Asterisk: The Definitive Guide - Softcover

Madsen, Leif; Van Meggelen, Jim; Bryant, Russell

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9780596517342: Asterisk: The Definitive Guide
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0596517343 ISBN 13: 9780596517342
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, 2011

Synopsis

Design a complete VoIP or analog PBX with Asterisk, even if you have no previous Asterisk experience and only basic telecommunications knowledge. This bestselling guide makes it easy, with a detailed roadmap to installing, configuring, and integrating this open source software into your existing phone system.

Ideal for Linux administrators, developers, and power users, this book shows you how to write a basic dialplan step by step, and quickly brings you up to speed on the latest Asterisk features in version 1.8.

  • Integrate Asterisk with analog, VoIP, and digital telephony systems
  • Build a simple interactive dialplan, and dive into advanced concepts
  • Use Asterisk’s voicemail options—including a standalone voicemail server
  • Build a menuing system and add applications that act on caller input
  • Incorporate a relational database with MySQL and Postgre SQL
  • Connect to external services such as LDAP, calendars, XMPP, and Skype
  • Use Automatic Call Distribution to build a call queuing system
  • Learn how to use Asterisk’s security, call routing, and faxing features

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About the Author

Jim Van Meggelen has over 20 years of enterprise telecom experience. In other words, he's an old school PBX guy. He is a partner in Core Telecom Innovations Inc, and iConverged LLC.

Leif Madsen first got involved with the Asterisk community when he was looking for a voice conferencing solution. Once he learned that there was no official Asterisk documentation, he co-founded the Asterisk Documentation Project. Leif is currently working as a consultant, specializing in Asterisk clustering and call-center integration. You can get more information at leifmadsen.com.

Russell Bryant is the Engineering Manager for the Open Source Software team at Digium, Inc. He has been a core member of the Asterisk development team since the Fall of 2004. At the first AstriCon in 2004, he was named the release maintainer for Asterisk's first major release series, Asterisk 1.0. He has since contributed to almost all areas of Asterisk development, from project management to core architectural design and development.

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Publisher
O'Reilly Media
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0596517343
ISBN 13 
9780596517342
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
3
Number of pages
295
Rating
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