Asterisk Fast Start is a three-day hands-on course designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary for an entry-level Asterisk Administrator to be successful on the job. Using a combination of information-rich lectures and practical lab exercises, this course familiarizes you with Asterisk and the environment in which it operates, both in terms of operating system and telephony (traditional and IP) connections. This course will take you from a freshly installed Linux PC through to a fully configured and working Asterisk implementation. You do not need to have previous experience with Linux, telephony or Asterisk.
Identify the purpose and primary functionality of Asterisk as a PBX and as an application development platform.
List the functionality associated with a traditional PBX
Understand the history of Asterisk and its powerful open source community
Define the operating system environments in which Asterisk is developed and supported
Describe the telephony connections which Asterisk supports and identify the Digium hardware needed to enable this connectivity
Identify the basic characteristics of analog and digital PSTN connections and how VoIP compares and contrasts with these
Install and run Asterisk from the packages available for download from www.asterisk.org
Configure Asterisk to deliver basic PBX functionality, including basic call routing, voicemail and directory services
Learn the basics of Linux in order to be an effective Asterisk administrator
The Asterisk Fast Start course is a three-day course. Class will begin at 9:30 AM on the first day and each day thereafter at 8:30 AM. The class will consist of a combination of lectures and lab exercises. Class typically runs until 5:00 PM, except for the last day where it goes until 3:00 PM, depending on circumstances in the classroom.
The labs will be presented in a workbook which you get to keep. The lecture notes and sample configurations also are included. As each lab and lecture builds on the results of the previous lab and lecture, the workbook is a great way for you to work through the process at your own pace, as well as ensure that you have learned all the relevant material.