[Asterisk-biz] New asterisk web gui for small/medium sized businesses

[Rod Bacon]

You asked for feedback, so here goes.

Let me start by saying that I applaud your effort at getting involved in the 
project. I wish i could write a scrap of code, as there's literally dozens of 
things I'd like to contribute.

Now... onto AWG.

Personally, I'm not sure where this tool fits. It's too newbie for techos, and 
too techo for newbies. There are a multitude of other gui config tools floating 
around for SME customers, and some nifty user tools (like FOP, for example).




snacktime wrote:
> I posted last week that I would get out a release asap, so here it is.  
> Before I start in on putting up an actual website for it I thought I 
> would put out a beta release to get things going.
> 
> At this point there isn't a name for this project yet, as it's primarily 
> an internal piece of software that we have been developing.  For now 
> I'll call it Asterisk web gui (AWG).
> 
> AWG has a particular focus, which is to provide an easy to use interface 
> for managing and monitoring asterisk, as well as a nice web interface 
> for voicemail users as well.  We are trying to make it as easy to 
> install as possible.  It plays nice with existing asterisk 
> installations, and it won't overwrite any of your existing asterisk 
> configuration.  If you already have ruby installed on your system the 
> setup time should be around 15 minutes.  Once you have done one or two 
> installations and know what the steps are, installation on a new system 
> should average 5-10 minutes at the most.  We have tested it on Freebsd 
> and Debian.  It should work on windows also.
> 
> AWG is not intended to help you install asterisk and do your basic 
> configuration.  There are other software packages that do everything 
> from start to finish such as AMP.  AWG is dictatorial software.  We will 
> not include features by consensus unless they also fit our vision of 
> what a tool like this should include.  That said we want all the 
> feedback we can get, particularly from businesses who are looking at it 
> as a solution they might deploy for their clients.  Just realize that it 
> has a particular focus, and that's not going to change.
> 
> There are also a few features not currently present that are on our todo 
> list to get done asap.  A basic interface for viewing CDR records, zap 
> channel configuration, and a page to monitor real time information such 
> as channels, peers, queues, etc..  
> 
> There is a basic online demo at http://69.25.136.214:3000.  The 
> administrative login is user admin, password 'changeme'.  The user login 
> is username demo, password 'changeme'.  At the moment there are not a 
> lot of script templates installed, but the ones that are there will give 
> you an idea of what you can do with the provisioning features.  At the 
> moment the demo is running in development mode where the errors are 
> verbose and the code is reloaded for every page, so it's not as fast as 
> you would see in a production environment.
> 
> The setup guide and distribution file are at 
> http://catalog1.paymentonline.com/~chris
> 
> You can send any feedback to my directly at chris at paymentonline.com 
> <mailto:chris at paymentonline.com> or on the list.
> 
> The whole thing is licensed under the BSD license.
> 
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