[asterisk-users] New to Asterisks, Couple of Questions

[Carlos Chavez]

On 9/5/2014 2:18 AM, Horace Miles wrote:
>
> Hello everyone, my name is Miles, I am fairly new to asterisk.  I have 
> recently begun to learn asterisk and I have a couple of questions.
>
> 1. After installing asterisk using the following instructions;
>
> a.sudo mkdir /usr/src/asterisk && cd /usr/src/asterisk
>
> b.sudo wget 
> http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/releases/asterisk-11.2.1.tar.gz
>
> c.sudo tar -xvzf asterisk-11.2.1.tar.gz
>
> d.cd ./asterisk-11.2.1
>
> e.sudo make clean
>
> f.sudo ./configure
>
> g.sudo make
>
> h.sudo make install
>
> i.sudo make samples
>
> j.sudo make config
>
> k.sudo service asterisk start
>
> The astDB did not automatically initialize.  i.e. performing the 
> following commands
>
> Asterisk --rx "database show" produced no output.
>
> IS THERE A WAY TO INITIALIZE THIS DATABASE WITHOUT HAVING TO INSERT A 
> FAMILY AND VALUE?
>
> 2. Does any one know of a simple open source switchboard script  that 
> places the caller into a que and gives CALLERID, TIME ON HOLD, and a 
> way to either forward the call or answer it?  Something I use to 
> modify and learn how it all works more or less?
>
> Thanks ahead of time.
>
>

     Actually, if you are looking for a prebuilt ready to use Asterisk 
your best bet is to download a distribution like Elastix. If you want to 
start from scratch without any experience you will be hitting to many walls.
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