Would you like to learn how to insall Ubuntu on a computer running Ubuntu Linux on the Amazon AWS cloud? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to create a new account at Amazon AWS, how to create an Ubuntu virtual machine instance and how to perform the Asterisk installation on a new virtual machine on the AMazon EC2 cloud.
• Ubuntu 18.04
• Asterisk 16.5.1
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Tutorial – How to Create a Key Pair
To access a Linux Virtual Machine on AWS, first, you need to create a private Key.
Open your browser, access the Amazon AWS website and enter your login information.
After a successful login, you will be sent to the AWS Dashboard.
Access the COMPUTE menu and select the EC2 option.
On the EC2 Dashboard, access the Network & Security menu and click on the Key Pairs option.
On the Key Pairs screen, click on the Create Key Pair button.
You will have to enter a name to the new Key Pair.
You will have to save locally your private key.
In our example, we created a key pair named TEST.
In our example, we saved a file named TEST.PEM.
Tutorial – How to Create an AWS EC2 Ubuntu
On the EC2 Dashboard, access the Instances menu and click on the Instances option.
On the EC2 Instance screen, click on the Launch Instance button.
Now, it is time to select the desired Operational system image.
On the list presented, locate and select the Ubuntu Linux image.
As the second step, you will have to select the type of virtual machine that will run the Ubuntu Linux.
Basically, you will select the number of processors and the amount of RAM that you want.
If you do not want to specify the amount of hard disk available to this virtual machine, click on the Review and Launch button.
If you want to specify the amount of hard disk available to this virtual machine, click on the Configure instance detail button.
On the summary screen, click on the Launch button.
Select the Key pair authorized to connect to the new virtual machine and click on the Launch Instances.
In our example, the key pair named TEST was selected.
On the EC2 Dashboard, access the Instances menu and click on the Instances option.
As you can see a new virtual machine was created.
In our example, the virtual machine got the Dynamic IP address: 34.217.14.140
Tutorial – How to Access an AWS Ubuntu
To access the Linux virtual machine you will have to download the following software:
• Putty
• PuttyGen
First, we need to convert the private key from the PEM format to the PPK format.
Open the PuttyGen software, access the Conversions menu and select the Import key.
After importing the PEM file, you need to set a password to protect your private key.
Click on the Save private key button to generate a file with the PPK extension.
In our example, a file named TEST.PPK was created.
Open the Putty software, select the SSH option and enter the username ubuntu@ followed by the IP address of the AWS virtual machine.
In our example, we used ubuntu@34.217.14.140.
Access the SSH authentication tab, click on the Browse button, locate the PPK file and click on the Open button.
An SSH connection will be started with your Ubuntu virtual machine.
Use the following command to become the root user on the Ubuntu virtual machine.
# sudo su –
You have successfully created an Ubuntu virtual Machine on Amazon AWS.
Tutorial – Asterisk Installation on Ubuntu Linux
On the Linux console, use the following commands to install the required packages.
Use the following commands to download the Asterisk package.
Before compiling asterisk, you need to perform the download of the required packages.
Compile and install the dahdi-linux package.
Compile and install the dahdi-tools package.
Compile and install the libpri package.
Use the following commands to fulfill Asterisk library requirements.
If asked, enter the international code for your country.
In our example, we set the code 55 for Brazil.
To call Brazil, you must dial 55 first.
Now, you can compile and install the Asterik package.
The make menuselect command will open a menu where you can select modules that should be installed.
If you don’t know what to do, leave default modules and click on the Save and Exit button.
The make samples and make config commands will install configuration files samples.
You have finished the Asterisk Installation.
Start the Asterisk service using the following command:
Use the following commands to verify the Asterisk service status.
Use the following commands to verify communication ports used by Asterisk.
Congratulations! You have finished the installation of Asterisk on Ubuntu LInux.
