[asterisk-users] One server, multiple companies

[Philip Prindeville]

Sorry for the late follow-up to this...  it was on my to-do list for 
over a month...  Sigh.

I've submitted a "configuration" bug and for this:

http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=11969

The hope being that if the examples provided in the configs/ directory 
work better out of the box for real-world applications (like virtual 
hosting), then more people will benefit... thus bringing world peace and 
ending global warming.

If you want to encourage the bug marshals to approve these changes and 
get them into the source tree, I won't discourage you.

Oh, and for the record:  in my sip context for peering with my PSTN 
carrier, I do a "Goto" the appropriate context ("acme-incoming,s,1" etc) 
based on the DID / DNIS coming in from the carrier... something akin to 
what Jerry is doing below, but slightly more complicated (some companies 
have a single shared outside number, others have individual DID's per 
extension, etc).

-Philip


Jerry Jones wrote:
> [incoming]
> exten => 2125551211,1,GoTo(companyA,1)
> exten => 2125551212,1,GoTo(companyB,1)
> exten => 2125551213,1,GoTo(companyC,1)
>
> [companyA]
> exten => 2000,1,Dial()
>
> [companyB]
> exten => 2000,1,Dial()
>
> [companyC]
> exten => 2000,1,Dial()
>
>
>
> On Dec 13, 2007, at 5:53 PM, Diego Andrés Asenjo González wrote:
>
>   
>> ---------- Mensaje reenviado ----------
>> From: Eric C. < zipperless at hotmail.com>
>> To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
>> Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 19:55:51 -0500
>> Subject: [asterisk-users] One server, multiple companies
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Just starting to setup asterisk v 1.4.11 and need to run three  
>> distinct phone systems for three different companies.
>> So far, I have inbound lines going to the appropriate dial plan  
>> within the extensions.conf file. I'm using
>>
>> exten => _X.,1,NoOp(FROM NUMBER:  ${SIP_HEADER(TO):5:10})
>>
>> to determine which number is being dialed by the caller and then  
>> using a gotoif to get to correct greeting (correct company).
>>
>> My question is... lets assume all three companies have extension  
>> numbers being 2000, 2001 & 2002, how does one separate them?
>> Or, lets say the extensions are:
>>
>> company A --> 2000, 2001,2002
>> company B --> 3000, 3001, 3002
>> company C --> 4000, 4001, 4002
>>
>> Since they're on one server with one asterisk process, how can I  
>> use context correctly so that the user at 4002 cannot get through  
>> to the user at company A whose extension is 2000 as currently, I  
>> can dial 2000 from phone 4002.
>>
>> That's my current problem, how should this be setup?  Is my  
>> architecture correct? Should I be running different processes for  
>> each company? Can context resolve what I need?
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> You should try DeStar, a management interface for Asterisk:
>>
>>   http://destar.berlios.de/
>>
>> DeStar supports "Virtual PBXs", then you can install it and take a  
>> look at the dialplan. Sorry for the late answer but I've just read  
>> the list messages.
>>
>> Bye,
>>
>> Diego Andrés.
>>
>> So
>>
>> Please advise.
>>
>> thanks,
>> Otto
>>
>>