If you want to go directly to postgresql database, and have the cdr_pgsql.so compiled you can use the following sample setup. On Debian, before compiling asterisk, just install libpqxx-dev. Other distros will likely have a similiar package.
Once you have the compile done, copy the sample cdr_pgsql.conf file or create your own.
Here is a sample:
/etc/asterisk/cdr_pgsql.conf
; Sample Asterisk config file for CDR logging to PostgresSQL [global] hostname=localhost port=5432 dbname=asterisk password=password user=postgres table=cdr
Now create a table in postgresql for your cdrs
CREATE TABLE cdr (
calldate timestamp NOT NULL ,
clid varchar (80) NOT NULL ,
src varchar (80) NOT NULL ,
dst varchar (80) NOT NULL ,
dcontext varchar (80) NOT NULL ,
channel varchar (80) NOT NULL ,
dstchannel varchar (80) NOT NULL ,
lastapp varchar (80) NOT NULL ,
lastdata varchar (80) NOT NULL ,
duration int NOT NULL ,
billsec int NOT NULL ,
disposition varchar (45) NOT NULL ,
amaflags int NOT NULL ,
accountcode varchar (20) NOT NULL ,
uniqueid varchar (150) NOT NULL ,
userfield varchar (255) NOT NULL
);
In 1.8 and later
The following columns can also be defined:
peeraccount varchar(20) NOT NULL
linkedid varchar(150) NOT NULL
sequence int NOT NULL