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Installing MikoPBX using Hyper-V. |
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- Select Action / New / Virtual Machine
- On the Specify Name and Location tab, enter the name of the virtual machine, for example mikopbx-vm
Configuring Virtual Machine
- Proceed to the Specify Generation tab, and select Generation 1
Configuring Virtual Machine
- On the Assign Memory tab, allocate the required amount of RAM based on the expected load on the PBX. For a test machine, you can specify 2 GB
Configuring Virtual Machine
- Proceed to the Configure Networking tab, and select a pre-configured network connection
Configuring Virtual Machine
- On the Connect Virtual Hard Disk tab, adjust the system disk size to 1 GB
Configuring Virtual Machine
- On the Installation Options tab, check the Install an operating system from a bootable CD/DVD-ROM option
- Select Image file (.iso) and provide the link to the MikoPBX distribution file with the .iso extension
Configuring Virtual Machine
- After entering all values, click the Finish button
Configuring Virtual Machine
{% hint style="danger" %} For deploying the PBX, use two disks:
- a 1 GB disk for the main system
- a 50+ GB disk for storing call recordings {% endhint %}
- Go to the settings of the created virtual machine
- Select the IDE controller to which the system disk is connected
- On the opened tab, select Hard Drive and click the Add button
- Click the New button
- On the Choose disk format tab, select VHD
Adding second hard disk
- On the Choose disk type tab, select Fixed size
Adding second hard disk
- On the Specify name and location tab, specify the name (e.g., storage.vhd) and the location of the disk
Adding second hard disk
- On the Configure Disk tab, set the disk size for data storage to at least 50 GB
Adding second hard disk
- Use the default values for other fields
- Complete the setup by clicking the Finish button
Adding second hard disk
- To start the virtual machine, click Connect... -> Start
"Connect..." button
- Go to the Connect tab of the created virtual machine mikopbx-vm
- If the boot is successful, a console menu will appear. Enter 8 from the keyboard to start the installation
Installing MikoPBX
- Select the system disk and enter the disk name from the keyboard, for example sda. Confirm the selection by entering y from the keyboard
Installing MikoPBX
Installing MikoPBX
- Connect the disk for storing call recordings, and enter the disk name for connection from the keyboard, for example sdb
Installing MikoPBX
{% hint style="danger" %} When the message "Press any key within 30 seconds to boot from LiveCD..." appears, do not press any buttons. In this case, the system will boot from the hard drive. {% endhint %}
- To access the MikoPBX web interface, enter your virtual machine's IP address in your browser's address bar. You can find the IP address in the console.
MikoPBX IP-address
- Enter the IP address in your browser’s address bar. Log in using the default credentials.
{% hint style="success" %} Use the following default credentials for the first login to the MikoPBX web interface:
- Username: admin
- Password: admin {% endhint %}
MikoPBX web-interface authorization page