[Asterisk-Users] virtual pbx

[Steven Critchfield]

On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 11:17 -0500, Andres E. Moya wrote:
> Is it possible to set asterisk up as a virtual pbx like in apache and 
> virtual host?  If so can someone point me to the right direction.
> I would also like to setup asterisk with some type of redundancy, I have 
> searched the lists and googled but havent really found anything, I would 
> be willing to put together a paper if I had the info and make it 
> available, through asterisk doc project or voip-info.org or which ever.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks in advance,

You can setup virtual pbxs. Basically you need to have some form of
discriminator to route the calls to specific contexts so you can play
the appropriate IVR prompts and include the other proper extensions via
their contexts.

As for redundancy, it all depends on the type of interfaces. It is easy
to replicate your config files to more than one machine. The difficulty
is in arranging for the failover. You have to have other devices if you
are wanting to switch analog phone lines or T1/E1 lines. Ethernet isn't
as bad but dealing with registrations can be a momentary problem.

Don't take this wrong, but as you better understand the technology, the
methods to accomplish your objectives will be much easier to
configure.  
-- 
Steven Critchfield <critch at basesys.com>