[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Administration and Management requirements (splinter from $200 AMP bounty thread)

[Gregory Junker]

The Web Service interface is possible, if the architecture finds it useful.

At this point implementation details are less important than featureset 
and usabilty details.

Greg

Michael Giagnocavo wrote:
>>Why yet another project proposal? Because the majority of those I have 
>>seen so far are web (PHP)-based, which often presumes UNIX admin 
>>experience. The Web paradigm may be easy to access and easy to develop, 
>>but in terms of administration it is limiting (IMO anyway). Many 
>>projects also require to run on the Asterisk server, which is often 
>>undesirable. And none of them have the ease of setup, configuration and 
>>operation that it seems most users are demanding.
> 
> 
>>So, if anyone is interested, I am suggesting particularly a standalone, 
>>cross-platform project that is simple to install, configure, operate and 
>>manage. It should operate with or without a database. It can leverage 
>>existing projects, but it must not have the existence or installation of 
>>those projects as prerequisite. In other words, if this project uses 
>>another project's code, it must also include the installation and 
>>configuration of that project in this one's installer.
> 
> 
> Would you consider making it ASP.NET based? XSP is probably the easiest
> webserver I've used (xsp --port 80 --rootdir /whatever). That'd be
> cross-platform, easy-to-use, no admin required. 
> 
> Wouldn't *something* have to run on the Asterisk server (i.e., to get access
> to the config files). You could write a simple SOAP service (and host with
> XSP) to provide that interface, while keeping all the UI on any other
> machine.
> 
> If you're against this a simple NO suffices. No need for flames or rants.
> Thanks.
> 
> -Michael
> 
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