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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

Configuring the Call Center module


It is important to configure the main services of this module first. The Call Center module depends on the connection with Asterisk IP-PBX, and the service elastixdialer must be configured and executed in order to have the module working properly.

How to do it…

  1. Create a manager user for the Asterisk IP-PBX. This user is capable of connecting to Asterisk using port 5038 and originating, transferring, and checking the IP-PBX's status; in other words, controlling the IP-PBX externally.

  2. Go to the PBX | Tools | Asterisk File Editor menu.

  3. Click on the Show Filter button, type manager, and click on the manager_custom.conf link to open and edit this file. Insert the following lines at the end:

    [elastixdialer]
    secret = relaidxitsale
    deny=0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
    permit=127.0.0.1/255.255.255.0
    read=system,call,log,verbose,command,agent,user,config,dtmf,reporting,cdr,dialplan
    write=system,call,log,verbose,command,agent,user,config,command,reporting,originate
  4. The description of each...