Hi, I'm actually using a slightly old version of AAH with Asterisk 1.2.1, because at first install it was perfect for my moderate knowledge of Asterisk. It is working well but I gradually introduced many changes to dialplan during normal use and now I'm feeling like in a straitjacket! Moreover I'd like to have the chance to upgrade Asterisk regularly. I have not the experience to rewrite dialplan from scratch and I'd like only to clean actual AAH dialplan. I was thinking to this plan: - install another server with Red Hat 4 U3 - install PHP, MySQL and other usefuls stuffs - download latest version of Asterisk and third parts applications I use - compile all - copy /etc/asterisk from old server to new, change only what is needed - start and try Do you think is it OK? Thanks -- Domenico Viggiani
On 12:30, Wed 17 May 06, Mimmus wrote:> Hi, > I'm actually using a slightly old version of AAH with Asterisk 1.2.1, > because at first install it was perfect for my moderate knowledge of > Asterisk. It is working well but I gradually introduced many changes to > dialplan during normal use and now I'm feeling like in a straitjacket! > Moreover I'd like to have the chance to upgrade Asterisk regularly. > I have not the experience to rewrite dialplan from scratch and I'd like only > to clean actual AAH dialplan. > > I was thinking to this plan: > - install another server with Red Hat 4 U3 > - install PHP, MySQL and other usefuls stuffs > - download latest version of Asterisk and third parts applications I use > - compile all > - copy /etc/asterisk from old server to new, change only what is needed > - start and try >Looks fine to me -- Michiel van Baak http://michiel.vanbaak.info michiel@vanbaak.info GnuPG key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x7E0B9A2D "Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called users?"
Mimmus wrote:>Hi, >I'm actually using a slightly old version of AAH with Asterisk 1.2.1, >because at first install it was perfect for my moderate knowledge of >Asterisk. It is working well but I gradually introduced many changes to >dialplan during normal use and now I'm feeling like in a straitjacket! >Moreover I'd like to have the chance to upgrade Asterisk regularly. >I have not the experience to rewrite dialplan from scratch and I'd like only >to clean actual AAH dialplan. > >I was thinking to this plan: >- install another server with Red Hat 4 U3 >- install PHP, MySQL and other usefuls stuffs >- download latest version of Asterisk and third parts applications I use >- compile all >- copy /etc/asterisk from old server to new, change only what is needed >- start and try > >Do you think is it OK? > >Thanks > >It also works fine with the free CentOS version 3.? and 4.? Burn yourself a set of install CD's from the on line ISO's, do an "install everything" then install asterisk. You may want to compare and edit, rather than overwrite the conf files, there have been a bunch of changes, depending on how old the AAH version. John Novack
On 5/17/06, Mimmus <dviggiani@tiscali.it> wrote:> I was thinking to this plan: > - install another server with Red Hat 4 U3 > - install PHP, MySQL and other usefuls stuffs > - download latest version of Asterisk and third parts applications I use > - compile all > - copy /etc/asterisk from old server to new, change only what is needed > - start and try > > Do you think is it OK?I doubt it. The problem I have with AAH / AMP / FreePBX is that the configuration files are absolutely full of useless garbage and are really not at all suitable for moving to a standard asterisk install. Set up a new server from scratch and start learning how to configure asterisk manually. Rebuild everything one step at a time so that the functionality remains as you'd like it to be, but that the actual configs aren't full of that FreePBX garbage :) -- Strom Carlson http://www.stromcarlson.com/
What I did with AMP was take the best parts of it and copy/paste to a clean extensions.conf, then add my modifications onto it. Worked for me. -----Original Message----- From: Strom Carlson [mailto:stromcarlson@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 10:21 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Plan to free myself from AAH On 5/17/06, Mimmus <dviggiani@tiscali.it> wrote:> I was thinking to this plan: > - install another server with Red Hat 4 U3 > - install PHP, MySQL and other usefuls stuffs > - download latest version of Asterisk and third parts applications I use > - compile all > - copy /etc/asterisk from old server to new, change only what is needed > - start and try > > Do you think is it OK?I doubt it. The problem I have with AAH / AMP / FreePBX is that the configuration files are absolutely full of useless garbage and are really not at all suitable for moving to a standard asterisk install. Set up a new server from scratch and start learning how to configure asterisk manually. Rebuild everything one step at a time so that the functionality remains as you'd like it to be, but that the actual configs aren't full of that FreePBX garbage :) -- Strom Carlson http://www.stromcarlson.com/ _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
> -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users- > bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Strom Carlson > Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:16 AM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Plan to free myself from AAH > > On 5/17/06, David K Parker <davparker@gmail.com> wrote: > > I wouldn't knock the third party "friendly" interfaces to Asterisktoo> hard. > > They will evolve and improve over time. The adoption of Asterisk asa> > mainstream PBX is dependent upon a user friendly interface. > > Well, as soon as a GUI shows up that doesn't make configuring Asterisk > like trying to sew with boxing gloves on, I'll give it a good, hard, > unbiased look. For now, though, the available interfaces are really > just not there yet - they don't allow enough flexibility and they are > very easy to outgrow. > > -- > Strom Carlson > http://www.stromcarlson.com/Strom, Asterisk is far too flexible to ever have a GUI that can do everything that everybody does with asterisk, thank goodness. There will be (and are) some GUIs that are good at managing asterisk in specific roles. Look at the CLASS 5 hard switches (lucent 5E, Nortel DMS), no useful GUI interface there either. I have to say that I agree with the strong focus on core functionality and the lack of focus on the GUI stuff, performance is far more important to many of us than looks. The open nature of the asterisk code makes building a good specialized interface for you particular application childsplay for a good web/database programmer, assuming they have access to an asterisk dialplan syntax expert, and there are a larger number of them out there, most of whom charge less for their time than a certified Lucent or Nortel tech. I do not disagree with fact that there are no good comprehensive GUIs, I just disagree with the assumption that there ever will be. Asterisk core will always be ahead of the GUI add-ons. After a year and a half experience with asterisk in production environments I am still amazed more every day by what can be done with it, and I will never recommend or buy another Lucent or Nortel or any other "hard" pbx. You would be doing yourself a favor learning the dialplan and application commands. It is worth the effort. Mark and everyone else at Digium and all of the other contributors should be cast in bronze and placed at the top of the hill at the end of their "terms" for changing the face of IP telephony forever. Damon