Elastix installation manual

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A mistake frequently made is to unpack the image and copy the resulting directory structure on the disk. This will not result in a bootable CD. This can be checked from the BIOS. Although not mentioned here this password is also the AMI admin password.

In this example hda2 and sda2 are the partitions with MB for boot. When we finished select OK to continue with the installation normally. More at: www.

Farmanullah Amirzai Sep. In other words, they will not appear if the system is installed only with FXM series boards. Therefore, it is not necessary to compile and install the Dahdi driver separately. Step4: Check if the driver module has been loaded Input the command: lsmod grep fxm If properly installed, the first several lines of FXM information will display on the screen. If they include the fxm32 line, it means the fxm All the operations performed under the character interface are completed.

Next, you are required to use the client another PC to log in the WEB interface to do configurations. Enter the administrator username admin and the password admin refer to the password shown in Figure 16 to reach the configuration and management interface.

Figure 17 On the upward side of the main interface of Elastix is the menu bar Figure Figure 19 Elastix 2. Here we use an actual example to explain how to configure.

Take the FXMP board as an example. You can see from the above figure that the corresponding trunks in the Elastix system are zap channel 1 and channel 2, the corresponding stations are zap channel 3 and channel 4. If there are multiple boards in the system, the channels are arranged by board number. Now we demonstrate such functions as making a call from extension to extension, a call from extension to trunk, and a call from trunk to extension. Figure 20 Step1: Configure extensions In this situation, there are two station channels on the FXM board respectively corresponding to zap channel 3 and zap channel 4.

We need to add two Extensions whose numbers are supposed to be and To add the information about the first extension , choose Generic ZAP Device in the pull-down box for Device and press the Submit button to submit see Figure Then fill in some relative information on the page shown afterwards.

This indicates Extension Elastix 2. Press Submit and the configuration of Extension is finished. Configure it to use zap channel 4. Then both extensions are well configured. Click it to apply the modified configuration. Now we can make calls from extension to extension. Dial on the first extension to call the second extension. Click the item Trunks in the left navigation bar.

You can see from the right side of this page see Figure 23 that the default setting has included a trunk. Modify it to 1 which indicates this trunk uses zap channel 1 and leave other parameters unchanged.

Save the change and the configuration of the first trunk is finished see Figure Figure 23 Elastix 2. Click the Submit button to submit. Most Linux people recognise this as an important point when selecting hardware to make sure that the Network card is supported and also the hard disk subsystem as well.

I keep about 10 x Realtek cards sitting in a box at all times, buying them when I see them or removing them from systems that are being decommissioned. How do I fix? This is usually a PBCAK issue problem between chair and keyboard and there is very little this document or Elastix or anyone else is going to be able to help with. The recommendation is to hit the Elastix forums. There are guides on the Internet telling you how to reset the root password, but for each Linux distribution and each boot loader this is different.

Remember you are looking for the instructions that are for Centos 5 and Grub as the bootloader. If your system is in production, make sure you have all the backups you can on a remote system.

It sounds like you typed the URL at the linux prompt. This is not where you type this URL. The Elastix system does not include a graphical operating system, and does not include a browser. If you have done this, then you may not be use to products like Elastix and many other hundreds of server products that run on Linux where it contains mainly a server product with a Web Service to configure it or modify it.

You may wonder why this is done this way, and this is make the system as sleek and responsive as possible. The use of minimal services running on the server reduces the possibility of non-essential services causing issues with the main core system, in this case your PBX system.

This is why Elastix and Asterisk are not built to run on Windows, and why PBX systems should not run on a Windows platform or even a Linux graphical desktop system. This reduces these sorts of issues. This also reduces the chances that security issues occur with less components, and also the possibility that a virus will bring your PBX system to a halt.

Troubleshooting — how do I solve the issue quickly? Unless your experience is extensive, and I mean working with it almost every day, you are possibly not going to solve your issue quickly.

No matter how good you are at solving issues, you are going to be frustrated that it had to be your system that has failed to install. This frustration clouds your thinking, your belief that the system you have chosen specifically for this purpose, has let you down. This troubleshooting of your system now needs your time and not your speed in trying to resolve the issue. It means working through it methodically and not making assumptions, otherwise you are unlikely to solve your issue.

It is no good picking up a CD that you think was bootable, that you last used 6 months ago and appears to have coffee stains on it, and assuming it still works. If your issue is with the network card, do the research and find out whether it is supported by Centos, and what version it was introduced.

Find out what version you have in your Elastix system. Disable that second onboard Network card, and see if this resolves the issue. Again this practice is not just related to resolving your Elastix install issue, but also any other issue you may have with your Elastix system.

The amount of experienced people that fail to go back to basics to resolve issues are large in numbers Upgrading your system One of the things that everyone seems to be driven to do after they have installed their Elastix system is upgrade everything they can. Most of the stable releases are released because they have been tested. If something basic is not working, then something else is wrong. Performing a YUM update is in most cases not going to make it magically work.

In many cases you could be introducing a new issue. The upgrade mechanism should be used when you know the issue that you have is going to be fixed i. Make sure to configure dial patterns as seen in figure Pick the SIP account you configured earlier under the trunk sequence area and hit save. In this setup, I only used one IP phone. Each phone will be slightly different but the premise is the same. Essentially, most phones just need to know the IP of the PBX server and a few other network settings.

Authentication is made by providing credentials for a configured extension, that includes the number extension and a password. This is one way to effectively utilize the Follow Me feature found in Elastix. By configuring additional devices such as mobile devices or tablets, you can easily reach others when they are out of the office and not tethered to a desk. ZoiPer is incredibly simple to setup with most systems.

You add an account under the Config menu, give it a name, plugin an extension and password and the device should register with your PBX as long as you are on the LAN. To connect when on another network or using mobile data, input the public address of your network into the Outbound proxy setting to always stay connected.

If you have issues, it is most likely a port forwarding issue inside your router. Casually, this means it provides the capability to process text-based data for instant messaging services and presence detection plus some other valuable features alongside the VoIP services accommodated by an Asterisk based PBX. The system is developed under the GNU license and has been adapted to fit a handful of systems built under the same model, for example Elastix.

The software is produced as an open source platform and is free to use as is all well, most supporting software. The community is quite large meaning that bugs are quickly rectified and documentation is readily available for most applications. The only problem lies in the fact that many tutorials that are written assume the implementer has experience with these systems; as such, we will go through the entire process by filling in the blanks that most others miss.

Sure, guides are available for installing the application but a presumption of technical experience with these systems is implied. We are going to assume this is a complex casserole and your experience is limited to the microwave. You can do this one of two ways. One such way is to log into Elastix with the credentials you created during the installation, as documented in our Elastix guide.

Another way to accomplish this task is to use a terminal client like PuTTy Figure 13 to access the software directly. Elastix is accessible using Secure Shell SSH , a secure protocol for accessing a shell session meaning you can access the command line for the Elastix software. Type the IP address of the Elastix machine, as seen in Figure 13 above, when connected to the network where the machine resides and click the Open button. The command seen above following the ' ' allows you to login to MySQL with the username root.

The password created during the Elastix install must be entered at the next prompt. This means you are done with the database creation. Not so bad, right? After completing this step, login to the Elastix console with your web browser of choice.

On the top most menu bar, click the tab that reads IM. A message should a appear that states the OpenFire service is not active so click the blue link to begin configuring the application and a screen similar to the one in Figure 14 will appear.

At this point, you have completed configuration of the server. If you used Active Directory, the users in your system should populate and you will be able to assign each an account.

In order to use OpenFire, you need to install Spark so you can take advantage of the UC features, such as instant messaging and presence. Download the file and install the application, preferably to a default location. The Spark splash screen can be seen in Figure This is pretty straightforward - login by using a name and password combination created in the console for a user of choice.