Bulk Create SIP Extensions
This topic describes how to bulk create SIP extensions.
Procedure
- Log in to PBX web portal, go to Add and select Bulk Add. , click
- Configure basic settings for the extensions as follows.
- In the Basic section, select SIP Extension from the drop-down list of Extension Type.
- In the User Information section, configure
user information as follows:
- Start Extension Number: Enter the
start extension number.
The system will bulk create extensions starting with the extension number.
- Create Number: Enter the number of
extensions that will be created.Note: Only an integer ranging from 1 to 999 is allowed.
- User
Password: Choose a password type.Important: Set a password that contains a minimum of 10 characters with number, upper case, and lower case.
- Generate Randomly: Password will be randomly generated for each extension.
- Prefix + Extension Number: If you choose the type, enter a prefix in the Password Prefix field.
- Extension Number + Suffix: If you choose the type, enter a suffix in the Password Suffix field.
- Fixed Password: If you choose the type, enter a fixed password in the Fixed Password field.
- User Role: Assign a role to the
extensions to determine whether these users can manage
specific PBX features.The default value is None, which means that these users can not manage specific PBX features.Note: The system has default user roles with pre-configured permissions. You can also Create a User Role.
- Organization: Select one or more
organizations to which the extensions belong.Note: This option is available only when you enable the Organization Management feature.
- Job Title: Enter a job title for the extensions, which will be displayed on Linkus clients.
- Start Extension Number: Enter the
start extension number.
- In the Extension Information section,
configure extension registration information as follows.
- Registration Name: Choose how to
configure registration name.
- Generate Randomly: Registration name will be randomly generated for each extension.
- Prefix + Extension Number: If you choose the type, enter a prefix in the Name Prefix field.
- Extension Number + Suffix: If you choose the type, enter a suffix in the Name Suffix field.
- Fixed Name: If you choose the type, enter a fixed name in the Fixed Name field.
- Extension Number: If you choose the type, extension number will be the registration name of each extension.
- Registration
Password: Choose a password type.Note: For security reasons, we recommend that you set a strong password. If you set weak passwords for these extensions, will be displayed in front of these extensions on Extension page.
- Generate Randomly: Password will be randomly generated for each extension.
- Prefix + Extension Number: If you choose the type, enter a prefix in the Password Prefix field.
- Extension Number + Suffix: If you choose the type, enter a suffix in the Password Suffix field.
- Fixed Password: If you choose the type, enter a fixed password in the Fixed Password field.
- IP Phone Concurrent Registrations:
Select a value from the drop-down list. This option defines
how many SIP phones are allowed to register with each
extension. Note:
- The maximum number of concurrent registration is 5.
- Concurrent Registration setting only limits the registration number of non-Linkus SIP endpoints. The registration number of Linkus clients is not counted.
- Registration Name: Choose how to
configure registration name.
- Optional: Click other tabs to configure other settings for the
extensions.
- Presence: Configure presence settings.
- Voicemail: Turn on Enable
Voicemail, choose a password type from the drop-down
list of Voicemail PIN Authentication.Tip: Configure voicemail notifications and play options according to your needs.
- Generate Randomly: A PIN code will be randomly generated for each extension.
- Prefix + Extension Number: If you choose the type, enter a prefix in the PIN Prefix field.
- Extension Number + Suffix: If you choose the type, enter a suffix in the PIN Suffix field.
- Fixed Password: If you choose the type, enter a PIN code in the Fixed PIN Code field.
- Extension Number: If you choose the type, extension number will be set to PIN code for each extension.
- Disabled: No PIN code is required when accessing voicemails.
- Features: Configure email notifications, time-conditional presence auto switch, call handling rules, call recording, etc.
- Advanced: Configure advanced settings.
- Security: Configure SIP security settings and call restriction settings.
- Linkus Clients: Enable Linkus clients for the extensions.
- Function Keys: Provision function
keys.
When the extensions are bound with phones through auto provisioning, the function keys associated with the extensions will be applied to phones.
- Click Save and Apply.
Result
- The extensions are created.
- The system prompts you the number of created extensions, and the associated extension numbers.
What to do next
- To set up a SIP phone in your local network, see Set up a SIP Phone.
- To set up a SIP phone remotely, see Set up a Remote SIP Phone via Public IP Address and Port and Set up a Remote SIP Phone via Yeastar FQDN.