[asterisk-users] Asterisk server: Console or GUI OS ? Init level 3 or init level 5 ?

[Steve Edwards]

On Mon, 12 Sep 2011, linux guy wrote:

> I'm about to start building my asterisk server and I can't seem to find 
> anything that discusses the pros and cons of installing the OS (Fedora 
> 15) as console only or GUI, ie install KDE as well.

Parts left out don't get broke.

Install the absolute minimum OS (deselect everything) and 'yum in' the 
packages you actually need.

When you configure Asterisk, set 'autoload = no' and explicitly load the 
modules you actually use.

> Is there any great disadvantage to running the server in init level 5 
> (ie KDE, xorg, etc) running in the background, but not being logged in, 
> versus init level 3 ? (Or whatever they call these things these days..., 
> ie F15 uses systemd...)

The 'run level' you configure Asterisk to start at is not dependent on the 
interface. You can chkconfig Asterisk to run at levels 2345 regardless of 
the interface installed.

> FWIW, I'm OK doing things via the CLI, but sometimes its really nice to 
> have graphical tools.

None of the servers I manage have a GUI installed. All are administrated 
over ssh. The only situation where having a GUI installed would be 
convenient would be if I were local to the console and wanted to run 
wireshark.

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Thanks in advance,
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