AstriCon 2019

We love developing software that works with Asterisk. We have AGI scripts to handle call recordings, a contact center that leverages ARI/AMI, and a softphone using the webRTC capabilities. To create all these products, we first need an Asterisk environment setup. In production, we have a global presence with Asterisk servers deployed around the world and configured as peers with each other. We also have standby instances to automatically handle traffic when an issue arises on the active instance. We created a development environment which lives entirely on the developers workstation, but mimics the global presence of our production system. This allows developers to confidently develop solutions that will work with every step through the development lifecycle. This solution involves using docker containers to create multiple Asterisk instances. Asterisk configuration files are hosted locally on the developers workstation, allowing them to use any text editor/IDE to make changes. These config files are also mounted as a remote volume, allowing the Asterisk instances to also read/write to them. We also have a helpful watch script to detect when changes were made to a configuration file and automatically reload Asterisk to apply the change.