[asterisk-users] Graceful Asterisk Shutdown

[Atis Lezdins]

On 12/10/07, Jeng Yu <jengyu2007 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> My Gurus!
>
> I'm still playing with asterisk in the lab here. There
> is a feature that I need in a production asterisk
> system. I was wondering if it already exists in
> asterisk.
>
> When we want to shutdown a production asterisk system,
> we would like the shutdown to happen after there are
> no
> more calls being processed. In other words, a shutdown
> command that does the following:
>
>    - block asterisk from receiving/answering all new
>      connection requests
>
>    - monitor existing call connections it is currently
>      handling
>
>    - when all calls/connections have ended, then
> effect
>      the shutdown and stop the asterisk process.
>
> Is there a way to do this in asterisk now, and how?
>
> This would be the ultimate graceful shutdown; perfect
> for routine system maintenance tasks on production
> servers handling continuous traffic.

stop gracefully

"help stop" shows other similar options

Regards,
Atis

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