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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>asterisk.conf</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css" type="text/css" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.69.1" /><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="Asterisk™: The Future of Telephony" /><link rel="up" href="asterisk-APP-D.html" title="Appendix D. Configuration Files" /><link rel="prev" href="I_sect1_tt2617.html" title="amd.conf" /><link rel="next" href="asterisk-APP-D-SECT-8.html" title="cdr.conf" /></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">asterisk.conf</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="I_sect1_tt2617.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Appendix D. Configuration Files</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="asterisk-APP-D-SECT-8.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="asterisk-APP-D-SECT-7"></a>asterisk.conf</h2></div></div></div><p><a id="I_indexterm_tt2618" class="indexterm"></a>The <span class="emphasis"><em>asterisk.conf</em></span> file defines the
locations for the configuration files, the spool directory, and the
modules, as well as a location to write logfiles to. The default settings
are recommended unless you understand the implications of changing them.
The <span class="emphasis"><em>asterisk.conf</em></span> file is generated automatically
when you run the <code class="literal">make samples</code> command,
based on information it collects about your system. It will contain a
<code class="literal">[directories]</code> section such as the
following:</p><a id="I_programlisting_tt2619"></a><pre class="programlisting">[directories]
astetcdir => /etc/asterisk
astmoddir => /usr/lib/asterisk/modules
astvarlibdir => /var/lib/asterisk
astdatadir => /var/lib/asterisk
astagidir => /var/lib/asterisk/agi-bin
astspooldir => /var/spool/asterisk
astrundir => /var/run
astlogdir => /var/log/asterisk</pre><p>Additionally, you can specify an <code class="literal">[options]</code> section, which will allow you to
define startup options (command-line switches) in the configuration file.
The following example shows the available options and the command-line
switches that they effectively enforce:</p><a id="I_programlisting_tt2620"></a><pre class="programlisting">[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 = <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 = <a_string> ; 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
; <path>/<lang>/<file>
; When on, sound files are search as <lang>/<path>/<file>
; (only affects relative paths for sound files)</pre></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="I_sect1_tt2617.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="asterisk-APP-D.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="asterisk-APP-D-SECT-8.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">amd.conf </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> cdr.conf</td></tr></table></div><div xmlns="" id="svn-footer"><hr /><p>You are reading <em>Asterisk: The Future of Telephony</em> (2nd Edition for Asterisk 1.4), by Jim van Meggelen, Jared Smith, and Leif Madsen.<br />
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