How to Install SIPCAPTURE Homer on FreeBSD (Latest)

Overview

SIPCAPTURE Homer is a powerful packet capture, decode, and analysis tool that can be used to track and diagnose VoIP traffic. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install SIPCAPTURE Homer on FreeBSD.

Prerequisites

  1. A FreeBSD system
  2. A user account with sudo privileges
  3. Internet connectivity

Step 1: Install Dependencies

  1. Connect to your FreeBSD system using SSH or a terminal
  2. Execute the following command to update your package repositories and install the necessary packages:
$ sudo pkg update && sudo pkg install git cmake sqlite3 gmake libxml2 pkgconf geoip

Step 2: Clone SIPCAPTURE Homer Repository

  1. Navigate to the directory where you want to clone the SIPCAPTURE Homer repository, for example:
$ cd ~/Documents
  1. Use the following command to clone the repository:
$ git clone https://github.com/sipcapture/homer.git

Step 3: Build and Install SIPCAPTURE Homer

  1. Navigate to the homer directory:
$ cd homer
  1. Run the following command to generate the Makefile for the SIPCAPTURE Homer build:
$ cmake .
  1. Start the build process by executing the following command:
$ make
  1. After the build process has finished successfully, install SIPCAPTURE Homer by running:
$ sudo make install

Step 4: Configure SIPCAPTURE Homer

  1. Navigate to the directory where SIPCAPTURE Homer was installed:
$ cd /usr/local/homer
  1. Configure the database by copying the homer_config_sample.xml file to homer_config.xml:
$ cp homer_config_sample.xml homer_config.xml
  1. Open homer_config.xml with your favorite text editor and edit the following lines to match the configuration of your database:
  • <mysql_user>: The username of your MySQL or MariaDB database.
  • <mysql_password>: The password of your MySQL or MariaDB database.
  • <mysql_host>: The hostname or IP address of your MySQL or MariaDB database.
  • <mysql_port>: The port of your MySQL or MariaDB database.
  • <mysql_database>: The name of the database you want to use for SIPCAPTURE Homer.
  1. Save and close the homer_config.xml file.

Step 5: Start SIPCAPTURE Homer

  1. Start SIPCAPTURE Homer by running the following command:
$ sudo homer_systemd_start.sh
  1. Verify that SIPCAPTURE Homer is running by checking the log files:
$ tail -f /var/log/homer.log

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured SIPCAPTURE Homer on FreeBSD.