Manual installations of FreePBX are considered an EXPERTS ONLY exercise. This method provides the CORE functionality of FreePBX. Non-commercial modules may not function as expected. Certain modules and features may require additional software.
COMMERCIAL MODULES CANNOT BE INSTALLED ON THIS OS
- FreePBX 16
- Asterisk 16 from Debian Bullseye package repository
- PHP 7.4 (standard with Debian Bullseye)
- 64-bit Intel/AMD (x86_64) platform
Note: All commands are to be run as the root user, either by directly logging in as root or by using sudo su -.
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Prerequisite recommended OS update
Update the OS to the current version.
apt-get update apt-get upgrade
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Install Necessary Packages
apt install -y util-linux apache2 mariadb-server mariadb-client php php-curl php-cli php-pdo php-mysql php-pear php-gd php-mbstring php-intl php-bcmath curl sox mpg123 lame ffmpeg sqlite3 git unixodbc sudo dirmngr postfix asterisk odbc-mariadb php-ldap nodejs npm pkg-config libicu-dev
- Prepare Asterisk
systemctl stop asterisk
systemctl disable asterisk
cd /etc/asterisk
mkdir DIST
mv * DIST
cp DIST/asterisk.conf .
sed -i 's/(!)//' asterisk.conf
touch modules.conf
touch cdr.conf
- Configure Apache Web Server
sed -i 's/\(^upload_max_filesize = \).*/\120M/' /etc/php/7.4/apache2/php.ini
sed -i 's/\(^memory_limit = \).*/\1256M/' /etc/php/7.4/apache2/php.ini
sed -i 's/^\(User\|Group\).*/\1 asterisk/' /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
sed -i 's/AllowOverride None/AllowOverride All/' /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
a2enmod rewrite
systemctl restart apache2
rm /var/www/html/index.html
- Configure OBDC
cat <<EOF > /etc/odbcinst.ini
[MySQL]
Description = ODBC for MySQL (MariaDB)
Driver = /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/odbc/libmaodbc.so
FileUsage = 1
EOF
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
Option = 3
EOF
- Install FreePBX
cd /usr/local/src
wget http://mirror.freepbx.org/modules/packages/freepbx/7.4/freepbx-16.0-latest.tgz
tar zxvf freepbx-16.0-latest.tgz
cd /usr/local/src/freepbx/
./start_asterisk start
./install -n
- Install the rest of the modules
fwconsole ma installall
- Run Apply Config
fwconsole reload
- Set Symlinks to the correct sound files
cd /usr/share/asterisk
mv sounds sounds-DIST
ln -s /var/lib/asterisk/sounds sounds
- Restart FreePBX/Asterisk
fwconsole restart
- Setup systemd startup script
cat <<EOF > /etc/systemd/system/freepbx.service
[Unit]
Description=FreePBX VoIP Server
After=mariadb.service
[Service]
Type=oneshot
RemainAfterExit=yes
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/fwconsole start -q
ExecStop=/usr/sbin/fwconsole stop -q
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable freepbx
- Finish setup in the UI by going to http://yourIPorDomain