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Testing FreeSWITCH for memory leaks using Valgrind and SIPp

October 24, 2016February 25, 2017 by nschoonover

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In this tutorial we will assume you have already setup SIPp on another server to stress test FreeSWITCH. We covered this in our previous article We will need to install valgrind on the same machine running FreeSWITCH. I like using Debian for FreeSWITCH, which conveniently already has valgrind in the…

SIPp – Load Testing FreeSWITCH

October 18, 2016December 22, 2016 by nschoonover

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In this article we will go over how to get SIPP installed and start up a basic load test for FreeSWITCH. Installing SIPp We recommend installing SIPp to a different machine than where you are running FreeSWITCH. This will provide the most realistic stress test. You can download SIPP here:…

FreeSWITCH, configuring the Callcenter Module

October 11, 2016February 25, 2017 by nschoonover

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We will go over how to setup the call center module. The callcenter module is used for creating an inbound queue for connecting inbound callers with agents registered to your system. We will be assuming you followed our FreeSWITCH setup tutorial here MOH dependency Make sure you have installed the…

FreeSWITCH custom CDR guide and dividing CDR logs by accountcode

October 10, 2016February 25, 2017 by nschoonover

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We will be configuring the cdr_csv module to log all calls going through a specific extension to a seperate file. This is useful if you would like to monitor all calls hitting a certain extension in your dialplan without having to dig through the master CDR file. We will assume…

FreeSWITCH 1.6 Quick Install Guide for Debian Jessie

October 8, 2016October 9, 2016 by admin

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Our Goal There's a lot of FreeSWITCH material out on the web. Our goal is to provide you a concise document that provides the necessary steps or scripts to install the latest stable release of FreeSWITCH. What is FreeSWITCH FreeSWITCH is an OpenSource VoIP platform that enables you to build…

Installing Asterisk 14 on Debian 8

September 7, 2016October 8, 2016 by nschoonover

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In this article we will go over how to compile the asterisk 14 beta. There are a few new features to play with in this new release. I recommend bringing your system up to date before trying out the new version of asterisk. apt update && apt upgrade Now we…

A2BIlling RESTFUL API: Installing and Configuring

July 18, 2016March 23, 2017 by admin

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We were recently hired to customize the core A2Billing project to meet some custom business rules and they wanted to use the A2Billing Restful API to integrate A2Billing with other systems in their environment. There are a lot of blog posts on how to install and configure the core A2Billing…

Autoscaling an Asterisk Cluster Using Docker Images – Part 1: Setting Up the Plumbing

May 15, 2016February 25, 2017 by admin

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Series Intro This series of articles will give you the information you need to standup a cluster of Asterisk servers using Docker containers, which we categorize as media servers where traffic will be load balanced by Kamailio. Part I Intro In this article we will configure the plumbing of the…

Moving to Docker – Practicing What We Preach (Work in Progress)

May 12, 2016February 25, 2017 by admin

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We have made a decision to jump head first into containers with a focus on providing Enterprise Grade Docker and Kubernetes Support. It's only right to convert our infrastructure into containers. We are going to start with our bread and butter, which is our phone system. Being a support company…

Building a Kamailio Docker image

May 11, 2016May 12, 2016 by nschoonover

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In this tutorial we will go over how to create a Dockerfile for Kamailio and build our own Kamailio image. If you want to learn more about Dockerfile's you can read through our other post on creating a Dockerfile. Setup Dockerfile First thing we need to do is create a…