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Elastix Unified Communications Server Cookbook

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Elastix Unified Communications Server Cookbook

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Elastix Unified Communications Server Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Description and Use of the Most Well-known FreePBX Modules
Addon Market Module
Asterisk Essential Commands
Asterisk Gateway Interface Programming
Helpful Linux Commands
Index

Managing endpoints – Batch of extensions


Until now, we have been working with two extensions. The process to use a regular IP (SIP) phone is as follows: create the extension in the PBX, and then configure the device. However, if we have to configure a large number of extensions, and therefore devices, the process will be exhausting. The answer to this situation is to take advantage of the feature found in the PBX | Batch Configurations menu. In this menu, we have three options:

  • Endpoint Configurator

  • Batch of Endpoints

  • Batch of Extensions

This menu is for configuring a large number of extensions. It uses Comma Separated Values (CSV) which, when uploaded, will create, edit, or delete any number of extensions.

How to do it…

  1. Download the current CSV file.

  2. Open the file with a spreadsheet program and fill it out with the required information by using the options listed in the following table:

    Display Name

    VM Email Attachment

    User Extension

    VM Play Envelope

    Direct DID

    VM Delete Vmail

    Outbound...