General Kernel Practices On CentOS
Hello,
I’m used to install Asterisk on Debian stable platforms.
A customer is asking how I would proceed on a CentOS platform.
After a short research (see [1] as an example), I’m wondering what are general kernel practices on CentOS regarding Asterisk and when targeting stability:
– Is it recommended to upgrade kernel version(s) (ie moving from linux 3.10
to 4.3) just after OS installation ?
Best regards
9 thoughts on - General Kernel Practices On CentOS
CentOS 7 works well with Asterisk. Install latest CentOS7 with updates install asterisk
I am running FreePBX on CentOS 7.
Ron
Hello Ron, Which kernel do you run Asterisk/Freepbx with ?
Cheers
2017-12-14 16:57 GMT+01:00 Ron Wheeler:
It currently runs Linux 3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64 on x86_64 which I
believe is the latest CentOS 7.
I apply updates as they are issues by the CentOS team.
I just installed the latest FreePPBX from https://www.freepbx.org/downloads/ on bare hardware. This included Sangoma’s version of CentOS 7 build 1701. After the install, I apply updates as they are issues by the CentOS team.
Works fine.
Ron
Linux x.y.com 3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Oct 20 20:32:50 UTC
2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I try to keep up with the latest versions of everything.
Ron
Olivier
If you installed asterisk from source, you need to recompile it after kernel version upgrade.
This will compile & install asterisk modules with latest installed kernel sources.
Asterisk needs nothing from the specific version (certainly not with respect to minor version changes).
That only applies to DAHDI, not Asterisk.
I add exclude=*kernel* to /etc/yum.conf so the kernel doesn’t get upgraded accidentally and break DAHDI.
The Ubuntu (though not the Debian) dahdi package uses dkms and thus will automatically build as you install (install? boot to the?) new kernel.
Oops. Sorry for the irrelevant reply. I confused this with the other thread.