ASTERISK – netsock2.c:305 ast_sockaddr_resolve: getaddrinfo(“raspbx”, “(null)”, …): Temporary failure in name resolution

Sometime when you start running Asterisk you may get the below error, which causes delay in call connection etc.

      > 0x104be738 -- Strict RTP learning after remote address set to: 192.168.1.103:14446
    -- Executing [1002@PA:1] Dial("SIP/1001-00000000", "SIP/1002,20") in new stack
[Sep  2 10:32:37] WARNING[772][C-00000000]: app_dial.c:2527 dial_exec_full: Unable to create channel of type 'SIP' (cause 20 - Subscriber absent)
  == Everyone is busy/congested at this time (1:0/0/1)
    -- Auto fallthrough, channel 'SIP/1001-00000000' status is 'CHANUNAVAIL'
    -- Executing [h@PA:1] Set("SIP/1001-00000000", "CDR(userfield)= Quality: R/W:alaw/alaw N:(alaw) Priority : 1") in new stack
    -- Registered SIP '1002' at 192.168.1.102:15998
       > Saved useragent "MizuDroid/3.1.0" for peer 1002
[Sep  2 10:32:49] NOTICE[747]: chan_sip.c:24646 handle_response_peerpoke: Peer '1002' is now Reachable. (6ms / 2000ms)
    -- Registered SIP '1001' at 192.168.1.103:14448
[Sep  2 10:32:54] ERROR[747][C-00000001]: netsock2.c:305 ast_sockaddr_resolve: getaddrinfo("raspbx", "(null)", ...): Temporary failure in name resolution
[Sep  2 10:32:54] WARNING[747][C-00000001]: acl.c:835 resolve_first: Unable to lookup 'raspbx'
[Sep  2 10:32:59] ERROR[747][C-00000001]: netsock2.c:305 ast_sockaddr_resolve: getaddrinfo("A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET", "(null)", ...): Temporary failure in name resolution
[Sep  2 10:32:59] WARNING[747][C-00000001]: acl.c:835 resolve_first: Unable to lookup 'A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET'
  == Using SIP RTP CoS mark 5
       > 0x104c2a48 -- Strict RTP learning after remote address set to: 192.168.1.103:14450
    -- Executing [1002@PA:1] Dial("SIP/1001-00000001", "SIP/1002,20") in new stack
[Sep  2 10:33:04] ERROR[774][C-00000001]: netsock2.c:305 ast_sockaddr_resolve: getaddrinfo("raspbx", "(null)", ...): Temporary failure in name resolution
[Sep  2 10:33:04] WARNING[774][C-00000001]: acl.c:835 resolve_first: Unable to lookup 'raspbx'
[Sep  2 10:33:09] ERROR[774][C-00000001]: netsock2.c:305 ast_sockaddr_resolve: getaddrinfo("A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET", "(null)", ...): Temporary failure in name resolution
[Sep  2 10:33:09] WARNING[774][C-00000001]: acl.c:835 resolve_first: Unable to lookup 'A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET'

The issue is because it is unable to resolve the name, the fix is edit /etc/hosts file

vim /etc/hosts

so default /etc/hosts file content may look like this

127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain           localhost

Add one more line

127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain           raspbx

The raspbx can be changed with whatever mentioned in the error acl.c:835 resolve_first: Unable to lookup ‘raspbx’

How to configure Asterisk `menuselect` build options through commandline

If we are automating installation of Asterisk through a shell script or cmake and we want to enable and disable features in Asterisk, we can use the below option. Normally we use

make menuconfig

which gives us a console based gui and selects features, this can be done without the menuconfig gui.

This is the command line option for menuconfig

make menuselect.makeopts
menuselect/menuselect --enable chan_sip menuselect.makeopts

Asterisk – Failed to register ‘bucket’ object type in Bucket sorcery

Sometimes when you compile Asterisk manually and when run you many get an error like this

#./asterisk -cvvv
Asterisk 13.3.2, Copyright (C) 1999 - 2014, Digium, Inc. and others.
Created by Mark Spencer 
Asterisk comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; type 'core show warranty' for details.
This is free software, with components licensed under the GNU General Public
License version 2 and other licenses; you are welcome to redistribute it under
certain conditions. Type 'core show license' for details.
=========================================================================
[ Initializing Custom Configuration Options ]
  == Parsing '/etc/asterisk/extconfig.conf': Found
  == Registered 'audio' codec 'g723' at sample rate '8000' with id '1'
  == Created cached format with name 'g723'
  == Registered 'audio' codec 'ulaw' at sample rate '8000' with id '2'
  == Created cached format with name 'ulaw'
  == Registered 'audio' codec 'alaw' at sample rate '8000' with id '3'
  == Created cached format with name 'alaw'
  == Registered 'audio' codec 'gsm' at sample rate '8000' with id '4'
  == Created cached format with name 'gsm'
  == Registered 'audio' codec 'g726' at sample rate '8000' with id '5'
  == Created cached format with name 'g726'
  == Registered 'audio' codec 'g726aal2' at sample rate '8000' with id '6'
  == Created cached format with name 'g726aal2'
  == Registered 'audio' codec 'adpcm' at sample rate '8000' with id '7'
  == Created cached format with name 'adpcm'
  == Registered 'audio' codec 'slin' at sample rate '8000' with id '8'
  == Created cached format with name 'slin'
  == Registered 'audio' codec 'slin' at sample rate '12000' with id '9'
  == Created cached format with name 'slin12'
  == Registered 'audio' codec 'slin' at sample rate '16000' with id '10'
  == Created cached format with name 'slin16'
  == Registered 'audio' codec 'slin' at sample rate '24000' with id '11'
  == Created cached format with name 'slin24'
  == Registered 'audio' codec 'slin' at sample rate '32000' with id '12'
  == Created cached format with name 'slin32'
  == Registered 'audio' codec 'slin' at sample rate '44100' with id '13'
  == Created cached format with name 'slin44'
  == Registered 'audio' codec 'slin' at sample rate '48000' with id '14'
  == Created cached format with name 'slin48'
  == Registered 'audio' codec 'slin' at sample rate '96000' with id '15'
  == Created cached format with name 'slin96'
  == Registered 'audio' codec 'slin' at sample rate '192000' with id '16'
  == Created cached format with name 'slin192'
  == Registered 'audio' codec 'lpc10' at sample rate '8000' with id '17'
  == Created cached format with name 'lpc10'
  == Registered 'audio' codec 'g729' at sample rate '8000' with id '18'
  == Created cached format with name 'g729'
  == Registered 'audio' codec 'speex' at sample rate '8000' with id '19'
  == Created cached format with name 'speex'
  == Registered 'audio' codec 'speex' at sample rate '16000' with id '20'
  == Created cached format with name 'speex16'
  == Registered 'audio' codec 'speex' at sample rate '32000' with id '21'
  == Created cached format with name 'speex32'
  == Registered 'audio' codec 'ilbc' at sample rate '8000' with id '22'
  == Created cached format with name 'ilbc'
  == Registered 'audio' codec 'g722' at sample rate '16000' with id '23'
  == Created cached format with name 'g722'
  == Registered 'audio' codec 'siren7' at sample rate '16000' with id '24'
  == Created cached format with name 'siren7'
  == Registered 'audio' codec 'siren14' at sample rate '32000' with id '25'
  == Created cached format with name 'siren14'
  == Registered 'audio' codec 'testlaw' at sample rate '8000' with id '26'
  == Created cached format with name 'testlaw'
  == Registered 'audio' codec 'g719' at sample rate '48000' with id '27'
  == Created cached format with name 'g719'
  == Registered 'audio' codec 'opus' at sample rate '48000' with id '28'
  == Created cached format with name 'opus'
  == Registered 'image' codec 'jpeg' at sample rate '0' with id '29'
  == Created cached format with name 'jpeg'
  == Registered 'image' codec 'png' at sample rate '0' with id '30'
  == Created cached format with name 'png'
  == Registered 'video' codec 'h261' at sample rate '0' with id '31'
  == Created cached format with name 'h261'
  == Registered 'video' codec 'h263' at sample rate '0' with id '32'
  == Created cached format with name 'h263'
  == Registered 'video' codec 'h263p' at sample rate '0' with id '33'
  == Created cached format with name 'h263p'
  == Registered 'video' codec 'h264' at sample rate '0' with id '34'
  == Created cached format with name 'h264'
  == Registered 'video' codec 'mpeg4' at sample rate '0' with id '35'
  == Created cached format with name 'mpeg4'
  == Registered 'video' codec 'vp8' at sample rate '0' with id '36'
  == Created cached format with name 'vp8'
  == Registered 'text' codec 'red' at sample rate '0' with id '37'
  == Created cached format with name 'red'
  == Registered 'text' codec 't140' at sample rate '0' with id '38'
  == Created cached format with name 't140'
  == Registered 'audio' codec 'none' at sample rate '8000' with id '39'
  == Created cached format with name 'none'
  == Parsing '/etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf': Found
  == Sorcery registered wizard 'bucket'
  == Sorcery registered wizard 'bucket_file'
  == Parsing '/etc/asterisk/sorcery.conf': Found
Cannot update type 'bucket' in module 'core' because it has no existing documentation!
Failed to register 'bucket' object type in Bucket sorcery
Failed: ast_bucket_init

This means that Asterisk was built with documentation support but the documentation is not installed. Either you may be missing the path that you can fix in

 /etc/asterisk.conf 

If you dont want documentation the easy fix is using

 --disable-xmldoc 

while configuring use disable doc

./configure --disable-xmldoc