Tag Archives: centos

playSMS 1.4.3 on CentOS 7

playSMS version 1.4.3 was released recently and currently it is the recommended playSMS version available. The release fixed critical security vulnerability and contains other bugfixes and improvements. This article shows you step by step howto install playSMS version 1.4.3 on CentOS 7.

I’m using DigitalOcean (DO) service to test the configuration and commands. Create new Droplet in DO account. Click here to register on DO if you don’t have an account.

Choose CentOS 7 (currently 7.6) and select at least the cheapest service (USD 5). Create and wait for a minute or two for the SSH to be ready. You can then login via SSH and start playSMS installation.

Login to your CentOS droplet (later we will call droplet as server) using SSH and follow instructions below step by step. Read carefully why you need to do each step correctly. Please pay attention to details.

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playSMS 1.4 on CentOS 7.2 with MariaDB 5.5.50

Yet another playSMS 1.4 installation article, this time its on CentOS 7.2 with MariaDB 5.5.50 instead of MySQL.

Prepare VPS

I’m using DigitalOcean VPS service and install CentOS 7.2 with enough RAM and disk, I choose 512MB RAM and 20GB SSD disk.

Notes:
You can always use your own VPS or any other method to install CentOS.

Update CentOS

SSH to VPS and update CentOS:

[code lang=”bash”]
yum update
[/code]

Notes:
Updating CentOS may take sometime to finish, and if you know what you’re doing than you can just skip this step.

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Howto Setup ejabberd 16 on CentOS 6.7

Introduction

Do It Yourself an Instant Messaging server, an experiment with ejabberd.

This article is divided into three parts:

  • Part 1: Prepare The Server
  • Part 2: Install ejabberd
  • Part 3: Basic Configuration

The goal of this article is to compile and install ejabberd from source on CentOS, configure admin account to enable the web admin and add an example how to configure ejabberd to support multiple domains or virtual hosts.

Part 1: Prepare The Server

Linux CentOS Minimal

Linux server installation:

  • You may use VirtualBox or any other virtualization software, or a real server
  • You may also do this in a VPS such as in DigitalOcean
  • You need fast Internet connection, we will be downloading lots of stuffs
  • Install CentOS 6.7 minimal version, get the minimal version of CentOS 6.7 installer ISO here
  • Configure the network so that the server will have access to the Internet
  • You must make sure that the SSH server is installed and running, access the server using SSH, work from outside
  • You will need to login as root during installation

Please note that you can always use full version of CentOS, the same installation steps in this article will still work.

Update: This article will also work on CentOS 7.1

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Experimenting with Asterisk 13 and FreePBX 13

Introduction

Do It Yourself an IPPBX, an experiment with Asterisk 13 and FreePBX 13 on CentOS 6.

This article is divided into three parts:

  • Part 1: Prepare The Server
  • Part 2: Install Asterisk 13
  • Part 3: Install FreePBX 13

The goal is to get the PC provides Private Branch eXchange services, a phone system, using Free and Open Source Software.

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Do It Yourself IPPBX with CentOS 6.7 minimal, Asterisk 11 and FreePBX 12

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

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