OK, now your getting deeper into the stuff you really want face-face contact to explain. Both questions have divergent answers.
Easiest Asterisk go get going and get your feet wet would probably be Trixbox. It has everything on one CD for a bare-metal install. Turn on machine, insert cd, get Tim Hortons, come back and it's done. Can you run multiple version while one is being "worked on"? Now we are getting into Operations which is going to be an issue for you and your hosting provider. This also depends what you mean by "worked on". You could mean altering the application code or you could mean altering the routing & dialplan logic - once again, both have totally different answers. Modifying application code: Yes, if you install from scratch you can have separate versions of the application installed to different directories. Much work is needed to setup the environment so that both versions don't conflict. You will need to alter the ports which SIP, IAX, etc. use so the two versions don't conflict with each other, etc. This is a very daunting task and I would caution against it until you get 10 yrs as a System Administrator under your belt. (People don't flame me for the 10 yr part - most people can figure it out at the conceptual level. If you have to support this for real with real customers and pressure when something breaks - you want the 10 yr guy there.) Modifying dialplan/routing logic: This part is very cool. You can "partition" your Asterisk server so that it acts as multiple separate PBX's from the users perspective. Think in terms of two (or more) companies sharing a traditional phone system for financial reasons but each company looks like they are completely separate with their own prompts, routing, extensions, etc. This way you can have a "test" implementation and a "live" implementation. You can even make it so the test implementation can interact with the live implementation in limited ways (like gain access to certain outbound lines, etc). dbc. -- David Cook Quoting Chriswlan2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hello! > > I got a "bit" lost with all the * options, packages, GUIs, new names, > old > names, etc... > > What would people recommend for a first-ever try, just to learn the > ropes, > again to import on a remote server? To get something up n running > asap, and > then plunge under the hood? > > Also, by the way: is it possible to, say have 2 separate * on one > server, > one that is on line, and the other being "modified", and then turn > the first > one off, and launch the #2, for testing? > > Tks, n gd nite! > > :-) > > Christian > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
