Chapter 4. Initial Configuration Tasks

Table of Contents

asterisk.conf
The [directories] Section
The [options] Section
The [files] Section
The [compat] Section
modules.conf
The [modules] Section
indications.conf
musiconhold.conf
Converting Music to a Format That Works Best with Asterisk
CentOS
Ubuntu
Completing file conversion
Conclusion

Careful. We don’t want to learn from this.

Calvin & Hobbes

In the last chapter, we covered how to install Asterisk. But where should you get started with configuration? That is the question this chapter answers. There are a few common configuration files that are relevant regardless of what you are using Asterisk to accomplish. In some cases they may not require any modification, but you need to be aware of them.