[asterisk-users] Asterisk and failover

[Alex Lake]

It's beginning to look as though Asterisk can't send 302 responses. Is 
this really the case?

> I'm trying to implement a dual Asterisk Box setup where our carrier 
> will be delivering SIP traffic to one of 2 units.
>
> The idea is that to have a high uptime by handling traffic on box A 
> while box B is being upgraded, then box B takes over the traffic, 
> allowing box A to be upgraded.
>
> The question is how can we drive Asterisk to make this happen? I need 
> some primitives like "stop accepting calls" and "start accepting 
> calls". One way (I guess) is to have a dial plan that just responds to 
> any INVITE with a 3xx message and switch that in with a file rename 
> and a console reload operation. Another way would involve the use of 
> the OPTIONS feature of SIP, but I can't see where this is configured.
>
> Any ideas or experience on this matter?
>
> Alex
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