Hello Everyone, I posted this to the asterisk users mailing list as well but no one seems to want to respond. I thought maybe people here might give me some answer.
I have a couple of things I wanted to bring up to the list for some insights perhaps - or criticism (even better) I'm considering writing an asterisk and openbpx GUI. I know, I know - there's hundreds out there - at least dozens - but none of them seem to fit well with what I have in mind. I'm currently using FreePBX for all of my systems and I just finished installing it from scratch on an Arch Linux box. I'm pretty happy with freepbx - it's certainly very functional - lots of options, etc. I don't, however, like the dependencies it has - mysql, php - just to name a few of the big ones. I've been looking around for a GUI for some time but nothing seems to do what I want. Here's what I would like (perhaps naively): Infastructure: 1. I don't want to be tied to a database (though things CAN be stored in a database). I'm thinking XML or some other flat file 2. I want the ability to have configuration files hosted centrally on a server - accessible via scp maybe or https, doesn't really matter 3. I want no dependencies. I don't even want to have to run a web server locally if possible. A perl/python script should fetch the file from the central server (or locally, either way) and parse the XML? into dialplan. Functionality: 1. For now - just basic extension creatian/ modification 2. IVR's 3. Personal Extension modification - let usrs change forwarding, call routing, vmail passord, email, etc. 4. CDR's in some way or form 5. Ring groups/call routing, etc. I guess there's probably other things I need to add and consider.. This is just off the top of my head. What I wanted to know is whether anyone thinks this sort of app would be 1. Usefull 2. Practical. Has anyone begun/done any of this Better yet - Is there something out there that would meet my needs that I don't have to build? Also, What MAJOR differences need to be considered if I want this to work for both openpbx and asterisk (1.4?). As far as I can tell from my superficial research is that there are basically a few syntax differences. I guess I'm just looking for some advice and the wisdom of years before I commit time and money to something like this Thanks! _______________________________________________ Openpbx-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openpbx.org/mailman/listinfo/openpbx-users
