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Welcome!
Thousandsofpeoplearoundtheworldhavereliedon
thissimpleguidetoinstallAsteriskforthefirsttimeon
AmazonEC2.Thankyouforyoursupport!AKindle
editionisavailableforpurchaseifyou'dliketosupport
Ronald'swork,futureupdates,etc.It'sonly99cents!
Yourpurchaseof10Minutes:AsteriskPBXon
AmazonEC2ismuchappreciated.
Thisquickstartguidewillteachanyonehowtodeploya
functionalAsteriskPBXonAmazon'sEC2(Elastic
ComputeCloud)service.Asteriskistheworld'smost
popularopensourcePBX,withmillionsofinstallations
todate.In10minutesorless,you'llbeupandrunning
witharobusttelephonyplatforminthecloud.This
guideisbasedonmonthsofevaluatingandtesting
Asteriskinacloudenvironmentandhasbeenusedfor
EC2deploymentseverywhere.Onceyoulearnhowto
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futureupdates.

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AbouttheAuthor
Constantlyinvestigatinginnovativeandnewideas,
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Assumptions

YouhaveanactiveAmazonAWSaccount
YouarefamiliarwithlaunchingEC2instances

Requirements

MozillaFirefox(download)
FirefoxPlugin(recommended):ElasticfoxforAmazonEC2(download)
SoftphoneorVoIPphone(buynow)
10minutes

GettingStarted
AsuccessfuldeploymentofAsteriskonAmazonEC2requiresthatyouenable
threecriticalportsonEC2'sfirewall.Withoutthem,Asteriskwillnotwork.
Thus,thefollowingportsarekeytopassingRTPpackets(forvoice)andSIP
signaling(fordevices,DTMFcodes,etc.):

5060(UDP)
4569(UDP)
1000020000(UDP)
22(TCP)(You'llneedthisforSSHaccess)

Nowthatyou'veenabledtheportsnecessaryforAsterisktofunction,it'stimeto
launchaninstance!Let'suseEricHammond'sUbuntuAMI(AmazonMachine
Image),amice44a1a7,andthe1000HZAKI,aki9b00e5f2.ThisAKIis
importantbecauseitisspecificallycompiledforVoIPapplicationssuchas
Asterisk.AnyAKI(AmazonKernelImage)otherthanonesetat1000HZwill
produceundesirableresultsinvoicequalityandfunctionality.
CompilingandCustomizingAsterisk

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You'veaddedthenecessaryportsandlaunchedtheimageusedforthisguide.
Now,it'stimetocompileafewcomponentswhicharenecessarytobuild
Asterisk.WhycompilethesourcecodeofAsterisk?It'sgreatpracticetolearn
howtoindependentlycreatethebitsfortheworld'sbestopensourcePBX!It's
painless!
Let'sgetstarted:

OpenanSSHconnectiontoyournewlylaunchedinstance
Loginasroot
Enterthefollowingatthecommandline:

:aptgetyinstalllibc6devg++gcclibncurses5devmakesubversion
WARNING:DONOTINTERRUPTTHISPROCESS.PLEASE
WAITUNTILALLCOMPONENTSHAVEBEENINSTALLED
Gettingcloser!
Let'sproceedtodownloadAsterisk'ssourcecode,shallwe?Atthecommandline,
enterthefollowing:
:cd/mnt
:mkdirsource
:cdsource
:svncheckouthttp://svn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/tags/1.4.21.1asterisk
TIP:Asterisk1.4.21.1isanolder,butstableversion.Supplementtheversion

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numberwithaneweroneifyouprefer
:cdasterisk
:./configure
:cd/mnt
Finally,it'stimetocompileAsterisk!
Asteriskisconfigured!Now,let'scompilethebitsforagreatpieceofsoftware.At
thecommandprompt,enter:
:makeinstall
TIP:Nowisaperfecttimetomakeasandwich,walkthedog,dochores,or
buyaniceVoIPphone.ComebacklaterYou'llneedonlyafewminutesto
completetheinstallation
:makesamples
You'vereachedthefinishline!You'vejustprepared,configuredand
compiledyourveryownworldclassPBX"inthecloud"onAmazonEC2.
Yourfriendswillbejealous.Now,let'sconfigureyourdialplanand
softphonefortesting.
Atthecommandprompt,enter:
:cd/etc/asterisk
:nanosip.conf

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IMPORTANT!Pleaseeditsip.confaccordingtotheinstructionsbelow.
Find'disallow=all'andremovethe''symbol
Find'allow=ulaw'andremovethe''symbol
Find'externip='andenterthePUBLICIPaddressofYOURinstance(e.g.,
75.75.101.100)
Find'localnet="andenter'10.0.0.0/255.0.0.0'after'='andremove""
Find'nat='andremove''andadd'route'after'='
AddthefollowingtotheENDofthesip.confconfigurationfile(Necessaryto
testyoursoftphonewithAsterisk)
[1234]
type=friend
callerid="Asterisk"<1234>
host=dynamic
canreinvite=no
secret=1234
dtmfmode=rfc2833
context=default
qualify=yes(IMPORTANTOursoftphoneWILLNOTworkwithoutthis
designation)
SavethechangesinNanobypressing'CTRL+X'
EDITEXTENSIONS.CONF
Atthecommandprompt,enter:
:nanoextensions.conf
+++extensions.confisthe'trafficmanager'ofAsterisk.Here,you'lldefine
Asteriskhandlesextensions,phonenumbers,voicemailandmore.

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AddthefollowingtotheENDofextensions.conf(thiswilltestthedialplanandsee
ifwehaveaudio)
exten=>*98,1,VoiceMailMain
exten=>*98,2,Hangup
StartAsterisk
:asterisk
StartsAsteriskPBX
:asteriskr
LaunchesAsteriskmanagementconsole
ConfigureXLite
username:1234
password:1234
authorizationname:1234
domain:<EC2INSTANCEPUBLICIP>
IMPORTANT!

CHECK'Registerwithdomain'
CHECK'Sendoutboundvia'<DOMAIN>
BesuretoENABLEyourSIPaccount

*TestyourAsteriskinstallation
1.OpenXLite
2.Enter'*98'

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3.Click'Send'
YoushouldbegreetedwiththeAsteriskVoicemailSystem('ComedianMail').
Congratulations!YouhaveafullyfunctioningAsteriskPBXonAmazon
EC2.Welcometothefutureoftelephony.Ifthisguidewasuseful,whynot
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