Manager
Synopsis
The Manager interface is used to remotely view/change console (and other) actions. Through the use of the manager interface, you are able to send actions and receive responses very similar to the CLI interface.
How To Use
The Manager interface requires the following
/etc/asterisk/manager.conf
Syntax
The Interaction is formed as follows:
telnet localhost 5038
Note: you must have a user specified in manager.conf, and enabled = yes.
/etc/asterisk/manager.conf
[general]
enabled = yes
port = 5038
bindaddr = 0.0.0.0
[theuser]
secret = somepassword
read = system,call,log,verbose,command,agent
write = system,call,log,verbose,command,agent
Commands
Ping, Logoff, Hangup, Status, Redirect, Originate, MailboxStatus, Command, ExtensionState, Monitor, StopMonitor, ChangeMonitor, IAXPeers, Queues
Ping: Action: Ping
Logoff: Action: Logoff
Hangup: Action: Hangup
Channel: <num>
Status: Action: Status
Redirect: Action: Redirect
Channel:
ExtraChannel:
Exten:
Context:
Priority:
Originate: Action: Originate
Channel: Zap/g2/14085551212
Exten:
Context: pstn
Priority: 1
Timeout: 20
CallerID: Your Company <(408) 000-0000>
MailboxStatus: Action: MailboxStatus
Mailbox: <num>
Command: Action: Command
Command: Show Manager Commands
ExtensionState: Action: ExtensionState
Exten:
Context:
Monitor: Action: Monitor
StopMonitor: Action: StopMonitor
ChangeMonitor: Action: ChangeMonitor
IAXPeers: Action: IAXPeers
Queues: Action: Queues
Example
Connect to manager interface and list channels in use. Remember that you must do CR’s to end input.
System prompt # telnet localhost 5038
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
Asterisk Call Manager/1.0
Action: Login <CR>
Username: theuser <CR>
Secret: somepassword <CR>
<CR>
Response: Success
Message: Authentication accepted
Action: Command <CR>
Command: Show Manager Commands <CR>
<CR>
Response: Follows
Ping Ping
Logoff Logoff Manager
Hangup Hangup Channel
Status Status
Redirect Redirect
Originate Originate Call
MailboxStatus Check Mailbox
Command Execute Command
ExtensionState Check Extension Status
Monitor Monitor a channel
StopMonitor Stop monitoring a channel
ChangeMonitor Change monitoring filename of a channel
IAXpeers List IAX Peers
IAXpeers List IAX Peers
Queues Queues
--END COMMAND--
Action: Status <CR>
<CR>
Response: Success
Message: Channel status will follow
