How To Install sip-redirect on CentOS 8

sip-redirect is Tiny IPv4 and IPv6 SIP redirect server written in Perl

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sip-redirect on CentOS 8.

What is sip-redirect

sip-redirect is a tiny SIP redirect server written in Perl. It is IPv4 and IPv6 capable, but the IPv6 support is optional. The RFC 3261 was the base for this simple and very configurable implementation. There is neither TCP nor multicast support programmed in.

We can use yum or dnf to install sip-redirect on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sip-redirect.

Install sip-redirect on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install sip-redirect using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sip-redirect

Install sip-redirect on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install sip-redirect using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sip-redirect

How To Uninstall sip-redirect on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the sip-redirect package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sip-redirect

sip-redirect Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/logrotate.d/sip-redirect
/etc/sip-redirect.conf
/usr/bin/sip-redirect
/usr/lib/systemd/system/sip-redirect.service
/usr/share/doc/sip-redirect
/usr/share/doc/sip-redirect/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/sip-redirect/README
/usr/share/licenses/sip-redirect
/usr/share/licenses/sip-redirect/COPYING
/var/log/sip-redirect

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sip-redirect on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.