Make Asterisk start up automatically when computer boots

How do I put asterisk into the init.d file such that it starts when I boot up the computer. I use ubuntu which has debian base.

thanks!

dghundt :

How do I put asterisk into the init.d file such that it starts when I boot up the computer. I use ubuntu which has debian base. thanks!

Not sure if ubuntu is 'that'close to debian but look
in:
~# ls /usr/src/asterisk/contrib/init.d/
CVS/
rc.gentoo.asterisk*
rc.mandrake.zaptel
rc.slackware.asterisk
rc.debian.asterisk
rc.mandrake.asterisk
rc.redhat.asterisk*

That rc.debian.asterisk might be what you want.

Brett

thanks

but im not sure what to do with the line you typed in.
can you give me a few more details?

Sorry dghundt - thought you might know a bit more
about your installation of Linux than I do.

In the directory /usr/src/asterisk/contrib/init.d/
there are a bunch of init.d scripts for the different
distros of Linux.

One is called rc.debian.asterisk. It should look a
lot like the other files in your /etc/rc.d/init.d/
(I think) directory. Check it manually (eyeball) and
then copy it there - probably renaming it to something
like rc.asterisk. You will probably have to
chmod 755 rc.asterisk to let it run from the boot up.

I really don't know how ubuntu calls the extra/misc
init.d scripts during boot. If it is one of those
numbered type thingies (tech-term) I really don't
know what you should call the file. I have Slackware
and I just throw it into rc.local.

Brett

I'm not an expert of linux but what I did on mine is.
Running Ubuntu 7.10
create a file in /etc/init.d/asterisk
/usr/sbin/asterisk

And to add it to your boot config

cd /etc/init.d
update-rc.d asterisk defaults

I tested the debian script on my Ubuntu 7.10 and it work.

copy /mytemp/asterisk-1.4.19/contrib/init.d/rc.debian.asterisk
to /etc/init.d/asterisk
chmod 755 /etc/init.d/asterisk

cd /etc/init.d
# to remove the script from boot
update-rc.d -f asterisk remove

# to set the script as boot
update-rc.d asterisk defaults