# Asterisk Project : Configuration of phoneprov.conf

Added by mdavenport , edited by mjordan on Sep 20, 2012

The configuration file, phoneprov.conf, is used to set up the built-in variables SERVER and SERVER_PORT, to define a default phone profile to use, and to define different phone profiles available for provisioning.

### The [general] section

Below is a sample of the general section of phoneprov.conf:

    [general]
    ;serveriface=eth0
    ;serveraddr=192.168.1.1
    ;serverport=5060
    default_profile=polycom

By default, res_phoneprov will set the SERVER variable to the IP address on the server that the requesting phone uses to contact the asterisk HTTP server. The SERVER_PORT variable will default to the bindport setting in sip.conf.

Should the defaults be insufficient, there are two choices for overriding the default setting of the SERVER variable. If the IP address of the server is known, or the hostname resolvable by the phones, the appropriate serveraddr value should be set. Alternatively, the network interface that the server listens on can be set by specifying a serveriface and SERVER will be set to the IP address of that interface. Only one of these options should be set.

The default SERVER_PORT variable can be overridden by setting the serverport. If bindport is not set in sip.conf and serverport is not specified, it is set to a default value of 5060.

Any user set for auto-provisioning in users.conf without a specified profile will be assumed to belong to the profile set with default_profile.