Installing FreePBX 12 on CentOS 6.5

Created by Andrew Nagy, last modified by Tom Ray on 06 Jul , 2016

Table of Contents

Initial System Setup

You MUST run all of these commands as the root user!

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In /etc/sysconfig/selinux , change the following lines:

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sed -i 's/\(^SELINUX=\).*/\SELINUX=disabled/' /etc/sysconfig/selinux

reboot, and verify the selinux status by running 'sestatus'. It should say:

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SELinux status: disabled

Update Your System

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yum -y update yum groupinstall core yum groupinstall base

Install Additional Required Dependencies

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yum install gcc gcc-c++ lynx bison mysql-devel mysql-server php php-mysql php-pear php-mbstring tftp-server httpd make ncurses-devel libtermcap-devel sendmail sendmail-cf caching-nameserver sox newt-devel libxml2-devel libtiff-devel audiofile-devel gtk2-devel subversion kernel-devel git subversion kernel-devel php-process crontabs cronie cronie-anacron wget vim php-xml uuid-devel libtool sqlite-devel unixODBC mysql-connector-odbc

IPTables

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Keeping IPTables turned off indefinitely is strongly discouraged. You will incur the wrath of high fees and hackers

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See the current status:

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chkconfig iptables --list

Disable iptables:

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chkconfig --level 0123456 iptables off

Stop the service (this skips rebooting again):

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service iptables stop

Auto Start MySQL

You must have mysql running for freepbx to operate normally. You need to set it to start at boot time. with the following command:

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chkconfig --level 345 mysqld on

Then start mysqld if you don't plan on rebooting during the installation phase:

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service mysqld start

Auto Start Apache

You will want Apache running, so you can access the FreePBX admin interface, You need to set it to start at boot time. with the following command:

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chkconfig --level 345 httpd on

Then start apache if you don't plan on rebooting during the installation phase:

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service httpd start

Install PearDB

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pear channel-update pear.php.net pear install db-1.7.14

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You may receive a warning:

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WARNING: "pear/DB" is deprecated in favor of "pear/MDB2"

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At this time it is safe to ignore that message

Reboot server

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reboot

Install Dependencies for Google Voice (If needed/wanted)

Install iksemel

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cd /usr/src wget https://iksemel.googlecode.com/files/iksemel-1.4.tar.gz tar xf iksemel-.tar.gz cd iksemel- ./configure make make install

Add the Asterisk User

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adduser asterisk -M -c "Asterisk User"

Install and Configure Asterisk

Download Asterisk source files.

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cd /usr/src
wget http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/dahdi-linux-complete/dahdi-linux-complete-current.tar.gz
wget http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/libpri/libpri-current.tar.gz
wget http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/asterisk-13-current.tar.gz
git clone https://github.com/akheron/jansson.git
wget http://www.pjsip.org/release/2.2.1/pjproject-2.2.1.tar.bz2

Compile and install DAHDI and LibPRI

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If you don't have any physical hardware you don't need to run these commands, however, it is still suggested to compile the modules, to allow you to add hardware later.

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cd /usr/src
tar xvfz dahdi-linux-complete-current.tar.gz
tar xvfz libpri-current.tar.gz
rm -f dahdi-linux-complete-current.tar.gz libpri-current.tar.gz
cd dahdi-linux-complete-*
make all
make install
make config
cd /usr/src/libpri-*
make
make install

Compile and install pjproject

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If you are doing this on a 64 bit system, please note that you MUST set the following during configure:

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--libdir=/usr/lib64

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cd /usr/src
tar -xjvf pjproject-2.2.1.tar.bz2
cd pjproject-2.2.1
CFLAGS='-DPJ_HAS_IPV6=1' ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --disable-sound\
  --disable-resample --disable-video --disable-opencore-amr --libdir=/usr/lib64
make dep
make
make install

Compile and Install jansson

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If you are doing this on a 64 bit system, please note that you MUST set the following during configure

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--libdir=/usr/lib64

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cd /usr/src/jansson autoreconf -i ./configure --libdir=/usr/lib64 make make install

Compile and install Asterisk

Note
If you are doing this on a 64 bit system, please note that you MUST set the following during configure

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--libdir=/usr/lib64

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cd /usr/src
tar xvfz asterisk-13-current.tar.gz
rm -f asterisk-13-current.tar.gz
cd asterisk-*
contrib/scripts/install_prereq install
./configure --libdir=/usr/lib64
contrib/scripts/get_mp3_source.sh
make menuselect

You will be prompted at the point to pick which modules to build. Most of them will be enabled, but if you want to have MP3 support, you need to manually turn on 'format_mp3' on the first page.

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After selecting 'Save & Exit' you can then continue

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make make install make config ldconfig

Install Asterisk-Extra-Sounds

Note that this installs the (8khz) 'wav' soundfiles and G722 (High Definition 'Wideband') audio.

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mkdir -p /var/lib/asterisk/sounds
cd /var/lib/asterisk/sounds
wget http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/sounds/asterisk-extra-sounds-en-wav-current.tar.gz
tar xfz asterisk-extra-sounds-en-wav-current.tar.gz
rm -f asterisk-extra-sounds-en-wav-current.tar.gz
# Wideband Audio download
wget http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/sounds/asterisk-extra-sounds-en-g722-current.tar.gz
tar xfz asterisk-extra-sounds-en-g722-current.tar.gz
rm -f asterisk-extra-sounds-en-g722-current.tar.gz

Install and Configure FreePBX

Download and extract FreePBX.

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cd /usr/src wget http://mirror.freepbx.org/modules/packages/freepbx/freepbx-12.0-latest.tgz tar vxfz freepbx-12-latest.tgz

Set ownership permissions.

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chown asterisk. /var/run/asterisk
chown -R asterisk. /etc/asterisk
chown -R asterisk. /var/{lib,log,spool}/asterisk
chown -R asterisk. /usr/lib/asterisk
chown -R asterisk. /usr/lib64/asterisk
mkdir /var/www/html
chown -R asterisk. /var/www/

A few small modifications to Apache.

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sed -i 's/\(^upload_max_filesize = \).*/\120M/' /etc/php.ini
cp /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf_orig
sed -i 's/^\(User\|Group\).*/\1 asterisk/' /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
service httpd restart

Configure Asterisk database in MYSQL.

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cd /usr/src/freepbx export ASTERISK_DB_PW=amp109 mysqladmin -u root create asterisk mysqladmin -u root create asteriskcdrdb

Set permissions on MYSQL database.

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mysql -u root -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON asterisk.* TO asteriskuser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '${ASTERISK_DB_PW}';"
mysql -u root -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON asteriskcdrdb.* TO asteriskuser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '${ASTERISK_DB_PW}';"
mysql -u root -e "flush privileges;"

Restart Asterisk and install FreePBX.

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cd /usr/src/freepbx
./start_asterisk start
./install_amp --installdb --username=asteriskuser --password=${ASTERISK_DB_PW}
amportal chown
amportal a ma installall
amportal a reload
amportal a ma refreshsignatures
amportal chown

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If you see an error about "Uncaught exception 'RuntimeException' with message 'gpg took too long to run.'" it is safe to run "amportal a ma installall" again.

Finally, one last mod and start FreePBX.

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ln -s /var/lib/asterisk/moh /var/lib/asterisk/mohmp3 amportal restart

Start FreePBX

Navigate:

http://yourlocalipaddress/html or if you prefer http://localhost/admin

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Enable the FreePBX Commercial yum repos

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wget -P /etc/yum.repos.d/ -N http://yum.schmoozecom.net/schmooze-commercial/schmooze-commercial.repo

yum clean all to clean out yum cache so it will find out new RPMs

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yum clean all

yum install needed RPMs for Commercial Modules

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yum -y install php-5.3-zend-guard-loader sysadmin fail2ban incron ImageMagick

Restart Apache and Install Sysadmin

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service httpd restart amportal a ma download sysadmin amportal a ma install sysadmin

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Key

Installing FreePBX 12 on CentOS 6.5

Initial System Setup

Update Your System

Install Additional Required Dependencies

IPTables

Auto Start MySQL

Auto Start Apache

Install PearDB

Reboot server

Install Dependencies for Google Voice (If needed/wanted)

Install iksemel

Add the Asterisk User

Install and Configure Asterisk

Download Asterisk source files.

Compile and install DAHDI and LibPRI

Compile and install pjproject

Compile and Install jansson

Compile and install Asterisk

Install Asterisk-Extra-Sounds

Install and Configure FreePBX

Download and extract FreePBX.

Set ownership permissions.

A few small modifications to Apache.

Configure Asterisk database in MYSQL.

Set permissions on MYSQL database.

Restart Asterisk and install FreePBX.

Finally, one last mod and start FreePBX.

Start FreePBX

Navigate:

Enable the FreePBX Commercial yum repos

yum clean all to clean out yum cache so it will find out new RPMs

yum install needed RPMs for Commercial Modules

Restart Apache and Install Sysadmin

For Further information see: Installation on CentOS and RHEL based systems

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Versions Compared

Old Version 1

New Version 2

Key

Installing FreePBX 12 on CentOS 6.5

Initial System Setup

Update Your System

Install Additional Required Dependencies

IPTables

Auto Start MySQL

Auto Start Apache

Install PearDB

Reboot server

Install Dependencies for Google Voice (If needed/wanted)

Install iksemel

Add the Asterisk User

Install and Configure Asterisk

Download Asterisk source files.

Compile and install DAHDI and LibPRI

Compile and install pjproject

Compile and Install jansson

Compile and install Asterisk

Install Asterisk-Extra-Sounds

Install and Configure FreePBX

Download and extract FreePBX.

Set ownership permissions.

A few small modifications to Apache.

Configure Asterisk database in MYSQL.

Set permissions on MYSQL database.

Restart Asterisk and install FreePBX.

Finally, one last mod and start FreePBX.

Start FreePBX

Navigate:

Enable the FreePBX Commercial yum repos

yum clean all to clean out yum cache so it will find out new RPMs

yum install needed RPMs for Commercial Modules

Restart Apache and Install Sysadmin

For Further information see: Installation on CentOS and RHEL based systems