Open Source - Asterisk 22 on Debian 12 with official Sangoma FreePBX package repository

As one side benefit of the FreePBX 17 Distribution move to Debian 12 GNU/Linux, Sangoma is pleased to offer our package repository for public use in your next Asterisk installation with or without FreePBX!

Run these commands as root (or use sudo) in your Debian bookworm installation.

1 Step 1: Add the asterisk group and user
2 Step 2: Setup the Sangoma FreePBX repository
3 Step 3: Install Asterisk with minimal dependencies

Step 1: Add the asterisk group and user

addgroup asterisk
adduser --system --ingroup asterisk asterisk

Step 2: Setup the Sangoma FreePBX repository

apt-get update
apt-get -y install gnupg software-properties-common
wget http://deb.freepbx.org/gpg/aptly-pubkey.asc
gpg --dearmor --yes -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/freepbx.gpg aptly-pubkey.asc
add-apt-repository -y -S "deb [ arch=amd64 ] http://deb.freepbx.org/freepbx17-prod bookworm main"

Step 3: Install Asterisk with minimal dependencies

apt-get -y install asterisk22 asterisk22-core asterisk22-configs libxslt1.1 liburiparser1

You should now be able to start and run asterisk:

sudo -u asterisk /usr/sbin/asterisk -vvvgc

…or enable & start via systemd wrapper:

systemctl enable asterisk
systemctl start asterisk

Securely configure your asterisk instance by manually editing configuration files in /etc/asterisk/ directory – with special attention to the asterisk.conf file -- before automatically enabling the asterisk process to start at boot.

The aptly-pubkey.asc / freepbx.gpg public key fingerprint is currently 991C 357C 8A35 9D03 82BC 6E87 C4DF E68F CE6D E186

$ gpg --show-keys /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/freepbx.gpg
pub   rsa4096 2024-02-26 [SC] [expires: 2026-02-25]
      991C357C8A359D0382BC6E87C4DFE68FCE6DE186
uid                      Aptly aptly@sangoma.com
sub   rsa4096 2024-02-26 [E] [expires: 2026-02-25]