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...