FreePBX 13 Setup Guide

[JaredBusch]

I promised everyone a detailed setup guide back at MangoCon '16. Well, I finally have it ready for you all.

FreePBX 13 Setup Guide

Pre-Installation

• Initial Discovery
  • Estimating SIP trunk costs
• Host Choice
  • How to decide where you want your PBX
    • Instructions for Vultr
• Service Provider Choice
  • How to decide what kind of phone service to get
    • Instructions for VoIP.ms SIP trunk setup

Installation

• Install from the ISO
• Initial GUI setup
• Configure the Firewall
• System Admin setup
• Create your first exentsions
• Trunk setup
• Conference setup
• Ring group setup
• Creating system recordings
• IVR setup
• Using time groups and time conditions
• Caller ID setup
• Inbound call routing
• Outbound call routing

Setting up Desk Phones and Soft Phones

• Coming Soon

Updating and Upgrading your FreePBX 13 System

• Updating the FreePBX Operating System
• Upgrading the FreePBX Firmware
• Upgrading the FreePBX System Modules

[JaredBusch]

The current FreepBX 13 ISO is now a bit old.

For best results, You will need to run the updates as noted above right after system admin setup and before you make an extension.

[travisdh1]

More things for the home lab. That's a lot of writing, thank you!

[Dashrender]

enabling Let's Encrypt then enabling HTTPS under system Admin should be added to the coming soon list.

[Dashrender]

It seems with FreePBX 14 you don't have to manually deal with the firmware anymore.

Though JB is running into an issue upon the upgrade from 13 to 14 reporting correctly - but this might be fixed by now.

[JaredBusch]

@dashrender said in FreePBX 13 Setup Guide:

It seems with FreePBX 14 you don't have to manually deal with the firmware anymore.

Though JB is running into an issue upon the upgrade from 13 to 14 reporting correctly - but this might be fixed by now.

It is fixed for any new upgrade.

[Dashrender]

another tip

If you want to provision using HTTPS, you have to enable the port under Admin > sys Admin > port management, then choose a port for the HTTP Provisioning under the Secure Port column.

https://i.imgur.com/Wyhqawl.png

[fwami]

Hey Jared,

Thanks for the guide and it helped setup FreePBX14 on vultr. I'm able to make calls out after the setup but cant receive calls. Are there any settings I need to adjust in firewall settings since FreePBX is in the cloud? I'm assuming it is working because the handset was able to register successfully with FreePBX. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Cheers.

[JaredBusch]

@fwami said in FreePBX 13 Setup Guide:

Hey Jared,

Thanks for the guide and it helped setup FreePBX14 on vultr. I'm able to make calls out after the setup but cant receive calls. Are there any settings I need to adjust in firewall settings since FreePBX is in the cloud? I'm assuming it is working because the handset was able to register successfully with FreePBX. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Cheers.

Verify you inbound routing.
https://mangolassi.it/topic/12336/setup-inbound-call-routing-with-freepbx-13

If something is not working, make an any/any route to ensure that you do not have a misconfiguration.

Generally the firewall will not cause an issues with "registered" trunks. if your SIP provider is IP based, then you will have to add their IP to the trusted zone of the firewall.

[Emad R]

@JaredBusch

We need proxy guide for shiity countries

I think I am unable to complete call due to blocking.

I configured 2 extenstions on 2 smartphones, and they both can ring each other, but never connect