Comments on: Oracle Cloud: Grab a Free Incredible PBX Cloud Server for Life

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 14:12:45 +0000

Just FYI I had my instance deleted with no notification and no support after two months of use. I had logged into it just a few days ago and have several phones set up and using the server. The use was basic home landline usage, maybe 15 calls a week. There is no support for the free tier: "Always Free resources are not eligible for Oracle Support". The only mention in the FAQ of resources being reclaimed refers to paid services being stopped after the trial ends, which is not a factor here. My instance was working for a month after the trial ended. Their forum has loads of people that have had their "Always Active" free-for-life servers deleted with no notice or recourse, and their forum posts remain unanswered. The forums are confusing and requires different logins for different forums. I would absolutely think three times about using the Oracle free tier option.

By: Herbert Shades

Herbert Shades — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 03:10:34 +0000

>>They no longer offer 2022.04.19 image directly as part of the dropdown. If you require 2022.04.19, you can select: Image Source >> Image OCID and then go to this link and copy-and-paste the Image OCID for US East (Ashburn) or region desired: ================ Newer images break the installation. Asterisk 18 refuses to install properly on the new images.

By: Herbert Shades

Herbert Shades — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 03:51:02 +0000

Is OPUS codec not supported on the Oracle cloud versions of Incredible PBX? Ran all the usual check commands and Opus is not showing up. ==== *CLI> module show like opus Module Description Use Count Status Support Level res_format_attr_opus.so Opus Format Attribute Module 1 Running core 1 modules loaded ==== *CLI> core show translation paths opus --- Translation paths SRC Codec "opus" sample rate 48000 --- opus:48000 To codec2:8000 : No Translation Path opus:48000 To g723:8000 : No Translation Path opus:48000 To ulaw:8000 : No Translation Path opus:48000 To alaw:8000 : No Translation Path opus:48000 To gsm:8000 : No Translation Path [WM: See my recent post on the forum and let us know if it works for you.]

By: Drew Ament

Drew Ament — Sun, 21 Aug 2022 14:10:08 +0000

They no longer offer 2022.04.19 image directly as part of the dropdown. If you require 2022.04.19, you can select: Image Source >> Image OCID >> and type "ocid1.image.oc1.phx.aaaaaaaakk6iqylelhulc7cspplvgxiwzo3l7ldnke4vp2h777j6jzrfioeq" (no quotes) to get the exact image referenced in this article.

Just an FYI – As I don’t know if a newer image will break install

By: Ismael

Ismael — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 18:42:05 +0000

never mind, i figured it out, IPTABLES was not set up correctly. didnt have a rule for port 22 (SSH) nor 80,443

[WM: You never EVER want to open ports 22, 80, and 443 for public access to any Asterisk server. It will be compromised. It’s just a matter of time.]

By: Ismael

Ismael — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 18:32:24 +0000

Can't figure out where i went wrong. the pbxstatus does show the correct public ip: Incredible PBX for Oracle with Ubuntu 20.04 Asterisk: UP Apache/5.6: UP MySQL: UP SendMail: UP IPtables: UP SSH: UP LAN port: UP Fail2Ban: UP Webmin: UP UCP Dmon: UP PortKnock: UP OpenVPN: DN FaxGetty: DN IAX Modem: DN HylaFax: DN RAM:3553792 Ubuntu Focal Fossa Disk:37G Asterisk 18.13.0 Incredible GUI 15.0.22.9 LAN: 10.0.0.203 Public: 158.101.xxx.xxx System Time: Fri Jul 29 11:29:59 MST 2022 But when i try to connect i get this on the browser: This site can’t be reached. 158.101.xxx.xxx took too long to respond. Try: Checking the connection Checking the proxy and the firewall ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT [WM: The Incredible PBX firewall blocks all access except from whitelisted IP addresses. One exception is the 10.8.0 subnet used by OpenVPN. If your desktop PC's IP address is not whitelisted, Incredible PBX will block access. This is what you're seeing.]

By: Ismael Trejo

Ismael Trejo — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 17:58:37 +0000

After I finished this guide, i couldn’t log in via SSH, but oracle has a console connection and I was able to finish the guide, the thing is it seems that it is using the internal IP, so I can’t access the pbx or the web gui. Is there any way to fix this?

[WM: Set up an OpenVPN client on the Oracle platform and use the 10.8.0.x IP address to log in. In the alternative, make a console connection as root and run: /root/add-ip myhomeip x.x.x.x where x.x.x.x is the public IP address of the computer from which you are attempting to log in via SSH.]

By: Eric Msaky

Eric Msaky — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 09:34:12 +0000

Great article. I had already installed a PBX on an always free Oracle server before you posted your article. But, I am taking it down and installing anew since your PBX has more features. I always enjoy playing around with these PBXs, and you have made this stuff so easy to do. People think I am a telephony expert. Actually, I just read the instructions and follow along. Ward…you are simply the best.

By: Shon

Shon — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 19:26:55 +0000

When I try to reload the fwconsole I get a big red error saying: In Cron.class.php line 281: proc_open(/tmp/cron.error): failed to open stream: Permission denied. I am logged in as root. Any suggestions? [WM: Issue the command rm -f /tmp/* and then fwconsole reload]

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 23:20:56 +0000

Now that Google has turned off less secure apps, what should be done about an email relay host? http://nerdvittles.com/deploying-a-non-google-smtp-relayhost-with-asterisk/ OR https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=en

By: Raph

Raph — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 15:45:21 +0000

Thanks for the article !

FYI, I managed to have calls AND Fax working using your fax script for ubuntu (incrediblefax2021-ubuntu20.04.sh) and the following in sip_general_custom.conf :
externip= YOUR_ORACLE_CLOUD_EXT_IP
media_address= YOUR_ORACLE_CLOUD_EXT_IP.

In my oracle firewall, I have the following opened :
ICMP : 0,3,4,11,12
TCP : 113,1723,123,4445,5353,32976
UDP: 4569,5060-5069,10000-2000,53:9999-65535

Cheers !

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 31 May 2022 15:48:36 +0000

I'm not seeing a "Create Subnet" option on the Virtual Cloud Networks page. I see a "Create VCN" button, but when I click that, I don't see any option to create anything public. I can't imaging something's changed since you published this yesterday--what am I missing? [WM: Sorry for the confusion. Skip that step, and you'll get to it in the step after you create your instance.]