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ICTFAX Basic System Requirements

Following open source softwares are required for ICTFAX full functionality

  • CentOs 5
  • Apache 2
  • MySQL 5
  • PHP 5
  • php-mysql
  • php-gd
  • php-curl
  • php-imap
  • perl
  • perl-DBD-mysql
  • libtiff
  • ghostscript
  • ImageMagick
  • poppler-utils
  • curl
  • mysql-devel
  • sendmail

    • To install above requirements issue following commands at shell prompt yum -y install httpd mysql-server mysql mysql-devel yum -y install php php-common php-cli php-gd php-imap php-curl php-mysql yum -y install perl perl-DBD-mysql yum -y install ghostscript ImageMagick poppler-utils curl sendmail sendmail-cf

    following dependencies are required for asterisk installations yum -y install gcc-c++ make libxml2-devel mysql-devel ncurses ncurses-devel libtiff libtiff-devel gtk+

    also install yudit for text to pdf support cd /usr/src wget "http://www.yudit.org/download/yudit-2.9.2.tar.gz" tar xzf yudit-2.9.2.tar.gz cd yudit* ./configure --prefix=/usr/local make make install

    before continue, make sure that MySQL and Apache is running chkconfig httpd on chkconfig mysqld on service httpd start service mysqld start

    Asterisk Installation

    Note: Following instruction are for asterisk 1.6 installation, If you are willing to install higher version of Asterisk like Asterisk 1.8 then please visit Asterisk 1.8 installation Guide

    1. SpanDSP 0.0.6pre18
    2. Asterisk 1.6.2.x
    3. Asterisk-Addons 1.6.2.x
    4. Asterisk Core Sounds

    Install SpanDSP

    1. download spandsp software wget http://www.soft-switch.org/downloads/spandsp/spandsp-0.0.6pre18.tgz

    2. extract / compile and install tar xzf spandsp-0.0.6pre18.tgz cd spandsp-0.0.6 ./configure --prefix=/usr make make install

    Install Asterisk

    1. Prepare you system for asterisk useradd -c "Asterisk PBX" -d /var/lib/asterisk asterisk mkdir /var/run/asterisk mkdir /var/log/asterisk chown -R asterisk:asterisk /var/run/asterisk chown -R asterisk:asterisk /var/log/asterisk chown -R asterisk:asterisk /var/lib/php/session/

    2. download asterisk wget http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/asterisk-1.6.2-current.tar.gz

    3. extract / configure tar zxf asterisk-1.6.2-current.tar.gz cd asterisk-1.6.2* ./configure

    4. issue following command and make sure "Fax Application" exist and marked under "Application" then save and exit make menuselect

    5. now you can compile asterisk and install make make install make config

    Install Asterisk Addons

    1. download asterisk addons wget http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/asterisk-addons-1.6.2-current.tar.gz

    2. extract / configure tar zxf asterisk-addons-1.6.2-current.tar.gz cd asterisk-addons-1.6* ./configure

    3. issue following command and make sure "res_config_mysql" exist and marked under "Resource Modules" then save and exit make menuselect

    4. compile and install make make install

    Install Sounds

    1. go into asterisk sound directory cd /var/lib/asterisk/sounds

    2. download sounds and extract here wget http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/sounds/asterisk-core-sounds-en-alaw-current.tar.gz tar zxvf asterisk-core-sounds-en-alaw-current.tar.gz

    ICTFAX Software Installation

    1. first of all change apache owner to asterisk in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf sed -i 's/User apache/User asterisk/g' /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf sed -i 's/Group apache/Group asterisk/g' /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf service httpd restart

    2. download and extract ictfax_0.3.2.tar.gz archive contents into /usr directory wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/ictfax/files/ictfax-0.3.2.tar.gz/download tar -C /usr -xzf ictfax-0.3.2.tar.gz

    3. grant to asterisk proper permissions on ictfax directory mkdir -p /usr/ictfax/wwwroot/files/mail/temp chown -R asterisk:asterisk /usr/ictfax chmod -R u+rw /usr/ictfax/wwwroot/files chmod u+rw /usr/ictfax/logs

    Database Installation

    1. create "ictfax" database in mysql echo 'CREATE DATABASE ictfax;' | mysql --user=root --password=ROOT_PASSWD

    2. create tables in "ictfax" while using /usr/ictfax/database/ictfax.sql mysql --user=root --password=ROOT_PASSWD ictfax < /usr/ictfax/database/ictfax.sql

    3. create mysql procedures with /usr/ictfax/database/ictfax_proc.sql mysql --user=root --password=ROOT_PASSWD ictfax < /usr/ictfax/database/ictfax_proc.sql

    4. above command will also create a user "ictfaxuser" with "ictfax786" as default. it is strongly recommended to change default password.

    NOTE: When you need to change database password please make sure that you have changed password in all following files /usr/ictfax/ictfax.conf /usr/ictfax/wwwroot/sites/default/settings.php /etc/asterisk/res_mysql.conf (it occur in this file 3 time)

    Frontend / Web GUI

    1. create a symbolic link for /usr/ictfax/wwwroot in /var/www/html ln -s /usr/ictfax/wwwroot /var/www/html/ictfax

    2. edit /usr/ictfax/wwwroot/sites/default/settings.php and update $base_url replace 127.0.0.1 with your public IP or domain name. like $base_url = 'http://FAX_DOMAIN.TLD/ictfax';

    3. and if you have changed "ictfaxuser" password in mysql then also update $db_url like $db_url = "mysql://ictfaxuser:ictfax786@localhost/ictfax";

    4. save settings.conf now with your browser visit http://FAX_DOMAIN.TLD/ictfax and login with default admin user "admin" password "demoictfax"

    Backend / Asterisk AGI

    1. edit /usr/ictfax/ictfax.conf and check / update database access info (dbuser & dbpass) as per your setting for "ictfax" database

    2. also edit /usr/ictfax/etc/asterisk/res_mysql.conf and check / update all instances of dbuser and dbpass

    3. copy all files from /usr/ictfax/sounds into /var/lib/asterisk/sounds

    4. copy all files from /usr/ictfax/etc/asterisk into /etc/asterisk overwrite if prompted

    5. copy all files from /usr/ictfax/agi-bin into /var/lib/asterisk/agi-bin

    6. create required directories and set permission on them mkdir -p /var/spool/asterisk/tmp mkdir -p /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing mkdir -p /var/spool/asterisk/fax/inbox mkdir -p /var/spool/asterisk/fax/outbox chown -R asterisk:asterisk /var/spool/asterisk chown -R asterisk:asterisk /var/lib/asterisk chmod -R u+rw /var/spool/asterisk chmod -R u+rx /var/lib/asterisk/agi-bin

    7. restart asterisk so changes can take affect service asterisk restart

    8. edit /usr/ictfax/ictfax.conf and change company name and email according to your requirements

    9. and if you have changed 'ictfaxuser' password in database then also update db password in ictfax.conf

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