AstriCon 2010 - 5 Things You Didn't Know Asterisk Could Do

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5 Things You Didn't KnowAsterisk Could Do

Leif Madsen

AstriCon 2010


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Creative Innovation Customer Satisfaction Continual Quality Improvement

About Me

Coauthor of Asterisk! The "uture of Tele#hon$with %i& an Meggelen and %ared (&ith)htt#!**astbook+asteriskdo,s+org-.Asterisk! The Definitie /uide ,o&ing in Mar,h

2011

)htt#!**of#s+oreill$+,o&-

Asterisk bug &arshal and release &anager

Consultant with &ore than $ears of e#erien,es#e,ialiing in database integration and ,lustering
http://astbook.asteriskdocs.org/http://ofps.oreilly.com/http://ofps.oreilly.com/http://astbook.asteriskdocs.org/


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Coered in this #resentation

Cool features in Asterisk 1+4

.LDA 6ntegration )also in 1++2-

./oogle 7oi,e and /oogle Talk

.Calendar 6ntegration

.Distributed Dei,e (tate with 8M

.PITCH_SHIFT()


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LDA 6ntegration

Aailable in 1++2: but not well known

;orking with ,lients latel$ to integration LDA andwriting about it

Allows abilit$ to hae a single set of ,redentials for

signing on b$ $our users

#enLDA: A,tieDire,tor$-


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/oogle 7oi,e and /oogle Talk

A,,e#t ,alls to $our Asterisk s$ste& ia a freeweb based ,lient that works on &ulti#le #latfor&s);indows: Linu: >(8- with /oogle Talk

la,e ,alls to web ,lients

la,e ,alls for free to nu&bers in the =(A andCanada on the (T? through /oogle 7oi,e

=sing JabberSend(): $ou ,an also send 8M&essages for ons,reen #o#u#s

Asterisk ,an a,,e#t &essages withJABBER_RECEIVE()to reroute ,alls withoutanswering the line


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Calendar 6ntegration

Allows $ou to hook $our Asterisk s$ste& to thingslike /oogle Calendar: M( @,hange: or i&bra toget status fro& a ,alendar

erfor& routing logi, based on $our ,alendars

status Bedire,t ,alls to oi,e&ail auto&ati,all$ when

$ou're listed as in a &eeting

>r redire,t to $our ,ell #hone when $ou're out of

the offi,e

Auto&ati,all$ ,all #arti,i#ants of a ,onferen,e withso&e dial#lan logi,


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Distributed Dei,e (tate with 8M

Distributed dei,e state allows &ulti#le Asterisks$ste&s to know the line status of a dei,ere&otel$ )good for ueue distribution: linea##earan,es: &essage waiting indi,ation-

Can do it with >#enA6( starting in Asterisk 1++1. Li&ited! &ust be on a low laten,$ network like aLA?

(tarting in Asterisk 1+4: we ,an do it with 8M. Be&oes the ne,essit$ of being on a low laten,$

link. Dei,e state for s$ste&s in different #h$si,al

lo,ations



PITCH_SHIFT()

Dial#lan fun,tion that allows $ou to &odif$ the#it,h of an audio ,hannel u# or down

Can be &odified on the fl$ with DTM" ia thefeatures.conf

(o&ething fun Daid 7ossel did in his s#are ti&e

Can hae a good laugh if $ou &odif$ the audio of#arti,i#ants rando&l$ #rior to the& Eoining a,onferen,e roo&

/row $our ,oan$F



LDAP



6nstallation of >#enLDA

=sing the instru,tions lo,ated athtt#s!**hel#+ubuntu+,o&*10+09*sererguide*C*o#enlda#serer+ht&lto get started with the initial s,he&a ,onfiguration

>n,e installed: use thecontrib/scrits/asteris!."diffile to

iort the s,he&a for realti&e su##ort

"daadd $% E&TER'A $H "dai/// $fasteris!."dif

After iorting: we then iort our users: or&odif$ the eisting users to su##ort theobEe,tClasses we iorted )su,h asAsterisk(6=ser-
https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/C/openldap-server.htmlhttps://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/C/openldap-server.html



Configuring Asterisk for LDA

The ke$ files are!.res_"da.conf




resHlda#+,onf

,_+enera"-ur""da//01.2.3.34456

rotoco"4

basedndcs7iftei+7t8dcor+usercnad9in8dcs7iftei+7t8dcor+

asscanada

,si-

na9e cnca""erid AstAccountCa""erI:

...additiona"Fi"ter(ob;ectC"assAsteris!SIP




et,onfig+,onf

,settin+s-siusers = "da8>ouusers8dcs7iftei+7t8dcor+>8sisieers = "da8>ouusers8dcs7iftei+7t8dcor+>8si



Calendar Integration



6nstallation of Calendar 6ntegration

Beuires libi,alde and libneonde

. Cent>(!

?u9 @enab"ereoee" "ibica"$dee"neon$dee"

. =buntu!

at$+et insta"" "ibica"$de "ibneon$de



@nabling Calendar (u##ort

=ses ,alendar+,onf

,9?oo+"eCa"-t?eca"da ; calendar typeur"7tts//.+oo+"e.co9/ca"endar/da/user"eif.9adsenD+9ai".co9 ; login namesecrete"co9e ; passwordrefres7 ; how often to updateti9efra9e23 ; range of time to get data
https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/mailto:user%[email protected]:user%[email protected]://www.google.com/calendar/dav/


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Triggering Calls with /oogle Calendar

;e ,an trigger ,alls to dei,es when eents arestarting

Ma$ be useful for &eeting re&inders when $ou'efallen aslee# at $our desk after a night at AstriCon

A,ts as a wake u# ,all. erha#s a hotel ,ould use this to allow #eo#le to

s,hedule ,alls for their roo&sI

Add following to the ,9?oo+"eCa"-se,tion

c7anne"SIP/3333FFFF333aP"a?bac!adatat7is$is$?r$a!eu$ca""


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Triggering Calls ;ith /oogle Calendar

=ses ,alendar+,onf

,9?oo+"eCa"-t?eca"daur"7tts//.+oo+"e.co9/ca"endar/da/user"eif.9adsenD+9ai".co9secrete"co9erefres7ti9efra9e23channel=SIP/0000FFFF0001app=Playback

appdata=this-is-yr-wakep-call
https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/


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Adan,ed Calendar Call Control

Dial#lan eale for setting u# ,all between two&eeting #arti,i#ants

,Auto9atedeetin+Setu-

e*ten = start88Verbose(18Tri++erin+ 9eetin+ setu for to articiants)

sa9e = n8Set(:eiceTo:ia" GFITER(3$6A$a$8GCAE':AR_EVE'T("ocation)K)K) sa9e = n8:ia"(SIP/G:eiceTo:ia"K843)

sa9e = n8Han+u()


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Configuring ,alendar+,onf

;e &odif$ ca"endar.confto ee,ute dial#lanu#on answer instead of a s#e,ifi, dial#lana##li,ation

,9?oo+"eCa"-t?eca"da

ur"7tts//.+oo+"e.co9/ca"endar/da/user"eif.9adsenD+9ai".co9secrete"co9erefres7

ti9efra9e23channel=SIP/0000FFFF0001c!nte"t=#t!$ated%eetin&Setpe"tensi!n=start
https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/


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Calling and la,ing arti,i#ants of aMeeting into a Conferen,e Boo&

@ales in net edition ofAsterisk: TheDefinitive Guide

Cleer dial#lan using oca",hannels andLri+inate()to si&ultaneousl$ ,all #arti,i#ants

arti,i#ants don't hear ea,h other until ,onferen,eorganier Eoins )ad&inistrator-

>rganier is last #erson to Eoin the ,onferen,e


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Google Voice / al!


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/oogle Talk.Abilit$ to #la,e ,alls between /oogle a,,ounts with

web interfa,e

. ;eb interfa,e is &ulti#latfor& and free >ther web based 7o6 ,lients tend to use

A,tie8 );indows >nl$-

. @uialent of soft#honetosoft#hone,o&&uni,ation )onnet onl$-

/oogle 7oi,e. /et a free D6D nu&ber in the =(A to a,,e#t ,alls.

la,e ,alls for free to the =(A and Canada. Downside! onl$ aailable to residents of the =(A )You ,an sign u# if $ou ,onne,t using a 7?

through a =(A based serer-


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Asterisk 1+4 has ,hanHgtalk and resHEabberu#dated. Can a,,e#t and #la,e ,alls using /oogle Talk and

7oi,e

Configured ia ;abber.conf)user a,,ount- and

+ta"!.conf),ontet ,ontrol-

Beuires a /&ail a,,ount )@gmail.com-. Can not use a /oogle A##s a,,ount


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Configuring Eabber+,onf

Eabber+,onf

,+enera"-

debu+no

autoruneno

autore+ister?es

,asteris!-

t?ec"ientserer7ostta"!.+oo+"e.co9

[email protected]

secret

ort111

uset"s?esusesas"?es

statusaai"ab"e

status9essa+e>Asteris! Consu"tin+


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Configuring gtalk+,onf

+ta"!.conf. Controls where in,o&ing ,alls are handled in the

dial#lan

. Mat,hes on userna&e )e&ail address- first

. Mat,hes the 's' etension in ,onfigured ,ontetse,ond

. Mat,hes on 's' etension in Jdefault ,ontet third


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Configuring gtalk+,onf

gtalk+,onf

,+enera"-

conte*tdefau"t

bindaddr3.3.3.3

a""o+uests?es

,+uest-

disa""oa""

a""ou"a

conte*t+ta"!$inco9in+connectionasteris!


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Configuring the dial#lan )in,o&ing-

etensions+,onf

,+ta"!$inco9in+-

e*ten = s88Verbose(18Ca"" fro9 GCAERI:(a"")K)

sa9e = n8Anser()

sa9e = n8Mait() sa9e = n8:ia"(SIP/"eif9adsen_des!_H:843)

sa9e = n8Voice9ai"(33D"9entinc8u)

sa9e = n8Han+u()


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la,ing Calls to /oogle Talk =sers

etensions+,onf

/talk**

e*ten = 2188Verbose(18P"acin+ a ca"" to 9a"co"9d)

sa9e = n8Anser()

sa9e = n8:ia"(ta"!/asteris!/9a"co"9dD+9ai".co9843)

sa9e = n8Han+u()


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la,ing Calls 7ia /oogle 7oi,e

etensions+,onf

e*ten = _0'&&'&&&&&&88Verbose(18P"acin+ ca"" to GE&TE'K)

sa9e = n8Anser()

sa9e = n8Mait()

sa9e = n8:ia"(ta"!/asteris!/NGE&TE'KDoice.+oo+"e.co9)


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Distri"uted Device State

#sing $%PP


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Distributed Dei,e (tate =sing 8M

er&its the state of a dei,e )bus$: not in use:unaailable- to be distributed a,ross &ulti#leAsterisk serers

7oi,e&ail M;6 as well

(tate of dei,es registered to Asterisk A areknown to Asterisk

7ersions #rior to 1+4 hae >#enA6(. Li&ited to low laten,$ networks

=sing 8M allows dei,e state a,ross theinternet

=se Tigase 8M serer )htt#!**www+tigase+org-
http://www.tigase.org/http://www.tigase.org/


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Configuring Distributed Dei,e (tate

6nstru,tions for ,onfiguring Tigase serer in thedoc/distributed_destate$&PP.t*tinAsterisk sour,e

=ses ;abber.confto ,onfigure serers thatdei,e state is distributed to


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(erer 1. =sers need to be registered using idgin,+enera"-

debu+no

Oautorune?es

autore+ister?es

Oco""ection_nodes?esOubsub_autocreate?es

,asteris!-

t?ec"ient

serer7ostasteris!.9?do9ain.t"dubsub_nodeubsub.asteris!.9?do9ain.t"d

userna9eserver1Dasteris!.9?do9ain.t"d/astvoip1secrete"co9e

distribute_eents?es

statusaai"ab"e

uset"sno

usesas"?es

budd?server2Dasteris!.9?do9ain.t"d/astvoip2


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(erer 2

,+enera"-

debu+no

Oautorune?es

autore+ister?es

Oco""ection_nodes?esOubsub_autocreate?es

,asteris!-

t?ec"ient

serer7ostasteris!.9?do9ain.t"dubsub_nodeubsub.asteris!.9?do9ain.t"d

userna9eserver2Dasteris!.9?do9ain.t"d/astvoip2secrete"co9e

distribute_eents?es

statusaai"ab"e

uset"sno

usesas"?es

budd?server1Dasteris!.9?do9ain.t"d/astvoip1


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PIC&'S&I()*


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6TC


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@ntertaining =ses of 6TC


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/rowing Your Coan$ ;ith6TC


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Questions+


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Leif %adsen

htt#!**of#s+oreill$+,o&)Asterisk! The Definitie /uide: ubli, Beiew-

Twitter! leifmadsen
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