Directories in Asterisk on Linux
Directories Used by Asterisk Asterisk uses several directories on a Linux system to manage the various aspects of the system, such as voicemail recordings, voice prompts, and configuration files. This section discusses the necessary directories, all of which are created during installation and configured in the asterisk.conf file. /etc/asterisk/ The /etc/asterisk/ directory contains the Asterisk configuration files. One file, however— zaptel.conf—is located in the /etc/ directory. The Zaptel hardware was originally designed by Jim Dixon of the Zapata Telephony Group as a way of bringing reasonable and affordable computer telephony equipment to the world. Asterisk makes use of this hardware, but any other software can also make use of the Zaptel hardware and drivers. Consequently, the zaptel.conf configuration file is not directly located in the /etc/asterisk/ directory. /usr/lib/asterisk/modules/ The /usr/lib/asterisk/modules/ directory contains all the Asterisk loadab...