FreePBX 2.5 Powerful Telephony Solutions Oświęcim

FreePBX is an easy-to-use GUI that controls and manages Asterisk. It gives you pre-programmed functionality accessible through user-friendly web interfaces that allows you to have a fully functional PBX pretty much straight away with no programming. With this book it's easy to master the many features of FreePBX, which will help you to save time and money as you set up your enterprise-class network.This book will guide you through these features to install, configure, and maintain a professional PBX with plenty of examples and screenshots. By the end of this book, you will have learned to create an enterprise-class VoIP PBX that features the stability and feature set of traditional telephony systems without the hefty price tag.This book will help its readers to roll out a robust, web-based, and inexpensive yet powerful telephony solution through the GUI. By following the practical examples in this book, you will learn how to install, configure, and manage an enterprise-class PBX using open source telephony tools Asterisk and FreePBX. From here on, this book takes a closer look at the open source telephony engine software, discussing a broad range of topics from how to build and deploy an enterprise-class VoIP PBX to creating VoIP trunks using SIP, IAX2, and ZAP technologies and setting up user extensions with voicemail. FreePBX 2.5 Powerful Telephony Solutions will introduce you to advanced options such as call routing, voicemail, and other calling features. Finally, this book will provide you with the relevant information to help you personalize and secure your PBX. Spis treści: FreePBX 2.5 Powerful Telephony Solutions Table of Contents FreePBX 2.5 Powerful Telephony Solutions Credits About the Author About the Reviewer Preface What this book covers What you need for this book Who this book is for Conventions Reader feedback Customer support Downloading the example code for the book Errata Piracy Questions 1. Installing FreePBX Installing FreePBX on CentOS 5.2 Prerequisite packages Setting up the database Setting up file permissions FreePBX base installation Installing FreePBX on Ubuntu Server 8.10 Prerequisite packages Setting up the database Setting up file permissions FreePBX base installation Summary 2. Module Maintenance Updating modules from the online repository Installing new modules from the online repository Installing and updating modules from a file Summary 3. Devices and Extensions Operational modes for extensions Endpoint types SIP endpoints IAX2 endpoints Zap (DAHDI) endpoints Custom endpoints Common fields Common general Extension/user fields Common endpoint fields Common SIP/IAX2 fields Additional SIP fields Transcoding Additional IAX2 fields Common Zap fields Additional Zap fields Common custom fields Setting up a new extension in Extensions mode Configuring FreePBX for Extensions mode Configuring extensions Setting up a new extension in DeviceAndUser mode Configuring FreePBX for DeviceAndUser mode Configuring users Configuring devices Voicemail setup Voicemail delivery options Managing voicemail messages Directory listing Summary 4. Trunks Trunk types Setting up a new trunk Common trunk setup fields Zap trunks IAX2 and SIP trunks ENUM trunks DUNDi trunks Custom trunks Checking trunk status Checking trunk status using the Asterisk CLI Monitoring trunk status with FreePBX failure scripts Summary 5. Basic Call Targets Terminate Call Extension and Voicemail Ring Groups Conferences Day Night Mode Phonebook Directory Summary 6. Advanced Call Targets Queue Queue Priorities Queues Add Queue Queue Options Caller Position Announcements Periodic Announcements Time conditions Time Groups Time Conditions IVR (Digital Receptionist) Summary 7. Call Routing Inbound routing Inbound routing priorities Follow Me and the VmX Locater Default Follow Me VmX Locater Outbound routing and Least Cost Routing Summary 8. Recording Calls Recording formats Transcoding during recording General call recording options Recording calls Recording calls to extensions Recording calls to queues Recording calls to conferences Maintaining call recordings Using cron Summary 9. Personalizing Your PBX Custom Music on Hold Using audio files for Music on Hold Using audio streams for Music on Hold Custom voice prompts Recording custom voice prompts Merging existing voice prompts Directory search options Customizing feature codes Callback Direct Inward System Access (DISA) CallerID Lookup Sources HTTP source type MySQL source type PIN Sets Misc applications Misc Destinations Summary 10. System Protection, Backup and Restoration System protection Uninterruptible power supplies Redundant components Redundant servers Surge protection Backups Taking a backup Maintaining and protecting backups Maintaining backups Protecting backups Restoration Summary 11. Security and Access Control System packages Updating Ubuntu Server Updating CentOS Maintaining Asterisk versions Securing MySQL MySQL passwords Remove history Disabling remote access to MySQL Remote access and lock down Changing ports Using iptables to restrict access VPN or SSH tunnels SSH tunneling under Linux SSH tunneling under Windows Administrator accounts in FreePBX Enabling administrator account authentication Managing administrator accounts and permissions Summary A. FreePBX Modules Basic CID and number management Games Inbound call control Internal options and configuration Support System administration Third-party add-on B. Feature Codes Blacklist Call Forward Call Waiting Core Day Night Mode Dictation Do-Not-Disturb (DND) Follow Me Info Services Paging and Intercom Phonebook Directory Recordings Speed Dial Functions Voicemail C. Voicemail.conf Options D. Common Trunk Configurations FreePBX SIP by Bandwidth.com Unlimitel (SIP) Unlimitel (IAX2) SIPGate Teliax (SIP) Teliax (IAX2) BroadVoice Gizmo5 SIP Broker Via Talk Index O autorze: Alex Robar has worked in the IT industry for seven years. He is currently the Technical Services Manager for a Canadian Managed Services Provider. He has worked with open source telephony solutions for the past four years, and has collaborated on the development and growth of an international Asterisk-based VoIP peering network.