Specifications

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16 Appendix E: XML Self-Configuration
Aastra provides here a possible implementation for the self-configuration, this is just an example
source code not supported by Aastra.
In this implementation targeted for Trixbox CE using FreePBX, the chosen policy is to have all the
extensions pre-configured in the Asterisk database and use
 the extension
 the voice mail password
for the credentials to authenticate the user and link the MAC address of the phone to an extension.
The script checks the credentials but also uses a log file to trace the extensions that are already
used (startup.cfg).
On top of the XML self-configuration we also provide here a “hot desking” capability using the
“logout.php”, the user can logout his extension of his current phone and login somewhere else.
For instance the logout key can be configured as a softkey
softkey1 type: xml
softkey1 label: logout
softkey1 value: http://192.168.0.110/startup/logout.php?extension=$$SIPUSERNAME$$
softkey1 states: idle
Notes:
 TFTP server root directory is located at ‘/tftpboot’
 Asterisk directory is located at ‘/etc/asterisk’
 XML script and all the related files are located at the root directory of the HTTP server
(typically /var/www/html) under the directory “startup“.
 The “startup” directory must have read/write for the HTTP server user.
aastra.cfg (typically located at /tftpboot)
Note: In this example, the Trixbox CE server is located at 192.168.0.110 and is also the TFTP
server.
# Setup DHCP mode
dhcp: 1
# Setup TFTP server address
tftp server: 192.168.0.110
# Time server
time server disabled: 0
time server1: pool.ntp.org
time server2: 192.168.0.110
# Startup URI
action uri startup: http://192.168.0.110/startup/startup.php
gen-aastra script shell to generate the aastra.cfg file
#!/bin/sh
# To put on /usr/local/sbin
echo ""
echo "--------------------------------------------------------------"