Issue when installing sccp_manager on a preexisting host (already running freepbx and chan-sccp)

[dkgroot]

@kc2vrj: issues when installing sccp_manager on a host that was already running correctly.

Some suggestions

1. dont overwrite files if they are already there, suggest changes or write a replacement file and tell people what to do ?
2. fix bug when creating extconfig.conf it should be using '=>' not '=' to indicate it is configuring a path, currently this is breaking extconfig and realtime
3. if already existing sccp.conf, suggest a replacement
4. if non exists, create mostly empty sccp.conf with two include files
   • sccp_additional.conf add only necessary bits to sccp_additional.conf from sccp_manager
   • sccp_custom.conf
5. ask for the ip-address to write to SEP file for phone to connect to, when server is in multihomed mode
6. sccp_additional.conf suggestions
   • don't enter anything in sccp.conf if it is a default chan-sccp value already
   • don't set empty parameters in sccp.conf
   • don't set earlyrtp=none by default, this should always be 'progress'.
   • tie down deny/permit if possible. for example by default only permit = 'internal'
   • do set localnet is possible
   • do set externhost / externip if known
7. don't have Dutch be the default language in the tftp templates, that can mess people up badly. The files in chan-sccp/conf/tftp are example files to be to create templates, not as templates directly.

[dkgroot]

@PhantomVl Sorry it's a bit of a long list :-( It i can do anything to help you, please give me a shout ! Also i know a lot of these things you inherited from Dave Burges (@Cynjut)'s version. So they are not a critique.

[kc2vrj]

Also should be noted every time you make any edit it remakes the SCPXXXXX.cnf file in TFTP book making it so no changes stay example correcting the server address

[its-lee]

@PhantomVl Sorry it's a bit of a long list :-( It i can do anything to help you, please give me a shout ! Also i know a lot of these things you inherited from Dave Burges (@Cygnut)'s version. So they are not a critique.

Who is David Brugey?

[dkgroot]

Ooh sorry for referring to you Lee, my bad. I meant a different person, and must have misquoted you in. That should have been 'Cynjut'. Sorry for the typo.

[its-lee]

Haha, no problem - thanks

[PhantomVl]

1. At the time of installation, I transfer the current configuration to the database, rename the old files. Form a working configuration supplemented with default parameters.
2. The freepbx API is used to work with the configuration and .conf. Asterisk does not distinguish between format differences = and =>
3. These files are controlled by the system and manual editing is not allowed. In the file and it is written.
4. I have already written about this somewhere. The current architecture does not allow this
5. This is a significant flaw, perhaps it 's time to fix it.
6. ......
7. :-) @dkgroot These are your templates , I'm ready to replace them with any other ones

[dkgroot]

1. this can cause trouble, for fields that you are not copying or storing.
2. Ooh but asterisk does. If i put the "=" in extconfig.conf stuff stops working. Path's need to be specified as "=>" and only variables should use "="
3. Splitting the files like freepbx might allow more freedom to the user. And instead of altering the files for them, just give them the suggestion or another way to opt-in/opt-out. Just overwriting what they have done manually is very annoying and potentially a loss of information/functionality
4. Ooh.. I don't understand, how does freepbx create these files then ?
5. :+1:
6. :-)
7. :+1: BTW: I am working on a feature/redesign branch for provision_sccp that will allow you to just generate a provision.ini file and all the templates/phone tftp files will be generated on the fly in cache.. They will be signed and encrypted. No more need to have static ones.