How to -Vicidial Installation on Centos 8 Asterisk 13

How to – Scratch install Vicidial on CentOS 8
This article will go over how to do a scratch install for Vicidial on CentOS 8. The majority of this was mapped out

UPDATE: 6/13/21 -:- Special thanks to arx001 from the Vicidial Group Forums for helping me debug these instructions.

Vicidial Installation on Centos 8
sed -i ‘s/SELINUX=enforcing/SELINUX=disabled/g’ /etc/selinux/config

Set Default Editor to nano:
yum -y install nano

nano /etc/bashrc

Then add this line at the bottom:
export EDITOR=”nano”

timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York

rc.local not work:

chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.local
systemctl enable rc-local
systemctl start rc-local
systemctl status rc-local

yum check-update
yum -y install epel-release
reboot

yum update -y
reboot

yum groupinstall “Development Tools” -y

reboot

yum -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
yum -y install http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpm
yum -y install yum-utils
dnf module enable php:remi-7.4

sudo dnf install -y mariadb-server

sudo dnf -y install dnf-plugins-core
sudo dnf config-manager –set-enabled powertools

yum install -y php php-mcrypt php-cli php-gd php-curl php-mysql php-ldap php-zip php-fileinfo php-opcache wget unzip make patch gcc gcc-c++ subversion php php-devel php-gd gd-devel readline-devel php-mbstring php-mcrypt php-imap php-ldap php-mysql php-odbc php-pear php-xml php-xmlrpc curl curl-devel perl-libwww-perl ImageMagick libxml2 libxml2-devel httpd libpcap libpcap-devel libnet ncurses ncurses-devel screen kernel* mutt glibc.i686 certbot python3-certbot-apache mod_ssl openssl-devel newt-devel libxml2-devel kernel-devel sqlite-devel libuuid-devel sox sendmail lame-devel htop iftop perl-File-Which php-opcache libss7 mariadb-devel libss7* libopen*

systemctl start mariadb
mysql_secure_installation
systemctl enable mariadb

systemctl stop mariadb
cp /etc/my.cnf /etc/my.cnf.original
echo “” > /etc/my.cnf

nano /etc/my.cnf ; copy the below config to this file.

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#

[mysql.server]
user = mysql

basedir = /var/lib

[client]
port = 3306
socket = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock

[mysqld]
datadir = /var/lib/mysql

tmpdir = /home/mysql_tmp

socket = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
user = mysql
old_passwords = 0
ft_min_word_len = 3
max_connections = 800
max_allowed_packet = 32M
skip-external-locking
sql_mode=”NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION”

log-error = /var/log/mysqld/mysqld.log

query-cache-type = 1
query-cache-size = 32M

long_query_time = 1

slow_query_log = 1

slow_query_log_file = /var/log/mysqld/slow-queries.log

tmp_table_size = 128M
table_cache = 1024

join_buffer_size = 1M
key_buffer = 512M
sort_buffer_size = 6M
read_buffer_size = 4M
read_rnd_buffer_size = 16M
myisam_sort_buffer_size = 64M

max_tmp_tables = 64

thread_cache_size = 8
thread_concurrency = 8

If using replication, uncomment log-bin below

log-bin = mysql-bin

[mysqldump]
quick
max_allowed_packet = 16M

[mysql]
no-auto-rehash

[isamchk]
key_buffer = 256M
sort_buffer_size = 256M
read_buffer = 2M
write_buffer = 2M

[myisamchk]
key_buffer = 256M
sort_buffer_size = 256M
read_buffer = 2M
write_buffer = 2M

[mysqlhotcopy]
interactive-timeout

[mysqld_safe]

log-error = /var/log/mysqld/mysqld.log

pid-file = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid

#

mkdir /var/log/mysqld
touch /var/log/mysqld/slow-queries.log
chown -R mysql:mysql /var/log/mysqld
systemctl restart mariadb

#

Vicidial Installation on Centos 8 Asterisk 13

Install the Perl Modules
yum install -y perl-CPAN perl-YAML perl-libwww-perl perl-DBI perl-DBD-MySQL perl-GD perl-Env perl-Term-ReadLine-Gnu perl-SelfLoader perl-open.noarch

cpan -i Tk String::CRC Tk::TableMatrix Net::Address::IP::Local Term::ReadLine::Gnu Spreadsheet::Read Net::Address::IPv4::Local RPM::Specfile Spreadsheet::XLSX Spreadsheet::ReadSXC MD5 Digest::MD5 Digest::SHA1 Bundle::CPAN Pod::Usage Getopt::Long DBI DBD::mysql Net::Telnet Time::HiRes Net::Server Mail::Sendmail Unicode::Map Jcode Spreadsheet::WriteExcel OLE::Storage_Lite Proc::ProcessTable IO::Scalar Scalar::Util Spreadsheet::ParseExcel Archive::Zip Compress::Raw::Zlib Spreadsheet::XLSX Test::Tester Spreadsheet::ReadSXC Text::CSV Test::NoWarnings Text::CSV_PP File::Temp Text::CSV_XS Spreadsheet::Read LWP::UserAgent HTML::Entities HTML::Strip HTML::FormatText HTML::TreeBuilder Switch Time::Local Mail::POP3Client Mail::IMAPClient Mail::Message IO::Socket::SSL readline

cd /usr/bin/
curl -LOk http://xrl.us/cpanm
chmod +x cpanm

cpanm -f File::HomeDir
cpanm -f File::Which
cpanm CPAN::Meta::Requirements
cpanm -f CPAN
cpanm YAML
cpanm MD5
cpanm Digest::MD5
cpanm Digest::SHA1
cpanm readline

cpanm Bundle::CPAN
cpanm DBI
cpanm -f DBD::mysql
cpanm Net::Telnet
cpanm Time::HiRes
cpanm Net::Server
cpanm Switch
cpanm Mail::Sendmail
cpanm Unicode::Map
cpanm Jcode
cpanm Spreadsheet::WriteExcel
cpanm OLE::Storage_Lite
cpanm Proc::ProcessTable
cpanm IO::Scalar
cpanm Spreadsheet::ParseExcel
cpanm Curses
cpanm Getopt::Long
cpanm Net::Domain
cpanm Term::ReadKey
cpanm Term::ANSIColor
cpanm Spreadsheet::XLSX
cpanm Spreadsheet::Read
cpanm LWP::UserAgent
cpanm HTML::Entities
cpanm HTML::Strip
cpanm HTML::FormatText
cpanm HTML::TreeBuilder
cpanm Time::Local
cpanm MIME::Decoder
cpanm Mail::POP3Client
cpanm Mail::IMAPClient
cpanm Mail::Message
cpanm IO::Socket::SSL
cpanm MIME::Base64
cpanm MIME::QuotedPrint
cpanm Crypt::Eksblowfish::Bcrypt
cpanm Crypt::RC4
cpanm Text::CSV
cpanm Text::CSV_XS

#

cd /usr/src
wget http://download.vicidial.com/required-apps/asterisk-perl-0.08.tar.gz
tar xzf asterisk-perl-0.08.tar.gz
cd asterisk-perl-0.08
perl Makefile.PL
make all
make install

dnf –enablerepo=powertools install libsrtp-devel -y
yum install -y elfutils-libelf-devel libedit-devel

cd /usr/src
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lame/lame/3.99/lame-3.99.5.tar.gz
tar -zxf lame-3.99.5.tar.gz
cd lame-3.99.5
./configure
make
make install

cd /usr/src/
wget https://digip.org/jansson/releases/jansson-2.13.tar.gz
tar xvzf jansson*
cd jansson-2.13
./configure
make clean
make
make install
ldconfig

UPDATE: 6/22/21 – Ty @Ankit for catching the wrong directiory below

cd /usr/src/
wget https://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/dahdi-linux-complete/dahdi-linux-complete-current.tar.gz
tar xzf dahdi*
cd /usr/src/dahdi-linux-complete-3.1.0+3.1.0/
nano /usr/src/dahdi-linux-complete-3.1.0+3.1.0/linux/include/dahdi/kernel.h
remove #include:
make
make install
make install-config
(if you get an error here about 4.18.0-305.7.1.el8_4.x86_64 missing then do “yum install *4.18.0-305.7.1.el8_4.x86_64”)

yum install dahdi-tools-libs

cd tools
make clean
make
make install
make install-config

if it gives an error /usr/sbin/dahdi_cfg -vvvvvvvvvvvvv
edit the file “system.conf.sample” in “system.conf”

cd /usr/src/
wget http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/libpri/libpri-1.6.0.tar.gz
tar xzf libpri-1.6.0.tar.gz
cd /usr/src/libpri-1.6.0
make clean
make
make install

nano /etc/php.ini
error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE
memory_limit = 128M
short_open_tag = On
max_execution_time = 330
max_input_time = 360
post_max_size = 100M
upload_max_filesize = 42M
default_socket_timeout = 360
date.timezone = Europe/Rome

cd /usr/src/
wget http://download.vicidial.com/required-apps/asterisk-13.29.2-vici.tar.gz
tar xzf asterisk-13.29.2-vici.tar.gz
cd /usr/src/asterisk-13.29.2/
./configure –libdir=/usr/lib64 –with-pjproject-bundled -with-jansson-bundled
make clean
make menuselect ; ####### select chan_meetme
make
make install
make samples
make config

mkdir /usr/src/astguiclient
cd /usr/src/astguiclient
svn checkout svn://svn.eflo.net:3690/agc_2-X/trunk

mysql
SET GLOBAL connect_timeout=60;
CREATE DATABASE asterisk DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;
CREATE USER ‘cron’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘1234’;
GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,LOCK TABLES on asterisk.* TO cron@’%’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘1234’;
CREATE USER ‘custom’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘custom1234’;
GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,LOCK TABLES on asterisk.* TO custom@’%’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘custom1234’;
GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,LOCK TABLES on asterisk.* TO cron@localhost IDENTIFIED BY ‘1234’;
GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,LOCK TABLES on asterisk.* TO custom@localhost IDENTIFIED BY ‘custom1234’;
GRANT RELOAD ON . TO cron@’%’;
GRANT RELOAD ON . TO cron@localhost;
GRANT RELOAD ON . TO custom@’%’;
GRANT RELOAD ON . TO custom@localhost;
flush privileges;
use asterisk;
. /usr/src/astguiclient/trunk/extras/MySQL_AST_CREATE_tables.sql
. /usr/src/astguiclient/trunk/extras/first_server_install.sql
ALTER TABLE phones ALTER template_id SET DEFAULT ”;
. /usr/src/astguiclient/trunk/extras/sip-iax_phones.sql
quit

cd /usr/src/astguiclient/trunk
mkdir /usr/share/astguiclient
mkdir /var/log/astguiclient
mkdir /var/spool/asterisk/monitorDONE
perl install.pl

Copy Asterisk Settings=Yes + Server webroot path=/var/www/html

#

/usr/share/astguiclient/ADMIN_area_code_populate.pl
/usr/share/astguiclient/ADMIN_update_server_ip.pl –old-server_ip=10.10.10.15

#

nano /etc/rc.local

paste this below:

!/bin/sh

#

This script will be executed after all the other init scripts.

You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you don’t

want to do the full Sys V style init stuff.

touch /var/lock/subsys/local

OPTIONAL enable ip_relay(for same-machine trunking and blind monitoring)

/usr/share/astguiclient/ip_relay/relay_control start 2>/dev/null 1>&2

Disable console blanking and powersaving

/usr/bin/setterm -blank
/usr/bin/setterm -powersave off
/usr/bin/setterm -powerdown

start up the MySQL server

systemctl restart mariadb.service

start up the apache web server

systemctl restart apache2

roll the Asterisk logs upon reboot

/usr/share/astguiclient/ADMIN_restart_roll_logs.pl

clear the server-related records from the database

/usr/share/astguiclient/AST_reset_mysql_vars.pl

load dahdi drivers

modprobe dahdi
/usr/sbin/dahdi_cfg -vvvvvvvvvvvvv

sleep for 20 seconds before launching Asterisk

sleep 20

start up asterisk

/usr/share/astguiclient/start_asterisk_boot.pl

#VicidialInstallationon#Centos8 #Asterisk 13

Vicidial Installation on Centos 8 Asterisk 13

crontab -e

paste below:

recording mixing/compressing/ftping scripts

0,3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27,30,33,36,39,42,45,48,51,54,57 * * * * /usr/share/astguiclient/AST_CRON_audio_1_move_mix.pl

0,3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27,30,33,36,39,42,45,48,51,54,57 * * * * /usr/share/astguiclient/AST_CRON_audio_1_move_mix.pl –MIX
0,3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27,30,33,36,39,42,45,48,51,54,57 * * * * /usr/share/astguiclient/AST_CRON_audio_1_move_VDonly.pl
1,4,7,10,13,16,19,22,25,28,31,34,37,40,43,46,49,52,55,58 * * * * /usr/share/astguiclient/AST_CRON_audio_2_compress.pl –GSM

2,5,8,11,14,17,20,23,26,29,32,35,38,41,44,47,50,53,56,59 * * * * /usr/share/astguiclient/AST_CRON_audio_3_ftp.pl –GSM

keepalive script for astguiclient processes

• * * * * /usr/share/astguiclient/ADMIN_keepalive_ALL.pl –cu3way

kill Hangup script for Asterisk updaters

• * * * * /usr/share/astguiclient/AST_manager_kill_hung_congested.pl

updater for voicemail

• * * * * /usr/share/astguiclient/AST_vm_update.pl

updater for conference validator

• * * * * /usr/share/astguiclient/AST_conf_update.pl

flush queue DB table every hour for entries older than 1 hour

11 * * * * /usr/share/astguiclient/AST_flush_DBqueue.pl -q

fix the vicidial_agent_log once every hour and the full day run at night

33 * * * * /usr/share/astguiclient/AST_cleanup_agent_log.pl
50 0 * * * /usr/share/astguiclient/AST_cleanup_agent_log.pl –last-24hours

uncomment below if using QueueMetrics

*/5 * * * * /usr/share/astguiclient/AST_cleanup_agent_log.pl –only-qm-live-call-check

uncomment below if using Vtiger

1 1 * * * /usr/share/astguiclient/Vtiger_optimize_all_tables.pl –quiet

updater for VICIDIAL hopper

• * * * * /usr/share/astguiclient/AST_VDhopper.pl -q

adjust the GMT offset for the leads in the vicidial_list table

1 1,7 * * * /usr/share/astguiclient/ADMIN_adjust_GMTnow_on_leads.pl –debug

reset several temporary-info tables in the database

2 1 * * * /usr/share/astguiclient/AST_reset_mysql_vars.pl

optimize the database tables within the asterisk database

3 1 * * * /usr/share/astguiclient/AST_DB_optimize.pl

adjust time on the server with ntp

30 * * * * /usr/sbin/ntpdate -u pool.ntp.org 2>/dev/null 1>&2

VICIDIAL agent time log weekly and daily summary report generation

2 0 * * 0 /usr/share/astguiclient/AST_agent_week.pl
22 0 * * * /usr/share/astguiclient/AST_agent_day.pl

VICIDIAL campaign export scripts (OPTIONAL)

32 0 * * * /usr/share/astguiclient/AST_VDsales_export.pl

42 0 * * * /usr/share/astguiclient/AST_sourceID_summary_export.pl

remove old recordings more than 7 days old

24 0 * * * /usr/bin/find /var/spool/asterisk/monitorDONE -maxdepth 2 -type f -mtime +7 -print | xargs rm -f

roll logs monthly on high-volume dialing systems

30 1 1 * * /usr/share/astguiclient/ADMIN_archive_log_tables.pl

remove old vicidial logs and asterisk logs more than 2 days old

28 0 * * * /usr/bin/find /var/log/astguiclient -maxdepth 1 -type f -mtime +2 -print | xargs rm -f
29 0 * * * /usr/bin/find /var/log/asterisk -maxdepth 3 -type f -mtime +2 -print | xargs rm -f
30 0 * * * /usr/bin/find / -maxdepth 1 -name “screenlog.0*” -mtime +4 -print | xargs rm -f

cleanup of the scheduled callback records

25 0 * * * /usr/share/astguiclient/AST_DB_dead_cb_purge.pl –purge-non-cb -q

GMT adjust script – uncomment to enable

45 0 * * * /usr/share/astguiclient/ADMIN_adjust_GMTnow_on_leads.pl –list-settings

Dialer Inventory Report

1 7 * * * /usr/share/astguiclient/AST_dialer_inventory_snapshot.pl -q –override-24hours

inbound email parser

• * * * * /usr/share/astguiclient/AST_inbound_email_parser.pl

########## END PASTE HERE

nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

To disable logging, change:

CustomLog logs/access_log combined
to this:
CustomLog /dev/null common

#

nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/record.conf

Alias /RECORDINGS/ “/var/spool/asterisk/monitorDONE/”

Options Indexes MultiViews AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all Require all granted Forcetype application/forcedownload

#

for synchronization problems:

yourserverip/vicidial/admin.php
go to Admin-> Servers-> update Asterisk Version: 13.29.2-vici