Hello, Are there any resources that help a simple mind like mine understand how to :
Install Asterisk Configure Asterisk
without knowing much about Linux ?.
Are there any packaged installation routines ?. Are there any GUI (I know, I know) configuration tools ?.
I'd like to have a play about but I'm coming from a Cisco CallManager background where everything is done for you !.
Many thanks, Steve
Asterisk@Home is a distribution with asterisk included and some management tools also (web based). You can download it from:
And if yoy search for asterisk at
And take a look at
/Mats
And I just remembered that Andy Powell wrote a execelent "Getting Started With Asterisk".
Take a look at :
Good advice on resources has already been given so I'll pitch my "how to get started with Asterisk" advice: just do it. Commit some time and hardware to setting up something. Get an account with at least one of the good PSTN providers. When you run into problems, ask. There are lots of us who will be happy to help. Do your homework but also plan to use us.
Don't sit there trying to understand everything before you get started (like I did). Assume everything is going to work the way you want and just jump into it.
If you install Debian (from Knoppix, even), Asterisk installation is not too much beyond "apt-get install asterisk". I'll be happy to step you through it.
Oh! And keep track of the stuff you wish someone had told you. Post it for the next guy.
--kyler
Background articles. You should read them:
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