Yeti-Switch is a powerful and highly scalable open source VoIP softswitch that can be used to manage and route voice, video and SMS traffic across numerous sites and devices. It is highly customizable and is actively maintained by its developer community. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps of installing Yeti-Switch on Void Linux.
Before we start, ensure that you have the following requirements:
Before installing any new software, update your Void Linux system to ensure you have the latest versions of all packages. To do this open the terminal and execute the following command:
sudo xbps-install -Suv
Yeti-Switch requires a PostgreSQL database to function, so the next step is to install PostgreSQL. To do this execute the following command:
sudo xbps-install -y postgresql
After installing PostgreSQL, create a new user for Yeti-Switch database. To do this execute the following command:
sudo su - postgres
createuser --interactive --pwprompt
This will prompt you for a username and allow you to enter a password for the user.
With PostgreSQL set up, we can now install Yeti-Switch. To do this execute the following command:
sudo xbps-install -y yeti-web
This will install the Yeti-Switch package as well as any dependencies it requires.
After installing Yeti-Switch, we need to configure it before we can use it. To do this, navigate to the /opt/yeti-web/config directory and create a configuration file using the following command:
cd /opt/yeti-web/config
sudo cp database.yml.example database.yml
Open the configuration file using your preferred text editor and enter the details for the database user, password and database name that you created earlier in step 3.
Then, navigate to the /opt/yeti-web directory and run the following commands to set up the database schema:
cd /opt/yeti-web
sudo RAILS_ENV=production bin/setup
sudo RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake db:migrate
Now that we have Yeti-Switch configured, we can start the necessary services. Execute the following commands one by one to do this:
sudo sv start yeti-web
sudo sv start yeti-worker-* # Replace the asterisk with the name of your worker
Finally, navigate to your web browser and enter the IP address of your machine. You should see the Yeti-Switch login page. Use the default login credentials, admin@admin.com and admin, to log in for the first time.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Yeti-Switch on Void Linux.
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