Is there a difference between asterisk -rvvvvvv and /etc/init.d/asterisk restart

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is there a difference between asterisk -rvvvvvv and /etc/init.d/asterisk restart

Which one will make use of latest changes of sip.conf and extensions.conf? Though I do sip reload and diaplan reload I would like to know the difference between asterisk -rvvvvvv and /etc/init.d/asterisk restart ?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 11 '16 at 08:02

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You can use following commands to control asterisk engine running as background daemon.

/etc/init.d/asterisk start
/etc/init.d/asterisk stop
/etc/init.d/asterisk restart

However contrary to above, following command is for accessing asterisk via command line interface ( asterisk cli )

asterisk -rvvvvv

answered Jul 11 '16 at 08:02

Nasir Iqbal

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And what is core restart now for? – Jul 12 '16 at 22:57

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 11 '16 at 09:14

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Command

asterisk -r

connect you to already running in background asterisk daemon. It not start asterisk, so you get error if it not running.

asterisk -rvvvvvv

Do same, but increase verbosity of output to 6.

For full list of allowed options see http://man.cx/asterisk(8)

If you want start asterisk, you have run asterisk without -r(reconnect) or use startup scripts(for init v4 such scripts is /etc/init.d/asterisk, that will not work for modern setup like redhat 7 wich use systemd)

answered Jul 11 '16 at 09:14

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And what is core restart now for? – Jul 12 '16 at 21:08
It request restart of asterisk daemon process. – arheops Jul 12 '16 at 22:20

Is there a difference between asterisk -rvvvvvv and /etc/init.d/asterisk restart

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