# Use of a external storage system

**To use a external storage system, you must specify the following module settings:**

1\) In the “**Asterisk**” section, enter the server address that will host the recordings in the “recordings\_dir” field.

Example, `"recordings_dir": "http://sip.records.ru:8123"`

2\) In the “App” section, set the `“store_recordings_in_crm”` field to **false**:

`"store_recordings_in_crm": false`

Once the call is complete, the CRM will display a link to a module containing a command to download the file and the call parameters (such as get\_record\_\[call\_id]\_from..\_to…)

When you click this link:

1\) the module queries the CDR table and retrieves the file name from the `recordingfile` field;

2\) the module appends the value of the `"recordings_dir"` variable from the configuration to the file name;

3\) it redirects the request to the server address containing the recordings

(the address must begin with “http\://”, “https\://”, “//”, or “ftp\://”; otherwise, the file is not found).

**The result is a link that looks like this:**

`http://sip.records.ru:8123/file_name.mp3`

If the `“recordings_dir_subdirs_by_date”` parameter is set to **true**, then:

`http://sip.records.ru:8123/2018/02/02/file_name.mp3`


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