Elastix Installation Lab

ELASTIX® CERTIFICATION

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Elastix Installation Elastix® Certification

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Elastix Installation

Laboratory 1.1

Description: In this laboratory we will configure a virtual server for the installation of Elastix. We will us Virtu-alBox to create a virtual machine.

Objective: To install a Virtual machine

Maximum Time: 20 minutes

Instructions:

Double click on the VirtualBox icon that is found on your computer's desktop.

Click on “New” to create a virtual machine.

We will see a VirtualBox welcome screen for configuring a new virtual machine.


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Create the name of the virtual machine; select “Linux” as Operating System and “Red Hat” as Version. Then click on Next.

Select the size of the RAM memory, in this case 512 MB. Then click on Next.


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Virtual Hard Disk: We will create a new virtual hard disk. Click Next.

Virtual Disk Creation Wizard: We will leave the default option in order to create a VDI (Virtual Disk Image).


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Virtual Disk Storage details: We will set the type of the new virtual disk to Fixed Size.

Virtual Disk location and size: We will leave the default location for the Virtual disk file, and set the maximum disk size to 8 GB.


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We check the Summary of the parameters of the virtual disk we are creating for our new virtual machine, and click on the Create button to start the process of setting up the new virtual disk.

After this process is completed, we will proceed to create the virtual machine for the Elastix installation by pressing the Create button.


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Before we initiate the process of installing Elastix, it is important to set the network configuration.

Go to: Setting → Network

Select Bridged Adapter


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Verify that your network device is listed.

Now we are ready to begin the installation process

Click on “Start” to power up the new virtual machine.


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The first Run Wizard will show up. Click on “Next” to select the bootable media for the virtual machine.

Select Installation Media: Browse your computer files to locate and select the Elastix 2.2 ISO file. After clicking “Next”, you will see a summary of the bootable information for the virtual machine.


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Once you click on “Start”, VirtualBox will load the ISO file and we will see the Elastix installation process begin.

Continue to the next section (1.2).


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Elastix Installation

Laboratory 1.2

Description: In this laboratory we will install Elastix in a virtual machine. It is important to remember that when we install Elastix in a standard way (i.e. in an actual hard disk) the whole hard disk will be formatted.

Objective: To learn the Elastix installation process.

Maximum Time: 30 minutes.

Instructions:

Turn on the virtual machine with the selected ISO as seen in the previous laboratory. You will see the Elastix installer screen to begin press ENTER.


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In the following screen choose the language for the installation process.

Choose the keyboard layout.


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Select the partitioning type. In this case you will only see the Virtual machine partition.

Confirm the removal of the partitions (Yes)


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Review/modify partitioning layout (No)

Select to configure the Network Interface (Yes)


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Select to “activate on boot” and to “enable IPv4 support”

Select Dynamic IP configuration to use DHCP


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Enter the hostname (it can also be automatically assigned via DHCP).

Select the appropriate time zone


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Now enter the root (Linux user) password that we will use when the system is installed. It is very important not to ever forget this password, so write it down!!

Done. We've entered all the necessary information for now. You can get comfortable and wait.


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Type a root password for MySQL, write it down in a safe place too

Reenter the MySQL root password


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Type a password for Elastix web GUI ‘admin’ user, write it down in a safe place too. As you can see in the screenshot below, this password is the same that will be used not only for Elastix GUI admin user, but also for other Elastix components: FreePBX, Vtiger, and A2Billing.

Reenter the password for Elastix’s web GUI ‘admin’ user.


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Once the system is installed we can start to administrate it from the Elastix console.

In the example, this machine has been assigned the IP 192.168.0.2 by our LAN’s DHCP Server. With this IP address we can access the Web Admin Interface of our Elastix from any web browser. It is very likely that your web browser will give you a security error; this is because the digital certificate for a secure connection must first be accepted.

Once the digital certificate is accepted we are ready to log in to the Elastix web interface with the user name “admin” and the admin password entered during installation.

Elastix Installation Lab

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