Asterisk wont auto start

Asterisk Asterisk Support
1

CentOS 7
Asterisk 13.18.2

Once Installed I ran the following
sudo make config

chkconfig
asterisk 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:office:

Once I restart
ps aux | grep asterisk
root 1101 0.0 0.0 115256 936 ? S 02:25 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/sbin/safe_asterisk

it appears to be running but when I run the following command
sudo asterisk -rvvv
Unable to connect to remote asterisk (does /var/run/asterisk/asterisk.ctl exist?)

when I do run the following command it works
sudo asterisk
then I can sudo asterisk -rvvv

But I want it to run automatically when I reboot

2

safe_asterisk is script that starts asterisk and restarts it if terminates abnormally. Look at the logs or run asterisk -cvvv and see what happens.

3

When I run asterisk -cvvv it runs fine
but what I want is it to start asterisk automatically
so when I run asterisk -rvvv it works

currently when I reboot and run asterisk -rvvv it says
Unable to connect to remote asterisk (does /var/run/asterisk/asterisk.ctl exist?)

maybe im not understanding something

4

So what do the logs say?

5

where can I get the log from?
you mean the output from asterisk -cvvv?

6

For a default installation, /var/log/asterisk/*

7

/var/log/asterisk/messages

[Nov 19 05:00:05] Asterisk 13.18.2 built by root @ localhost.localdomain on a x86_64 running Linux on 2017-11-19 09:55:37 UTC
[Nov 19 05:00:05] NOTICE[1491] cdr.c: CDR simple logging enabled.
[Nov 19 05:00:05] NOTICE[1491] loader.c: 305 modules will be loaded.
[Nov 19 05:00:05] NOTICE[1491] res_odbc.c: res_odbc loaded.
[Nov 19 05:00:05] WARNING[1491] res_phoneprov.c: Unable to find a valid server address or name.
[Nov 19 05:00:05] ERROR[1491] ari/config.c: No configured users for ARI
[Nov 19 05:00:05] NOTICE[1491] pbx_lua.c: Lua PBX Switch loaded.
[Nov 19 05:00:05] NOTICE[1491] res_config_ldap.c: No directory user found, anonymous binding as default.
[Nov 19 05:00:05] ERROR[1491] res_config_ldap.c: No directory URL or host found.
[Nov 19 05:00:05] ERROR[1491] res_config_ldap.c: Cannot load LDAP RealTime driver.
[Nov 19 05:00:05] ERROR[1491] res_config_pgsql.c: PostgreSQL RealTime: Failed to connect database asterisk on 127.0.0.1:
[Nov 19 05:00:05] WARNING[1491] res_config_pgsql.c: PostgreSQL RealTime: Couldn't establish connection. Check debug.
[Nov 19 05:00:05] NOTICE[1491] chan_skinny.c: Configuring skinny from skinny.conf
[Nov 19 05:00:05] NOTICE[1491] confbridge/conf_config_parser.c: Adding default_menu menu to app_confbridge
[Nov 19 05:00:05] NOTICE[1491] cdr_pgsql.c: cdr_pgsql configuration contains no global section, skipping module load.
[Nov 19 05:00:05] NOTICE[1491] cel_custom.c: No mappings found in cel_custom.conf. Not logging CEL to custom CSVs.
[Nov 19 05:00:05] WARNING[1491] cel_pgsql.c: CEL pgsql config file missing global section.
[Nov 19 05:04:59] Asterisk 13.18.2 built by root @ localhost.localdomain on a x86_64 running Linux on 2017-11-19 09:55:37 UTC
[Nov 19 05:04:59] NOTICE[11796] cdr.c: CDR simple logging enabled.
[Nov 19 05:04:59] NOTICE[11796] loader.c: 305 modules will be loaded.
[Nov 19 05:04:59] NOTICE[11796] res_odbc.c: res_odbc loaded.
[Nov 19 05:04:59] WARNING[11796] res_phoneprov.c: Unable to find a valid server address or name.
[Nov 19 05:04:59] ERROR[11796] ari/config.c: No configured users for ARI
[Nov 19 05:04:59] NOTICE[11796] pbx_lua.c: Lua PBX Switch loaded.
[Nov 19 05:05:00] NOTICE[11796] res_config_ldap.c: No directory user found, anonymous binding as default.
[Nov 19 05:05:00] ERROR[11796] res_config_ldap.c: No directory URL or host found.
[Nov 19 05:05:00] ERROR[11796] res_config_ldap.c: Cannot load LDAP RealTime driver.
[Nov 19 05:05:00] ERROR[11796] res_config_pgsql.c: PostgreSQL RealTime: Failed to connect database asterisk on 127.0.0.1:
[Nov 19 05:05:00] WARNING[11796] res_config_pgsql.c: PostgreSQL RealTime: Couldn't establish connection. Check debug.
[Nov 19 05:05:00] NOTICE[11796] chan_skinny.c: Configuring skinny from skinny.conf
[Nov 19 05:05:00] NOTICE[11796] confbridge/conf_config_parser.c: Adding default_menu menu to app_confbridge
[Nov 19 05:05:00] NOTICE[11796] cdr_pgsql.c: cdr_pgsql configuration contains no global section, skipping module load.
[Nov 19 05:05:00] NOTICE[11796] cel_custom.c: No mappings found in cel_custom.conf. Not logging CEL to custom CSVs.
[Nov 19 05:05:00] WARNING[11796] cel_pgsql.c: CEL pgsql config file missing global section.
[Nov 19 05:05:11] Asterisk 13.18.2 built by root @ localhost.localdomain on a x86_64 running Linux on 2017-11-19 09:55:37 UTC
[Nov 19 05:05:11] NOTICE[11895] cdr.c: CDR simple logging enabled.
[Nov 19 05:05:11] NOTICE[11895] loader.c: 305 modules will be loaded.
[Nov 19 05:05:12] NOTICE[11895] res_odbc.c: res_odbc loaded.
[Nov 19 05:05:12] WARNING[11895] res_phoneprov.c: Unable to find a valid server address or name.
[Nov 19 05:05:12] ERROR[11895] ari/config.c: No configured users for ARI
[Nov 19 05:05:12] NOTICE[11895] pbx_lua.c: Lua PBX Switch loaded.
[Nov 19 05:05:12] NOTICE[11895] res_config_ldap.c: No directory user found, anonymous binding as default.
[Nov 19 05:05:12] ERROR[11895] res_config_ldap.c: No directory URL or host found.
[Nov 19 05:05:12] ERROR[11895] res_config_ldap.c: Cannot load LDAP RealTime driver.
[Nov 19 05:05:12] ERROR[11895] res_config_pgsql.c: PostgreSQL RealTime: Failed to connect database asterisk on 127.0.0.1:
[Nov 19 05:05:12] WARNING[11895] res_config_pgsql.c: PostgreSQL RealTime: Couldn't establish connection. Check debug.
[Nov 19 05:05:12] NOTICE[11895] chan_skinny.c: Configuring skinny from skinny.conf
[Nov 19 05:05:12] NOTICE[11895] confbridge/conf_config_parser.c: Adding default_menu menu to app_confbridge
[Nov 19 05:05:12] NOTICE[11895] cdr_pgsql.c: cdr_pgsql configuration contains no global section, skipping module load.
[Nov 19 05:05:12] NOTICE[11895] cel_custom.c: No mappings found in cel_custom.conf. Not logging CEL to custom CSVs.
[Nov 19 05:05:12] WARNING[11895] cel_pgsql.c: CEL pgsql config file missing global section.
[Nov 19 05:05:24] Asterisk 13.18.2 built by root @ localhost.localdomain on a x86_64 running Linux on 2017-11-19 09:55:37 UTC
[Nov 19 05:05:24] NOTICE[11926] sorcery.c: Type 'system' is not reloadable, maintaining previous values
[Nov 19 05:05:24] WARNING[11895] res_phoneprov.c: Unable to find a valid server address or name.
[Nov 19 05:05:24] ERROR[11895] ari/config.c: No configured users for ARI
[Nov 19 05:05:24] NOTICE[11895] pbx_lua.c: Lua PBX Switch loaded.
[Nov 19 05:05:24] NOTICE[11895] res_config_ldap.c: No directory user found, anonymous binding as default.
[Nov 19 05:05:24] ERROR[11895] res_config_ldap.c: No directory URL or host found.
[Nov 19 05:05:24] NOTICE[11895] res_config_ldap.c: Cannot reload LDAP RealTime driver.
[Nov 19 05:05:24] NOTICE[11895] chan_skinny.c: Configuring skinny from skinny.conf
[Nov 19 05:05:24] NOTICE[11895] cel_custom.c: No mappings found in cel_custom.conf. Not logging CEL to custom CSVs.
[Nov 19 05:05:24] NOTICE[11895] app_queue.c: queuerules.conf has not changed since it was last loaded. Not taking any action.
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So this is a brand new fresh install of the new asterisk 13.18.2
I didnt edit anything yet, I was wondering why it doesnt automatically start on boot

Do i need to have everything setup then it automatically start?

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You don’t need anything special.

If you are sure the log came from an automated start, the next step is to obtain a backtrace (google “asterisk wiki backtrace”).

Are you running on a VM, as some VMs mis-declare their hardware capabilities such that the compiler compiles instructions that the machine can neither execute not emulate. However, I’d expect that to show on asterisk -c, as well.

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Yes I’m running this on HyperV which asterisk reside in an VM
When I run sudo asterisk -cvvv, it doesnt output any major issue beside couple warnings regarding pgsql
I just dont understand why it doesnt start automatically
Last time I installed asterisk 13.17.1, it started fine with the same setup

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If the log comes from an automated start, it has started automatically, and then crashed, which is why you need the backtrace.

The other likely problem would be a permissions problem.

12

I ran couple test.
I check my log and last time was 6:25
I restart the VM at 6:35 and log wasnt updated…

I went to my OLD VM Asterisk 13.17.1 which start on boot
and check command “service asterisk status”
I notice the following highlight is not running on my new build

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My current Asterisk 13.18.2 doesnt have the following running
/usr/sbin/asterisk -f -vvvg -c
it appears to be going to sleep ??

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if safe_asterisk is running, the OS side of the start-up was successful. If safe_asterisk is continually trying to start asterisk it will be because of a crash or a permissions problem.

Assuming that safe_asterisk hasn’t changed much in a long time, the only place it does sleep 4 is in the go around after Asterisk exits with a non-normal status (which includes failure to launch the executable at all).

			nice -n $PRIORITY ${ASTSBINDIR}/asterisk -f ${CLIARGS} ${ASTARGS} > /dev/${TTY} 2>&1 < /dev/${TTY}
.....
		EXITSTATUS=$?
		message "Asterisk ended with exit status $EXITSTATUS"
		if [ "$EXITSTATUS" = "0" ]; then
....
                fi
		message "Automatically restarting Asterisk."
		sleep $SLEEPSECS

(Some details, including logging, removed, for clarity.)

message writes to standard error, whatever that is in the boot up environment. You can uncomment lines in safe_asterisk to have it sent to a file and/or syslog.

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When I disable SELINUX=disabled
I’m using CentOS 7
It Works, the question is WHY?

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6/html/security-enhanced_linux/sect-security-enhanced_linux-enabling_and_disabling_selinux-disabling_selinux

Disable Selinux while installing Asterisk then asfter done enabel it and everything works fine