We now configure our conference rooms. These are defined and configured using the file /etc/asterisk/meetme.conf.
This file is among the simplest configuration files we will encounter. When we open the file we see something like the following:
; ; Configuration file for MeetMe simple conference rooms ; for Asterisk of course. ; [rooms] ; ; Usage is conf => confno[,pin] ;conf => 1234 ;conf => 2345,9938
As you can see, we have only to define the conference number. We have the option of creating a PIN, to give some level of security to the conference room. In the previous configuration file, two conference rooms were created. The first had no password set, and is conference number 1234. The second, conference 2345, will require that people enter the password of 9938 before they can join the conference.
For ease of administration, I suggest we start off using the same conference number as the extension that we're going to call it. As we move around the configuration...