[asterisk-users] question about asterisk DB

[unplug]

Thanks!  Actually, I want to share the asterisk DB using multiple
asterisks.  So I use NFS to share the whole directory
/var/lib/asterisk in order to share files including astdb of asterisk.
 However, there is not what I expected.  Say, UA1 registers asterisk1
and UA2 registers asterisk2.  Asterisk1 can only know UA1 and
asterisk2 can only know UA2.  It is what I find in CLI with database
show.
So I want to know more about astdb (where it store data?) in order to
share it between multiple asterisk.

If /var/lib/asterisk/astdb is used to store data of asterisk DB,

On 7/22/06, Russell Bryant <russell at digium.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-07-22 at 11:34 +0800, unplug wrote:
> > That's right.  We can find many information about Realtime (ARA).  But
> > I can't find any information talking about asterisk DB.  Where does it
> > store data?  As I said before, there is a file
> > /var/lib/asterisk/astdb.  Does it used to store data in asterisk DB?
> > Anymore information about asterisk DB that I can find in the web?
>
> The astdb is stored in the file that you have already discovered.  It is
> not intended that you access this database with any other application
> outside of Asterisk.
>
> The astdb is primiarily used for internal storage purposes.  However, it
> is also commonly used to store and retrieve information in the dialplan.
> To do this, you would use the DB dialplan function.
>
> *CLI> show function DB
>
> --
> Russell Bryant
> Software Developer
> Digium, Inc.
>
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