asterisk users - May 2004 - Dynamic SIP.CONF

Hey All,

 

We are looking to expand our usage of Asterisk and I am trying to make as
much of the configuration dynamic as I possibly can.  The only part that I'm
having problems with is sip.conf.  I can get asterisk to register each
extension with our local SER SIP proxy dynamically by using the
"sipfriends" table in the database, but I'm having trouble with
the message
waiting indicators (ie. SIP NOTIFY packets when a new voicemail is waiting).

 

Here is what I have had to do up till now (or similar) in order to make the
sip notify packets for message waiting work:

 

[Test_Ext1]

type=peer

host=dynamic

dtmfmode=inband

username=18666783123

defaultip=123.123.123.1

Mailbox=18666783123

 

Is there a way to make this dynamic so that I don't have to add this into
sip.conf -every- single time that I add a new extension?

 

I tried the following, but it didn't work ..

 

[default]

type=peer

host=dynamic

dtmfmode=inband

username=${EXTEN}

Mailbox=${EXTEN}

defaultip=123.123.123.1

 

Am I on the right track, or way off base? :-)  Any help that you could
provide would be very much appreciated!

 

Thanks,

Darren Nay

Ionosphere, Inc.

dnay@ionosphere.net <mailto:dnay@ionosphere.net> 

 

 

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Darren Nay wrote:
> We are looking to expand our usage of Asterisk and I am trying to make as
> much of the configuration dynamic as I possibly can.  The only part that
I'm
> having problems with is sip.conf.  I can get asterisk to register each
> extension with our local SER SIP proxy dynamically by using the
> "sipfriends" table in the database, but I'm having trouble
with the message
> waiting indicators (ie. SIP NOTIFY packets when a new voicemail is
waiting).
-SNIP-
> Is there a way to make this dynamic so that I don't have to add this
into
> sip.conf -every- single time that I add a new extension?
Only by extending the functionality of sip friends to include this extra 
field...

I wouldn't bother doing this as ast_data (formally res_data) is being 
developed to replace sip/iax friends.
If you want to take a sneak preview at this then see:
http://svn.asteriskdocs.org/res_data/ast_data/
> I tried the following, but it didn't work ..
> [default]
> type=peer
> host=dynamic
> dtmfmode=inband
> username=${EXTEN}
> Mailbox=${EXTEN}
> Am I on the right track, or way off base? :-)
Way off base ;)
That kind of syntax only works in extensions.conf

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