Starting and Stopping Asterisk

There a couple of ways to start, stop, or restart asterisk.

Stopping Asterisk:

astdn.sh
;or
service asterisk stop

Starting Asterisk:

astup.sh
;or
service asterisk start

Restarting Asterisk:

astres.sh
;or
service asterisk restart

Status of Asterisk:

service asterisk status

Asterisk is automatically started when the system completes the booting process