Summary

In this chapter, we accomplished a number of objectives. They are as follows:

• Downloaded and installed FreeSWITCH

• Customized the installation by modifying the modules.conf file to compile the mod_flite TTS module (Linux/Unix/Mac OS X only)

• Customized the FreeSWITCH configuration by modifying modules.conf.xml to automatically load mod_flite when FreeSWITCH is launched

• Launched FreeSWITCH and issued several commands to confirm its operational status

• Launched FreeSWITCH as a daemon (Linux/Unix) or as a service (Windows)

In the following chapter, we will put our new installation into action as we explore the demonstration configuration of FreeSWITCH.