Linux Networking Cookbook

5.19. Monitoring Conferences

Problem

You want to keep an eye on conferences, and have mighty administrator powers to mute or even kick users out of the conference.

Solution

Use the meetme command on the Asterisk CLI. You can see all the options with the help command:

	asterisk1*CLI> help meetme
	Usage: meetme (un)lock|(un)mute|kick|list [concise] <confno> <usernumber>
	       Executes a command for the conference or on a conferee

This command shows all running conferences:

	asterisk1*CLI> meetme
	Conf Num       Parties        Marked     Activity  Creation
	8001           0002           N/A        00:01:10  Static
	* Total number of MeetMe users: 2

This command lists the users in a conference:

	asterisk1*CLI> meetme list 8001
	User #: 01          250 Ellen Ripley        Channel: SIP/ellen-08d6dc20
	(unmonitored) 00:01:58
	User #: 02       dutch dutch schaeffer      Channel: SIP/dutch-08d86350
	(unmonitored) 00:01:46
	2 users in that conference.

meetme lock prevents any new users from joining.

To kick or mute a user, use the conference and user numbers:

	asterisk1*CLI> meetme kick 8001 02

Discussion

Hopefully, your users won't need this sort of babysitting, and you'll only need it to correct technical problems, like a channel not hanging up when the user leaves the conference.

See Also

• The sample meetme.conf

• Asterisk cmd MeetMe:

  http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk+cmd+MeetMe