GnuGk Control Center 2.0 User ManualContent
1. Introduction to GnuGk Control Center 2. Running for first time 3. Interface Walkthrough 4. Using GnuGk Control Center5. How To |
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For receiving information or to operate, you should be successful connect to gatekeeper. All actions and commands are assigned for currently selected gatekeeper. Warning: For correct and successful working of Control Center, the gnugk must be in routed mode. |
Gatekeeper Configuration
button or select MENU: Configuration -> Edit ....
The Configuration edit dialog will appears on the screen:![]() The configuration sections are separated in different groups. Each group is located in different tab. All standard parameters in each group are preloaded. Gnugk Control Center shows only usable parameters depending on version of gnugk. The parameters without values in current configuration are unchecked and greyed. Some parameters have preloaded enumerated values and you can select them from combobox when click on value column. For some section groups the configuration dialog is more complex. For facilitating you, the gnugk-cc shows the section depending of your current selection. Such groups are Authentication, Accounting and Neighbors (gnugk 2.2 only). ![]() To Add/Delete or Move parameter click on right mouse buton and select necessary command from menu. Note that you can delete only nonstandard parameter, which has been entered from you (like permanent endpoins, rewrite rules, etc). In groups Neighbors and EP::* you can add or delete a new sections by right click on section list. This is available if your gnugk version is 2.2. Moving the parameters up/down is useful for sections where the sequence is important (like Gatekeeper::Auth). ![]() After finishing, click on OK button. The Gnugk Control center will send a new configuration to gnugk and will forces reloading command. WARNING: You could not set a value for parameter containing space! Parameters,containing white spaces in itself are not sent to gatekeeper because gnugk don't accepts them. Such parameters must be edited directly in gnugk configuration file. |
Backup/Restore configuration file
To restore the configuration, please select menu Configuration -> Restore configuration ... Select file to restore and click Open. Gnugk-cc will read the file and the confirmation dialog will appears on the screen: ![]() After setting the confirmation, Gnugk Control center will send the new configuration to gnugk and will force reloading command. WARNING: The parameters,containing white spaces in itself are not sent to gatekeeper because gnugk don't accept them. Such parameters must be edited directly in the gnugk configuration file. |
Logging to Screen
For change the logging options, please press button or select menu Gatekeepers -> Edit Gatekeeper. The edit gatekeeper dialog appears.
In "Log to screen" tab you may select different events for logging. This option is available for every gatekeeper. ![]() |
Logging to File
These files are in folder selected in "Edit gatekeeper" dialog ("Log to file" tab). To change the logging options, please select menu Gatekeepers -> Edit Gatekeeper. The edit gatekeeper dialog appears. In "Log To File" tab you may select different events for logging. ![]() For each gatekeeper are created two log files: one for raw logs and other for CDR logs. These files are in folder selected in "Edit gatekeeper" dialog ("Log to file" tab). For every twenty-four hours, a different log file is generated. The file names are:
Example: London-Raw-2004-09-04.log For CDR logs - gatekeeper description-CDR-year-month-day.log Example: London-CDR-2004-09-04.log The format for raw log is : Current time [TAB] raw message from gnugk[New line].
The format for CDR log allows easy additional processing for call detail records. ( Excel or import in other applications) : CallNumber [TAB] Caller [TAB] CallerIP [TAB] Called [TAB] CalledIP [TAB] CallDuration [TAB] Unix ConnectTime [TAB] Unix DisconnectTime [TAB] ConnectTime string [TAB] DisconnectTime string [TAB] CallID [New line]
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Monitoring and Alarms
To use a notification alarms you must provide a SMTP and an e-mail address settings in Global program option dialog. To change the alarm options, please press button or select menu Gatekeepers -> Edit Gatekeeper -> Alarm Tab.
![]() Gnugk-CC will send a message if some of conditions bellow had a long run for given time period. Condition time - An e-mail notification will be sent if some of monitored conditions are true. Monitored condition: |
Virtual Queues
Gnugk-CC is an external application, that makes all necessary actions outside of gatekeeper for normal operation. When a call to virtual queue alias arrives, the GnuGk Control Center redirects the call to some endpoint from endpoints list or to given gateway on depend of your setting. To add or change a virtual queue, please go to menu Configuration -> Virtual Queues.... ![]() Route To Alias Options Route To Gateway Options To create a new Virtual Queue, please press "New" button. To delete this Virtual Queue, press "Remove" button. |
Program Options
![]() Various Options Alarms Backup directory |