Introduction to Asterisk: Learn how to set up your own PBX telephone system

This book teaches you how to work with Asterisk, the most popular private branch exchange (PBX) in the world. The book is customized for beginners, so no prior telecommunications knowledge is required. The book covers Asterisk 13 LTS and describes the process of installing, configuring, and maintaining your own Asterisk system.

The topics covered in this book are:

• downloading and installing Asterisk from source
• customizing your Linux environment
• configuring devices to register to Asterisk
• writing your first dialplan
• useful Asterisk applications such as Playback, Background, and Goto
• using pattern matching in your dialplans
• voicemail configuration
• auto-attendants and queues

If you are looking for a resource that will get your started with Asterisk, then this book is for you.