Hi All,
I am attempting to install FreePBX (version 2.11.0) on top of Asterisk (1.8.20). The OS is CentOS 6.4 Final. These are all running on a VPS.
My problem is that FreePBX says that Asterisk is not running but I can log into the CLI using asterix -r. This is the output from a few commands:
[root@darkstar ~]# service asterisk stop
Stopping asterisk: Asterisk ended with exit status 0
Asterisk shutdown normally.
[ OK ]
[root@darkstar ~]# service asterisk start
Unable to connect to remote asterisk (does /var/run/asterisk/asterisk.ctl exist?)
Starting asterisk: [ OK ]
[root@darkstar ~]# asterisk -cvvv
Asterisk already running on /var/run/asterisk/asterisk.ctl. Use ‘asterisk -r’ to connect.
[root@darkstar ~]# asterisk -rvvv
Asterisk 1.8.20.0, Copyright © 1999 - 2012 Digium, Inc. and others.
Created by Mark Spencer [email protected]
Asterisk comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; type ‘core show warranty’ for details.
This is free software, with components licensed under the GNU General Public
License version 2 and other licenses; you are welcome to redistribute it under
certain conditions. Type ‘core show license’ for details.
Connected to Asterisk 1.8.20.0 currently running on darkstar (pid = 1795)
Verbosity was 0 and is now 3
darkstar*CLI>
As you can see, asterisk startup reports that /var/run/asterisk/asterisk.ctl may be missing and then asterisk -cvvv reports it is already running using asterisk.ctl and the CLI is accessible.
I have searched everywhere (well probably missed a few places 
but can’t seem to find a solution. I have checked the file exists. I have checked that the admin password is the same in both /etc/asterisk/manager.conf and /etc.amportal.conf.
Any clues as to what else it could be would seriously be appreciated. Thanks for reading about my problem.
Regards