Some questions from a newbie

Asterisk Asterisk Support
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Hi All

I am totaly newbie in asterisk (and also in linux) and I am working on a project to configure voicemail settings in asterisk. I read some articles and for me the best way to configure voicemail is using an external db like mysql.

I have a RedHat Linux VmWare machine which has already an asterisk system.
So I should configure asterisk to use an external db for voicemail instead of using voicemail.conf file. And I thinks I should also make some settings in extensions.conf.

However I would like to find out some settings before I start.

  1. How can I determine the installed version of asterisk in this vmware? I dont know its V1.4 or newer one.

  2. I think in order to use an external db I should install some modules (asterisk-addons). How can I check whether those addons are already installed or not?

  3. Can I use a external db which is installed outside of this vmware, for example a mysql installed on windows server? if yes, What should I configure for that?

Maybe those are basic questions but as I said I am really newbie.

Thanks alot for your answers in advance.

Cheers

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you can check the version of asterisk by opening a terminal and typing
su
asterisk -vvvvvvvvvr
It will say Connected to Asterisk …
or you can type core show version

About the voicemail.conf, what are you planning on doing? Explain what you want to do and people will be able to help you determine the best way to go about setting the system up.

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Hi
Thanks for the answer firstly.

I found the version. its 1.6

What I wanna do;

I am developing a web applicaton for a customer which uses already asterisk system. in my web application I should create / update voicemail for selected user.

By editing voicemail.conf file I am achiving this. for ex;

[default]
0213147016 = 12345,Patrick Bell,Patrick.Bell@huv.com,attach=yes
0213146821 = 12345,Vincent Myers,vincent.myers@huv.com,forcegreetings=yes

But I would like to do this operation by using an external db like MySQL (Asterisk Real Time)

I need support for this. I didnt find a step by step tutorial. What I should install before and then configuration is difficult to find out for me.

Thanks alot again.

[quote=“riddlebox”]you can check the version of asterisk by opening a terminal and typing
su
asterisk -vvvvvvvvvr
It will say Connected to Asterisk …
or you can type core show version

About the voicemail.conf, what are you planning on doing? Explain what you want to do and people will be able to help you determine the best way to go about setting the system up.[/quote]

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voip-info.org/wiki/view/Aste … +Voicemail

Should get you started on Realtime voice mail and then you can use any web lang that can interact with MySQL to add/remove mail boxes and call into the system to set greetings and the like.

I do not use the GUI’s but I am pretty sure they can do the same thing. Good Luck!!