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Server management
* restart gracefully: Restart Asterisk gracefully, i.e. stop receiving new calls and restart at empty call volume
* restart now: Restart Asterisk immediately
* restart when convenient: Restart Asterisk at empty call volume
Note for Asterisk 1.2: Restart now is like a reload, not a real restart it just run the reload routines (thus open ports are not closed). Often you don't need really need to restart asterisk, instead just need to issue e.g. 'unload chan_sip.so' and 'load chan_sip.so'.
* reload: Reload configuration
* stop gracefully: Gracefully shut down Asterisk, i.e. stop receiving new calls and shut down at empty call volume
* stop now: Shut down Asterisk imediately
* stop when convenient: Shut down Asterisk at empty call volume
* Asterisk cli dialplan reload: Reload extensions and only extensions (formerly extensions reload)
* unload: Unload a dynamic module by name
* show modules: List modules and info about them
* show uptime: Show uptime information
* show version: Display Asterisk version info
Posted by sagitraz
restart gracefully: Restart Asterisk gracefully, i.e. stop receiving new calls and restart at empty call volume
restart now: Restart Asterisk immediately
restart when convenient: Restart Asterisk at empty call volume
reload: Reload configuration
stop gracefully: Gracefully shut down Asterisk, i.e. stop receiving new calls and shut down at empty call volume
stop now: Shut down Asterisk imediately
stop when convenient: Shut down Asterisk at empty call volume
dialplan reload: Reload extensions and only extensions (formerly extensions reload)
unload: Unload a dynamic module by name
show modules: List modules and info about them
show uptime: Show uptime information
show version: Display Asterisk version info.
Posted by james_winston