SAFE_ASTERISK(8) Linux Programmer's Manual SAFE_ASTERISK(8)NAMEsafe_asterisk — A wrapper to run the asterisk executable in a loop
SYNOPSISsafe_asterisk [ asterisk_params ]
DESCRIPTIONsafe_asterisk is a script that runs asterisk in a loop, which can be
useful if you fear asterisk may crash.
The script does not run in the background like a standard service.
Rather, it runs in its own linux virtual console (9, by default). It
also uses the option '-c' of asterisk(8) to avoid detaching asterisk
from that terminal.
safe_asterisk also runs asterisk with unlimited core file size, and
thus asterisk will dump core in case of a crash.
To get a "picture" of console 9, from another terminal (e.g: from a
remote shell session) you can use:
screendump 9
The init script of the Debian package should be able to run safe_aster‐
isk as the asterisk service, if so configured. See coments in
/etc/default/asterisk
FILES
/tmp
safe_asterisk runs in that directory, rather than in / as usual.
/tmp/core
If core files were generated there, they may be
/etc/asterisk/startup.d
Files in this directory will be 'source'd by the safe_asterisk
script before it starts Asterisk proper, allowing them to set
additional environment variables or run any other steps that are
needed for your system.
BUGS
While showing the output on a console is useful, using screen(1) as the
terminal may be better.
The script does not read configuration from standard location under
/etc
It uses fixed locations under /tmp , and thus may be exposed to a sym‐
link attacks.
SEE ALSOasterisk(8), screendump(9)AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir.cohen@xor‐
com.com> Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2
any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2.
Asterisk Jun 30th, 2005 SAFE_ASTERISK(8)
