[asterisk-users] multiple asterisks in a server

[Rilawich Ango]

It seems better to install once with multiple instances.  Do we need
to take care the port or IP of each instance?

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 5:36 AM, Klaus Darilion
<klaus.mailinglists at pernau.at> wrote:
> 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
>
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