Creating your own Dialplan features

In this recipe, we will show you how to prepare your system in order to create your own Dialplan feature to fit your needs.

How to do it…

As discussed in the earlier section, it is easy to create a Dialplan by following these steps:

  1. Add the application's context in the global_custom.conf file.
  2. Add the DTMF digit combination in the features_applicationmap_custom.conf file.
  3. Add the Dialplan application in the extensions_custom.conf file. Remember that this file is stored in the /etc/asterisk folder.
  4. Finally, restart the IP-PBX service with the amportal restart command.

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