FreePBX is an opensource ip telephony system. Now I am share how to install FreePBX 15 on Ubuntu 18.04. I am share this manually installation process for FreePBX 15. So lets start this process.

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• Server IP address : 10.66.50.30
• Server OS : Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• RAM : 2 GB
• Disk : 50 GB
• CPU : 2
• CPU op-mode(s): 64-bit

Must be ping from your server to 8.8.8.8

Step #01: Install all below package for prerequisite FreePBX 15.

root@FreePBX-Server:~# apt-get install -y build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r` openssh-server apache2 mariadb-server mariadb-client bison flex php php-curl php-cli php-pdo php-mysql php-pear php-gd curl sox libncurses5-dev libssl-dev mpg123 libxml2-dev libnewt-dev sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev pkg-config automake libtool autoconf git unixodbc-dev uuid uuid-dev libasound2-dev libogg-dev libvorbis-dev libicu-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libical-dev libneon27-dev libsrtp0-dev libspandsp-dev sudo subversion libtool-bin python-dev unixodbc dirmngr php-mbstring sendmail -y

Step #02: After complete previous command then install nodejs for FreePBX 15.

root@FreePBX-Server:~# curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_11.x | sudo -E bash -
root@FreePBX-Server:~# apt-get install -y nodejs
root@FreePBX-Server:~# reboot

Step #03: Download & extract asterisk 16 for install FreePBX 15.

root@FreePBX-Server:~# cd /usr/src/
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/# wget https://wiki.freepbx.org/download/attachments/122487323/mariadb-connector-client-library_3.0.8-1_amd64.deb
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/# wget https://wiki.freepbx.org/download/attachments/122487323/mariadb-connector-odbc_3.0.7-1_amd64.deb
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/# dpkg -i mariadb-connector-client-library_3.0.8-1_amd64.deb
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/# dpkg -i mariadb-connector-odbc_3.0.7-1_amd64.deb
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/# pear install Console_Getopt
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/# wget http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/asterisk-16-current.tar.gz
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/# wget http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/dahdi-linux-complete/dahdi-linux-complete-current.tar.gz
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/# wget http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/libpri/libpri-current.tar.gz
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/# tar xvfz dahdi-linux-complete-current.tar.gz
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/# rm -f dahdi-linux-complete-current.tar.gz

Step #04: DAHDI and LIBPRI install for FreePBX 15.

root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/# cd dahdi-linux-complete-*
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/dahdi-linux-complete-3.0.0+3.0.0# make all
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/dahdi-linux-complete-3.0.0+3.0.0# make install
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/dahdi-linux-complete-3.0.0+3.0.0# make config
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/dahdi-linux-complete-3.0.0+3.0.0# cd /usr/src
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/# tar xvfz libpri-current.tar.gz
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/# rm -f libpri-current.tar.gz
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/# cd libpri-*
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/libpri-1.6.0# make
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/libpri-1.6.0# make install

Download dependency package

root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/libpri-1.6.0# cd
root@FreePBX-Server:/# wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/asterisk/third-party/master/jansson/2.12/jansson-2.12.tar.bz2 -P /tmp/
root@FreePBX-Server:/# wget https://www.pjsip.org/release/2.8/pjproject-2.8.tar.bz2 -P /tmp/

Step #05: Install asterisk 16 for FreePBX 15.

root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/libpri-1.6.0# cd /usr/src
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/# tar xvfz asterisk-16-current.tar.gz
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/# rm -f asterisk-16-current.tar.gz
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/# cd asterisk-*
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/asterisk-16.3.0# contrib/scripts/get_mp3_source.sh
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/asterisk-16.3.0# contrib/scripts/install_prereq install
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/asterisk-16.3.0# ./configure --with-pjproject-bundled --with-jansson-bundled
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/asterisk-16.3.0# make menuselect
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/asterisk-16.3.0# menuselect/menuselect --enable app_macro --enable format_mp3 menuselect.makeopts
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/asterisk-16.3.0# make
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/asterisk-16.3.0# make install
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/asterisk-16.3.0# make config
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/asterisk-16.3.0# ldconfig
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/asterisk-16.3.0# update-rc.d -f asterisk remove

Step #06: Add asterisk user and setup asterisk permission for install FreePBX 15.

root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/asterisk-16.3.0# cd
root@FreePBX-Server:~# useradd -m asterisk
root@FreePBX-Server:~# chown asterisk. /var/run/asterisk
root@FreePBX-Server:~# chown -R asterisk. /etc/asterisk
root@FreePBX-Server:~# chown -R asterisk. /var/{lib,log,spool}/asterisk
root@FreePBX-Server:~# chown -R asterisk. /usr/lib/asterisk
root@FreePBX-Server:~# rm -rf /var/www/html
root@FreePBX-Server:~# sed -i 's/\(^upload_max_filesize = \).*/\120M/' /etc/php/7.2/apache2/php.ini
root@FreePBX-Server:~# cp /etc/apache2/apache2.conf /etc/apache2/apache2.conf_orig
root@FreePBX-Server:~# sed -i 's/${APACHE_RUN_USER}/asterisk/' /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
root@FreePBX-Server:~# sed -i 's/${APACHE_RUN_GROUP}/asterisk/' /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
root@FreePBX-Server:~# sed -i 's/AllowOverride None/AllowOverride All/' /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
root@FreePBX-Server:~# a2enmod rewrite
root@FreePBX-Server:~# systemctl restart apache2

Note: If can’t asterisk user & group into apache2.conf file so manually add this two lines.

root@FreePBX-Server:~# vi /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

Insert below two lines into this file. The save it.

User asterisk
Group asterisk

Press Esc :wq press Enter.

root@FreePBX-Server:~# systemctl restart apache2

Step #07: Create odbc file for install FreePBX 15.

Just copy below test and past into your terminal.

cat <<EOF > /etc/odbcinst.ini
[MySQL]
Description = ODBC for MySQL (MariaDB)
Driver = /usr/local/lib/libmaodbc.so
FileUsage = 1
EOF

Then press Enter

Step #08: Create another odbc file for asterisk report.

Just copy below test and past into your terminal.

cat <<EOF > /etc/odbc.ini
[MySQL-asteriskcdrdb]
Description = MySQL connection to 'asteriskcdrdb' database
Driver = MySQL
Server = localhost
Database = asteriskcdrdb
Port = 3306
Socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
EOF

Then press Enter

Step #09: Download FreePBX 15 and install using below command.

root@FreePBX-Server:~# cd /usr/src
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src# wget http://mirror.freepbx.org/modules/packages/freepbx/freepbx-15.0-latest.tgz
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src# tar vxfz freepbx-15.0-latest.tgz
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src# rm -f freepbx-15.0-latest.tgz
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src# touch /etc/asterisk/{modules,cdr}.conf
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src# cd freepbx
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/freepbx# ./start_asterisk start
root@FreePBX-Server:/usr/src/freepbx# ./install -n

Now wait for installation process completed. After complete this process then browse your server ip address and create admin account.

Step #10:  When login using admin account then update your module. Please see video for details. 

• Click Apply Config on the top right corner when completed loading.
• Goto Admin manu click Module Admin.
• Click Check online.
• Click Download all.
• Click Process.
• Goto bottom click Confirm. Now you see all package start download and install.
• Click Return.
• Finally click Apply Config on the top right corner.

Now enjoy your FreePBX server. 🙂

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