[asterisk-users] AsteriskNOW Web GUI

[bkruse]

Ahh,

I see, knew it :]

-bk
Steve Totaro wrote:
> 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:
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>>>     
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>>>>> I am looking at Thirdlane's solution now.  Very impressive and modest cost.
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>>>> The asterisk GUI is free :]
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>>> 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:
>>>
>>>  
>>>   
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>>>> any success stories of the setup
>>>>
>>>> kindly post your config and information
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>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> 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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