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[Astlinux-users] Do you have trunks that stop registering for some reason

[Michael K. <mic...@ip...>]

Here’s an interesting one as an FYI.

I have one provider that I use (have to unfortunately) that requires registration.
Very occasionally the trunk lost its registration and it could not receive incoming calls and I couldn't work it out.
Recently I had this happen which affected all my trunks to this provider so I rang up the provider and found that their SBC cluster had failed over that evening due to a network issue.
After doing some debugging, I found that Asterisk was not registering any more and would not start again until a reload was done. Why?

Well I found this sip.conf parameter:
register_retry_403 - This will cause Asterisk to treat 403 responses to registrations as if they were 401 responses and continue retrying according to normal retry rules. It is set to no by default e.g. it will stop trying to register if it gets a 403 – Forbidden ☹

I got the provider to do a debug from my IP Address  after the failover and you guessed it, 403 – Forbidden was sent during the failover which I understand is during the settling period.
I have now set this to yes and hopefully we don't have this issue again.

Regards
Michael Knill

Re: [Astlinux-users] Speedtest on Astlinux

[Lonnie A. <li...@lo...>]

On Mar 29, 2018, at 4:39 AM, Michael Keuter <li...@mk...> wrote:

> 
>> Am 29.03.2018 um 07:28 schrieb Michael Knill <mic...@ip...>:
>> 
>> Is there any way to perform a speed test on Astlinux?
>> 
>> This would be really nice:
>> https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli
>> 
>> Needs Python though.
>> 
>> Regards
>> Michael Knill
> 
> Hi Michael,
> 
> I use this one:
> https://github.com/blackdotsh/curl-speedtest/blob/master/speedtest.sh
> 
> There are separate links for geographic versions inside as well.
> 
> Additionally I use public iperf 3 servers to test with:
> https://iperf.fr/iperf-servers.php
> 
> Michael

+1 for iperf3

TCP upload speed, 2 parallel streams
--
$ iperf3 -c iperf.he.net -P 2
Connecting to host iperf.he.net, port 5201
...
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth       Retr
[SUM]   0.00-10.00  sec  13.9 MBytes  11.7 Mbits/sec   22             sender
[SUM]   0.00-10.00  sec  11.2 MBytes  9.38 Mbits/sec                  receiver
--

TCP download speed, 2 parallel streams
--
$ iperf3 -c iperf.he.net -P 2 -R
Connecting to host iperf.he.net, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host iperf.he.net is sending
...
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth       Retr
[SUM]   0.00-10.00  sec  71.2 MBytes  59.7 Mbits/sec  3309             sender
[SUM]   0.00-10.00  sec  61.5 MBytes  51.6 Mbits/sec                  receiver
--

Particularly useful for SIP VoIP is UDP and a bandwidth argument ...

UDP upload test, test-bandwidth is 1000 kbps (approx. 10 ulaw simultaneous calls)
--
$ iperf3 -c iperf.he.net -u -b 1000k
Connecting to host iperf.he.net, port 5201
---
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth       Jitter    Lost/Total Datagrams
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.19 MBytes   996 Kbits/sec  3.005 ms  0/152 (0%)  
[  4] Sent 152 datagrams
--
The extra benefit here is the jitter and packet loss measurements.

UDP download test, test-bandwidth is 1000 kbps (approx. 10 ulaw simultaneous calls)
--
$ iperf3 -c iperf.he.net -u -b 1000k -R
Reverse mode, remote host iperf.he.net is sending
...
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth       Jitter    Lost/Total Datagrams
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.21 MBytes  1.02 Mbits/sec  0.000 ms  0/0 (-nan%)  
[  4] Sent 0 datagrams
--

For you in Australia, finding a mainland public iperf3 server would be best, but give iperf.he.net a try ... possibly talk your ISP into implementing an iperf3 server.

Lonnie

Re: [Astlinux-users] Speedtest on Astlinux

[Michael K. <li...@mk...>]

> Am 29.03.2018 um 07:28 schrieb Michael Knill <mic...@ip...>:
> 
> Is there any way to perform a speed test on Astlinux?
>  
> This would be really nice:
> https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli
>  
> Needs Python though.
>  
> Regards
> Michael Knill

Hi Michael,

I use this one:
https://github.com/blackdotsh/curl-speedtest/blob/master/speedtest.sh

There are separate links for geographic versions inside as well.

Additionally I use public iperf 3 servers to test with:
https://iperf.fr/iperf-servers.php

Michael

http://www.mksolutions.info

[Astlinux-users] Speedtest on Astlinux

[Michael K. <mic...@ip...>]

Is there any way to perform a speed test on Astlinux?

This would be really nice:
https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli

Needs Python though.

Regards
Michael Knill

Re: [Astlinux-users] Desktop phone with built-in VPN client

[Michael K. <mic...@ip...>]

+1 for Yealink phones. Also doing this for years. We have even modified the OpenVPN Server Tab to have a 'Download Yealink' button to create and download the tar file automatically.

Here is a script to create the tar file:
-------------------
#!/bin/sh

# Create an openvpn file for yealink phones
# It assumes a user has been created on Astlinux as the MAC address and the file has been downloaded to ~/Temp

die() { echo "$@">&2; exit 1; }

MAC="$1"
[ "$MAC" ] || die "Specify Yealink OpenVPN User e.g. MAC Address"

cd ~/Temp/$MAC/openvpn-cert-key
cp $MAC.ovpn vpn.cnf
tar -cvpf $MAC-ovpn.tar vpn.cnf

echo
echo "$MAC-ovpn.tar has been created in ~/Temp/$MAC/openvpn-cert-key ready for upload to phone"
echo
---------------------

Regards
Michael Knill
On 28/3/18, 11:15 pm, "Michael Keuter" <li...@mk...> wrote:

    
    > Am 28.03.2018 um 13:26 schrieb Shamus Rask <sh...@sr...>:
    > 
    > I’m looking to deploy several SIP phones for a client in remote locations. I’ve done some Googling, but there isn’t a lot of information out there. Does anyone have any good recommendations for a SIP phone with built-in VPN client? Looking to have phone be able connect to any user’s home network and connect via VPN tunnel to their AstLinux PBX.
    > 
    > Cheers,
    >   Shamus
    
    Hi Shamus,
    
    all Yealink IP phones have an OpenVPN client included.
    With a firmware update you can also use many of the Snom IP phones with OpenVPN.
    
    I personally use Yealink phones successfully for several years for such scenarios.
    
    Michael
    
    http://www.mksolutions.info
    
    
    
    
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Re: [Astlinux-users] Desktop phone with built-in VPN client

[Michael K. <li...@mk...>]

> Am 28.03.2018 um 13:26 schrieb Shamus Rask <sh...@sr...>:
> 
> I’m looking to deploy several SIP phones for a client in remote locations. I’ve done some Googling, but there isn’t a lot of information out there. Does anyone have any good recommendations for a SIP phone with built-in VPN client? Looking to have phone be able connect to any user’s home network and connect via VPN tunnel to their AstLinux PBX.
> 
> Cheers,
>   Shamus

Hi Shamus,

all Yealink IP phones have an OpenVPN client included.
With a firmware update you can also use many of the Snom IP phones with OpenVPN.

I personally use Yealink phones successfully for several years for such scenarios.

Michael

http://www.mksolutions.info

[Astlinux-users] Desktop phone with built-in VPN client

[Shamus R. <sh...@sr...>]

I’m looking to deploy several SIP phones for a client in remote locations. I’ve done some Googling, but there isn’t a lot of information out there. Does anyone have any good recommendations for a SIP phone with built-in VPN client? Looking to have phone be able connect to any user’s home network and connect via VPN tunnel to their AstLinux PBX.

Cheers,
   Shamus

[Astlinux-users] AstLinux Pre-Release: astlinux-1.3-3665-8d0097

[Lonnie A. <li...@lo...>]

Announcing Pre-Release Version: astlinux-1.3-3665-8d0097

The AstLinux Team is regularly upgrading packages containing security and bug fixes as well as adding new features of our own.

-- Linux Kernel 3.16.54, security and bug fixes.

-- zabbix, version bump to 3.0.14, adds TLS encryption support
Note: Now requires a Zabbix server with version 3.0 or greater.

-- system-vendor, new command to identify common hardware.

-- Fossil, version bump to 2.5, adds numerous enhancements to the look and feel of the web interface.

-- util-linux, major version bump to 2.28.2

-- Asterisk 13 version bump to 13.20.0

These pre-release images are for those who would like to take advantage of the AstLinux development before the next official release, as well as providing testing for the project.

The "AstLinux Pre-Release ChangeLog" and "Repository URL" entries can be found under the "Development" tab of the AstLinux Project web site ...

AstLinux Project -> Development
https://www.astlinux-project.org/dev.html

While these images are considered 'stable', the lack of testing will not make these images suitable for critical production systems.

If you should come across an issue, please report back here.

AstLinux Team

Re: [Astlinux-users] New PC Engines APU2 NIC x4

[The C. K. <eld...@ya...>]

and we use blue and red but not black lol
 

    On Sunday, March 25, 2018, 3:14:37 PM EDT, Michael Knill <mic...@ip...> wrote:  
 
 
Thanks all for your comments and yes Chris you make a good point.
 
And of course there are other memory upgradeable hardware options like the quite fast Qotom box.
 
  
 
But anyway I cant use the apu4b4 as there are only black boxes available. I only use the blue one😊
 
  
 
Regards
 
Michael Knill
 
From: AstLinux List <ast...@li...>
Reply-To: AstLinux List <ast...@li...>
Date: Monday, 26 March 2018 at 5:26 am
To: AstLinux List <ast...@li...>
Cc: The Cadillac Kid <eld...@ya...>
Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] New PC Engines APU2 NIC x4
 
  
 
another way to look at it would be are you going to out grow CPU along with ram as opposed to outgrowing ram on its own.. 
 
in my experience as my projects grow or get more intense, the requirements of both seem to go up over time..  if astlinux ever needed more than 2 GB would it even run on the CPU of a apu2c2 board anymore, or woulkd it require the apu model X..
 
-Christopher
 
  
 
  
 
On Sunday, March 25, 2018, 2:22:33 PM EDT, Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lo...> wrote:
 
  
 
  
 
It also appears a 2 GB APU2 NIC x4 may be offered as well (• DRAM: 2 or 4 GB DDR3-1333 DRAM).

So 2 GB vs. 4 GB RAM, that is the question.  2 GB is fine for AstLinux for the current and the foreseeable future, we try to reduce image bloat wherever we can.

But, since the 2 GB boards are not upgradable, and could have a useful life for 4-6 years or more ... purchasing 4 GB boards has it merits.

Tough call.

Lonnie



On Mar 25, 2018, at 3:56 AM, Michael Knill <mic...@ip...> wrote:

> Interesting question here Lonnie. Yes it $6 more than apu2c4 but $32 more than the apu2c2.
> 
> I know its hard to predict but do we see Astlinux needing more than 2G in the near or distant future?
> 2G is plenty at the moment but should I be future proofing?
> 
> Regards
> Michael Knill
> 
> On 24/3/18, 6:36 am, "Lonnie Abelbeck" <li...@lo...> wrote:
> 
>    I just noticed a new PC Engines APU2 NIC x4 (apu4b4) board in their price list. Not yet available at this writing.
> 
>    New 4x NIC APU2
>    http://pcengines.ch/apu4b4.htm
> 
>    Only $6 USD more than the 3x NIC apu2c4
> 
>    Though the apu4b4 uses the somewhat less expensive Intel i211AT NIC's instead of the i210AT in the apu2c4.  Doesn't really matter with AstLinux.
> 
>    In case you missed it, late 2017 they offer a 2x NIC board (apu2c0) for $99 USD
> 
>    2x NIC APU2
>    http://pcengines.ch/apu2c0.htm
> 
>    Lonnie
> 
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Re: [Astlinux-users] New PC Engines APU2 NIC x4

[Michael K. <mic...@ip...>]

Thanks all for your comments and yes Chris you make a good point.
And of course there are other memory upgradeable hardware options like the quite fast Qotom box.

But anyway I cant use the apu4b4 as there are only black boxes available. I only use the blue one 😊

Regards
Michael Knill
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Reply-To: AstLinux List <ast...@li...>
Date: Monday, 26 March 2018 at 5:26 am
To: AstLinux List <ast...@li...>
Cc: The Cadillac Kid <eld...@ya...>
Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] New PC Engines APU2 NIC x4

another way to look at it would be are you going to out grow CPU along with ram as opposed to outgrowing ram on its own..
in my experience as my projects grow or get more intense, the requirements of both seem to go up over time..  if astlinux ever needed more than 2 GB would it even run on the CPU of a apu2c2 board anymore, or woulkd it require the apu model X..
-Christopher


On Sunday, March 25, 2018, 2:22:33 PM EDT, Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lo...> wrote:


It also appears a 2 GB APU2 NIC x4 may be offered as well (• DRAM: 2 or 4 GB DDR3-1333 DRAM).

So 2 GB vs. 4 GB RAM, that is the question.  2 GB is fine for AstLinux for the current and the foreseeable future, we try to reduce image bloat wherever we can.

But, since the 2 GB boards are not upgradable, and could have a useful life for 4-6 years or more ... purchasing 4 GB boards has it merits.

Tough call.

Lonnie



On Mar 25, 2018, at 3:56 AM, Michael Knill <mic...@ip...<mailto:mic...@ip...>> wrote:

> Interesting question here Lonnie. Yes it $6 more than apu2c4 but $32 more than the apu2c2.
>
> I know its hard to predict but do we see Astlinux needing more than 2G in the near or distant future?
> 2G is plenty at the moment but should I be future proofing?
>
> Regards
> Michael Knill
>
> On 24/3/18, 6:36 am, "Lonnie Abelbeck" <li...@lo...<mailto:li...@lo...>> wrote:
>
>    I just noticed a new PC Engines APU2 NIC x4 (apu4b4) board in their price list. Not yet available at this writing.
>
>    New 4x NIC APU2
>    http://pcengines.ch/apu4b4.htm
>
>    Only $6 USD more than the 3x NIC apu2c4
>
>    Though the apu4b4 uses the somewhat less expensive Intel i211AT NIC's instead of the i210AT in the apu2c4.  Doesn't really matter with AstLinux.
>
>    In case you missed it, late 2017 they offer a 2x NIC board (apu2c0) for $99 USD
>
>    2x NIC APU2
>    http://pcengines.ch/apu2c0.htm
>
>    Lonnie
>
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Re: [Astlinux-users] Digium

[Michael K. <mic...@ip...>]

Although I have never used DPMA, I agree with Lonnie. 
XML and LDAP work great with Astlinux using Yealink phones.

Regards
Michael Knill
On 26/3/18, 5:09 am, "Lonnie Abelbeck" <li...@lo...> wrote:

    Hi Fernando,
    
    I'm not aware of anyone using the DPMA module with Digium phones with AstLinux.
    
    I seem to recall the **propitiatory binary blob** (DPMA) module requires "avahi" which we include by default, but I seem to remember some avahi functionally requires "dbus" which we don't include by default.
    
    Netwok tab -> mDNS/DNS-SD Service Discovery:
    Ref: https://doc.astlinux-project.org/userdoc:tt_avahi_mdns
    
    There are good quality, well priced IP Phones out there (Yealink for example) that integrates a contact list (LDAP, XML, etc) with AstLinux without having to add a propitiatory binary blob.
    
    Lonnie
    
    
    
    On Mar 25, 2018, at 9:01 AM, Fernando Fuentes <dig...@gm...> wrote:
    
    > Hello team!
    > Do I have to create my own build to be able to use a Digium D65 Phone to be able to use the DPMA module?
    > Has anybody out there done this?
    > I cant figure out how to load a Contact list without having this module :(
    > 
    > TIA!
    > 
    > -- 
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Re: [Astlinux-users] Digium

[The C. K. <eld...@ya...>]

 I never used the DPMA with astlinux but when I used it with regular asterisk. it seemed pretty CPU intensive esp when updates were being pushed / pulled..  dbus, avahi, mDNS were some of the things that it required to work.klougey at best is how I found it..  im sure they ironed some of that oput..  but I went my own direction using push configs and XML directory with other phones, 

theres a lot of good endpoints out there..  Yealink is great, vtech acquired snom and im beta testing some nice endpoints that support xml directory..  the vtech xml API is very similar to that of aastra and yealink..  ), aastra / Mitel are still good endpoints and decent pricing can be found if you call and speask wit ha distributor directly rather than just buy them online. 

-Christopher

    On Sunday, March 25, 2018, 2:09:58 PM EDT, Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lo...> wrote:  
 
 Hi Fernando,

I'm not aware of anyone using the DPMA module with Digium phones with AstLinux.

I seem to recall the **propitiatory binary blob** (DPMA) module requires "avahi" which we include by default, but I seem to remember some avahi functionally requires "dbus" which we don't include by default.

Netwok tab -> mDNS/DNS-SD Service Discovery:
Ref: https://doc.astlinux-project.org/userdoc:tt_avahi_mdns

There are good quality, well priced IP Phones out there (Yealink for example) that integrates a contact list (LDAP, XML, etc) with AstLinux without having to add a propitiatory binary blob.

Lonnie



On Mar 25, 2018, at 9:01 AM, Fernando Fuentes <dig...@gm...> wrote:

> Hello team!
> Do I have to create my own build to be able to use a Digium D65 Phone to be able to use the DPMA module?
> Has anybody out there done this?
> I cant figure out how to load a Contact list without having this module :(
> 
> TIA!
> 
> -- 
>  Fernando Fuentes
>  ffu...@da...
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Re: [Astlinux-users] New PC Engines APU2 NIC x4

[The C. K. <eld...@ya...>]

another way to look at it would be are you going to out grow CPU along with ram as opposed to outgrowing ram on its own..  in my experience as my projects grow or get more intense, the requirements of both seem to go up over time..  if astlinux ever needed more than 2 GB would it even run on the CPU of a apu2c2 board anymore, or woulkd it require the apu model X..-Christopher
 

    On Sunday, March 25, 2018, 2:22:33 PM EDT, Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lo...> wrote:  
 
 It also appears a 2 GB APU2 NIC x4 may be offered as well (• DRAM: 2 or 4 GB DDR3-1333 DRAM).

So 2 GB vs. 4 GB RAM, that is the question.  2 GB is fine for AstLinux for the current and the foreseeable future, we try to reduce image bloat wherever we can.

But, since the 2 GB boards are not upgradable, and could have a useful life for 4-6 years or more ... purchasing 4 GB boards has it merits.

Tough call.

Lonnie



On Mar 25, 2018, at 3:56 AM, Michael Knill <mic...@ip...> wrote:

> Interesting question here Lonnie. Yes it $6 more than apu2c4 but $32 more than the apu2c2.
> 
> I know its hard to predict but do we see Astlinux needing more than 2G in the near or distant future? 
> 2G is plenty at the moment but should I be future proofing?
> 
> Regards
> Michael Knill
> 
> On 24/3/18, 6:36 am, "Lonnie Abelbeck" <li...@lo...> wrote:
> 
>    I just noticed a new PC Engines APU2 NIC x4 (apu4b4) board in their price list. Not yet available at this writing.
> 
>    New 4x NIC APU2
>    http://pcengines.ch/apu4b4.htm
> 
>    Only $6 USD more than the 3x NIC apu2c4
> 
>    Though the apu4b4 uses the somewhat less expensive Intel i211AT NIC's instead of the i210AT in the apu2c4.  Doesn't really matter with AstLinux.
> 
>    In case you missed it, late 2017 they offer a 2x NIC board (apu2c0) for $99 USD
> 
>    2x NIC APU2
>    http://pcengines.ch/apu2c0.htm
> 
>    Lonnie
> 
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Re: [Astlinux-users] New PC Engines APU2 NIC x4

[Lonnie A. <li...@lo...>]

It also appears a 2 GB APU2 NIC x4 may be offered as well (• DRAM: 2 or 4 GB DDR3-1333 DRAM).

So 2 GB vs. 4 GB RAM, that is the question.  2 GB is fine for AstLinux for the current and the foreseeable future, we try to reduce image bloat wherever we can.

But, since the 2 GB boards are not upgradable, and could have a useful life for 4-6 years or more ... purchasing 4 GB boards has it merits.

Tough call.

Lonnie



On Mar 25, 2018, at 3:56 AM, Michael Knill <mic...@ip...> wrote:

> Interesting question here Lonnie. Yes it $6 more than apu2c4 but $32 more than the apu2c2.
> 
> I know its hard to predict but do we see Astlinux needing more than 2G in the near or distant future? 
> 2G is plenty at the moment but should I be future proofing?
> 
> Regards
> Michael Knill
> 
> On 24/3/18, 6:36 am, "Lonnie Abelbeck" <li...@lo...> wrote:
> 
>    I just noticed a new PC Engines APU2 NIC x4 (apu4b4) board in their price list. Not yet available at this writing.
> 
>    New 4x NIC APU2
>    http://pcengines.ch/apu4b4.htm
> 
>    Only $6 USD more than the 3x NIC apu2c4
> 
>    Though the apu4b4 uses the somewhat less expensive Intel i211AT NIC's instead of the i210AT in the apu2c4.  Doesn't really matter with AstLinux.
> 
>    In case you missed it, late 2017 they offer a 2x NIC board (apu2c0) for $99 USD
> 
>    2x NIC APU2
>    http://pcengines.ch/apu2c0.htm
> 
>    Lonnie
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Re: [Astlinux-users] Digium

[Lonnie A. <li...@lo...>]

Hi Fernando,

I'm not aware of anyone using the DPMA module with Digium phones with AstLinux.

I seem to recall the **propitiatory binary blob** (DPMA) module requires "avahi" which we include by default, but I seem to remember some avahi functionally requires "dbus" which we don't include by default.

Netwok tab -> mDNS/DNS-SD Service Discovery:
Ref: https://doc.astlinux-project.org/userdoc:tt_avahi_mdns

There are good quality, well priced IP Phones out there (Yealink for example) that integrates a contact list (LDAP, XML, etc) with AstLinux without having to add a propitiatory binary blob.

Lonnie



On Mar 25, 2018, at 9:01 AM, Fernando Fuentes <dig...@gm...> wrote:

> Hello team!
> Do I have to create my own build to be able to use a Digium D65 Phone to be able to use the DPMA module?
> Has anybody out there done this?
> I cant figure out how to load a Contact list without having this module :(
> 
> TIA!
> 
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Re: [Astlinux-users] New PC Engines APU2 NIC x4

[The C. K. <eld...@ya...>]

 I use the 4 GB boxes in my asterisk installations as we do a lot of processing in RAMdisk for non critical functions..  fast and saves the wear on the mSATA.the APU and APU2 boards have been a great replacement and upgrade once we ran the Soekris to its limit.-Christopher

    On Sunday, March 25, 2018, 1:25:28 PM EDT, David Kerr <da...@ke...> wrote:  
 
 I use an APU2 with 4GB memory.... but only because I have a custom build of Astlinux with QEMU enabled, and I run a Ubuntu 16.04 server on the same box.  May sound like overkill but it does give me a full featured Linux on which I can run other stuff.  I am using it for the Unifi controller s/w but you could let your imagination run wild.
I doubt that Astlinux on its own would need more than 2GB anytime soon.
David
On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 4:56 AM, Michael Knill <mic...@ip...> wrote:

Interesting question here Lonnie. Yes it $6 more than apu2c4 but $32 more than the apu2c2.

I know its hard to predict but do we see Astlinux needing more than 2G in the near or distant future?
2G is plenty at the moment but should I be future proofing?

Regards
Michael Knill

On 24/3/18, 6:36 am, "Lonnie Abelbeck" <li...@lo...> wrote:

    I just noticed a new PC Engines APU2 NIC x4 (apu4b4) board in their price list. Not yet available at this writing.

    New 4x NIC APU2
    http://pcengines.ch/apu4b4.htm

    Only $6 USD more than the 3x NIC apu2c4

    Though the apu4b4 uses the somewhat less expensive Intel i211AT NIC's instead of the i210AT in the apu2c4.  Doesn't really matter with AstLinux.

    In case you missed it, late 2017 they offer a 2x NIC board (apu2c0) for $99 USD

    2x NIC APU2
    http://pcengines.ch/apu2c0.htm

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Re: [Astlinux-users] New PC Engines APU2 NIC x4

[David K. <da...@ke...>]

I use an APU2 with 4GB memory.... but only because I have a custom build of
Astlinux with QEMU enabled, and I run a Ubuntu 16.04 server on the same
box.  May sound like overkill but it does give me a full featured Linux on
which I can run other stuff.  I am using it for the Unifi controller s/w
but you could let your imagination run wild.

I doubt that Astlinux on its own would need more than 2GB anytime soon.

David

On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 4:56 AM, Michael Knill <
mic...@ip...> wrote:

> Interesting question here Lonnie. Yes it $6 more than apu2c4 but $32 more
> than the apu2c2.
>
> I know its hard to predict but do we see Astlinux needing more than 2G in
> the near or distant future?
> 2G is plenty at the moment but should I be future proofing?
>
> Regards
> Michael Knill
>
> On 24/3/18, 6:36 am, "Lonnie Abelbeck" <li...@lo...> wrote:
>
>     I just noticed a new PC Engines APU2 NIC x4 (apu4b4) board in their
> price list. Not yet available at this writing.
>
>     New 4x NIC APU2
>     http://pcengines.ch/apu4b4.htm
>
>     Only $6 USD more than the 3x NIC apu2c4
>
>     Though the apu4b4 uses the somewhat less expensive Intel i211AT NIC's
> instead of the i210AT in the apu2c4.  Doesn't really matter with AstLinux.
>
>     In case you missed it, late 2017 they offer a 2x NIC board (apu2c0)
> for $99 USD
>
>     2x NIC APU2
>     http://pcengines.ch/apu2c0.htm
>
>     Lonnie
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Re: [Astlinux-users] Digium

[Fernando F. <dig...@gm...>]

Got further:

Mar 25 10:09:57 pbx local0.warn asterisk[2277]: WARNING[9819]: loader.c:497 in load_dynamic_module: Error loading module 'res_digium_phone.so': /usr/lib/asterisk/modules/res_digium_phone.so: undefined symbol: ast_msg_tech_register
Mar 25 10:09:57 pbx local0.warn asterisk[2277]: WARNING[9819]: loader.c:910 in load_resource: Module 'res_digium_phone.so' could not be loaded.

Any ideas team?

Thanks!

-- 
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  ffu...@da...

On Sun, Mar 25, 2018, at 9:01 AM, Fernando Fuentes wrote:
> Hello team!
> Do I have to create my own build to be able to use a Digium D65 Phone to 
> be able to use the DPMA module?
> Has anybody out there done this?
> I cant figure out how to load a Contact list without having this 
> module :(
> 
> TIA!
> 
> -- 
>   Fernando Fuentes
>   ffu...@da...

[Astlinux-users] Digium

[Fernando F. <dig...@gm...>]

Hello team!
Do I have to create my own build to be able to use a Digium D65 Phone to be able to use the DPMA module?
Has anybody out there done this?
I cant figure out how to load a Contact list without having this module :(

TIA!

-- 
  Fernando Fuentes
  ffu...@da...

Re: [Astlinux-users] New PC Engines APU2 NIC x4

[Michael K. <mic...@ip...>]

Interesting question here Lonnie. Yes it $6 more than apu2c4 but $32 more than the apu2c2.

I know its hard to predict but do we see Astlinux needing more than 2G in the near or distant future? 
2G is plenty at the moment but should I be future proofing?

Regards
Michael Knill

On 24/3/18, 6:36 am, "Lonnie Abelbeck" <li...@lo...> wrote:

    I just noticed a new PC Engines APU2 NIC x4 (apu4b4) board in their price list. Not yet available at this writing.
    
    New 4x NIC APU2
    http://pcengines.ch/apu4b4.htm
    
    Only $6 USD more than the 3x NIC apu2c4
    
    Though the apu4b4 uses the somewhat less expensive Intel i211AT NIC's instead of the i210AT in the apu2c4.  Doesn't really matter with AstLinux.
    
    In case you missed it, late 2017 they offer a 2x NIC board (apu2c0) for $99 USD
    
    2x NIC APU2
    http://pcengines.ch/apu2c0.htm
    
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[Astlinux-users] New PC Engines APU2 NIC x4

[Lonnie A. <li...@lo...>]

I just noticed a new PC Engines APU2 NIC x4 (apu4b4) board in their price list. Not yet available at this writing.

New 4x NIC APU2
http://pcengines.ch/apu4b4.htm

Only $6 USD more than the 3x NIC apu2c4

Though the apu4b4 uses the somewhat less expensive Intel i211AT NIC's instead of the i210AT in the apu2c4.  Doesn't really matter with AstLinux.

In case you missed it, late 2017 they offer a 2x NIC board (apu2c0) for $99 USD

2x NIC APU2
http://pcengines.ch/apu2c0.htm

Lonnie

Re: [Astlinux-users] AstLinux system-vendor fingerprinting

[Michael K. <mic...@ip...>]

Hi Lonnie. Great idea.

I will certainly provide info as I can. Unfortunately though I cant remember what Jetway cards I have deployed where so Im a bit stuck with them.
Everything else is ALIX and APU1 & 2

Regards
Michael Knill
On 13/3/18, 10:44 am, "Lonnie Abelbeck" <li...@lo...> wrote:

    We need your help ...
    
    It was asked on the mailing list here a few weeks back if there was a file that consistently displayed the board model/make information ... there isn't.
    
    We have developed a heuristic that might easily generate "PC Engines APU2", "Qotom Q190G4N-S07", etc. for the associated hardware, with a small text database file.
    
    Currently this database looks like this:
    https://github.com/astlinux-project/astlinux/blob/master/package/system-vendor/system-vendor.ids
    
    We would like to crowd-source various hardware you are using for AstLinux.  No need to submit entries we already have defined, but confirming the 8-character fingerprint would be good if you want.
    
    For those of you that have different hardware, this is the process to generate a "system-vendor.ids" entry.  Any relatively recent version of AstLinux will work ...
    ===============================
    ## Using the CLI on AstLinux, change to a non-persistent directory
    $ cd /tmp
    
    ## Download "system-vendor.sh" from GitHub
    $ curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/astlinux-project/astlinux/master/package/system-vendor/system-vendor.sh
    
    ## Generate an entry for your hardware
    ## Replace "XYZ Hardware Model" with a fitting model name
    ## Report back the output via the mailing list
    $ bash system-vendor.sh XYX Hardware Model
    12345678~XYZ Hardware Model
    
    ## Cleanup
    $ rm system-vendor.sh
    ===============================
    Relay your results by replying here, or email me directly if you want.
    
    This "system-vendor" feature is a work in progress, and we may end up disabling it, but if our heuristic works it would be nice to include in the next release.
    
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[Astlinux-users] AstLinux system-vendor fingerprinting

[Lonnie A. <li...@lo...>]

We need your help ...

It was asked on the mailing list here a few weeks back if there was a file that consistently displayed the board model/make information ... there isn't.

We have developed a heuristic that might easily generate "PC Engines APU2", "Qotom Q190G4N-S07", etc. for the associated hardware, with a small text database file.

Currently this database looks like this:
https://github.com/astlinux-project/astlinux/blob/master/package/system-vendor/system-vendor.ids

We would like to crowd-source various hardware you are using for AstLinux.  No need to submit entries we already have defined, but confirming the 8-character fingerprint would be good if you want.

For those of you that have different hardware, this is the process to generate a "system-vendor.ids" entry.  Any relatively recent version of AstLinux will work ...
===============================
## Using the CLI on AstLinux, change to a non-persistent directory
$ cd /tmp

## Download "system-vendor.sh" from GitHub
$ curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/astlinux-project/astlinux/master/package/system-vendor/system-vendor.sh

## Generate an entry for your hardware
## Replace "XYZ Hardware Model" with a fitting model name
## Report back the output via the mailing list
$ bash system-vendor.sh XYX Hardware Model
12345678~XYZ Hardware Model

## Cleanup
$ rm system-vendor.sh
===============================
Relay your results by replying here, or email me directly if you want.

This "system-vendor" feature is a work in progress, and we may end up disabling it, but if our heuristic works it would be nice to include in the next release.

AstLinux Team

Re: [Astlinux-users] Astlinux Board Type

[Michael K. <mic...@ip...>]

Handy thanks Michael.
Gives the number of CPU's for Monit load. Hmm wonder if we could automate the configuration of Monit with this?

Regards
Michael Knill
On 7/3/18, 9:19 pm, "Michael Keuter" <li...@mk...> wrote:

    
    > Am 04.03.2018 um 23:36 schrieb Michael Knill <mic...@ip...>:
    > 
    > Thanks. Yes I think I will need to do a mixture of things, knowing what I have out there.
    > 
    > Regards
    > Michael Knill
    
    BTW: For CPUs there is something even simpler:
    
    "lscpu"
    
    > On 5/3/18, 8:54 am, "Lonnie Abelbeck" <li...@lo...> wrote:
    > 
    >    Hi Michael,
    > 
    >    Just for completeness, the Linux kernel exposes some DMI (Destktop Management Information) values in the /sys virtual filesystem.
    > 
    >    # grep '.*' /sys/class/dmi/id/[bpc]*
    >    -- APU2 --
    >    /sys/class/dmi/id/bios_date:03/07/2016
    >    /sys/class/dmi/id/bios_vendor:coreboot
    >    /sys/class/dmi/id/bios_version:88a4f96
    >    /sys/class/dmi/id/board_asset_tag:
    >    /sys/class/dmi/id/board_name:apu2
    >    /sys/class/dmi/id/board_serial:123456789
    >    /sys/class/dmi/id/board_vendor:PC Engines
    >    /sys/class/dmi/id/board_version:1.0
    >    /sys/class/dmi/id/chassis_asset_tag:
    >    /sys/class/dmi/id/chassis_serial:
    >    /sys/class/dmi/id/chassis_type:3
    >    /sys/class/dmi/id/chassis_vendor:PC Engines
    >    /sys/class/dmi/id/chassis_version:
    >    /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name:apu2
    >    /sys/class/dmi/id/product_serial:123456789
    >    /sys/class/dmi/id/product_version:1.0
    >    --
    > 
    >    And that is one of the more accurately defined boards, many are loaded with "To Be Filled By O.E.M".
    > 
    >    As suggested below, some hash of the CPU model and the first 3 bytes of the ethernet MAC address would be a better indicator.
    > 
    >    Lonnie
    > 
    > 
    >    On Mar 1, 2018, at 10:39 AM, Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lo...> wrote:
    > 
    >> Hi Michael,
    >> 
    >> There is no direct string containing the vendor/model.  By default we don't include the dmidecode command which can retrieve BIOS info, but not always accurate or useful.
    >> 
    >> A couple ideas ... (example APU2)
    >> 
    >> # cat /proc/cpuinfo | sed -n -r 's/^model name[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*(.+)$/\1/p'
    >> AMD GX-412TC SOC
    >> AMD GX-412TC SOC
    >> AMD GX-412TC SOC
    >> AMD GX-412TC SOC
    >> 
    >> You could generate a unique hash string from that ...
    >> 
    >> # cat /proc/cpuinfo | sed -n -r 's/^model name[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*(.+)$/\1/p' | tr -d ' \t' | sha1sum | cut -c 1-8
    >> 4e908e0f
    >> 
    >> Of course this is not totally unique, but for the common boards used with AstLinux it would probably be unique.  But you would have to map the hash to a human readable string.
    >> 
    >> You could further refine it using the MAC address of the NIC's
    >> 
    >> # ip -o link show | sed -n -r 's#^.*link/ether ([0-9a-fA-F:]+).*$#\1#p'
    >> 00:0d:b9:01:02:24
    >> 00:0d:b9:01:02:25
    >> 00:0d:b9:01:02:26
    >> 00:0d:b9:01:02:25
    >> 
    >> Get the Vendor of the first MAC ...
    >> 
    >> # ip -o link show | sed -n -r 's#^.*link/ether ([0-9a-fA-F:]+).*$#\1#p' | xargs mac2vendor
    >> PC Engines GmbH
    >> 
    >> You can create a very simple shell script to qualify your vendor/model.
    >> --
    >> #!/bin/sh
    >> 
    >> echo "Network Hardware: $(ip -o link show | sed -n -r 's#^.*link/ether ([0-9a-fA-F:]+).*$#\1#p' | xargs mac2vendor)"
    >> 
    >> echo "Memory: $(awk '/^MemTotal:/ { print int(($2 + 512) / 1024) }' /proc/meminfo) MB"
    >> 
    >> case $(cat /proc/cpuinfo | sed -n -r 's/^model name[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*(.+)$/\1/p' | tr -d ' \t' | sha1sum | cut -c 1-8) in
    >> 4e908e0f) echo "PC Engines APU2" ;;
    >> f24bfcb8) echo "Jetway NF9HG-2930" ;;
    >> 173fdaba) echo "Soekris net5501" ;;
    >>        *) echo "Model Unknown" ;;
    >> esac
    >> --
    >> 
    >> Output for APU2:
    >> --
    >> Network Hardware: PC Engines GmbH
    >> Memory: 3881 MB
    >> PC Engines APU2
    >> --
    >> 
    >> Lonnie
    >> 
    >> 
    >> 
    >> On Mar 1, 2018, at 4:49 AM, Michael Knill <mic...@ip...> wrote:
    >> 
    >>> Ah whoops sorry. Wrong terminology.
    >>> I meant board vendor/model etc. E.g. is it an APU1, APU2, Jetway ????
    >>> 
    >>> Regards
    >>> Michael Knill
    >>> On 1/3/18, 9:39 pm, "Michael Keuter" <li...@mk...> wrote:
    >>> 
    >>> 
    >>>> Am 01.03.2018 um 11:25 schrieb Michael Knill <mic...@ip...>:
    >>>> 
    >>>> Hi Group
    >>>> 
    >>>> Is there an easy way to find what board type you have installed in an Astlinux box?
    >>>> Im starting to lose track of what I have installed ☹
    >>>> 
    >>>> Regards
    >>>> Michael Knill
    >>> 
    >>>  "cat /proc/cmdline"
    >>> 
    >>>  This is from the file:
    >>> 
    >>>  "/oldroot/cdrom/os/astlinux-xxx.run.conf"
    >>> 
    >>>  you can see in the line KCMD under "astlinux=xxx" the board type.
    >>> 
    >>>  Michael
    >>> 
    >>>  http://www.mksolutions.info
    >>> 
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Re: [Astlinux-users] Astlinux Board Type

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> Am 04.03.2018 um 23:36 schrieb Michael Knill <mic...@ip...>:
> 
> Thanks. Yes I think I will need to do a mixture of things, knowing what I have out there.
> 
> Regards
> Michael Knill

BTW: For CPUs there is something even simpler:

"lscpu"

> On 5/3/18, 8:54 am, "Lonnie Abelbeck" <li...@lo...> wrote:
> 
>    Hi Michael,
> 
>    Just for completeness, the Linux kernel exposes some DMI (Destktop Management Information) values in the /sys virtual filesystem.
> 
>    # grep '.*' /sys/class/dmi/id/[bpc]*
>    -- APU2 --
>    /sys/class/dmi/id/bios_date:03/07/2016
>    /sys/class/dmi/id/bios_vendor:coreboot
>    /sys/class/dmi/id/bios_version:88a4f96
>    /sys/class/dmi/id/board_asset_tag:
>    /sys/class/dmi/id/board_name:apu2
>    /sys/class/dmi/id/board_serial:123456789
>    /sys/class/dmi/id/board_vendor:PC Engines
>    /sys/class/dmi/id/board_version:1.0
>    /sys/class/dmi/id/chassis_asset_tag:
>    /sys/class/dmi/id/chassis_serial:
>    /sys/class/dmi/id/chassis_type:3
>    /sys/class/dmi/id/chassis_vendor:PC Engines
>    /sys/class/dmi/id/chassis_version:
>    /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name:apu2
>    /sys/class/dmi/id/product_serial:123456789
>    /sys/class/dmi/id/product_version:1.0
>    --
> 
>    And that is one of the more accurately defined boards, many are loaded with "To Be Filled By O.E.M".
> 
>    As suggested below, some hash of the CPU model and the first 3 bytes of the ethernet MAC address would be a better indicator.
> 
>    Lonnie
> 
> 
>    On Mar 1, 2018, at 10:39 AM, Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lo...> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Michael,
>> 
>> There is no direct string containing the vendor/model.  By default we don't include the dmidecode command which can retrieve BIOS info, but not always accurate or useful.
>> 
>> A couple ideas ... (example APU2)
>> 
>> # cat /proc/cpuinfo | sed -n -r 's/^model name[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*(.+)$/\1/p'
>> AMD GX-412TC SOC
>> AMD GX-412TC SOC
>> AMD GX-412TC SOC
>> AMD GX-412TC SOC
>> 
>> You could generate a unique hash string from that ...
>> 
>> # cat /proc/cpuinfo | sed -n -r 's/^model name[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*(.+)$/\1/p' | tr -d ' \t' | sha1sum | cut -c 1-8
>> 4e908e0f
>> 
>> Of course this is not totally unique, but for the common boards used with AstLinux it would probably be unique.  But you would have to map the hash to a human readable string.
>> 
>> You could further refine it using the MAC address of the NIC's
>> 
>> # ip -o link show | sed -n -r 's#^.*link/ether ([0-9a-fA-F:]+).*$#\1#p'
>> 00:0d:b9:01:02:24
>> 00:0d:b9:01:02:25
>> 00:0d:b9:01:02:26
>> 00:0d:b9:01:02:25
>> 
>> Get the Vendor of the first MAC ...
>> 
>> # ip -o link show | sed -n -r 's#^.*link/ether ([0-9a-fA-F:]+).*$#\1#p' | xargs mac2vendor
>> PC Engines GmbH
>> 
>> You can create a very simple shell script to qualify your vendor/model.
>> --
>> #!/bin/sh
>> 
>> echo "Network Hardware: $(ip -o link show | sed -n -r 's#^.*link/ether ([0-9a-fA-F:]+).*$#\1#p' | xargs mac2vendor)"
>> 
>> echo "Memory: $(awk '/^MemTotal:/ { print int(($2 + 512) / 1024) }' /proc/meminfo) MB"
>> 
>> case $(cat /proc/cpuinfo | sed -n -r 's/^model name[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*(.+)$/\1/p' | tr -d ' \t' | sha1sum | cut -c 1-8) in
>> 4e908e0f) echo "PC Engines APU2" ;;
>> f24bfcb8) echo "Jetway NF9HG-2930" ;;
>> 173fdaba) echo "Soekris net5501" ;;
>>        *) echo "Model Unknown" ;;
>> esac
>> --
>> 
>> Output for APU2:
>> --
>> Network Hardware: PC Engines GmbH
>> Memory: 3881 MB
>> PC Engines APU2
>> --
>> 
>> Lonnie
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 1, 2018, at 4:49 AM, Michael Knill <mic...@ip...> wrote:
>> 
>>> Ah whoops sorry. Wrong terminology.
>>> I meant board vendor/model etc. E.g. is it an APU1, APU2, Jetway ????
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> Michael Knill
>>> On 1/3/18, 9:39 pm, "Michael Keuter" <li...@mk...> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Am 01.03.2018 um 11:25 schrieb Michael Knill <mic...@ip...>:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Group
>>>> 
>>>> Is there an easy way to find what board type you have installed in an Astlinux box?
>>>> Im starting to lose track of what I have installed ☹
>>>> 
>>>> Regards
>>>> Michael Knill
>>> 
>>>  "cat /proc/cmdline"
>>> 
>>>  This is from the file:
>>> 
>>>  "/oldroot/cdrom/os/astlinux-xxx.run.conf"
>>> 
>>>  you can see in the line KCMD under "astlinux=xxx" the board type.
>>> 
>>>  Michael
>>> 
>>>  http://www.mksolutions.info
>>> 
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