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You don't need to be a Switzernet collaborator to use this page, you can do a complete install of the Asterisk system using the link bellow. Some of the links below are private, if you see "[private]" at the beginning of a paragraph it means that only Switzernet collaborators have access to the link in front of it. During the installation you should complete this checklist [xls]. You should send it at the end of the process.

1         Asterisk Product description

Open the document to understand what you're going to install.

2         Portabilling

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3         Install VPN Support   

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4         Generate VPN Certificate   

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5         Configure devices   

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6         Install Debian

6.1      Create CD

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This step explains which cd you should download and burn.

6.2      Os Installation (approximately 40 minutes)

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Now you can start preparing Alix1d server. Before plugging the power supply cable to alix1d micro pc, you should plug all other cables (screen, keyboard and network).

 

The document guides you with photos how to install Debian. Never use the numeric keypad, if you press on go back, you should restart the installation from the beginning. And redo all steps of the installation.

6.3      Install utilities

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Install ssh (to be able to connect to this computer from an other one) and ngrep.

6.4      Alias IP

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We create a second IP address on the same network device, this address will be fix.

6.5      Keep files in RAM

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It's not good to write temp files on the flash memory. For that we are going to write a script for keeping temp files in Ram, and just writing them when you shut-down the computer.

6.6      OpenVPN Client

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We will install OpenVPN client and configure it, so we can connect thought our VPN network to the server of the customer in order to provide additional support to the customer if necessary.

6.7      Squid

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It's a Web proxy permitting us to remotely connect to SIP phones of the customer via a web interface for their further configuration (in case of particular network settings).

6.8      msmtp

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No we will install and configure a small smtp client to send the voicemail.

7         Install asterisk + freePBX

7.1      Running the freePBX installation script (approximately 90 minutes)

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This script is quite long to install, it ask you a lot of question, and you should always read the tittles, and after press enter (don't try to configure anything now). And you should never change username and password before step 3 (installing asterisk and freePbx should be finished by this step, the script confirms you when it is finished).

7.2      Configuration

7.2.1      Add Module

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We should add the necessary module for our installation (Ring group and IVR).

7.2.2      Personal Context

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We should add the necessary module for our installation (Ring group and IVR).

7.2.3      Extensions

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Here we will configure all extensions (a phone number).

7.2.3.1 Extensions 200 and 201

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This two first extensions are particular (the outbound CID is different for 201, and the user 200 doesn't have any outbound CID), also start with configuring it.

7.2.3.2 Extensions 202 to 220

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Now you can configure all extensions.

7.2.3.3 Ring Groups

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All phones ring when we call to number 300.

7.2.3.4 IVR (Digital Receptionist)

We install a digital receptionist which asks the extension number we wish to reach.

7.2.3.4.1    System recording

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We should create the introduction message (with synthetic voice).

7.2.3.4.2    IVR

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We create the destination of all the messages.

7.2.3.5 Test internals calls

Now you can make internal calls (call 202, 203 or 205, the ring group or the IVR). Be sure that's your personal email address on the account 205. Try the voicemail when calling when leaving a message in voicebox of 205 you should receive an email with an audio attachment of your message. Don't forget to change the account 205 with the client email.

7.2.4      Trunks

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No we will connect our server to the Switzernet Server.

7.2.5      Routes

No we will recommend which routes should be used, for incoming and outgoing calls.

7.2.5.1 Outbound routes

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Configure the routes for making external calls.

7.2.5.2 Inbound routes

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Configure the routes for receiving external calls.

8         Tests  

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9         Documents

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