SIPCAPTURE Homer is a monitoring, troubleshooting, and debugging tool for VoIP networks. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to install SIPCAPTURE Homer on macOS.
Before installing SIPCAPTURE Homer, make sure you have the following:
Follow these steps to install SIPCAPTURE Homer:
Open the Terminal app. You can find it in the Utilities folder under Applications.
Install Homebrew package manager by running this command:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
This will prompt you to enter your macOS password. Enter it and press Enter.
After installing Homebrew, run the following command to install dependencies:
brew install redis elasticsearch nginx
Next, download SIPCAPTURE Homer by running this command:
curl -L http://homer.sipcapture.org/install.sh | bash
This will download and install SIPCAPTURE Homer on your macOS device.
Navigate to /usr/src/homer directory and start the Homer server by running:
./configuremakemake installmake config
Now you need to configure the Nginx web server to serve Homer. Open the Nginx configuration file /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf in a text editor:
nano /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
In the Nginx configuration file, find the server { } section and replace it with:
server {
listen 80;
server_name localhost;
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:80/homerapi/;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
}
}
Save and close the file.
Start the Nginx server by running:
sudo nginx
Finally, start the Homer server by running:
/usr/local/homer/bin/homer.sh start
Afterwards, you should be able to access SIPCAPTURE Homer by opening your web browser and typing http://localhost in the address bar.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed SIPCAPTURE Homer on your macOS device.
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