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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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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