Asterisk (with chan_dongle) and FreePBX #1405

m-anish · 2019-01-17T12:11:26Z

This PR introduces the Asterisk and FreePBX applications for IIAB installs on top of Ubuntu 18.x based setups.

Note: This is for testing only at this point. Do not merge!

You will have to atleast set pbx_install to True to have both apps install. And optionally set the enabled flag to enable them as well.

Eagerly looking forwards to test results and polishing this further. We could potentially experiment with running this on debian 9.6 as well.

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Ansible's general recommendation is 2-space indentation.

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m-anish · 2019-01-18T05:09:51Z

Okay, some thoughts here...

FreePBX wants node 10.x, so I am going to test it with that. This introduces a problem for us, as it makes it incompatible with sugarizer.
The playbook has two parts. One to install Asterisk, and the other to install FreePBX.
The Asterisk part is robust, and seems to install cleanly without creating issues. It will probably work on Debian Stretch, and perhaps even Buster, but I dont want to test that yet.
The FreePBX part is more tricky. Typically, FreePBX wants to be the only thing it runs on the server. This either means we should do this out of a docker container, which I dont prefer for obvious performance reasons, or it means to tweak its standard config. Read on...
Pending: Create a custom freepbx.conf apache conf file, that serves freepbx through a virtualhost, in which the user is asterisk instead of www-data.

m-anish · 2019-01-18T06:16:34Z

Okay, freepbx 15 seems to install properly with nodejs 10.x. This has a few implications.

Let us drop this for 6.7 - (if even we were remotely considering it) and target for 7.0
I am going to put a dependency on this. DO NOT install if sugarizer is going to be installed.
Going to test this alongside nodered and mqtt for node 10.x as that should work in theory
So, this needs lots of testing because of the nodejs changes
I will make a separate PR that moves us to a nodesource based install generally. That seems to be the preferred way to install nodejs, whether 8.x or 10.x.

m-anish · 2019-01-18T07:00:56Z

m-anish · 2019-01-18T07:33:01Z

Note: Test only after pulling in #1411 and setting nodejs_version to 10.x

m-anish · 2019-01-18T08:25:39Z

Brought up to date with master with a forced push.

m-anish · 2019-01-18T09:19:53Z

Okay. This is now good to test after locally merging #1411

m-anish · 2019-01-18T10:21:35Z

Comprehensive test checklist:

Ensure that install does NOT run on any platform except ubuntu 18.x and 9.7
Smoke test in gateway mode configuration, with pbx.lan properly set
Smoke test FreePBX on ubuntu 18.04 after successful install
Playbook should only install freepbx once and not fail if re-run
Install=False when Sugarizer=True or Nodejs=8.x
Install=True only when PBX=True and Nodejs=10.x
Test in a minimal install with local_vars_min + PBX
Test in a full install with local_vars_big + PBX - Sugarizer

holta · 2019-01-18T11:13:53Z

If this is well-tested & not disruptive to Sugarizer over the coming ~48h, we can consider this for inclusion in IIAB 6.7

m-anish · 2019-01-18T16:03:45Z

You can see from the checklist that I made good progress on the testing front, but since the scripts in asterisk and especially freepbx do many things, i would like atleast someone else other than me to also install and test, preferably from scratch, on bare metal. I would be much more confident then. Unfortunately, I dont have access to a NUC over the coming few days.

m-anish · 2019-01-19T07:25:53Z

Okay, this is now serious enough that I removed the TESTING tag, which reflects the progress that's been made on this.

m-anish · 2019-01-20T06:46:19Z

Brought up to date with current master.

holta · 2019-01-24T15:53:47Z

@m-anish asks for testing on actual hardware (not just VM's).

CLARIF: Ubuntu Server 18.04 is required for now.

@jvonau suggesting 2 ways to deal to make pbx.lan work with dnsmasq:

/etc/hosts (use Ansible's lineinfile command? IIAB's network role likely not nec here?)
separate file sourced from dnsmasq.d

m-anish · 2019-01-25T07:58:44Z

Sure, I will add to my todo to edit this PR to edit /etc/hosts

holta · 2019-02-03T17:44:13Z

fyi Node.js 10.x is now part of IIAB (master branch iiab/iiab) if that helps Asterisk/FreePBX move forward:
https://github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/vars/default_vars.yml#L287-L289

m-anish · 2019-02-04T16:07:48Z

Very nice. I think I need to appropriately make changes to this playbook then.

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holta · 2019-02-07T15:06:58Z

roles/pbx/tasks/main.yml

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@

 - name: Install asterisk
  include_tasks: asterisk.yml
-  when: internet_available and is_ubuntu_18 and pbx_install and (not pbx_installed) and (not sugarizer_install) and (nodejs_version == "10.x")
+  when: internet_available and ((is_debian and ansible_distribution_major_version == "9") or is_ubuntu_18) and pbx_install and (not pbx_installed) and (nodejs_version == "10.x")


@m-anish can you make this and Line 14 condition a bit more flexible, so Debian 10 and other Ubuntus (like 19.04 coming in April) and Raspbian-on-RPi might actually work?

I will once I have tested those platforms. But want to stick to this for now.

I'm not sure you understood my point:

Can you please consider is_ubuntu rather than is_ubuntu_18 ? So we avoid sabotaging diverse Ubuntu volunteers who want to expand on your work over the coming year!

Likewise can you please consider is_debian and (not is_rpi) instead of is_debian and ansible_distribution_major_version == "9" — so that the growing number of Debian 10 people can consider your work? (Without "artificial obstacles" being thrown in their path!)

consider is_debian and (not is_rpi)

Another option might be is_debian (just like is_ubuntu ideally) simplifying in the future anyway!?

holta · 2019-02-09T20:48:54Z

@m-anish I'm going to go ahead and merge but I need your help testing/refining:

./runrole pbx completes on an Ubuntu Server 18.04.1 VM (single network interface) but how do we test?
Specifically how do I access http://pbx.lan/freepbx which does not work so far?
- Running ./iiab-network did not help (pbx.lan still doesn't resolve)
- Side Question: is "pbx pbx.lan" not required on Line 21 of roles/network/tasks/hosts.yml ? (Certainly it's on Line 13.)

m-anish · 2019-02-10T02:32:30Z

./runrole pbx completes on an Ubuntu Server 18.04.1 VM (single network interface) but how do we test?

On your host machine, you will need to add an entry to /etc/hosts like this one
<VM's IP address> pbx.lan

And then open http://pbx.lan/freepbx to test.

m-anish · 2019-02-10T02:33:26Z

Specifically how do I access http://pbx.lan/freepbx which does not work so far?

* Running ./iiab-network did not help (pbx.lan still doesn't resolve)

* Side Question: is "pbx pbx.lan" not required on Line 21 of [roles/network/tasks/hosts.yml](https://github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/roles/network/tasks/hosts.yml) ?  (Certainly it's on Line 13.)

Is this in gateway or appliance?

holta · 2019-02-10T02:52:07Z

Is this in gateway or appliance?

Whatever's normal for a VM with a single network interface!

Log into it (192.168.0.161) if that's not clear enough?

m-anish · 2019-02-10T02:55:38Z

Is this in gateway or appliance?

Whatever's normal for a VM with a single network interface!

Log into it (192.168.0.161) if that's not clear enough?

VM would be appliance. Please follow the instructions here

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m-anish changed the title ~~TESTING | Asterisk and FreePBX~~ Asterisk (with chan_dongle) and FreePBX Jan 19, 2019

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