[asterisk-users] How to add contexts in asterisk realtime?

[Terry Wilson]

>> hi
>> for any context ,you must to open /etc/asterisk/extensions.conf and  
>> insert this line : exten =>Realtime/yourcontext at DBtable
>> and (reload) or (restart now) your asterisk
>>
> You don't have to restart asterisk, just a 'dialplan reload' will
> suffice.  So really there is no impact to a running system.

You've obviously never tried doing that on a system with 50,000+  
extensions and having to reload every time a new customer signs up via  
an online web interface...