Here are some of the most commonly used Asterisk Commands:-
asterisk –rvvvv : Enter Asterisk cli
sip show peers : Check registered sip users in asterisk
sip set debug on : Enable sip debugging
sip set debug ip x.x.x.x : Enable sip debug for IP x.x.x.x
sip set debug peer xxxx : Enable sip debug for extension xxxx
sip set debug off : Disable sip debug
core stop now : stop asterisk service from cli
core restart now : restart asterisk service from cli
core show version: Check version of asterisk
sip show channels : check running sip channels
core set debug 5 : set the core debug to level 5
core set verbose 9 : set verbosity level to 9
reload : Reloading complete asterisk configuration
dialplan reload : reload dialplan only
sip reload : reload sip settings only
dialplan show : shows all the dialplans in the system
core show applications : list all the available dialplan applications in asterisk
core show functions : list all the available dialplan functions in asterisk
asterisk –rx “command” : Running asterisk commands outside of CLI
asterisk -rx “sip show channels” : Will Display running channels.
