asterisk : Unable to connect to remote asterisk (does /var/run/asterisk.ctl exist?) [closed]

Answer 1

It's probably because asterisk is not running on your server.

Try to run it with this command :

asterisk -vvvvvvc

You'll enter into the Asterisk CLI and if something goes wrong you'll see it. After that you can quit the CLI by entering the exit command. Then you can reconnect to the CLI by typing asterisk -r. All this commands assumed you're the root user. If you are not root prefix them by sudo, by example sudo asterisk -vvvvvvc.

Hope it helps, regards, Duc.

Answer 2

If you have SELINUX enabled, it will prevent this file being created. You need to turn it off.

1. vi /etc/selinux/config
2. set SELINUX=disabled
3. reboot

Answer 3

It may not be running.

try runnign /etc/init.d/asterisk status

If its not running, Start it using:

/etc/init.d/asterisk start

Or in RH 7:

Systemctl start asterisk

Answer 4

There are two common reasons why this occurs:

1. Asterisk is not running.
2. You are trying to run asterisk -r as a non-root user.

If Asterisk isn't running, try to start it: asterisk -vvvc. If you are logged in as a non-root user, then log in as the root user, or just: sudo asterisk -r.

Answer 5

actually it's an ownership problem

try to:

ls -l /var/run/asterisk/asterisk.ctl

you will see that the file has ownership of 'root'

although you have changed the ownership with:

chown -R asterisk /var/run/asterisk

once you restart the asterisk server the ownership gets back to the 'root' again

they should be for 'asterisk:asterisk' user and group

Basem Hegazy

Answer 6

Only you need to empty /tmp directory using command & hit reboot your system. now you are able to play on asterisk CLI whatever you want.