Subject: Re: [vserver] Asterisk in guest(s) - Way back machine engaged.
From: Olav Schwering <osch@talk4fun.de>
Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 00:24:18 +0200

Roderick A. Anderson wrote:
> Adam Majer wrote:
>> Roderick A. Anderson wrote:
>>> Several months (and probably close to a year) there was a very short
>>> thread on getting Asterisk working in a guest.
>>>
>>> Has anyone taken this further?
>>>
>>> I ask because a discussion on the Asterisk users list just came up about
>>> running on/in Xen or OpenVZ.
>>
>> I have Asterisk running without any problems in 2 guests. I only use the
>> SIP part of Asterisk, but I'm assuming if you use the zaptel all you
>> need is need to define the devices in the guest and load the kernel
>> modules.
> 
> I was thinking of small offices with a single server, Linux-Vserver, and
> keeping file sharing (Samba), and other applications in different
> guests.  Or a pretty healthy host in a colo and several guests providing
>  PBX using SIP services for SOHO and virtual offices.
> 
> How much machine do you have the two * guests in and are there any other
> guests and how much of a load?
> 
> I have a test machine but only one service provider (Vitelity.Net) and
> two route-able IPs so testing load isn't going to go very far.  Hoping
> for some insight.
> 
> Lastly.  You doing this for fun, personal use, or as a service?
> 
> 
> Rod

Hi Rod,

I found some interesting information on this site:

http://www.telephreak.org/papers/vpa/

It gave me a lot of usefully hints to setup a test system.


Cheers


			OLAV