How do I check to see if Asterisk is running remotely

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I want to run a bash commend from my router to a local Asterisk server. All I need to know is if the service is running or not. I have tried telnet and nc and the server doesn’t answer at all. Is there a simple way to do this?

Thanks

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If Asterisk service is running on the default port this should work nc -u Asterisk-IP 5060

https://www.linuxtechi.com/nc-ncat-command-examples-linux-systems/

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I’d use snmp for this personally. you could configure snmpd to monitor how many asterisk processes are running.

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The version of NC on the router must be stripped down -u is unrecognized. :frowning:

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Hi John,
snmp would certainly work but I need something extremely lightweight on the router and basically I need a “is asterisk running or not” type of thing. I would be running on a Edgerouter OS I want this so I can determine whether to change a DNS setting for the phones in the router.

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How do you define running? Asterisk has been known to deadlock, but, as it is multithreaded, it can still appear to be alive when tested with simple tests.

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Well the goal is to change the asterisk server that the phones are using to a cloud system IF they cannot connect to the local system. I can do that with using a local DNS setting in the router, I just need to be able to make the distinction. I already can do it with a ping command but that only would let me know if the server was down completely.

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