asterisk users - Sep 2011 - Asynchronous AGI Problems (Asterisk 1.8.7.0), ubuntu-server

Hi Everyone,

I've been trying to get asynchronous AGIs working in some Asterisk code I
have. I'm using Asterisk 1.8.7.0, and I'm very familiar with dialplan
and
AGI scripting overall. Here's my problem: I can't get Asterisk to
execute
*any* AGIs asynchronously.

Firstly, I discovered asynchronous AGIs via "Asterisk: The Definitive
Guide". The asynchronous AGI information I read can be found online, here:
http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9780596517342/AGI.html (scroll down to the
section titled "Async AGI--AMI Controlled AGI").

According to the book, since Asterisk 1.6.0 the AGI dialplan application has
been able to execute AGI scripts asynchronously, via the syntax:

exten => s,1,AGI(async:script)

According to the book, using the "async:" prefix should have Asterisk
run
the AGI script in the background and instantly continue executing dialplan
code.

So here's my Asterisk dialplan code that's being run:

[hangup]
exten => s,1,AGI(async:/etc/asterisk/scripts/hangup.py)
exten => s,n,Return()

Pretty simple context--essentially my AGI script just does some call clean
up logic before a caller hangs up, talking to a few web servers and
generating statistics for later usage. What happens when Asterisk executes
this context, is:

WARNING[7911]: res_agi.c:1622 launch_script: Failed to execute
'/var/lib/asterisk/agi-bin/async:/etc/asterisk/scripts/hangup.py': File
does
not exist.

As you can see, Asterisk is ignoring the async: directive, and treating it
as part of the AGI script path.

Is there anyway for me to make asynchronous AGIs work? I've tried searching
online to no avail.

I'd greatly appreciate any responses, thanks for your time.

-Randall

-- 
Randall Degges
*http://rdegges.com/*
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Actually it doesn't say "AGI(async:script)" it says
"AGI(async:agi)" and than continues further to setting up an AMI user
so the script is executed through the manager interface?? Than it says
"AGI(agi:async)".?? Well most importantly it says "Cons of async
AGI: It is the most complex method of using AGI to implement." ..:) I have
been interested in Async AGI as well and after reading your post looked into the
link you provided, seems different than what we immediately think, a background
process.

Perhaps just start the script normally "AGI(script.sh)" and than
inside it run your background process "background-script.sh > /dev/null
2>&1 < /dev/null &" or fork a new process, detach, run in
background, etc...

Hopefully somebody else can point us towards the right direction in setting up a
real asterisk asynchronous AGI application.

--
Mehmet

On Sep 25, 2011, at 2:00 AM, Randall Degges wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I've been trying to get asynchronous AGIs working in some Asterisk code
I have. I'm using Asterisk 1.8.7.0, and I'm very familiar with dialplan
and AGI scripting overall. Here's my problem: I can't get Asterisk to
execute *any* AGIs asynchronously.
> 
> Firstly, I discovered asynchronous AGIs via "Asterisk: The Definitive
Guide". The asynchronous AGI information I read can be found online, here:
http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9780596517342/AGI.html (scroll down to the
section titled "Async AGI--AMI Controlled AGI").
> 
> According to the book, since Asterisk 1.6.0 the AGI dialplan application
has been able to execute AGI scripts asynchronously, via the syntax:
> 
> exten => s,1,AGI(async:script)
> 
> According to the book, using the "async:" prefix should have
Asterisk run the AGI script in the background and instantly continue executing
dialplan code.
> 
> So here's my Asterisk dialplan code that's being run:
> 
> [hangup]
> exten => s,1,AGI(async:/etc/asterisk/scripts/hangup.py)
> exten => s,n,Return()
> 
> Pretty simple context--essentially my AGI script just does some call clean
up logic before a caller hangs up, talking to a few web servers and generating
statistics for later usage. What happens when Asterisk executes this context,
is:
> 
> WARNING[7911]: res_agi.c:1622 launch_script: Failed to execute
'/var/lib/asterisk/agi-bin/async:/etc/asterisk/scripts/hangup.py': File
does not exist.
> 
> As you can see, Asterisk is ignoring the async: directive, and treating it
as part of the AGI script path.
> 
> Is there anyway for me to make asynchronous AGIs work? I've tried
searching online to no avail.
> 
> I'd greatly appreciate any responses, thanks for your time.
> 
> -Randall
> 
> -- 
> Randall Degges
> http://rdegges.com/
> 
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