[Asterisk-Dev] Web GUI

[John Schmerold]

I think a end user friendly interface is very important.   I suggest 
that it be based on LDAP since that is the way most user management 
interfaces are designed.

Of course this is all hot air since I don't have a clue as to how this 
would be programmed...

John Todd wrote:
> At 12:38 PM -0400 8/8/03, Jeremy McNamara wrote:
> 
>> Alastair Maw wrote:
>>
>>> Suggest you look at:
>>> http://andreasotto.net/asterisk/
>>
>>
>>
>> I serouisly hope you are joking.   DynExtenDB is absolutey the WRONG 
>> way to bring database based extensions into Asterisk.
>>
>> Use a switch.   Karl Putland and myself have worked on mysql_switch, 
>> but due to lack of interest we never finished it.
>>
>> Jeremy McNamara
> 
> 
> Perhaps you may interpret this thread as renewed interest.
> 
> As with all open-source code, if there is a running version of a 
> solution (i.e.: code can be downloaded and compiled) then that is what 
> will be used.  If you have code that will provide this function in a 
> cleaner and more integrated way, then by all means send a patch to the 
> bugs.digium.com list (if unfinished) or submit it to kram for approval 
> (if finished.)
> 
> I have several locations where a robust SQL-based extension database 
> would help quite a bit in rollout.  There are much, much larger Asterisk 
> installations on the horizon, and one of the major difficulties right 
> now is showing how daily administration will be done for hundreds or 
> thousands of extensions.  Right now I shrug and say "Well, you'll have 
> to have someone manually configure all the files."  The lack of a 
> database and permissions structure leaves Asterisk right where 
> traditional PBX systems are: completely at the mercy of the admin.  
> Since we seem to be moving the power of the phone system further out 
> into the hands of the users, it does make sense that a Web GUI would 
> allow them to control their own telephony configurations.
> 
> JT
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