[Asterisk-Users] Static Config?

[Storm D. J. Petersen]

Hi,

I'm new to asterisk.  After fiddling a bit I got it to work. It seems great.
One question though, is it possible to configure asterisk when it is
running?  i.e. add new phones or do you have to restart it every time you
want to make changes?

Thanks,


Storm.


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Re: [Asterisk-Users] Static Config?

[Steven Critchfield]

On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 12:37, Storm D. J. Petersen wrote:
 Hi,
 
 I'm new to asterisk.  After fiddling a bit I got it to work. It seems great.
 One question though, is it possible to configure asterisk when it is
 running?  i.e. add new phones or do you have to restart it every time you
 want to make changes?

Depends on the type of changes you do. Changes to the dialplan are easy
and can be made with the reload command. Some services in asterisk
reread their config on each call so as to have the newest copy to use
all the time. Some changes need a restart. I think the zapata channels
require a restart. Of course if you are changing them, you probably are
in the middle of either hardware changes or initial setup, so restarting
isn't as inconvenient. I'm not sure about the VoIP drivers and how they
handle the configs as I haven't needed to worry about them of late.
-- 
Steven Critchfield  [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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RE: [Asterisk-Users] Static Config?

[David Gomillion]

One more important thing to note: you can issue a restart when
convenient (or type resttabwtabtab if you're lazy like me).  This
waits until the channels are free (correct me if I'm wrong).

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 On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 12:37, Storm D. J. Petersen wrote:
  Hi,
 
  I'm new to asterisk.  After fiddling a bit I got it to work. It
seems
 great.
  One question though, is it possible to configure asterisk when it is
  running?  i.e. add new phones or do you have to restart it every
time
 you
  want to make changes?
 
 Depends on the type of changes you do. Changes to the dialplan are
easy
 and can be made with the reload command. Some services in asterisk
 reread their config on each call so as to have the newest copy to use
 all the time. Some changes need a restart. I think the zapata channels
 require a restart. Of course if you are changing them, you probably
are
 in the middle of either hardware changes or initial setup, so
restarting
 isn't as inconvenient. I'm not sure about the VoIP drivers and how
they
 handle the configs as I haven't needed to worry about them of late.
 --
 Steven Critchfield  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
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