Elastix PBX's Installation Instructions

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Insert the Elastix CD in your CDROM and reboot your PC. To install a default installation, press ENTER in the initial screen (for other options, see the note for advanced users bellow).

The hard disk will be partitioned and formatted, and the required packages will be installed. The installation process is simple and usually takes less than 20 minutes in a typical PC.

• Note for advanced users:* If you want to make a specific installation, different from the default installation, you must write “advanced” on the command line in the initial installation screen. There, you will be able to make a manual partition. This is useful if you want to configure RAID.

• CPU x86 with a 500MHZ CPU and 256MB RAM.
• 10/100 Mb/s network card

• Download the latest stable version of Elastix here and burn the .iso image to a blank CD.
• Boot your PBX from Elastix’s CD (You may need to set the “boot from CD” option in your BIOS configuration).
• When the prompt is on the screen, press ENTER:

• Select the keyboard type:

• The installer program Anaconda will start. If you don’t have enough RAM, it will start in text mode:

• Select your time zone:

• Enter the root password for the system:

• From this point onward, the installation will continue automatically. Further intervention will not be necessary.
• Checking the information for installation:

• Verifying dependences:

• Copying the installation image to the hard disk:

• Starting the installation of packages:

• Installing the packages:

• When the installation is finished, the CD is ejected and the screen will be:

• Take out the CD, close the CDROM and the system will reboot automatically:

• When the system is booted, the initial screen (if the installation is right) will show the Elastix login:

• Installation successful! Now, configure your Elastix PBX. You can see the configuration details in the User’s PDF manual here

To use the command line interface:

• Username: root
• Password: password set during normal elastix install
• OR
• Password: palosanto (in VMWARE)

Enter in the Web interface:

• Open web browser and go to https://ip-address-of-elastix-server/
• Username: admin
• Password: palosanto

Please, change the password immediately and Enjoy Elastix PBX!

To use Sugar CRM:

• Username: admin
• Password: password

To use A2bill:

• Username: admin
• Password: mypassword

Operator Flash Panel (from 0.6 version):

• Password: eLaStIx.2oo7

For accessing Freepbx (without being contracted) use:

• Username: admin
• Password: admin

For accessing vtigerCRM use:

• Username: admin
• Password: admin