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 directories 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 permissions 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 = transcode_via_sln = yes | no ; Build transcode paths via SLINEAR transmit_silence_during_record = yes | no ; send SLINEAR silence while channel is being recorded maxload = 1.0 ; The maximum load average we accept calls for maxcalls = 255 ; The maximum number of concurrent calls you want to allow execincludes = yes | no ; Allow #exec entries in configuration files dontwarn = yes | no ; Don't over-inform the Asterisk sysadm, he's a guru systemname = ; System name. Used to prefix CDR uniqueid and to fill ${SYSTEMNAME} languageprefix = yes | no ; Should language code be last component of sound file name or first? ; when off, sound files are searched as // ; when on, sound files are search as // ; (only affects relative paths for sound files) dahdichanname = yes | no ; Should channels created by chan_dahdi be called 'DAHDI' or 'Zap'; ; defaults to 'DAHDI' if built against DAHDI, and 'Zap' if built ; against Zaptel; also used by other applications so that they will ; know what channel name to expect [files] ; Changing the following lines may compromise your security ; Asterisk.ctl is the pipe that is used to connect the remote CLI ; (asterisk -r) to Asterisk. Changing these settings change the ; permissions and ownership of this file. ; The file is created when Asterisk starts, in the "astrundir" above. ;astctlpermissions = 0660 ;astctlowner = root ;astctlgroup = asterisk ;astctl = asterisk.ctl