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We’ve been on a roll since March Madness by adding Rocky 8 to the Incredible PBX® portfolio. In addition to a native installer, we also added a VirtualBox image, a 5-minute CrownCloud setup, an amazing cloud-based platform for just $25 a year, and an experimental Debian 11, Asterisk 19, and FreePBX 16 platform.
Now that fall is just around the corner, we have tweaked our three new Incredible PBX offerings: Debian 11, Asterisk® 19, and FreePBX® 16. So, if you pride yourself on your pioneering spirit, today’s your lucky day. When we’re finished, you’ll have the first ever Debian 11 platform running the latest releases of both Asterisk and FreePBX.
To get started, let’s first build a Debian 11 platform with Asterisk 18 and FreePBX 15. This is less bleeding edge technology which means better overall stability if you plan to put this into production. Download Debian 11 Minimal ISO from here. Or you can opt for a Debian 11 install at Vultr, Digital Ocean, CrownCloud, or RackNerd. Just follow the links on the Incredible PBX Wiki.
Once you have your Debian 11 platform up and running, log into your server as root using SSH and issue the following commands:
cd /root wget http://incrediblepbx.com/IncrediblePBX2021-debian11.sh chmod +x IncrediblePBX2021-debian11.sh ./IncrediblePBX2021-debian11.sh
Grab a cup of coffee and return in about 30 minutes. Once you reboot your server, you’ll be all set to begin your Incredible PBX adventure.
If you’d prefer to walk on the wild side, here’s how to upgrade your Debian 11 setup by installing the FreePBX 16 GPL modules and (optionally) Asterisk 19 in lieu of Asterisk 18 LTS:
cd /root wget http://incrediblepbx.com/incrediblepbx2022-upgrade.tar.gz tar zxvf incrediblepbx2022-upgrade.tar.gz rm -f incrediblepbx2022-upgrade.tar.gz ./upgrade-to-IncrediblePBX2022
A prompt displays after the FreePBX 16 installation is finished and before the Asterisk 19 install begins. If you’d prefer to keep the Asterisk 18 LTS release on your server, press Ctrl-C.
Once the upgrade is finished, open the FreePBX GUI as admin and navigate to Admin -> Module Admin and remove the RestAPI module, upgrade and enable the SIPsettings module, and disable the Trunking module. Click the Apply Config button to load the changes.
From the Linux CLI, edit both php.ini files in /etc/php/7.4/cli and /etc/php/7.4/apache2. Uncomment the line that looks like this and change the 1000 value to 5000:
max_input_vars = 1000
Then restart Apache: systemctl restart apache2
You have probably noticed that the Incredible Fax components including HylaFax and AvantFax are not installed. Unfortunately, the Rocky 8 and Debian 11 platforms have broken the fax components. Don’t worry though. Somebody will appear out of nowhere and get things going again. So… stay tuned!
There are dozens of tutorials on the Incredible PBX Wiki to get you started if you’re new to all of this. Enjoy!
Originally published: Monday, April 4, 2022 Updated: August 30, 2022
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Just FYI, that Tecmint article has bad links for the .ISOs.
[WM: Fixed. Thanks.]
Installed and running OK, but I cannot import (via bulkhandler) bulkhandler exports from my old FreePBX box or this system itself. While trying to import my ol system’s blacklist I get this: ‘Unauthorized action.File:/var/www/html/admin/modules/clearlytrunking/CIP/Api/Library/Api/Emergency Endpoint Api.php:7’ – This happens for any import – extensions, etc. I’ve had to manually recreate all extensions, and other settings.
[WM: Open a ticket with ClearlyIP and be sure to tell them what version of Clearly Trunking you are using. This may be a glitch on their end with PHP 7 although they have attempted to upgrade all modules to support PHP 7.]
I’m not using Clearly – just a simple Vitelity trunk.
[WM: Try disabling the Clearly Trunking module.]
Great to see this! Is it possible to have Debian 11, FreePBX 16 and Asterisk 18 LTS?
I would like to keep Asterisk 18 because it is LTS to consider making this a new production box.
[WM: Sure. Just press Ctrl-C at the Asterisk 19 install prompt. Article has been amended. Thanks.]
Will OSS End Point Manager work with this release?
[WM: I doubt it with this newer version of PHP. Only one way to find out. 🙂 ]
Shouldn’t image for the article be perhaps a Chuck Wagon with a dinner triangle being rung to go along with the "Come and get it!" caption? After all this is "Nerd Vittles."
These instructions worked really well. Thank you!
Also ‘bash /root/enable-gmail-smarthost-for-sendmail’ worked fine.
To be clear, the domain I own is hosted with Google Workspace and while the instructions read, ‘enter your gmail account without @gmail.com’ I entered my full, custom email address and it worked just fine. Google App Passwords worked well for the purpose too.
…and when I migrated my configuration using the FreePBX backup/restore module, then updated the freepbx modules, according to pbxstatus Faxing works fine too.