Asterisk 16 LTS on Ubuntu 18.04

Asterisks.sh

sudo apt update && sudo apt -y upgrade

sudo apt -y install git curl wget libnewt-dev libssl-dev libncurses5-dev subversion  libsqlite3-dev build-essential libjansson-dev libxml2-dev  uuid-dev

If you get an error for subversion package on Ubuntu like below:

E: Package 'subversion' has no installation candidate
Then add universe repository and install subversion from it:

sudo add-apt-repository universe
sudo apt update && sudo apt -y install subversion


sudo apt policy asterisk


##Download Asterisk 16 LTS tarball

cd /usr/src/
sudo curl -O http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/asterisk-16-current.tar.gz

sudo tar xvf asterisk-16-current.tar.gz
cd asterisk-16*/

sudo contrib/scripts/get_mp3_source.sh

sudo contrib/scripts/install_prereq install


##Build and Install Asterisk 16 on Ubuntu 18.04 

sudo ./configure



sudo make menuselect


Use arrow keys to navigate, and Enter key to select.


On Add-ons select chan_ooh323 and format_mp3  as shown below
On Core Sound Packages, select the formats of Audio packets like below
For Music On Hold, select the following minimal modules
On Extra Sound Packages select as shown below:
Enable app_macro under Applications menu.

You can change other configurations you see fit. When done, save and exit then install Asterisk with selected modules.

Then  build Asterisk by running:

sudo make

sudo make install

sudo make progdocs

sudo make samples
sudo make config
sudo ldconfig

##Create Asterisk User

sudo groupadd asterisk
sudo useradd -r -d /var/lib/asterisk -g asterisk asterisk
sudo usermod -aG audio,dialout asterisk
sudo chown -R asterisk.asterisk /etc/asterisk
sudo chown -R asterisk.asterisk /var/{lib,log,spool}/asterisk
sudo chown -R asterisk.asterisk /usr/lib/asterisk

##Set Asterisk default user to asterisk:

sudo nano /etc/default/asterisk
AST_USER="asterisk"
AST_GROUP="asterisk"

sudo nano /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf
runuser = asterisk ; The user to run as.
rungroup = asterisk ; The group to run as.

sudo systemctl restart asterisk
sudo systemctl enable asterisk


sudo asterisk -rvv

sudo ufw allow proto tcp from any to any port 5060,5061
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