[asterisk-users] Having problem getting Asterisk to work on CentOS 7

[Ron Wheeler]

Great.
Let me know how your policy works out.
I would not mind trying it myself.
I have no intrinsic objection to doing things the right way but 
sometimes one just needs to get the phones working!

Ron

On 15/03/2017 4:06 PM, Dan Cropp wrote:
>
> Thank you Jason
>
> After following your steps, Asterisk starts up each time even after 
> the reset.
>
> I will look into creating an SELinux policy exception for Asterisk.
>
> Have a great day!
>
> Dan
>
> *From:*asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com 
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] *On Behalf Of *Telium 
> Technical Support
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 15, 2017 1:52 PM
> *To:* 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
> *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] Having problem getting Asterisk to 
> work on CentOS 7
>
> Dan – you probably installed the init script (look in /etc/init.d for 
> an ‘asterisk’ file).  Asterisk includes the older init style scripts 
> which are *compatible* with systemd but you don’t have as much control 
> compared to creating an Asterisk systemd file.  (SystemD service files 
> replace InitD scripts).  So that might be part of the solution, but first…
>
> If disabling Selinux allows Asterisk to run as you expect then you can 
> create an selinux policy exception for Asterisk – BUT, ignore that for 
> now.  Just keep SElinux disabled (edit /etc/sysconfig/selinux and set 
> to disabled) and come back to that later.
>
> So in preparation to diagnose further:
>
> 1.Disable asterisk service (systemctl disable asterisk)
>
> 2.Disable selinux (as described above)
>
> 3.Reboot.
>
> Next, try to start asterisk with ‘systemctl start asterisk’.  Does it 
> work as expected?  If no, what user have you logged in with?
>
> If not root, su to root and try again.  Did it asterisk service start 
> properly?
>
> If yes, you should create a systemd service file and use the 
> ‘user=root’ parameter (and remove the initd service script).
>
> Does Asterisk start properly now every time?  If yes re-enable to your 
> systemd Asterisk service to start with the system.
>
> I don’t see any attachment (probably stripped by the list manager) but 
> that shouldn’t matter – if your Asterisk service is not running as 
> root that would explain a range of strange behaviours.
>
> **Jason**
>
> *From:*asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com 
> <mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com>[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] 
> *On Behalf Of *Dan Cropp
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 15, 2017 12:41 PM
> *To:* Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion 
> <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com <mailto:asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>>
> *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] Having problem getting Asterisk to 
> work on CentOS 7
>
> Thanks Jason.
>
> I will try to explain what I’m seeing for this issue.
>
> I did a fresh install of CentOS 7 Minimal into a VM with VMWare 
> Workstation.  Followed the Asterisk from Source instructions using 
> pjproject 2.6 and asterisk 13.14.0 for the configure, install, …   At 
> the end of the asterisk portion, I ran the make config which I 
> understand installs the Initialization scripts.
>
> After this, when I restart my CentOS 7 Minimal, I was seeing the 
> safe_asterisk process, but asterisk would not start.  I could run it 
> from the command line and it would run.
>
> It was suggested that it’s an selinux problem.  They had me try 
> ‘setenforce 0’.  After this, asterisk process starts running.
>
> As I understand it, there was mention of using systemd instead of 
> using safe_asterisk.
>
> Other e-mails indicated I should look at the audit.log, so I included 
> that information.  This audit.log mentioned astdb.sqlite3, so I wasn’t 
> sure if that’s the problem.
>
> I also just tried a restart and ran ‘systemctl start asterisk’.  This 
> did not start the asterisk process.
>
> Through the various recommendations, I’ve become confused on what the 
> correct path would be.  I have had zero problems with Debian and 
> Asterisk for many years.  Making the change to CentOS.  Followed the 
> instructions from asterisk.org, but for some reason I hit a problem 
> with this on my CentOS VM.
>
> https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Installing+Asterisk+From+Source
>
> Simply looking for guidance on what the correct approach to solve this 
> problem is.
>
> Have a great day!
>
> Dan
>
> *From:*asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com 
> <mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com>[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] 
> *On Behalf Of *Telium Technical Support
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 15, 2017 11:08 AM
> *To:* 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
> *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] Having problem getting Asterisk to 
> work on CentOS 7
>
> The history of the question is lost (in the mail thread) so I’ll jump 
> in based on what I could see in my recent mail and the subject line:
>
> -The ASTDB should have no impact on Asterisk service start (which I 
> assume is the problem given the subject line)
>
> -If you disabled SElinux then that’s not the problem in starting asterisk
>
> From another posting it appears that you can start Asterisk from the 
> binary, and from safe_asterisk.  If that’s correct, then are you able 
> to start/stop Asterisk from the service file? With CentOS7 that would be:
>
> systemctl start asterisk
>
> Is your asterisk service file present?  (You can create one easily 
> based on samples on the internet).  If you have an asterisk service 
> file but startup fails post the relevant portion of your syslog 
> (journalctl).
>
> If your question has changed (you mentioned ‘the first problem’) then 
> ignore the above; jumping in late.
>
> **Jason**
>
>


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