bestselling guide makes it easy, with a detailed roadmap to installing, configuring, and integrating this open source software into your existing phone system.Ideal for Linux administrators, developers, and power users, this book shows you how to write a basic dialplan step by step, and quickly brings you up to speed on the latest Asterisk features in version 1.8.Integrate Asterisk with analog, VoIP, and digital telephony systemsBuild a simple interactive dialplan, and dive into advanced conceptsUse Asterisk’s voicemail options—including a standalone voicemail serverBuild a menuing system and add applications that act on caller inputIncorporate a relational database with MySQL and Postgre SQLConnect to external services such as LDAP, calendars, XMPP, and SkypeUse Automatic Call Distribution to build a call queuing systemLearn how to use Asterisk’s security, call routing, and faxing features

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