How To Install FreePBX Server On Ubuntu 14.04
Deploy asterisk FreePBX server on ubuntu 14.04. FreePBX is an open source ip telephony system provided by sangoma. Create virtual machine with some configuration such as memory 2GB, RAM 2GB and harddisk 20GB.
Then install ubuntu 14.04 on your virtual machine.
Step #01: FreePBX system prepared some package required.
apt-get install lamp-server^ libmysqlclient18 asterisk-dev asterisk-mysql asterisk-moh-opsound-wav php-db selinux-utils audiofile-tools bison libset-intspan-perl curl openssl php5-gd lame sox libxml2 subversion dahdi-* -y
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Step #02: During installation, you need to set a password for the MySQL. In my case I set a password “passw0rd”
Now create asterisk user and asterisk database with all grant privileges.
[email protected]:~# mysql -uroot -ppassw0rd
show as like below
Step #03: Create asterisk database
mysql > create database asterisk;
mysql > grant all privileges on asterisk.* to [email protected] identified by ‘passw0rd’;
mysql > create database asteriskcdrdb;
mysql > grant all privileges on asteriskcdrdb.* to [email protected] identified by ‘passw0rd’;
mysql > flush privileges;
mysql > exit;
Check for any update
[email protected]:~# apt-get install sox
Step #04: Add asterisk user and asterisk group on /etc/apache2/envvars
Open envvars file any editor
[email protected]:~# vim /etc/apache2/envvars
Insert below line
export APACHE_RUN_USER=asterisk (Line-16)
export APACHE_RUN_GROUP=asterisk (Line-17)
Step #05: Edit maximum file size vim/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini insert below config.
upload_max_filesize = 20M (Line-805)
memory_limit = 512M (Line-406)
[email protected]:~# Service apache restart
Download 48MB freepbx latest tar file with wget command on location /mnt/
[email protected]:/mnt/# wget -c http://mirror.freepbx.org/modules/packages/freepbx/freepbx-13.0-latest.tgz
Step #06: Extract downloaded file
[email protected]:/mnt/# tar -zxf freepbx-13.0-latest.tgz
Open asterisk.conf file remove [directories](!) after editing file [directories]() then save it.
[email protected]:~# vim /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf
Backup /var/www/html/index.html file
[email protected]:~# mv /etc/var/www/html/index.html /etc/var/www/index.html.backup
Step #07: Goto /mnt/freepbx/ directory for install freepbx config
[email protected]:~# cd /mnt/freepbx/
[email protected]:/mnt/freepbx# ./install
Database engine [mysql]: Enter
Database name [asterisk]: Enter
CDR Database name [asteriskcdrdb]: Enter
Database username [root]: Enter
Database password: type your password here
File owner user [asterisk]: Enter
File owner group [asterisk]: Enter
Filesystem location from which FreePBX files will be sarved [/var/www/html: Enter
Filesystem location from which Asterisk configuration files will be served [/etc/asterisk]: Enter
Filesystem location for Asterisk modules [/usr/lib/asterisk/modules]: Enter
Filesystem location for Asterisk lib files [/var/lib/astesisk]: Enter
Filesystem location for Asterisk agi files [/var/lib/astesisk/agi-bin]: Enter
Filesystem of the Asterisk spool directory [/var/spool/astesisk]: Enter
Filesystem of the Asterisk run directory [/var/run/astesisk]: Enter
Filesystem of the Asterisk log files [/var/log/astesisk]: Enter
Filesystem of the FreePBX command line scripts [/var/lib/astesisk/bin]: Enter
Filesystem of the FreePBX (root) command line scripts [/usr/sbin]: Enter
Location of the Apche cgi-bin executables [/var/www/cgi-bin]: Enter
Directory for FreePBX html5 playback files [/var/lib/astesisk/playback]: Enter
You have successfully installed FreePBX
Step #08: Restart apache service
[email protected]:~# service apache2 restart
Now got your browser and type your FreePBX server ip address then create admin user for login web GUI.
Prepare login credential using created user name and password.
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