Editing Config Files Safely

FusionPBX Interface guide for editing the config files manually

autoload_configs

      after install all files are completely safe to edit

sip gateways

      conf/sip_profiles/external
      when gateways are saved in this directory all .xml files are removed

dialplan

      /conf/dialplan/default
          .xml files persists when dialplan is saved

          manually created .xml files are safe as long as huntgroup, ivr don't use the same name as your manually created .xml file.
          or during the install you happen to have a file that conflicts with a file loaded during the install

sip_profiles

      /conf/sip_profiles/*.xml
          are used from the filesystem directly gui changes are saved to the file system

vars.xml

      /conf/vars.xml
          file is written by the gui

extensions

      /conf/directory/default
          .xml files persists when extensions are saved

scripts

      /scripts
          manually created javascript, lua an perl scripts are safe to edit.