PIONEERS Awesome FS PBX

[wardmundy]

@pbxgeek: Looks like version 0.9.66 has broken the ability to substitute a LAN IP address in .env to run FS PBX locally with Proxmox.

Stay tuned while we build a new image using an older release:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nemerald-voip/fspbx/v0.9.57/install/install-fspbx.sh

 

[wardmundy]

This new image appears to work:

1. Login to your Proxmox server as root using SSH
2. Change to the /var/lib/vz/dump directory
3. Download the fspbx image (3.9GB) using wget from here:
wget https://filedn.com/lBgbGypMOdDm8PWOoOiBR7j/Proxmox/vzdump-qemu-fspbx-0.9.57.vma.zst
4. Create a new virtual machine using a unique VM-ID number (e.g. 888): qmrestore vzdump-qemu-fspbx-0.9.57.vma.zst 888
5. Start the virtual machine from the Proxmox console
6. Login to the new virtual machine using SSH (root:password)
7. Read and follow the new Getting Started instructions in the /root directory
8. pbxstatus will show what's running
9. Delete the nerd user account: userdel nerd

 

[pbxgeek]

@wardmundy, I can assure you nothing has changed about how the .env file works since the inception of FS PBX. It's controlled by the underlying Laravel framework, and we haven't changed the version in over a year. Are you getting the infamous 419 error? Please, read the article to make sure you didn't miss a step.

https://github.com/nemerald-voip/fspbx/wiki/Troubleshooting-Error-419-(Page-Expired)

Perhaps it is as easy as you forgot to run the command after you made changes

php artisan config:cache

I also highly recommend staying on the latest version. Many community-reported bugs have been fixed all around, and it is more stable than ever right now.

 

[wardmundy]

@pbxgeek: Fat fingers strike again. Uploading update to 0.9.66 now.

 

[wardmundy]

1. Login to your Proxmox server as root using SSH
2. Change to the /var/lib/vz/dump directory
3. Download the fspbx image (4.1GB) using wget from here:
wget https://filedn.com/lBgbGypMOdDm8PWOoOiBR7j/Proxmox/vzdump-qemu-fspbx-0.9.66.vma.zst
4. Create a new VM using a unique VM-ID number (e.g. 777): qmrestore vzdump-qemu-fspbx-0.9.66.vma.zst 777
5. Start the virtual machine from the Proxmox console and login to obtain IP address
6. Login to the new virtual machine using SSH (root:password)
7. apt install mailutils -y
8. Read and follow the Getting Started instructions in the /root directory

 

[wardmundy]

We'll keep this updated on the FS PBX Wiki.

 

[hecatae]

Installed fine on a 2GB RAM, 2GB SWAP 32GB EXT4 SSD Epyc Ryzen VPS

Tasks: 138 total,   1 running, 137 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
%Cpu(s):  0.5 us,  0.5 sy,  0.0 ni, 98.8 id,  0.0 wa,  0.0 hi,  0.2 si,  0.0 st
MiB Mem :   1930.4 total,   1060.6 free,    601.0 used,    492.4 buff/cache
MiB Swap:   2048.0 total,   1517.6 free,    530.4 used.   1329.4 avail Mem

 

[wardmundy]

@pbxgeek: Also worked in Proxmox with 2GB RAM after manually reconfiguring /swap to 2GB. Great news.

 

[hecatae]

so the VPS I've got this on has a permanently disabled port 25, any way to work around this apart from get another VPS?

 

[kenn10]

Many of the VPS are blocking port 25 now due to spamming and scams. I generally use port 587 or 465 as an alternate. As a side note, I don't understand why the other ports are any less susceptible.

 

[hecatae]

@pbxgeek: Also worked in Proxmox with 2GB RAM after manually reconfiguring /swap to 2GB. Great news.

$7 a year for a suitable VPS

https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/209030/unreal-deal-7-a-year-kvm-vps#latest

 

[wardmundy]

so the VPS I've got this on has a permanently disabled port 25, any way to work around this apart from get another VPS?

Use the Gmail Smarthost setup documented in the FSpbx tutorial:

Activating a Gmail SmartHost For Outgoing Email​

We’ve found the easiest way to assure that outbound email gets delivered reliably is to implement a Gmail SmartHost for Postfix. To deploy this, you will need a Gmail account and a Gmail App Password, not your standard Gmail password. You can obtain a Gmail App Password for your account here. Once you have your Gmail account name and app password in hand, issue the following commands:

cd /root
# accept the defaults during Postfix install
apt install postfix
mkdir /etc/pbx
wget https://filedn.com/lBgbGypMOdDm8PWOoOiBR7j/FusionPBX/enable-gmail-smarthost-with-postfix
chmod +x enable*
./enable*
# insert your gmail account name and APP password when prompted
wget https://filedn.com/lBgbGypMOdDm8PWOoOiBR7j/FusionPBX/mailtest
chmod +x mailtest
nano -w mailtest
# insert a destination email address for testing and save mailtest
./mailtest

 

[hecatae]

So in a base install, FS PBX uses twice the disk space of FusionPBX?

 

[wardmundy]

Making A Backup

1) SSH in to server
2) then: cd /var/www/fspbx
3) then simply type: "php artisan fspbx:backup" without quotes and it runs a backup.
4) Download the folder /var/backups/fspbx - it now contains the files...

 

[wardmundy]

Performing A Restore

From @pbxgeek:

We don't have an official restore script. The backup archive is best used for disaster recovery or off-site backups. A more straightforward way to restore your server is to install a new version of FS PBX and then restore the database from the backup folder. Our latest version of the backup script grabs your faxes, recordings and voicemail folder too. Those can be copied manually into the respective folders.

The backup script can also be enabled to run daily. Go to Default Settings -> Scheduled Jobs and enable it.

FS PBX supports full database replication and file sync between two or more servers in a cluster. It's a master to master replication, which allows you to have one server on standby. Most of our clients set up their infrastructures this way to eliminate any possible downtime. You can think of this as a backup, also in case one server becomes unoperational. Synchonizeion is real-time, so your data is always present on all nodes.

See https://www.pbxforums.com/threads/backup-restore.8702/

 

[hecatae]

Can dsiprouter connect to fs pbx the same way it connects to fusionpbx?

DSIPRouter

@Mack Hendricks I see the profile post about the following: https://github.com/dopensource/dsiprouter Could you please explain what it does a little, for example I see a picture that shows multiple PBX how does this work? I know FusionPBX in a multiserver environment creates challenges that I...

www.pbxforums.com

 

[hecatae]

So I've been watching FS PBX eat 0.1GB of disk space every few days.
If this is just logs, then should there be a cron job compacting these?
System's been up 8 days, and I've seen 0.2GB of space disappear since install, with no extensions or anything:

 

[cmjr.]

New documentation for Setting up DISA on FSPBX:

DISA Setup | FS PBX – Open Source PBX Dashboard for VoIP Providers

What Is DISA?

www.fspbx.com

DISA for FSPBX?

Would there be a step by step tutorial on setting up DISA in FSPBX? I would like to call in with my cell phone on a dedicated DID and then have FSPBX give me a dial tone to call out using a different caller ID.

www.pbxforums.com

 

[hecatae]

Now up to 13.8G used of SSD, anyone got any ideas on where to track this down, I cannot put FS PBX into production with this error as I'll have no disk space left within a year with no users, extensions or devices or gateways added.

 

[kenn10]

Now up to 13.8G used of SSD, anyone got any ideas on where to track this down, I cannot put FS PBX into production with this error as I'll have no disk space left within a year with no users, extensions or devices or gateways added.

Ask @pbxgeek to comment.

I've been running the test system on a 4Gb memory, 60 Gb disk on Colo Crossing and I'm not seeing disk usage being consumed. Of 60 Gb, I still have 40 Gb available. What do you see in the variety of /var/log files on your system?

By comparison, my FusionPBX production system has used only 5.7 Gb total disk so perhaps FS PBX is not properly clearing out log files or is recording too much logging data info into them.