I am not comfortable with admitting this on a public userlist [;-)] but
after over forty years in software development and manual-reading and
-interpretation, I've finally hit one that I can't get past.
I've mention previously that I worked with Asterisk in older days--like
in around 2003--and never had any trouble understanding what to do and
how to do it in order to make it work. I am attempting to build what's
probably the world's most basic system--one incoming trunk from a DID
provider going to one internal extension that answers, plays a couple
things, and possibly takes a message. I'd also like to add two
extensions with real physical endpoints--phones--one local, one remote.
I think I can manage that part. It's the initial SIP stuff that's making
me dizzy.
The book I am now reading--"Asterisk, the Definitive Guide" by Madsen,
Bryant and Meggelin for Asterisk version 16-- assumes I have built an
implementation from source, and that includes SQL. There are tons of
references to SQL databases in the book which I understand, but having
installed Asterisk from a distribution package, that component is not
part of the installation, so I am presumably expected to supply the
information by manually entering it into configuration files. I'm OK
with doing that, too. The part I'm having trouble with is that the
samples in the configuration files, particularly pjsip.conf, offer
several choices for some of the stanzas, like all the things defining
trunks and endpoints, and that's where I'm losing it. The book makes it
sound and look so easy--add a couple records to a couple SQL tables
according to your instruments and DID providers, and it probably works
just that smoothly and easily. But how does one make these choices when
one has to manually edit these configurations and choose the one that at
least halfway looks like the SQL stuff in the book?
I think I need a little hand-holding and am willing to buy some from
someone who has the time and inclination to provide it. I'm a fast
learner, I record all such sessions, and I'm sure I can get what I need
in a couple hours, most likely less. if you're interested, or know
someone who is, please contact me off-list, with my eternal thanks in
advance.
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