Switching to VoIP

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Monitoring Asterisk

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This sample config starts the Asterisk Manager listening on TCP port 5038, and

allows all hosts (

allow=0.0.0.0...) to connect. If your Asterisk server is accessible

from the Internet or untrusted hosts, you’ll want to make the allow directive more

strict. The user called “ted” will be authenticated by the password “hansolo” and his

administrative permissions are described by the read and write directives. You could

set up other users with different credentials.

manager.conf’s settings are for the Asterisk Manager API, not just the

Astman program. Other applications that you use with the API will be

subject to these settings, too.

Once you’ve set up your manager.conf file, restart Asterisk and issue this command

on the Asterisk server:

astman localhost

Log into Astman using the username and password you established in the manager.

conf file (see Figure 3-5).

Channels

Once you log in to Astman, you are shown a channel list. Channels are logical path-

ways for voice connections at the application layer, just as TCP and UDP provide

Figure 3-5. The Astman login prompt

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