[asterisk-users] asterisk services not starting up

[Steve Edwards]

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009, Ott Rose wrote:

> sudo chkconfig --add asterisk
>
> gives me
> error reading information on service asterisk: No such file or directory

This means that you do not have a file named asterisk in /etc/init.d/

The file located at:

 	<where-your-asterisk-sources-are>/contrib/init.d/rc.redhat.asterisk

should be a good start. Take a peek at it and if you like it:

 	sudo cp --interactive\
 		<where-your-asterisk-sources-are>/contrib/init.d/rc.redhat.asterisk\
 		/etc/init.d/asterisk
 	sudo chkconfig --add asterisk

Note the comment block at the top of the file starting with "chkconfig: 
2345 90 60"

This tells chkconfig to configure Asterisk to start (and stop) at run 
levels 2, 3, 4, and 5. (Servers should always be running at level 3.)

This is all pretty basic Unix/Linux system administration stuff, not at 
all specific to Asterisk. You may want to pick up a good book to give you 
more background and enhance your skills.

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Thanks in advance,
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