tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226137858183593643.comments2022-11-06T03:18:07.270-05:00sipXcom (formerly sipXecs) News, Tips and EquipmentMichael Picherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12368191261331971014noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226137858183593643.post-19228189139320627092012-08-24T08:10:56.654-04:002012-08-24T08:10:56.654-04:00Very useful change.Very useful change.Rick Cogleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11564597247424411527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226137858183593643.post-40011124377676721292012-08-15T13:35:50.507-04:002012-08-15T13:35:50.507-04:00Hey, it's about time, no need to do this anymo...Hey, it's about time, no need to do this anymore for Amazon Linux images! You can set the boot volume size and also set to attach other volumes when creating a new instance! After boot you need to: sudo resize2fs /dev/sda1<br /><br />Nice!Michael Picherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12368191261331971014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226137858183593643.post-32404414044769074192012-05-17T16:39:56.163-04:002012-05-17T16:39:56.163-04:00Mike, I thought I'd post a variation on your e...Mike, I thought I'd post a variation on your entry so that it makes a *copy* of the contents of the backup directory rather than replaces it. I figure two copies of a backup file are better than one, especially if they are on different media.... (FYI, I am certainly no Linux master, but this seems to work)<br /><br />insert a USB stick, I used an 8G<br />notice what device it is by watching the console.<br />if you don’t notice use:<br /><br /> <b>lsscsi</b> <br /><br />to find out. Mine came in at /dev/sdb<br /><br />make a new ext3 file system on the USB stick:<br /><br /> <b>mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb<br /><br /> cd /var/sipxdata<br /> mkdir backup2<br /> chown -R sipxchange:sipxchange backup2</b><br /><br />(probably unnecessary as the copy will run as root)<br /><br /> <b>cd /etc<br /> nano -w fstab</b><br /><br />add the following to the end of the file and save:<br /><br /> <b>/dev/sdb /var/sipxdata/backup2 ext3 auto,user,rw,sync 0 0</b><br /><br />now...<br /> <b>mount -a<br /> mount </b>(to check to see that it mounted /dev/sdb at backup2)<br /><br />now create a cron job to copy backups from the normal backup location to the new...<br /><br /> <b>cd /var/cron.daily<br /> nano -w sipx-copybackup</b><br /><br />and add these lines which do a copy/update to the backup2 location. (Note that perhaps should check space or delete things old or something...):<br /><b><br /> #!/bin/sh<br /> # JCA script to copy backups (sync) to a mounted usb stick<br /> cp -ru /var/sipxdata/backup/* /var/sipxdata/backup2<br /></b><br />save the file<br />now make it executable:<br /><b><br /> chmod a+x sipx-copybackup<br /></b><br />if you want to try it now:<br /><b><br /> ./sipx-copybackup<br /></b><br />this could take a while to run, but you should see the light on the USB stick blinking... It should run each night and copy anything new in the /var/sipxdata/backup directory to the USB stick.John Armentrouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04870063135141797898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226137858183593643.post-22403349597673671092011-06-29T15:04:43.596-04:002011-06-29T15:04:43.596-04:00Mike, seems to work fine. I just used ext3 in the...Mike, seems to work fine. I just used ext3 in the fstab. the device name can be different... mine was /dev/sdb<br /><br />just check often using lsscsi to make sure...<br />thanks!John Anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226137858183593643.post-43697177205882093822011-04-30T06:45:36.280-04:002011-04-30T06:45:36.280-04:00Sorry, one more comment... maybe I should just ma...Sorry, one more comment... maybe I should just make another post...<br /><br />Disable firewall and selinux after installation of CentOS.<br /><br />I do this by running 'setup' logged in as root and selecting security.Michael Picherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12368191261331971014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226137858183593643.post-86163517910613285492011-04-30T06:24:23.194-04:002011-04-30T06:24:23.194-04:00Sorry, forgot to mention in that post that for the...Sorry, forgot to mention in that post that for the netinstall, you can burn the netinstall ISO to a USB stick with the method I published above...Michael Picherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12368191261331971014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226137858183593643.post-53206340209835234472011-04-30T06:23:14.822-04:002011-04-30T06:23:14.822-04:00Yes, I started running into this problem as well. ...Yes, I started running into this problem as well. I think the sipXecs installation script is looking specifically for CDROM and not the boot device.<br /><br />My suggestion now is to use the netinstall of CentOS 5.5 (information found here: http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/centos-netinstall-network-installation/)<br /><br />Uncheck any canned packages during the CentOS install (I think workstation is selected by default).<br /><br />After centOS boot, use yum to install ntp, dhcpd and bind. (yum install ntp dhcpd bind) (ps, it might be ntpd and dhcpd, I can't quite remember off the top of my head)<br /><br />Then use the RPM method of installing sipXecs. (information found here: http://wiki.sipfoundry.org/display/sipXecs/Installing+on+Fedora+and+CentOS)<br /><br />Bascially this can be done with the following method:<br /><br />1. login as root and 'cd /etc/yum.repos.d'<br />2. wget http://download.sipfoundry.org/pub/sipXecs/sipxecs-4.2.1-centos.repo<br /><br /> or<br /> wget http://download.sipfoundry.org/pub/sipXecs/sipxecs-4.4.0-centos.repo<br />3. yum install sipxecs<br />4. yum update<br />5. reboot<br />6. login again as root.<br />7. sipxecs-setup-system<br />8. rebootMichael Picherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12368191261331971014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226137858183593643.post-66885049784570007772011-04-30T06:02:57.501-04:002011-04-30T06:02:57.501-04:00I try this method.
But I get error durind install ...I try this method.<br />But I get error durind install - cannot find kickstart file.<br />This file is in the root directory of my usb from where i am booting.<br />ks.cfgvadimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904004050446707169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226137858183593643.post-24005607461427069062010-10-27T12:05:04.619-04:002010-10-27T12:05:04.619-04:00Well, there was a purpose to this a while ago. Th...Well, there was a purpose to this a while ago. Things were a little in flux with Avaya and where the builds were going.<br /><br />That has all been sorted out now, so this post is a bit of a non-issue now.Michael Picherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12368191261331971014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226137858183593643.post-77533336278689429702010-10-24T22:14:17.830-04:002010-10-24T22:14:17.830-04:00Hi can you explain a little more about what this a...Hi can you explain a little more about what this alternate build is for exactly?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01432205589857047901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226137858183593643.post-9663677007512006312010-05-10T22:15:46.570-04:002010-05-10T22:15:46.570-04:00Worked perfectly Thank you!Worked perfectly Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226137858183593643.post-188306654483778612010-04-17T22:36:35.512-04:002010-04-17T22:36:35.512-04:00Thanks Rhon.
I gave up on Audiocodes a long time ...Thanks Rhon.<br /><br />I gave up on Audiocodes a long time ago. I use Patton gateways now. You probably won't see much from me on Audiocodes.<br /><br />MikeMichael Picherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12368191261331971014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226137858183593643.post-28110408775090875952010-04-17T21:30:56.613-04:002010-04-17T21:30:56.613-04:00Hi Michael,
I have seen a lot of useful article i...Hi Michael,<br /><br />I have seen a lot of useful article in this site. :)<br /><br />I hope you can publish an article about configuring Audiocodes with SipXecs, since I have seen many post in the sipfoundry mailinglist about people having a hard time doing it. Me myself is stuck with this problem for a week. <br /><br />Hoping more great articles coming from you!!!<br /><br />More power!<br /><br />RhonJameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15755083992553341929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226137858183593643.post-85436914562258423592010-03-22T09:31:34.763-04:002010-03-22T09:31:34.763-04:00Maybe... I was in on the beta and found a few iss...Maybe... I was in on the beta and found a few issues with it (long call setup time was the biggest hassle). The problem was definately on the Skype end because other trunks don't do the same.<br /><br />I may give it a go again once 4.2 is out and stable.Michael Picherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12368191261331971014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226137858183593643.post-45462239886072372232010-03-22T09:28:42.558-04:002010-03-22T09:28:42.558-04:00They absolutely could be the same. Many organizati...They absolutely could be the same. Many organizations however have an internal Microsoft DNS domain and a public facing internet domain. Microsoft actually advocates for this on most installs.<br /><br />If you use the same domain inside and out, it requires that you publish all of your external references to your internal DNS server. This just seems to blow some people's minds.Michael Picherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12368191261331971014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226137858183593643.post-11414261984993474472010-03-22T00:28:52.139-04:002010-03-22T00:28:52.139-04:00Any chance of a setup guide for skype?Any chance of a setup guide for skype?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226137858183593643.post-73930927221786084932010-03-21T19:21:55.370-04:002010-03-21T19:21:55.370-04:00Hi,
Is there a reason why your internal domain x...Hi,<br /> <br />Is there a reason why your internal domain xyzcompany.com is different then your external domain sipexecs.info?<br />I mean cound't they be the same?<br />and is it ok to use .com in your private domain?<br /><br />ps: I do have your book. :-)<br /><br />cheers for the blog,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226137858183593643.post-70897777065431323872010-02-24T11:10:12.917-05:002010-02-24T11:10:12.917-05:00Need to change /dev/sda1 to /dev/sda.
also, chang...Need to change /dev/sda1 to /dev/sda.<br /><br />also, change mount command.<br /><br />after mount command, chown sipxchange:sipxchange /var/sipxdata/backup<br /><br />change vfat to ext3Michael Picherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12368191261331971014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226137858183593643.post-29483938993777893012010-01-14T17:02:09.700-05:002010-01-14T17:02:09.700-05:00I found that the DNS wizard does not includes the ...I found that the DNS wizard does not includes the SRV records that belongs to _sip._tls, also if you look at the logs you will see that sipXproxy looks for an A record referring to rr.sipx1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226137858183593643.post-82521912025712199922010-01-05T09:45:41.172-05:002010-01-05T09:45:41.172-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226137858183593643.post-26346558314324520242009-10-22T00:54:51.396-04:002009-10-22T00:54:51.396-04:00Hi Kyle,
Sorry, 30000 through 31000 udp (that is ...Hi Kyle,<br /><br />Sorry, 30000 through 31000 udp (that is a range).<br /><br />This range of UDP ports is for the RTP (the media / voice).<br /><br />MikeMichael Picherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12368191261331971014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226137858183593643.post-2585029317627231712009-10-22T00:02:07.564-04:002009-10-22T00:02:07.564-04:00You said "Add NAT entry for External IP port ...You said "Add NAT entry for External IP port range 30000-31000 to sipXecs internal IP port range starting at 30000" - what is the internal 30000 for and what does it end in - also 31000? you were not consistent as you were with the SIP. Also, is it UDP also?Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13903719395475892721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226137858183593643.post-88912006443228222472009-09-15T03:15:48.397-04:002009-09-15T03:15:48.397-04:00Tweaked the instructions a bit, reminding people t...Tweaked the instructions a bit, reminding people to edit the new DNS zone file and replace references to their existing DNS domain with the new external DNS domain.Michael Picherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12368191261331971014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226137858183593643.post-34368479359883575112009-07-09T07:56:13.245-04:002009-07-09T07:56:13.245-04:00Tony Graziano noted the following on the upgrade f...Tony Graziano noted the following on the upgrade from 3.10.3 to 4.0.1... thought I'd post it here as well.<br /><br />1. The local domain bind zone is "emptied", I know there is an open issue on this, but for good measure if you are using the system as a DNS server, you should copy or backup your zone file before the update. It doesn't seem to affect other zone files on the system, just the one sipx is attached to. The upgrade instructions work but the DNS thing seems as though it should be mentioned on the wiki page.<br /><br />2. System > Internet Calling > Subnets seems to lose it's other subnets other than the one sipx is sitting on. At least that's what I noticed. Can anyone else confirm this? If it is the case, perhaps the wiki can be updated to reflect this too.Michael Picherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12368191261331971014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226137858183593643.post-27814941732261215182009-06-30T18:01:11.021-04:002009-06-30T18:01:11.021-04:00This method was posted on the Wiki... haven't...This method was posted on the Wiki... haven't tried it and can't say whether it works or not...<br /><br />http://sipx-wiki.calivia.com/index.php/SipXecs_4.0.1_UpgradeMichael Picherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12368191261331971014noreply@blogger.com