Actually it doesn't say "AGI(async:script)" it says "AGI(async:agi)" and than continues further to setting up an AMI user so the script is executed through the manager interface?? Than it says "AGI(agi:async)".?? Well most importantly it says "Cons of async AGI: It is the most complex method of using AGI to implement." ..:) I have been interested in Async AGI as well and after reading your post looked into the link you provided, seems different than what we immediately think, a background process.
Perhaps just start the script normally "AGI(script.sh)" and than inside it run your background process "background-script.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 < /dev/null &" or fork a new process, detach, run in background, etc... Hopefully somebody else can point us towards the right direction in setting up a real asterisk asynchronous AGI application. -- Mehmet On Sep 25, 2011, at 2:00 AM, Randall Degges wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I've been trying to get asynchronous AGIs working in some Asterisk code I > have. I'm using Asterisk 1.8.7.0, and I'm very familiar with dialplan and AGI > scripting overall. Here's my problem: I can't get Asterisk to execute *any* > AGIs asynchronously. > > Firstly, I discovered asynchronous AGIs via "Asterisk: The Definitive Guide". > The asynchronous AGI information I read can be found online, here: > http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9780596517342/AGI.html (scroll down to the > section titled "Async AGI--AMI Controlled AGI"). > > According to the book, since Asterisk 1.6.0 the AGI dialplan application has > been able to execute AGI scripts asynchronously, via the syntax: > > exten => s,1,AGI(async:script) > > According to the book, using the "async:" prefix should have Asterisk run the > AGI script in the background and instantly continue executing dialplan code. > > So here's my Asterisk dialplan code that's being run: > > [hangup] > exten => s,1,AGI(async:/etc/asterisk/scripts/hangup.py) > exten => s,n,Return() > > Pretty simple context--essentially my AGI script just does some call clean up > logic before a caller hangs up, talking to a few web servers and generating > statistics for later usage. What happens when Asterisk executes this context, > is: > > WARNING[7911]: res_agi.c:1622 launch_script: Failed to execute > '/var/lib/asterisk/agi-bin/async:/etc/asterisk/scripts/hangup.py': File does > not exist. > > As you can see, Asterisk is ignoring the async: directive, and treating it as > part of the AGI script path. > > Is there anyway for me to make asynchronous AGIs work? I've tried searching > online to no avail. > > I'd greatly appreciate any responses, thanks for your time. > > -Randall > > -- > Randall Degges > http://rdegges.com/ > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
