Deploy a self-hosted phone-call agent for Asterisk and FreePBX with AVA
Bring up a self-hosted voice agent that answers, routes, or transfers live calls through Asterisk or FreePBX with a PBX-native workflow.
Prerequisites
Docker Compose, Asterisk or FreePBX environment, telephony configuration, STT/LLM/TTS provider credentials
Installation
Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- git clone https://github.com/hkjarral/Asterisk-AI-Voice-Agent.git
- docker compose -p asterisk-ai-voice-agent up -d --build --force-recreate admin_ui
- docker compose -p asterisk-ai-voice-agent up -d --build ai_engine
- docker compose -p asterisk-ai-voice-agent logs ai_engine | tail -20
Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- GPU users: If you have an NVIDIA GPU for local AI inference, see docs/LOCAL_ONLY_SETUP.md for the GPU compose overlay (docker-compose.gpu.yml) before building.
Basic usage or getting-started notes:
Quick Start • Features • Roadmap • Demo • Docs • Community
🚀 Quick Start
1. Run Pre-flight Check (Required)
Source: https://github.com/hkjarral/AVA-AI-Voice-Agent-for-Asterisk
Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hkjarral/AVA-AI-Voice-Agent-for-Asterisk/HEAD/README.md