System information

astctlowner (asterisk.conf), 75
astctlpermissions (asterisk.conf), 75
astdatadir (asterisk.conf), 72
AstDB (Asterisk Database), 214–216
deleting data from, 215
retrieving data from, 214
storing data in, 214
using in the dialplan, 215
astdbdir (asterisk.conf), 72
Asterisk
AA, 331–340
ACD queues, 261–299
AGI, 475–488
AMI, 457–473
architecture, 9–28
clustering, 489–501
connectivity, 131–156
device states, 301–329
dialplan, 107–130, 195–219
DUNDi, 503–522
external services, 397–442
fax, 443–455
initial configuration tasks, 71–81
installing Asterisk, 29–70
internationalization, 181–194
Internet call routing, 237–259
IVR, 389–396
parking and paging, 221–236
protocols for VoIP, 617–638
relational database integration, 341–387
requirements, 639–662
security, 565–576
system monitoring and logging, 523–559
telephony future, 577–595
telephony revolution, 1–8
understanding telephony, 597–615
user device configuration, 83–105
voicemail, 157–179
web interfaces, 561–564
asterisk (*), Asterisk character separator, 251
Asterisk CLI, loading new channel
configurations, 99
Asterisk Documentation Project, 8
Asterisk Gateway Interface (see AGI)
Asterisk Manager Interface (see AMI)
Asterisk Realtime Architecture (see ARA)
Asterisk server, devices external to the Asterisk
server, 182–185
asterisk shell command, 55
Asterisk Test Suite, 24
Asterisk wiki, 110
Asterisk-Biz mailing list, 6
Asterisk-Dev mailing list, 6
Asterisk-Java, 488
Asterisk-perl, 488
Asterisk-Users mailing list, 7
asterisk.conf, 53, 71
AsteriskGUI, 472
astetcdir (asterisk.conf), 72
astkeydir (asterisk.conf), 72
AstLinux, 645
astlogdir (asterisk.conf), 72
astmoddir (asterisk.conf), 72
astrundir (asterisk.conf), 72
astspooldir (asterisk.conf), 72
astvarlibdir (asterisk.conf), 72
ast_hotdesk table, 357
ast_tls_cert script, 150
async AGI, 479, 482, 485
ASYNCAGI BREAK AGI command, 483
ATAs (Analog Terminal Adaptors)
configuration, 86
IP phone configuration, 185
attach option (voicemail.conf), 158, 163
attachfmt option (voicemail.conf), 163
attemptcallerid option (sla.conf), 327
attempts argument (Read() application), 391
ATTENDEDTRANSFER CEL event type, 538
atxfer (features.conf), 225
atxfercallbackretries (features.conf), 223
atxferdropcall (features.conf), 223
atxferloopdelay (features.conf), 223
atxfernoanswertimeout (features.conf), 223
audio
conference bridge, 218
encrypting with Secure RTP, 637
formats: translation cost, 114
stream formats: codec translators, 18
authentication
AMI, 467
security weakness, 567
VoIP, 634
authpassword option (voicemail.conf), 417
authuser option (voicemail.conf), 417
auth_policy option (jabber.conf), 420
auto attendants, 117
autocontext option (sla.conf), 327
autofill option (queues.conf), 263, 275, 276
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