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Let’s take a closer look at some of the key components of the Asterisk GUI. We’ll use these components later in the chapter to modify the Asterisk GUI. |
Asterisk Manager Interface |
As explained in Chapter 10, the Asterisk Manager Interface allows external programs to control Asterisk. The Manager interface is the heart of the Asterisk GUI, as it does all of the heavy lifting. |
Manager over HTTP and the Asterisk web server |
The web server built into Asterisk allows manager commands to be sent to Asterisk via HTTP, instead of creating a socket connection directly to the Manager interface. This makes it much simpler for a web application to issue AMI commands to Asterisk using the Asynchronous JavaScript Asterisk Manager (AJAM), which we will cover shortly. The web server can also be configured to serve static content, such as HTML files and images.† |
AJAM and JavaScript |
The AJAM framework uses JavaScript and XML to asynchronously send commands to Asterisk, and to update the information displayed in the web browser. |