How to install openSIPS on NetBSD

In this tutorial, we will go through the steps of installing openSIPS on NetBSD. openSIPS is an open-source SIP server and is commonly used as a VoIP gateway, PBX, or VoIP conference server.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you must have the following requirements installed on your NetBSD system:

• NetBSD 9.x or higher
• GCC compiler installed
• make
• OpenSSL

Step 1: Downloading openSIPS

Go to the official website of openSIPS and download the latest stable version available from the download page.

wget https://opensips.org/pub/opensips/latest/src/opensips-3.1.2_src.tar.gz

Step 2: Extract the downloaded files

Next, go to the directory where the file has been downloaded and extract it using the following command:

tar -xvf opensips-3.1.2_src.tar.gz

Step 3: Install Required Dependencies

OpenSSL is required to compile openSIPS. To install OpenSSL, type the following command:

pkg_add openssl

Step 4: Compile and Install openSIPS

Now that all the necessary prerequisites are fulfilled, it is time to install openSIPS. Follow the steps below:

1. Navigate to the extracted source directory.

   cd opensips-3.1.2/
   

2. Configure the package with the command below. NOTE: Replace --localstatedir=/var with the directory you choose to place the script and config files where your system stores them.

   ./configure --enable-tls --enable-mediaproxy --with-openssl=/usr/pkg --localstatedir=/var
   

   This command configures the package with TLS support and mediaproxy.
3. Run the make command to install openSIPS.

   make all && make install
   

Step 5: Configuring openSIPS

The configuration files for openSIPS are located in /usr/local/etc/opensips/. The primary configuration file is named opensips.cfg. You can use any text editor to modify this file according to your needs.

Step 6: Starting openSIPS

Finally, you can start openSIPS using the following command:

/usr/local/sbin/opensipsctl start

Conclusion

That's it! We have successfully installed openSIPS on NetBSD. Now you can configure it to your needs and start using it as your SIP server.

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