consider a Raspbery Pi to be inclusive of 'ultralight'.
I know of an asterisk guide appropriate for an AREDN network.

73, Chuck
 
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Mon, 03/17/2025 - 21:37
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N7CPZ
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I run a proper application
I run a proper application server with considerable compute resources. The ultralight part is appealing since I often feel like a Japanese train conductor pushing more applications through the doors with a broom to make everything fit. Realistically I have plenty of headroom.

I'd appreciate whatever you have.
 
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Mon, 03/17/2025 - 22:29
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nc8q
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An Asterisk implementation on an AREDN network
I have a resource to share and it is available already as it is on the World AREDN network.
Mark Herson N2MH has a marvelous resource here:
http://n2mh-meshphone2.local.mesh/meshphone/whitepages.php
and here:
http://n2mh-meshphone2.local.mesh/meshphone/index.html

I recommend that you start here in Version 2:
http://n2mh-meshphone2.local.mesh/meshphone/freepbx/MPFreePBXHowTo_v2.html

73, Chuck
 
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