[asterisk-users] AsteriskNOW Web GUI

[Steve Totaro]

In my haste (and wishful thinking), I got the impression that the setup 
included an end user GUI.  I see now that this is just an uptime thing 
and not a GUI of any sort.

Thanks,
Steve

The system provides all the phones with configuration (mass
> deployment), i.e. SIP settings, programmable keys, ringtones, ...
> All users are free to log in/out on their handsets or login at a
> different handset and have their private phonebook etc. available
> there (largely depends on the model).



bkruse wrote:
> I have seen many setups like this, and have done many myself.
>
> With mysql-ndb you can do distributed databases and realtime
> for numerous reasons. The point is to eliminate single point
> of failure. Dual NIC cards, regular backups, clustering, load
> balancing, there are tons of things you CAN do, if your willing.
>
> You can setup all this up yourself in a matter of hours. I am not
> sure if your are implying that another GUI can set it up, because
> I doubt it. Who knows, if I get my hands on like a serverside language
> like php, you could probably even do the mysql setup and what not
> over binding to SSH (tcl/expect) and SSH.
>
> Anyways, just my 2 cents,
>
> -bk
>
>
> Steve Totaro wrote:
>   
>> bkruse wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>>> I am looking at Thirdlane's solution now.  Very impressive and modest cost.
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> The asterisk GUI is free :]
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>> I am not making any GUI purchasing or GPL decisions until I see what 
>> comes of this blurb from another thread.  It may change everything in a 
>> major way.
>>
>> Philipp Kempgen wrote:
>> ram wrote:
>>
>>  
>>   
>>     
>>> any success stories of the setup
>>>
>>> kindly post your config and information
>>>     
>>>     
>>>       
>> That would be really difficult to understand because this is all
>> integrated in a bigger project.
>>
>> Basically we use MySQL to replicate from a central database to
>> many Asterisk "nodes". (Or you could use MySQL Cluster.) All
>> Asterisk servers read the sip friends, queues, etc. from their
>> local MySQL database via Realtime. The users are distributed
>> across the nodes. A bunch of custom scripts generate parts of
>> the dialplan or are called via AGI in order to tell it where
>> to route calls etc.
>>
>> We constantly check if all the Asterisk nodes respond to SIP
>> packets, and should one of them ever fail to do so repeatedly
>> a standby server takes it's place. This is done in less than
>> 10 seconds without any manual interaction.
>>
>> The configuration is mainly done via command line tools to be
>> easily scriptable. Additionally every user has access to a web
>> interface where they can change their callforwarding rules, look
>> at phonebooks, dialed numbers, missed calls, access voicemail,
>> program their phone's keys, monitor queue status and so on ...
>>
>> The system provides all the phones with configuration (mass
>> deployment), i.e. SIP settings, programmable keys, ringtones, ...
>> All users are free to log in/out on their handsets or login at a
>> different handset and have their private phonebook etc. available
>> there (largely depends on the model).
>>
>> We are probably going to release our software in about 3 months
>> or so (can't promise that, don't nail me down to it) under the
>> GNU GPL.
>>
>> Regards,
>>   Philipp Kempgen
>>
>>
>>
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