Oh! I was informed that Async:AGI is an AGI that is called in from AMI. Do tell more about it.
On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Mehmet Avcioglu <[email protected]>wrote: > > Actually it doesn't say "AGI(async:script)" it says "AGI(async:agi)" and > than continues further to setting up an AMI user so the script is executed > through the manager interface?? Than it says "AGI(agi:async)".?? Well most > importantly it says "Cons of async AGI: It is the most complex method of > using AGI to implement." ..:) I have been interested in Async AGI as well > and after reading your post looked into the link you provided, seems > different than what we immediately think, a background process. > > Perhaps just start the script normally "AGI(script.sh)" and than inside it > run your background process "background-script.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 < > /dev/null &" or fork a new process, detach, run in background, etc... > > Hopefully somebody else can point us towards the right direction in setting > up a real asterisk asynchronous AGI application. > > -- > Mehmet > > On Sep 25, 2011, at 2:00 AM, Randall Degges wrote: > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > I've been trying to get asynchronous AGIs working in some Asterisk code I > have. I'm using Asterisk 1.8.7.0, and I'm very familiar with dialplan and > AGI scripting overall. Here's my problem: I can't get Asterisk to execute > *any* AGIs asynchronously. > > > > Firstly, I discovered asynchronous AGIs via "Asterisk: The Definitive > Guide". The asynchronous AGI information I read can be found online, here: > http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9780596517342/AGI.html (scroll down to the > section titled "Async AGI--AMI Controlled AGI"). > > > > According to the book, since Asterisk 1.6.0 the AGI dialplan application > has been able to execute AGI scripts asynchronously, via the syntax: > > > > exten => s,1,AGI(async:script) > > > > According to the book, using the "async:" prefix should have Asterisk run > the AGI script in the background and instantly continue executing dialplan > code. > > > > So here's my Asterisk dialplan code that's being run: > > > > [hangup] > > exten => s,1,AGI(async:/etc/asterisk/scripts/hangup.py) > > exten => s,n,Return() > > > > Pretty simple context--essentially my AGI script just does some call > clean up logic before a caller hangs up, talking to a few web servers and > generating statistics for later usage. What happens when Asterisk executes > this context, is: > > > > WARNING[7911]: res_agi.c:1622 launch_script: Failed to execute > '/var/lib/asterisk/agi-bin/async:/etc/asterisk/scripts/hangup.py': File does > not exist. > > > > As you can see, Asterisk is ignoring the async: directive, and treating > it as part of the AGI script path. > > > > Is there anyway for me to make asynchronous AGIs work? I've tried > searching online to no avail. > > > > I'd greatly appreciate any responses, thanks for your time. > > > > -Randall > > > > -- > > Randall Degges > > http://rdegges.com/ > > > > -- > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > > > asterisk-users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
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