FreeSWITCH 1.10 installation – build from source debian 11

Building From Source​

Compiling Release Branch (production)​

Release source build

TOKEN=YOURSIGNALWIRETOKEN

apt-get update && apt-get install -yq gnupg2 wget lsb-release

wget --http-user=signalwire --http-password=$TOKEN -O /usr/share/keyrings/signalwire-freeswitch-repo.gpg https://freeswitch.signalwire.com/repo/deb/debian-release/signalwire-freeswitch-repo.gpg

echo "machine freeswitch.signalwire.com login signalwire password $TOKEN" > /etc/apt/auth.conf

chmod 600 /etc/apt/auth.conf

echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/signalwire-freeswitch-repo.gpg] https://freeswitch.signalwire.com/repo/deb/debian-release/ `lsb_release -sc` main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/freeswitch.list

echo "deb-src [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/signalwire-freeswitch-repo.gpg] https://freeswitch.signalwire.com/repo/deb/debian-release/ `lsb_release -sc` main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/freeswitch.list

apt-get update
 
# Install dependencies required for the build

apt-get build-dep freeswitch
 
# then let's get the source. Use the -b flag to get a specific branch

cd /usr/src/

git clone https://github.com/signalwire/freeswitch.git -bv1.10 freeswitch

cd freeswitch
 
# Because we're in a branch that will go through many rebases, it's
# better to set this one, or you'll get CONFLICTS when pulling (update).

git config pull.rebase true
 
# ... and do the build

./bootstrap.sh -j

./configure

make

make install

Starting FreeSWITCH

Set Owner and Permissions

# create user 'freeswitch'
# add it to group 'freeswitch'
# change owner and group of the freeswitch installation

cd /usr/local
groupadd freeswitch

adduser --quiet --system --home /usr/local/freeswitch --gecos "FreeSWITCH open source softswitch" --ingroup freeswitch freeswitch --disabled-password

chown -R freeswitch:freeswitch /usr/local/freeswitch/ 

chmod -R ug=rwX,o= /usr/local/freeswitch/

chmod -R u=rwx,g=rx /usr/local/freeswitch/bin/*

Start Freeswitch after installation

1. Navigate to the directory where FreeSWITCH is installed. The default installation directory is usually /usr/local/freeswitch on Linux systems.
2. Navigate to the bin folder and run the following command to start freeswitch ./freeswitch
3. Note: If you want to run FreeSWITCH in the background as a daemon, you can use the -nc flag with the startup command: ./freeswitch -nc . This will prevent FreeSWITCH from attaching to the terminal and allow it to run in the background.
4. To access the FreeSWITCH CLI, navigate to the bin folder in the FreeSWITCH installation directory. Then run the following command: ./fs_cli

(Optional) Create systemd freeswith service to auto start freeswitch

https://github.com/traviscross/freeswitch/blob/master/debian/freeswitch-systemd.freeswitch.service

Refrences

• https://github.com/Omid-Mohajerani/freeswitch/wiki/FreeSWITCH-1.10-installation-guide-from-source-on-debian-11
• https://developer.signalwire.com/freeswitch/FreeSWITCH-Explained/Installation/Linux/Deprecated-Installation-Instructions/Debian-Post-Install-Tasks_13172868#about

Start Doing local extension Calls

Freeswitch by default will create some users with pass (1234) for you starting from 1000 to 1019, u can check the Configs for these users in the following directory :-

/usr/local/freeswitch/conf/directory/default 

Using a sip phone of choice u can start making calls and registering extensions , however there will be 10 second delay after dialing because the default password for extensions has not been changes , u can change this in the vars.xml file :-

nano /usr/local/freeswitch/conf/vars.xml

After changing default password , run the following to reload the config form fs_cli :-

reloadxml