AstLinux 1.1.x is a medium upgrade from the previous 1.0.x series. Most notable are:
Prosody XMPP/Jabber server
Asterisk Calendar integration
Perl - more complete support
Lua - added scripting language
Minor Linux Kernel upgrade
Many Package updates
**Board changes in AstLinux 1.1.x**
“via[-serial]” and “viac7[-serial]” board types will be automatically redirected to “geni586[-serial]” board types. Since the release of AstLinux 1.x using a unified kernel config across all boards, the usefulness of special “via” and “viac7” board types has been eliminated. Users do not have to do anything special, upgrading with “upgrade-run-image” or the web interface System tab is all that is required.
“net4801” and “wrap” board types have reached end-of-life. AstLinux 1.0.6 was the last supported version.
Current supported board types are: “geni586”, “geni586-serial”, “alix” and “net5501”
**Asterisk changes in AstLinux 1.1.x**
AstLinux images now will be provided with Asterisk 1.8.x and Asterisk 11.x.
Asterisk 1.4.x users are urged to upgrade their configurations to Asterisk 1.8.x or Asterisk 11.x, primarily for obtaining the latest security updates.
Minor Linux kernel bump (2.6.35.14 in 1.1.0 compared to 2.6.35.13 in 1.0.6)
Prosody, an XMPP Server supporting Messaging and Presence has been added. New XMPP_* rc.conf variables and web interface configuration support.
It is supported as a sub-tab from the Network tab: Network tab → Network Services: XMPP Server, Messaging and Presence { Configure XMPP }
Asterisk Calendar Support: CalDAV, iCalendar(.ics), MS Exchange and MS Exchange Web Service
Lua, a simple, efficient programming language is now supported, version 5.1.5.
Additional Lua Modules: luafilesystem, luasocket, luaexpat, luasec
More Info: http://www.lua.org/
perl, version bump to 5.16.2. No longer use “microperl”, now using “miniperl” which is a cross-compiled version of full perl using perlcross. While compiled modules are now supported, only a limited set of perl modules are included because of our small image size design.
Note: The directory “/mnt/kd/perl” will be searched for additional perl modules, such as Asterisk::AGI.
Issue 'perl -V' from the CLI for more details including the –only-mod= modules.
Issue 'find /usr/lib/perl -name “*.pm”' to show all installed perl modules.
Note: The DAHDI commands 'dahdi_genconf' and 'dahdi_hardware' now work with the new installed perl.
OpenVPN Server sub-tab, added a new “Private Key Size:” entry, 1024 or 2048 Bits. Future generated keys/certificates will use the private key size value.