Subject: [asterisk-users] Raw asterisk x FreePbx .conf
All my experience on asterisk was gained through configuring Trixbox, so a
ready to go Asterisk system.
Now i´m trying to install a server from scratch, so this question arose.
When installing freepbx, the .conf files are written, when installing
Doug wrote:
At 19:35 8/17/2007, Lee Jenkins wrote:
Bill Andersen wrote:
I'm a network admin that maintains 3 commercial Asterisk
servers for my employer.
I am wanting to move away from the pre-packaged commercial PBXs
to a more pure asterisk setup. The systems I have utilize a
On Thu, 16 Aug 2007, Bill Andersen wrote:
OK, I understand that. But if I gotta learn how to support
myself to do advanced features, why pay them at all? I'll
just become my own expert :()
That's how I started...
Sit-down and work out what features you want - and do you want them
Bill Andersen wrote:
I'm a network admin that maintains 3 commercial Asterisk
servers for my employer.
I am wanting to move away from the pre-packaged commercial PBXs
to a more pure asterisk setup. The systems I have utilize a nice
web GUI to make changes, but it really limits what I can
At 19:35 8/17/2007, Lee Jenkins wrote:
Bill Andersen wrote:
I'm a network admin that maintains 3 commercial Asterisk
servers for my employer.
I am wanting to move away from the pre-packaged commercial PBXs
to a more pure asterisk setup. The systems I have utilize a nice
web GUI to
I'm a network admin that maintains 3 commercial Asterisk
servers for my employer.
I am wanting to move away from the pre-packaged commercial PBXs
to a more pure asterisk setup. The systems I have utilize a nice
web GUI to make changes, but it really limits what I can do beyond
what they have
A. BC are pre-packaged and are useful for some things, but if you
deviate too much, they aren't very helpful. As a matter of fact, if you
modify a text file in AsteriskNow in one of the sections that it uses,
it causes the gui to freak out and it won't parse right. Plain old
asterisk is a
On Thu, 16 Aug 2007, Bill Andersen wrote:
I'm a network admin that maintains 3 commercial Asterisk
servers for my employer.
I am wanting to move away from the pre-packaged commercial PBXs
to a more pure asterisk setup. The systems I have utilize a nice
web GUI to make changes, but it
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Bill Andersen wrote:
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Would I be better off starting with:
a) Plain old asterisk from asterisk.org?
(tutorial suggestions?)
b) AsteriskNow
c) Trixbox (not Pro)
d) other suggestions.
Hi Bill.
My first deployment was TrixBox.
Bill Andersen wrote:
I'm a network admin that maintains 3 commercial Asterisk
servers for my employer.
I am wanting to move away from the pre-packaged commercial PBXs
to a more pure asterisk setup. The systems I have utilize a nice
web GUI to make changes, but it really limits what I can do
Asterisk: The Future of Telephony aka the Starfish Book (becuase of the
starfish on the cover) is a great place to start...
O'Reilly and the authors have been kind enough to make the entire book
freely available online:
http://www.asteriskdocs.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=11
Have fun...
Barry L. Kline wrote:
My first deployment was TrixBox. The two I am currently working on are
Plain Old Asterisk. Keep in mind that I'm an old Linux jock, and a
30-year veteran of programming, so the only thing I had to learn was
Asterisk. If you pick that route, you'll need to learn Linux
Gordon Henderson wrote:
I started with (a).
But since you have a dial-plan that does most of what you want, why not
extract the dialplan (extensions.conf, etc.) and start with that?
I may be showing my ignorance here, but from what I 'understand',
there are two ways to save config
I found asterisk built from source with freePBX added was the best solution for
us.
I would have stayed with pure asterisk, but I have a staff of people that do
not know the ins and outs of the config files.
freePBX gives them a very easy way to add new phones and extensions and the use
of
On Thu, 16 Aug 2007, Bill Andersen wrote:
Gordon Henderson wrote:
I started with (a).
But since you have a dial-plan that does most of what you want, why not
extract the dialplan (extensions.conf, etc.) and start with that?
I may be showing my ignorance here, but from what I 'understand',
I was trying to come up with a definitive answer for your question.
I use Trixbox/FreePBX but thats because I have a several systems that I
maintain. I couldn't remember all the clients configuration files and in
some respects the GUI is self documenting. I also share the admin of these
systems so
Gordon Henderson wrote:
Out of curiosity, what's the GUI you are currently using and what do you
feel are it's limitations?
It is a commercial product called Evolution PBX
by Intuitive Voice Technology (IVT). I don't want to imply
I'm unhappy with it, because I like it better than any
of the
Bill Andersen wrote:
Gordon Henderson wrote:
Out of curiosity, what's the GUI you are currently using and what do you
feel are it's limitations?
It is a commercial product called Evolution PBX
by Intuitive Voice Technology (IVT). I don't want to imply
I'm unhappy with it,
On Thursday 16 August 2007 2:57:06 pm Barry L. Kline wrote:
As far as tutorials, just pick up a copy of Asterisk: The Future of
Telephony. Most of the howto for compilation is there, albeit
somewhat dated until the newer version of the book hits the press.
I'd wait a couple of weeks, the 2nd
, August 16, 2007 11:38 AM
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Subject: [asterisk-users] RAW asterisk!
I'm a network admin that maintains 3 commercial Asterisk
servers for my employer.
I am wanting to move away from the pre-packaged commercial PBXs
to a more pure asterisk setup. The systems
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