ConfigurationProvisioning

Provisioning is the action of configuring a phone automatically, by providing only basic informations. MiRTA PBX supports a wide range of phone provisioning with a general file format. New phones brand and model can be added using the Admin/Provisioning menu.

Phones

Files used for provisioning are usually text or XML file containing informations like the user and password and the ip address or hostname of the SIP server. Informations contained in the provisioning files need to keep confidential and the leakage of these informations can lead to unauthorized usage of voice traffic. To avoid any snooping on provisioning content, usage of HTTPS is recommended. Be aware some phones requires a valid SSL certificate to provision using HTTPS and some other (Cisco) require a certificate signed by the manufacturer. The correct provisioning file is requested based on the MAC address of the phones. To avoid any brute forcing of the MAC address, a special password is needed in the URL to recover the file. Based on the model of the phone, a special string needs to be append to the end of the provisioning URL, like {mac}.cfg for Panasonic phones or {MA}.xml on Cisco phones. Check your phone manual for the right way to identify the MAC address in the provisioning URL.