Tutorial: Installing Kazoo on Fedora Server Latest

Kazoo is a scalable, distributed, cloud-based telephony platform that provides an open-source alternative to commercial phone systems. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Kazoo on Fedora Server Latest.

Prerequisites

  • A server running Fedora Server Latest.
  • Root privileges on your server.

Step 1 - Install Dependencies

Before beginning the installation, we need to download and install dependencies required by Kazoo. You can install the required packages with the following command:

sudo dnf install -y curl ntp gcc make patch readline readline-devel zlib zlib-devel libyaml-devel libffi-devel openssl-devel sqlite-devel which

Step 2 - Install Kazoo

To download and install Kazoo on your server, follow these steps:

  1. Install the EPEL repository with the following command:

    sudo dnf install -y epel-release
    
  2. Install RabbitMQ with the following command:

    sudo dnf install -y rabbitmq-server
    
  3. Enable RabbitMQ service as follows:

    sudo systemctl enable rabbitmq-server
    sudo systemctl start rabbitmq-server
    
  4. Install Kazoo with the following command:

    sudo dnf install -y kazoo
    

Step 3 - Configure Kazoo

Once you have installed Kazoo on your server, you need to configure it. The configuration file is located at /etc/kazoo/kazoo.ini. You need to edit this file to configure Kazoo's settings.

Here are the important settings that you should modify:

[amqp_default]
port = 5672
host = your IP address

[couchdb]
url = http://your IP address:5984

[kazoo]
apps_dir = /var/lib/kazoo

[kamailio]
listen_ip = your IP address
eth = your network interface name

After editing the file, save it and close it.

Step 4 - Start Kazoo

To start Kazoo, run the following command:

sudo systemctl start kazoo

To make sure that Kazoo starts after every system reboot, run the following command:

sudo systemctl enable kazoo

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Kazoo on your Fedora Server Latest. You can now use Kazoo to create and manage phone systems on your server.