[asterisk-users] Re: manual mods with GUI in place

[Steven]

I prefer WinSCP to access the files, then they open in Notepad++ for editing on my PC.

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  "Curt Shaffer" <cshaffer at gmail.com> wrote in message news:074601c6cad9$ef1f2eb0$181b10ac at betsy...
  I remember the config edit from A at H but I do not have it on my freePBX now. I don't mind using vi, I'm very comfortable in Linux. Thanks for the answers!

   


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  From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Michael Collins
  Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 3:29 PM
  To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
  Subject: RE: [asterisk-users] manual mods with GUI in place

   

   

  My question to everyone is this...This is where I am at now. I have been using FreePBX for about a year, after moving from A at H. I am starting to need some manual changes and modules. My question is can anyone point me in a direction on how to learn how to create these. I read the O'Riley book and thumbed though some of the others, although I plan on reading them all the way through as time permits. I guess my question is where do I add these things. I would still like to use FreePBX because it just saves a ton of coding but I want to add my own things too. Do I put them in the *_additional configs (which appear to be written over by freePBX), the .conf files or the features.conf? Any web links with beginner how to's or more info on this would be appreciated as well!

   

  I didn't want to cross post ;)

   

  Thanks

   

  Curt

   

   

   

  Curt,

   

  First things first - I frequently use the FreePBX editor: 

  Logon to your system, then click FreePBX Administration > Tools > Config Edit

  You get a nice web-based page where you can bounce around to view and edit all of your config files in /etc and /etc/asterisk

  Occasionally I am at the Linux cmd line and I use vi, but that is rare.

   

  As far as where to start adding your changes, my personal experience is to use the extensions_custom.conf file.  This lets me keep "my stuff" separate from the vanilla install.  However, I have made mods to the actual AMP settings to suite my tastes and needs, and for this I did modify extensions.conf.  (I keep a backup copy of all of my configs, as I'm sure that most of the * users do.)  I've also created completely separate conf files and #included them.  Again, this keeps things organized.  You can use the #include directive with many of the conf files - gurus, please add any known caveats as I've only used #include for Zapata.conf, extension.conf and sip.conf.

   

  As far as how-to's, again I can speak only from experience.  There are many how-to's out there, but they are usually pretty specific, so you'll probably want to decided WHAT, before you can find a HOW-TO.  

   

  HtH!

   

  -MC

   



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