Introduction
Do It Yourself an IPPBX.
This article is divided into three parts:
- Part 1: Prepare The Server
- Part 2: Install Asterisk 11
- Part 3: Install FreePBX 12
The goal is to get the PC provides Private Branch eXchange services, a phone system, using Free and Open Source Software.
Part 1: Prepare The Server
Linux CentOS 6.7 Minimal
Linux server installation:
- You may use VirtualBox or any other virtualization software, or a real server
- You need fast Internet connection, we will be downloading lots of stuffs from the server
- Install CentOS 6.7 minimal version, get minimal version of ISO here
- Configure the network so that the server will have access to the Internet
- Access the server using SSH, work from outside
- You will need to login as root during installation
Suggestion on partition layout:
- 4GB for /
- 1GB for swap
- the rest of available space for /var