Operating Systems

Asterisk is known to run on many OS platforms. However, Linux is the main platform for development and Digium hardware support. If you are running VoIP only, or if you are comfortable with using external media gateways to connect conventional telephone equipment, then you have more systems to choose from, like FreeBSD, Mac OS X and Solaris. Work is going on to port drivers for Digium hardware to non-Linux platforms, too.

Linux

Linux Kernel 2.4

Asterisk is known to work on:

• Asterisk Linux Conectiva: 9
• Debian: i386 and PPC architectures
• Fedora
• Gentoo
• Mandrake: 9.0
• Redhat: 7.x, 8, 9
• Redhat Enterprise Clones
  • CentOS
  • Pie Box
  • Tao Linux
  • Whitebox: i386 and AMD64
• Slackware: 9.0, 9.1, 10.0 and 10.2
• SuSE: Version 8, 9, 10.0 and 10.1
• Trustix: Version 2.2
• Yellow Dog: for PPC platforms only, YDL 3.01 works with Zaptel and LibPRI on PCI based Macintoshes
• UltraLinux Sparc64: Gentoo/Sparc64

Linux Kernel 2.6

Linux 2.6 and devfs will also work but is not supported by Zaptel/Asterisk, meanwhile Linux 2.6 and udev plus hotplug works great.

• Gentoo (devfs+2.6 and udev+2.6)
• Debian
• Fedora (2.6+udev)
• Slackware: 10.2 (install with 'test26.s' then install 2.6 kernel source and module packages from CD 2)
• SuSE 9.1 (2.6.4+udev)
• Redhat Enterprise Clones
  • CentOS
• Mandrake: 10.x/LE2005/2006

For notes about compiling the zaptel driver on a Linux 2.6 system not listed above, see Asterisk Zaptel Installation

Asterisk on CD-ROM

• See: Asterisk Bootable CDROM
• See: Asterisk Install CDROM

Asterisk on Embedded (Tiny) Systems

• See: Asterisk embedded systems

Non-Linux

Asterisk is also compiled with limited functionality on these non-Linux systems:

• FreeBSD: Support improving all the time.
• NetBSD: Runs solid on NetBSD 2.0 or later, some hardware support.
• OpenBSD: Runs great on 3.x for SIP and IAX but no hardware support yet.
• Mac OS X: Distributions available, GUI on the way
• Solaris
• Windows
• Windows Cygwin

Binary Packages

• See the Asterisk Download page

---

Asterisk | Asterisk Installation