[Asterisk-Users] Static Config?

[Steven Critchfield]

On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 14:02, David Gomillion wrote:
> One more important thing to note: you can issue a restart when
> convenient (or type rest<tab>w<tab><tab> if you're lazy like me).  This
> waits until the channels are free (correct me if I'm wrong).

While this is one of my favorite commands and I enjoy it immensely, it
also can cause some anxious moments when you are watching calls come and
go. I think I waited about 3 hours once just hoping to get it cleared to
restart asterisk once. 

If you don't mind a few missed calls but don't want to interupt ongoing
calls there is also the gracefully command. gracefully will stop
accepting new calls, and will either stop or restart when all calls
clear. 

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> > admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Steven Critchfield
> > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 1:01 PM
> > To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Static Config?
> > 
> > On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 12:37, Storm D. J. Petersen wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm new to asterisk.  After fiddling a bit I got it to work. It
> seems
> > great.
> > > One question though, is it possible to configure asterisk when it is
> > > running?  i.e. add new phones or do you have to restart it every
> time
> > you
> > > want to make changes?
> > 
> > Depends on the type of changes you do. Changes to the dialplan are
> easy
> > and can be made with the reload command. Some services in asterisk
> > reread their config on each call so as to have the newest copy to use
> > all the time. Some changes need a restart. I think the zapata channels
> > require a restart. Of course if you are changing them, you probably
> are
> > in the middle of either hardware changes or initial setup, so
> restarting
> > isn't as inconvenient. I'm not sure about the VoIP drivers and how
> they
> > handle the configs as I haven't needed to worry about them of late.
> > --
> > Steven Critchfield  <critch at basesys.com>
> > 
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