[asterisk-users] Realtime LDAP passwords

[John A. Sullivan III]

Thanks.  I do appreciate the input as I am jumping into the deep end as
I said :)

On Tue, 2009-06-02 at 21:43 +0100, Gavin Henry wrote:
> 2009/6/2 John A. Sullivan III <jsullivan at opensourcedevel.com>:
> > <grin> OpenLDAP isn't an option. And thanks very much for all the
> > responses.  I've not had a chance to mock it up yet and see how it works
> > hands on.  I am planning that the users ultimately interface SIP to
> > Kamailio and use Asterisk for the call tree, voice mail, conference,
> > etc.  I was assuming they would need to authenticate to Asterisk as well
> > as Kamailio but I suppose it may be more a matter of Asterisk trusting
> > Kamailio rather than the individual users.  I would also assume voice
> > mail passwords will be very different from user passwords as they should
> > be designed to be entered from a phone keypad rather than a keyboard (I
> > told you I'm a real Asterisk newbie!).  I guess I'll find out as I start
> > to set it up.
> 
> OK, depends how you set it up. You might not authenticate at all like
> some ITSPs do (based on IP). Is this for your company?
We are launching a new company whose primary product is a complete,
hosted, virtualized environment including desktops for micro-businesses,
charitable organizations, schools, and municipalities.  Unexpectedly,
though not surprisingly, our initial customers are asking for a VoIP
solution utilizing the same infrastructure. Hence the plunge into VoIP.
We will be contracting with an ITSP for SIP trunking into our data
center and need to set up the whole shooting match.
> 
>  I committed a patch for voicemail passwords in the Asterisk LDAP
> schema last week, so you'll need svn for that:
> 
> https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=15155
> 
> 
> 
> > As I want to build it piecemeal and add complexity rather than diving
> > into the end product (RTPProxy, Kamailio, Asterisk, FreePBX with
> > interaction as described above), any suggestions on whether I should
> > build and test Kamailio or Asterisk first? Thanks - John
> 
> So, Asterisk and FreePBX? Why both?
>From looking at the press release for AsteriskNOW (which I don't plan to
use as I'd like a little tighter control over the system), it appears
FreePBX and Asterisk 1.6 are a nice pairing and might ease some of our
administration.  Just going on what I'm reading and not experience.
> 
> This is a mighty big pie to take a bite out of, so it doesn't really
> matter. Kamailio is harder is you don't know SIP. Depends, depends,
> depends ;-)
I'm reasonably comfortable with protocols and how they work (my
background is as a network engineer although the skills are a bit
rusty).  SIP seems quite comprehensible and all the docs I read through
the night on the innards of Kamailio and SER made perfect sense.
> 
> What is the overall project goal here? We should have asked that first.
> 
In effect, we will become a voice aggregator for micro-businesses and a
shared PBX services provider to complement our data offerings. I was
going to build Asterisk first to have complete standalone functionality
but, if the user authentication will be primarily to Kamailio, it may
make sense to start there.  I'll probably circle the pool a few times
and then jump in wherever I stop unless someone with more experiences
advises specifically! Thanks again - John
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