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diff --git a/1.4.23-rc4/README b/1.4.23-rc4/README deleted file mode 100644 index 3530007a6..000000000 --- a/1.4.23-rc4/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,262 +0,0 @@ -The Asterisk(R) Open Source PBX -by Mark Spencer <markster@digium.com> -and the Asterisk.org developer community - -Copyright (C) 2001-2009 Digium, Inc. -and other copyright holders. -================================================================ - -* SECURITY - It is imperative that you read and fully understand the contents of -the security information file (doc/security.txt) before you attempt -to configure and run an Asterisk server. - -* WHAT IS ASTERISK? - Asterisk is an Open Source PBX and telephony toolkit. It is, in a -sense, middleware between Internet and telephony channels on the bottom, -and Internet and telephony applications at the top. For more information -on the project itself, please visit the Asterisk home page at: - - http://www.asterisk.org - -In addition you'll find lots of information compiled by the Asterisk -community on this Wiki: - - http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk - -There is a book on Asterisk published by O'Reilly under the -Creative Commons License. It is available in book stores as well -as in a downloadable version on the http://www.asteriskdocs.org -web site. - -* SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS - -== Linux == - The Asterisk Open Source PBX is developed and tested primarily on the -GNU/Linux operating system, and is supported on every major GNU/Linux -distribution. - -== Others == - Asterisk has also been 'ported' and reportedly runs properly on other -operating systems as well, including Sun Solaris, Apple's Mac OS X, and -the BSD variants. - -* GETTING STARTED - - First, be sure you've got supported hardware (but note that you don't need -ANY special hardware, not even a soundcard) to install and run Asterisk. - - Supported telephony hardware includes: - - * All Wildcard (tm) products from Digium (www.digium.com) - * QuickNet Internet PhoneJack and LineJack (http://www.quicknet.net) - * any full duplex sound card supported by ALSA or OSS - * any ISDN card supported by mISDN on Linux (BRI) - * The Xorcom AstriBank channel bank - * VoiceTronix OpenLine products - -The are several drivers for ISDN BRI cards available from third party sources. -Check the voip-info.org wiki for more information on chan_capi and -zaphfc. - -* UPGRADING FROM AN EARLIER VERSION - - If you are updating from a previous version of Asterisk, make sure you -read the UPGRADE.txt file in the source directory. There are some files -and configuration options that you will have to change, even though we -made every effort possible to maintain backwards compatibility. - - In order to discover new features to use, please check the configuration -examples in the /configs directory of the source code distribution. -To discover the major new features of Asterisk 1.2, please visit -http://edvina.net/asterisk1-2/ - -* NEW INSTALLATIONS - - Ensure that your system contains a compatible compiler and development -libraries. Asterisk requires either the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) version -3.0 or higher, or a compiler that supports the C99 specification and some of -the gcc language extensions. In addition, your system needs to have the C -library headers available, and the headers and libraries for OpenSSL, -ncurses and zlib. -On many distributions, these files are installed by packages with names like -'glibc-devel', 'ncurses-devel', 'openssl-devel' and 'zlib-devel' or similar. - - So let's proceed: - -1) Read this README file. - - There are more documents than this one in the doc/ directory. -You may also want to check the configuration files that contain -examples and reference guides. They are all in the configs/ -directory. - -2) Run "./configure" - - Execute the configure script to guess values for system-dependent -variables used during compilation. - -3) Run "make menuselect" [optional] - - This is needed if you want to select the modules that will be -compiled and to check modules dependencies. - -4) Run "make" - - Assuming the build completes successfully: - -5) Run "make install" - - Each time you update or checkout from the repository, you are strongly -encouraged to ensure all previous object files are removed to avoid internal -inconsistency in Asterisk. Normally, this is automatically done with -the presence of the file .cleancount, which increments each time a 'make clean' -is required, and the file .lastclean, which contains the last .cleancount used. - - If this is your first time working with Asterisk, you may wish to install -the sample PBX, with demonstration extensions, etc. If so, run: - -6) "make samples" - - Doing so will overwrite any existing config files you have. - - Finally, you can launch Asterisk in the foreground mode (not a daemon) -with: - -# asterisk -vvvc - - You'll see a bunch of verbose messages fly by your screen as Asterisk -initializes (that's the "very very verbose" mode). When it's ready, if -you specified the "c" then you'll get a command line console, that looks -like this: - -*CLI> - - You can type "help" at any time to get help with the system. For help -with a specific command, type "help <command>". To start the PBX using -your sound card, you can type "dial" to dial the PBX. Then you can use -"answer", "hangup", and "dial" to simulate the actions of a telephone. -Remember that if you don't have a full duplex sound card (and Asterisk -will tell you somewhere in its verbose messages if you do/don't) then it -won't work right (not yet). - - "man asterisk" at the Unix/Linux command prompt will give you detailed -information on how to start and stop Asterisk, as well as all the command -line options for starting Asterisk. - - Feel free to look over the configuration files in /etc/asterisk, where -you'll find a lot of information about what you can do with Asterisk. - -* ABOUT CONFIGURATION FILES - - All Asterisk configuration files share a common format. Comments are -delimited by ';' (since '#' of course, being a DTMF digit, may occur in -many places). A configuration file is divided into sections whose names -appear in []'s. Each section typically contains two types of statements, -those of the form 'variable = value', and those of the form 'object => -parameters'. Internally the use of '=' and '=>' is exactly the same, so -they're used only to help make the configuration file easier to -understand, and do not affect how it is actually parsed. - - Entries of the form 'variable=value' set the value of some parameter in -asterisk. For example, in chan_dahdi.conf, one might specify: - - switchtype=national - -in order to indicate to Asterisk that the switch they are connecting to is -of the type "national". In general, the parameter will apply to -instantiations which occur below its specification. For example, if the -configuration file read: - - switchtype = national - channel => 1-4 - channel => 10-12 - switchtype = dms100 - channel => 25-47 - -the "national" switchtype would be applied to channels one through -four and channels 10 through 12, whereas the "dms100" switchtype would -apply to channels 25 through 47. - - The "object => parameters" instantiates an object with the given -parameters. For example, the line "channel => 25-47" creates objects for -the channels 25 through 47 of the card, obtaining the settings -from the variables specified above. - -* SPECIAL NOTE ON TIME - - Those using SIP phones should be aware that Asterisk is sensitive to -large jumps in time. Manually changing the system time using date(1) -(or other similar commands) may cause SIP registrations and other -internal processes to fail. If your system cannot keep accurate time -by itself use NTP (http://www.ntp.org/) to keep the system clock -synchronized to "real time". NTP is designed to keep the system clock -synchronized by speeding up or slowing down the system clock until it -is synchronized to "real time" rather than by jumping the time and -causing discontinuities. Most Linux distributions include precompiled -versions of NTP. Beware of some time synchronization methods that get -the correct real time periodically and then manually set the system -clock. - - Apparent time changes due to daylight savings time are just that, -apparent. The use of daylight savings time in a Linux system is -purely a user interface issue and does not affect the operation of the -Linux kernel or Asterisk. The system clock on Linux kernels operates -on UTC. UTC does not use daylight savings time. - - Also note that this issue is separate from the clocking of TDM -channels, and is known to at least affect SIP registrations. - -* FILE DESCRIPTORS - - Depending on the size of your system and your configuration, -Asterisk can consume a large number of file descriptors. In UNIX, -file descriptors are used for more than just files on disk. File -descriptors are also used for handling network communication -(e.g. SIP, IAX2, or H.323 calls) and hardware access (e.g. analog and -digital trunk hardware). Asterisk accesses many on-disk files for -everything from configuration information to voicemail storage. - - Most systems limit the number of file descriptors that Asterisk can -have open at one time. This can limit the number of simultaneous -calls that your system can handle. For example, if the limit is set -at 1024 (a common default value) Asterisk can handle approxiately 150 -SIP calls simultaneously. To change the number of file descriptors -follow the instructions for your system below: - -== PAM-based Linux System == - - If your system uses PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) edit -/etc/security/limits.conf. Add these lines to the bottom of the file: - -root soft nofile 4096 -root hard nofile 8196 -asterisk soft nofile 4096 -asterisk hard nofile 8196 - -(adjust the numbers to taste). You may need to reboot the system for -these changes to take effect. - -== Generic UNIX System == - - If there are no instructions specifically adapted to your system -above you can try adding the command "ulimit -n 8192" to the script -that starts Asterisk. - -* MORE INFORMATION - - See the doc directory for more documentation on various features. Again, -please read all the configuration samples that include documentation on -the configuration options. - - Finally, you may wish to visit the web site and join the mailing list if -you're interested in getting more information. - - http://www.asterisk.org/support - - Welcome to the growing worldwide community of Asterisk users! - -Mark Spencer - ----- -Asterisk is a trademark belonging to Digium, inc |