# Asterisk Project : Sections and Settings

Added by malcolmd , edited by lmadsen on Apr 28, 2011

The configuration files are broken into various section, with the section name surrounded by square brackets. Section names should not contain spaces, and are case sensitive. Inside of each section, you can assign values to various settings. In general, settings in one section are independent of values in another section. Some settings take values such as true or false, while other settings have more specific settings. The syntax for assigning a value to a setting is to write the setting name, an equals sign, and the value, like this:

    [section-name]
    setting=true

    [another_section]
    setting=false
    setting2=true