asterisk Command Examples

Run and manage telephone and exchange (phone) server instances. More information: https://docs.asterisk.org.

• [R]econnect to a running server, and turn on logging 3 levels of [v]erbosity:

asterisk -r -vvv

• [R]econnect to a running server, run a single command, and return:

asterisk -r -x "{{command}}"

• Show chan_SIP clients (phones):

asterisk -r -x "sip show peers"

• Show active calls and channels:

asterisk -r -x "core show channels"

• Show voicemail mailboxes:

asterisk -r -x "voicemail show users"

• Terminate a channel:

asterisk -r -x "hangup request {{channel_ID}}"

• Reload chan_SIP configuration:

asterisk -r -x "sip reload"