image source: www.thegeekstuff.com   Asterisk 11 introduced the security log event channel which basically throws all security (success, failure, etc) which the past full log couldn’t show. Scripts attacks like sipvicious that does scanning on your system or even tries to bombard your system with … “Upgrade to Asterisk 11 and fail2ban 0.8.8 to protect Asterisk like never before, here’s why and how.”

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Image source: www.dictronics.com Asterisk has a function to run a program after voicemail changes happen. The changes in voicemail could include Received new voicemail Read new voicemail Moved voicemail to different folders Cleared voicemails ..etc This is especially useful if you wish to integrate Asterisk … “Asterisk/FreePBX – Post voicemail trigger (e.g. send sms after new voicemail)”

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Image source: mommasaid.net Office 2013 is one of the greatest office releases from Microsoft. But somehow, they tried to shove Skydrive down your throat by enabling it right on top of all options when saving files. This is fine for those using the MS Cloud … “Office 2013 – Disable SKYDRIVE save option when you do a SAVE or SAVE AS”

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(image courtesy of www.unlock.my) Introduction We had a couple of clients requested this function of on the fly locking and unlocking functionalities independent of the phone manufacturer. This means also web phones, softphones and mobile softphones and what not. There are so many unmaintained hacks … “FreePBX 2.10 or 2.11 & Asterisk dynamic phone locking application”

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Hello all, got a confirmation from Nicolas on Asternic and FreePBX 2.11 and as suspected, its no longer needed to apply the post recording patch called update_mix_monitor.pl anymore. FreePBX 2.11 has already a place to add a post-recording script (which is what the patch from … “FreePBX 2.11 and Asternic mp3/database conversion/update post recording script”

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Hi guys, you may have this “issue” where BLFs do not work after using other than from-internal contexts? Well the fix is pretty simple, just head on to Advance SIP settings, and add a line right at the bottom like this: Add: subscribecontext = from-internal … “Busy Lamp Field (BLF) and the Custom Context module”

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Hi guys, here’s a simple guide many have been asking how to add streaming music to your FreePBX box’s MOH Login to FreePBX Click on Settings, click on Music on Hold Click on Add Streaming Category In the application section, add this: /usr/bin/mpg123 -q -s … “Add streaming music to FreePBX 2.10 or 2.11/Asterisk”

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Hi guys, just setup cron for this script and it will at the time you specify do a move, copy or delete files based on n number of days. If run manually, it will be like this; say I want to archive any files or … “Archive script for FreePBX recordings (Asternic recordings)”

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(Image copyright PizzaHut Malaysia, QSR Brands) Few days back, we dealt with a challenge to lock down phones in a callcenter of PizzaHut Malaysia. That was easy, we fired up a specialized context which I developed that uses Device User Mode based restriction. (If you … “Modifying transfer contexts in FreePBX 2.10 higher or lower, and applying restrictions”

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Show some love,  do like our FB page www.fb.com/Astiostech | [UPDATED: 03 FEB 2015] Here’s a VMDK image to run a full featured Asterisk PaBX with FreePBX as the management UI using our default and secure install practices. No registrations, no username/password, no signing up … “Asterisk –Debian based Asterisk 11, Freepbx 2.11 on VMware / Virtualbox (Asterisk VM/Asterisk Ready Virtual Machine)”

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