Debian 12

VoIPmonitor Installation on Debian 12

This guide describes the installation of VoIPmonitor on Debian 12 (Bookworm) with PHP 8.2. The installation consists of three main components: MariaDB database, Web GUI, and the Sensor (sniffer).

Prerequisites

• Fresh Debian 12 installation
• Root access
• Internet connectivity
• MariaDB 11.4 or later (Debian 12 ships with MariaDB) - Fully supported, tested with MariaDB 11.8

MariaDB Installation

1. Install MariaDB server:

apt-get update
apt-get -y install mariadb-server

2. Configure root authentication:

Change the authentication method for root@localhost from unix_socket to mysql_native_password:

mysql

ALTER USER root@localhost IDENTIFIED VIA mysql_native_password;
SET PASSWORD = PASSWORD("");
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit

3. Configure MariaDB for performance:

Edit /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/50-server.cnf and add these options to the [mysqld] section. See the scaling guide for more details.

innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit = 2
innodb_file_format = barracuda
innodb_buffer_pool_size = 8GB
innodb_read_only_compressed = OFF

ℹ️ Note: Set innodb_buffer_pool_size to approximately half of your available RAM. innodb_read_only_compressed = OFF is required starting from MariaDB 10.6.

4. Apply changes and create database:

systemctl restart mariadb
mysqladmin create voipmonitor

Web GUI Installation

1. Install required packages:

apt-get install php php-gd php-mysql php-cli php-curl libapache2-mod-php php-mbstring php-zip tshark mtr librsvg2-bin fonts-urw-base35 rrdtool libtiff-tools wget

When asked if non-superusers can capture traffic, answer No.

2. Install PHP 8.2 packages:

apt-get install php8.2 php8.2-gd php8.2-mysql php8.2-cli php8.2-mbstring php8.2-zip libapache2-mod-php8.2

3. Install IonCube loader:

IonCube is required for the encrypted PHP files in the GUI.

wget --no-continue http://voipmonitor.org/ioncube/x86_64/ioncube_loader_lin_8.2.so -O /usr/lib/php/8.2/ioncube_loader_lin_8.2.so
echo "zend_extension = /usr/lib/php/8.2/ioncube_loader_lin_8.2.so" > /etc/php/8.2/mods-available/ioncube.ini
ln -s /etc/php/8.2/mods-available/ioncube.ini /etc/php/8.2/apache2/conf.d/01-ioncube.ini
ln -s /etc/php/8.2/mods-available/ioncube.ini /etc/php/8.2/cli/conf.d/01-ioncube.ini

4. Download and install GUI:

cd /var/www/html
rm -f index.html
wget "http://www.voipmonitor.org/download-gui?version=latest&major=5&allowed&phpver=82" -O w.tar.gz
tar xzf w.tar.gz
mv voipmonitor-gui*/* ./

5. Configure cron and permissions:

echo "* * * * * root php /var/www/html/php/run.php cron" >> /etc/crontab
kill -HUP $(pgrep cron)
chown -R www-data /var/www/html
mkdir -p /var/spool/voipmonitor/
chown www-data /var/spool/voipmonitor/
systemctl restart apache2

Sensor Installation

1. Download and install sensor:

mkdir /usr/src/voipmonitor
cd /usr/src/voipmonitor
wget --content-disposition http://www.voipmonitor.org/current-stable-sniffer-static-64bit.tar.gz -O x.tar.gz
tar xzf x.tar.gz
cd voipmonitor-*
./install-script.sh --no-user-input

2. Configure sensor:

Edit /etc/voipmonitor.conf and set at minimum:

interface = eth0
spooldir = /var/spool/voipmonitor
cleandatabase = 31
sipport = 5060
maxpoolsize = 102400

ℹ️ Note: Replace eth0 with your actual network interface name (e.g., ens33). Use ip link to list available interfaces.

3. Start and enable sensor:

systemctl start voipmonitor
systemctl enable voipmonitor

Finish Installation

Open your browser and navigate to http://your-server-ip/ to complete the web-based setup wizard.

Optional: Pre-download GUI Binaries

You can speed up the installation by pre-downloading binaries the GUI needs:

wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/voipmonitor/files/wkhtml/phantomjs-2.1.1-x86_64.gz/download -O '/var/www/html/bin/phantomjs-2.1.1-x86_64.gz'
gunzip '/var/www/html/bin/phantomjs-2.1.1-x86_64.gz'
chmod +x '/var/www/html/bin/phantomjs-2.1.1-x86_64'
wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/voipmonitor/files/wkhtml/sox-x86_64.gz/download -O '/var/www/html/bin/sox-x86_64.gz'
gunzip '/var/www/html/bin/sox-x86_64.gz'
chmod +x '/var/www/html/bin/sox-x86_64'

Optional: Building from Source

To build the sensor from source code:

1. Install build dependencies:

apt-get -y install git build-essential unixodbc-dev libvorbis-dev libpcap-dev libsnappy-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libicu-dev libjson-c-dev libssh-dev librrd-dev libglib2.0-dev libxml2-dev libfftw3-dev liblzma-dev liblzo2-dev libpng-dev libgcrypt-dev libgoogle-perftools-dev libmariadb-dev libmariadb-dev-compat

2. Clone and build:

mkdir /usr/src/voipmonitor-git
cd /usr/src/voipmonitor-git
git clone https://github.com/voipmonitor/sniffer.git ./
./configure
make
make install

AI Summary for RAG

Summary: Complete installation guide for VoIPmonitor on Debian 12 (Bookworm). Covers three main components: MariaDB database setup (version 11.4+ supported, tested with 11.8), Web GUI installation with PHP 8.2 and IonCube loader, and Sensor (sniffer) installation using static binary package. Includes performance tuning for MariaDB (innodb_buffer_pool_size, innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit), optional steps for pre-downloading GUI binaries (phantomjs, sox), and instructions for building from source.

Keywords: Debian 12, Bookworm, MariaDB 11.4, MariaDB 11.8, installation, sensor, sniffer, GUI, PHP 8.2, IonCube, Apache2, innodb_buffer_pool_size, innodb_read_only_compressed, static binary, build from source

Key Questions:

• How to install VoIPmonitor on Debian 12 Bookworm?
• Which MariaDB version is supported on Debian 12?
• Is MariaDB 11.4 or 11.8 compatible with VoIPmonitor?
• What are the prerequisites for VoIPmonitor on Debian 12?
• How to configure MariaDB for VoIPmonitor on Debian?
• How to install IonCube loader for PHP 8.2 on Debian 12?
• How to build VoIPmonitor sensor from source on Debian 12?

See Also

• Scaling - Performance tuning
• Sniffer_configuration - Full configuration reference
• GUI_installation - Detailed GUI setup
• Rocky_9 - Installation on Rocky Linux 9