[asterisk-users] multiple asterisks in a server

[Klaus Darilion]

Klaus Darilion wrote:
> Rilawich Ango wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>   Is it possible to install more than 1 asterisk in a single server?
>> If yes, what do I need to set and take care?
> 
> Just to have several Asterisk instances on a single server you do not 
> need to install it multiple times. Install it once and start it multiple 
> times.
> 
> Of course you have to have a dedicated configuration for each server, eg:
> /etc/asterisk/instance1/*
> /etc/asterisk/instance2/*
> /etc/asterisk/instance3/*
> 
> Then you start the Asterisk process and specify the location of the 
> asterisk.conf file.
> 
> asterisk -C /etc/asterisk/instance1/asterisk.conf
> asterisk -C /etc/asterisk/instance2/asterisk.conf
> asterisk -C /etc/asterisk/instance3/asterisk.conf
> 
> Further, in asterisk.conf specify for each asterisk instance a different 
> location of: spool directory, PID file, ....

btw: I use a common /var/lib/asterisk/ as I want to have the same 
"sounds" for all instances. This gives a problem when you use 1.4, as 
1.4 can not configure the location of astdb. For these you have to apply 
this patch:
http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=14257

regards
klaus