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
Proceed to the Specify Generation tab, and select Generation 1
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
Proceed to the Configure Networking tab, and select a pre-configured network connection
On the Connect Virtual Hard Disk tab, adjust the system disk size to 1 GB
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
After entering all values, click the Finish button
For deploying the PBX, use two disks:
a 1 GB disk for the main system
a 50+ GB disk for storing call recordings
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
On the Choose disk type tab, select Fixed size
On the Specify name and location tab, specify the name (e.g., storage.vhd) and the location of the disk
On the Configure Disk tab, set the disk size for data storage to at least 50 GB
Use the default values for other fields
Complete the setup by clicking the Finish button
To start the virtual machine, click Start
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
Select the system disk and enter the disk name from the keyboard, for example sda. Confirm the selection by entering y from the keyboard
Connect the disk for storing call recordings, and enter the disk name for connection from the keyboard, for example sdb
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.
On the open Connect tab, copy the external address of the created virtual machine and enter it in the browser address bar
To log in, use the username - admin and password - admin
