SARK V6

[sysadmin]

SARK V6 alpha is ready for testing.   You can find instructions on how to install it on the main wiki.   Installation is much the same as for earlier releases.  For now, we would advise only installing on a virgin Debian 8.  We are still testing 5->6 upgrades.   

V6 is a complete rewrite of the SARK front-end using HTML5, CSS3 and W3CSS.   What's the big deal?  Well, mainly in its mobile-first design which means it has both adaptive and responsive design elements.  The bottom line is that it can run well on pretty much any device you have to hand, including your phone or tablet.   Would you use it exclusively from those devices?  Probably not but the point is you can.  You can perform admin on a remote box from your car or the train, or increasingly, the plane  without struggling to setup a laptop or notebook.  We think it's pretty cool!   

There's also a ton of other changes and improvements and some things have gone.  Most notably, the old Areski CDR stats pack is no longer included in the system.   This is because we now run with PHP7 and it won't support the old stats MySQL calls.  We do have a replacement in the pipeline and that should be appearing in a near release. We've also included call recording retrieval/playback into the main line as well as adding click-to-call capabilities for end users and a very cool new cellphone integration feature.

SARK V6 also has support for IPV6, both for itself (there's a new IPV6 firewall) and for IPV6 capable phones.   It can also handle IPV6 provisioning for IPV6 capable phones.   Up to press this has mostly been tested with snom phones but we've also successfully run tests with Yealink and a few others. 

Lastly, we've moved away from model numbering phones.  SARK figures out the phone type automatically during provisioning so all you need provide is a MAC address.  This should help a lot in dealing with the Yealink predilection for new model number releases.     

We will shortly put together a few vids of V6 to show you around some of the new features.
             

[sysadmin]

I've just uploaded Sail-6.0.1-33 to the servers.   You'll notice there are Debian 9 and Ubuntu 18 versions available.  They aren't on the repos as yet but they are easy enough to install on a bare system as they are.   Do this (download Debian or Ubuntu versions, doesn't matter which) :-

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apt get update
wget http://www.sailpbx.com/sail/sail-6.0/debs/noarch/sail_6.0.1-33+deb9u1_all.deb
wget http://www.sailpbx.com/sail/sail-6.0/debs/amd64/sailhpe_6.0.0-1_amd64.deb
apt install ssmtp
apt install ntp
apt install asterisk
apt install ./sailhpe_6.0.0-1_amd64.deb
apt install ./sail_6.0.1-33+deb9u1_all.deb


That will get you a V6 running on Deb9 or Ubuntu18.

[sysadmin]

V6.0.1-37 is in Beta.  You can install it from the repos now. 

Installation guide here...

http://www.sailpbx.com/mediawiki/index.php/SARK_V6.0.0_Debian_install#Seed_the_CDR_database

Run it on Debian 9 or Ubuntu 18.2

It also has code in it to recognise and play nice on EC2