[Asterisk-Users] Re: 2 servers

altus altus at stormcorp.co.za
Tue Aug 24 23:40:52 MST 2004


I think your's are better and work
Thanks 


David Cook writes: 

> 
> Quoting asterisk-users-request at lists.digium.com:
>> From: "Kanuri, Seshu" <seshu.kanuri at citigroup.com> 
>>
>> Dave, 
>>
>> I am implementing this solution and would appreciate if you can send
>> me the doc at this email address - netwebgroup at yahoo.com. 
>>
>> Thanks
>> Seshu Kanuri 
>>
> Enough people have asked me for this that I will try and condense it for
> the list. I admit I wanted to put it on the wiki and couldn't figure
> out how to start a new page!!! (Maybe I'm just thick ;-( 
> 
> There is also another document on the wiki about the subject at
> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+-+dual+servers 
> 
> Anyhow, here is mine: 
> 
> Method 1
> Rec'g Svr
> iax.conf
> [REC_SERVER]
> type=user
> host=my.calling.server.ca
> secret=mysecret
> context=local
> trunk=yes 
> 
> Send'g Svr
> extensions.conf
> [mycontext]
> exten =>
> _5XXX,1,Dial(IAX2/REC_SERVER:mysecret at my.receiving.server.ca/${EXTEN}@local)
> exten => _5XXX,2,Hangup
> exten => _5XXX,102,Hangup
> Any call in the mycontext context on Calling Server to extensions
> 5000-5999 (mapped by extension _5XXX) will get sent to receiving server
> (my.receiving.server.ca) into the local context on the receiving
> server. 
> 
> Performing the same configuration in the opposite direction will allow
> cross-calls between Asterisk systems.
> Pros:
> Simple, all references in one file per server.
> Cons:
> Information in dialing string will appear in logs inclusive of
> user:password.
> Dial string becomes very long. 
> 
> 
> Method 2
> Rev'g Svr
> iax.conf[REC_SERVER]
> type=user
> host=my.calling.server.ca
> secret=mysecret
> context=local
> trunk=yes 
> 
> Send'g Svr
> iax.conf
> [REMOTE_SERVER]
> type=peer
> host=my.receiving.server.ca
> secret=mysecret
> context=local
> extensions.conf
> [mycontext]
> exten => 5XXX,1,Dial(IAX2/REMOTE_SERVER/${EXTEN})
> exten => _5XXX,2,Hangup
> exten => _5XXX,102,Hangup
> Pros:
> User:Password are stored in the calling server?s iax.conf file and not
> part of the Dial string. This is more secure in that they are not
> recorded in log in files.Dial strings much shorter and concise. 
> 
> Cons:
> Calling server now must have iax.conf and extensions.conf coordinated
> making setup a little more complicated.Must user ?type=? definition
> correctly:Caller = ?peer?; Receiver = ?user?Type=friend is a
> bi-directional relationship meaning both ?peer? and ?user? at the same
> time. 
> 
> Unknown IP (Dynamic IP on one server)
> Register Command
> If the calling server does not have a fixed IP address or DNS namespace
> then the iax.conf file description of the calling server located on the
> receiving server should specify host=dynamic. 
> 
> If the calling server host is specified as dynamic, the calling server
> must register with the receiving server with the register command. 
> 
> Rec'g Svr
> iax.conf
> [REC_SERVER]
> type=user
> host=dynamic
> secret=mysecret
> context=local
> trunk=yes 
> 
> Send'g Svr
> iax.conf
> register => REC_SERVER:mysecret at my.receiving.server.ca
> [REMOTE_SERVER]
> type=peer
> host=dynamic
> context=local
> extensions.conf
> [mycontext]
> exten => 5XXX,1,Dial(IAX2/REMOTE_SERVER/${EXTEN})
> exten => _5XXX,2,Hangup
> exten => _5XXX,102,Hangup 
> 
> I hope this is both accurate and helpful! 
> 
> dbc.
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