I posted last week that I would get out a release asap, so here it
is. Before I start in on putting up an actual website for it I
thought I would put out a beta release to get things going.<br>
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At this point there isn't a name for this project yet, as it's
primarily an internal piece of software that we have been
developing. For now I'll call it Asterisk web gui (AWG).<br>
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AWG has a particular focus, which is to provide an easy to use
interface for managing and monitoring asterisk, as well as a nice web
interface for voicemail users as well. We are trying to make it
as easy to install as possible. It plays nice with existing
asterisk installations, and it won't overwrite any of your existing
asterisk configuration. If you already have ruby installed on
your system the setup time should be around 15 minutes. Once you
have done one or two installations and know what the steps are,
installation on a new system should average 5-10 minutes at the
most. We have tested it on Freebsd and Debian. It should
work on windows also.<br>
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AWG is not intended to help you install asterisk and do your basic
configuration. There are other software packages that do
everything from start to finish such as AMP. AWG is dictatorial
software. We will not include features by consensus unless they
also fit our vision of what a tool like this should include. That
said we want all the feedback we can get, particularly from businesses
who are looking at it as a solution they might deploy for their
clients. Just realize that it has a particular focus, and that's
not going to change. <br>
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There are also a few features not currently present that are on our
todo list to get done asap. A basic interface for viewing CDR
records, zap channel configuration, and a page to monitor real time
information such as channels, peers, queues, etc.. <br>
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There is a basic online demo at <a href="http://69.25.136.214:3000">http://69.25.136.214:3000</a>. The
administrative login is user admin, password 'changeme'. The user
login is username demo, password 'changeme'. At the moment there
are not a lot of script templates installed, but the ones that are
there will give you an idea of what you can do with the provisioning
features. At the moment the demo is running in development mode
where the errors are verbose and the code is reloaded for every page,
so it's not as fast as you would see in a production environment.<br>
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The setup guide and distribution file are at <a href="http://catalog1.paymentonline.com/~chris">http://catalog1.paymentonline.com/~chris</a><br>
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You can send any feedback to my directly at <a href="mailto:chris@paymentonline.com">chris@paymentonline.com</a> or on the list.<br>
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The whole thing is licensed under the BSD license.<br>
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