Asterisk Main Configuration File ----------------------------------------------------- Below is a sample of the main Asterisk configuration file, asterisk.conf. Note that this file is _not_ provided in sample form, because the Makefile creates it when needed and does not touch it when it already exists. --------------- [directories] ; Make sure these directoriess have the right permissions if not ; running Asterisk as root ; Where the configuration files (except for this one) are located astetcdir => /etc/asterisk ; Where the Asterisk loadable modules are located astmoddir => /usr/lib/asterisk/modules ; Where additional 'library' elements (scripts, etc.) are located astvarlibdir => /var/lib/asterisk ; Where AGI scripts/programs are located astagidir => /var/lib/asterisk/agi-bin ; Where spool directories are located ; Voicemail, monitor, dictation and other apps will create files here ; and outgoing call files (used with pbx_spool) must be placed here astspooldir => /var/spool/asterisk ; Where the Asterisk process ID (pid) file should be created astrundir => /var/run/asterisk ; Where the Asterisk log files should be created astlogdir => /var/log/asterisk [options] ;Under "options" you can enter configuration options ;that you also can set with command line options verbose = 0 ; Verbosity level for logging (-v) debug = 3 ; Debug: "No" or value (1-4) nofork=yes | no ; Background execution disabled (-f) alwaysfork=yes | no ; Always background, even with -v or -d (-F) console= yes | no ; Console mode (-c) highpriority = yes | no ; Execute with high priority (-p) initcrypto = yes | no ; Initialize crypto at startup (-i) nocolor = yes | no ; Disable ANSI colors (-n) dumpcore = yes | no ; Dump core on failure (-g) quiet = yes | no ; Run quietly (-q) timestamp = yes | no ; Force timestamping in CLI verbose output (-T) runuser = asterisk ; User to run asterisk as (-U) NOTE: will require changes to ; directory and device permisions rungroup = asterisk ; Group to run asterisk as (-G) internal_timing = yes | no ; Enable internal timing support (-I) ;These options have no command line equivalent cache_record_files = yes | no ; Cache record() files in another directory until completion record_cache_dir =