Kamailio is an open-source SIP server software used for high-performance handling, routing, and management of SIP and similar protocols. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Kamailio on POP! OS latest.
Before installing Kamailio, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
Before installing Kamailio, it's essential to update your system packages to the latest version. You can do this by running the following command in your terminal.
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Next, we need to install some dependencies required for Kamailio to function correctly. To do this, run the following command:
sudo apt install -y git make gcc bison flex libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libxml2-dev libpcre3-dev libmysqlclient-dev libmariadb-dev libdb-dev libldap2-dev libunistring-dev libradiusclient-ng-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev libjson-c-dev libbson-dev
Once you have installed all the essential dependencies, it's time to download Kamailio. You can do this by cloning the Kamailio repository from Github, using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/kamailio/kamailio.git
After downloading the Kamailio source code, move into the directory and compile Kamailio using the following command:
cd kamailio
make cfg
make all
Once the build process finishes, we can now install Kamailio by running the following command:
sudo make install
After installing Kamailio, we need to configure it for our system. The main configuration file for Kamailio is located at "/usr/local/etc/kamailio/kamailio.cfg". You can use any text editor, such as nano, to open and edit the file:
sudo nano /usr/local/etc/kamailio/kamailio.cfg
In the configuration file, you can make changes and customize the settings according to your needs.
Finally, we can start the Kamailio service using the following command:
sudo systemctl start kamailio
If you want the Kamailio service to start automatically at boot time, you can enable it using the following command:
sudo systemctl enable kamailio
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Kamailio on POP! OS latest. Kamailio is a powerful and versatile SIP server software used for handling, routing, and management of SIP and similar protocols. Feel free to explore Kamailio's capabilities and customize it to your needs.
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