FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS
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If I were to setup FreePBX and wanted to maintain call recordings would you guys still recommend Vultr or am I better to self host? I know the $5 and $10 instances do not offer a lot of storage. Can storage be added to these?
Thanks
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@syko24 said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
If I were to setup FreePBX and wanted to maintain call recordings would you guys still recommend Vultr or am I better to self host? I know the $5 and $10 instances do not offer a lot of storage. Can storage be added to these?
Thanks
This completely depends on how many recordings you think you need to keep.
25GB is a lot of voice recordings. -
Yes, certain datacenters offer block storage. Do you really need that kind of storage for VMs? Why are you storing so many?
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@scottalanmiller said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
Yes, certain datacenters offer block storage. Do you really need that kind of storage for VMs? Why are you storing so many?
Who said anything baout VMs?
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Oh sorry, call recordings, not voice mails.
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@JaredBusch said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
@syko24 said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
If I were to setup FreePBX and wanted to maintain call recordings would you guys still recommend Vultr or am I better to self host? I know the $5 and $10 instances do not offer a lot of storage. Can storage be added to these?
Thanks
This completely depends on how many recordings you think you need to keep.
25GB is a lot of voice recordings.If I go with the $10 (40GB) I would be set then. I guess I am uncertain as to how much space the recordings actually take up. That plus does FreePBX auto purge call recordings or do I need the paid module to auto archive and delete?
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I guess another question is storing recorded calls on Vultr HIPAA compliant? I originally started off wanting to do this on Vultr but the more I think about it I keep talking myself into self hosting for security purposes.
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@syko24 said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
I guess another question is storing recorded calls on Vultr HIPAA compliant? I originally started off wanting to do this on Vultr but the more I think about it I keep talking myself into self hosting for security purposes.
There are no different compliance needs between cloud hosted and locally hosted.
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@syko24 said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
I guess another question is storing recorded calls on Vultr HIPAA compliant? I originally started off wanting to do this on Vultr but the more I think about it I keep talking myself into self hosting for security purposes.
You never self host for security reasons. That's never a possibility. You might need to do it for really poor compliance reasons (but never with HIPAA, PCI, SarBox, etc.) but never for security.
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Are there encryption options or anything that you guys would recommend?
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@syko24 said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
Are there encryption options or anything that you guys would recommend?
LUKS, but I'd only do this if you are certain it is needed. HIPAA rarely requires that kind of stuff and encryption on the cloud is effectively pointless.
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I appreciate the feedback. I have setup FreePBX a handful of times locally. I kind of second guess my setup whenever I consider putting it on a cloud instance.
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@syko24 said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
I appreciate the feedback. I have setup FreePBX a handful of times locally. I kind of second guess my setup whenever I consider putting it on a cloud instance.
In reality, you should reverse that. Cloud is inherently a little safer than locally hosted. It is anonymized and on a stronger infrastructure. What might make sense to encrypt locally almost never does on a hosted cloud instance because there is already no ready attack against the storage.
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@scottalanmiller said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
@syko24 said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
I guess another question is storing recorded calls on Vultr HIPAA compliant? I originally started off wanting to do this on Vultr but the more I think about it I keep talking myself into self hosting for security purposes.
You never self host for security reasons. That's never a possibility. You might need to do it for really poor compliance reasons (but never with HIPAA, PCI, SarBox, etc.) but never for security.
Probably a n00b question: So is it folly that I'm considering using Vultr to host my company's FreePBX, as a matter of general principle?
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@EddieJennings said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
@scottalanmiller said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
@syko24 said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
I guess another question is storing recorded calls on Vultr HIPAA compliant? I originally started off wanting to do this on Vultr but the more I think about it I keep talking myself into self hosting for security purposes.
You never self host for security reasons. That's never a possibility. You might need to do it for really poor compliance reasons (but never with HIPAA, PCI, SarBox, etc.) but never for security.
Probably a n00b question: So is it folly that I'm considering using Vultr to host my company's FreePBX, as a matter of general principle?
Gee I hope not, since Scott and JB both host several instances there
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@Dashrender said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
@EddieJennings said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
@scottalanmiller said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
@syko24 said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
I guess another question is storing recorded calls on Vultr HIPAA compliant? I originally started off wanting to do this on Vultr but the more I think about it I keep talking myself into self hosting for security purposes.
You never self host for security reasons. That's never a possibility. You might need to do it for really poor compliance reasons (but never with HIPAA, PCI, SarBox, etc.) but never for security.
Probably a n00b question: So is it folly that I'm considering using Vultr to host my company's FreePBX, as a matter of general principle?
Gee I hope not, since Scott and JB both host several instances there
I figure not, but "You never self host for security reasons." seems to have a pretty large scope.
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@EddieJennings said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
@Dashrender said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
@EddieJennings said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
@scottalanmiller said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
@syko24 said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
I guess another question is storing recorded calls on Vultr HIPAA compliant? I originally started off wanting to do this on Vultr but the more I think about it I keep talking myself into self hosting for security purposes.
You never self host for security reasons. That's never a possibility. You might need to do it for really poor compliance reasons (but never with HIPAA, PCI, SarBox, etc.) but never for security.
Probably a n00b question: So is it folly that I'm considering using Vultr to host my company's FreePBX, as a matter of general principle?
Gee I hope not, since Scott and JB both host several instances there
I figure not, but "You never self host for security reasons." seems to have a pretty large scope.
Scott is a little melodramatic at times. Yes, he absolutely believes what he types, but many of us around here temper him with reality.
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@EddieJennings said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
@scottalanmiller said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
@syko24 said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
I guess another question is storing recorded calls on Vultr HIPAA compliant? I originally started off wanting to do this on Vultr but the more I think about it I keep talking myself into self hosting for security purposes.
You never self host for security reasons. That's never a possibility. You might need to do it for really poor compliance reasons (but never with HIPAA, PCI, SarBox, etc.) but never for security.
Probably a n00b question: So is it folly that I'm considering using Vultr to host my company's FreePBX, as a matter of general principle?
No, my point was that you SHOULD be there as a matter of principle.
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@EddieJennings said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
@Dashrender said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
@EddieJennings said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
@scottalanmiller said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
@syko24 said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
I guess another question is storing recorded calls on Vultr HIPAA compliant? I originally started off wanting to do this on Vultr but the more I think about it I keep talking myself into self hosting for security purposes.
You never self host for security reasons. That's never a possibility. You might need to do it for really poor compliance reasons (but never with HIPAA, PCI, SarBox, etc.) but never for security.
Probably a n00b question: So is it folly that I'm considering using Vultr to host my company's FreePBX, as a matter of general principle?
Gee I hope not, since Scott and JB both host several instances there
I figure not, but "You never self host for security reasons." seems to have a pretty large scope.
Right, you never self host for security reasons. What you do do, is go to cloud hosting.
Make sure you read that in context... you never self host for security reasons. You might do it for other reasons.
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@Dashrender said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
@EddieJennings said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
@Dashrender said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
@EddieJennings said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
@scottalanmiller said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
@syko24 said in FREEPBX ON VULTR WITH CALL RECORDINGS:
I guess another question is storing recorded calls on Vultr HIPAA compliant? I originally started off wanting to do this on Vultr but the more I think about it I keep talking myself into self hosting for security purposes.
You never self host for security reasons. That's never a possibility. You might need to do it for really poor compliance reasons (but never with HIPAA, PCI, SarBox, etc.) but never for security.
Probably a n00b question: So is it folly that I'm considering using Vultr to host my company's FreePBX, as a matter of general principle?
Gee I hope not, since Scott and JB both host several instances there
I figure not, but "You never self host for security reasons." seems to have a pretty large scope.
Scott is a little melodramatic at times. Yes, he absolutely believes what he types, but many of us around here temper him with reality.
It's not melodramatic and should not be tempered. There is no security reason that would make you self host. There are non-security reasons for it. But not security ones.
