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Creating a virtual machine

  1. Select Action / New / Virtual Machine

  2. On the Specify Name and Location tab, enter the name of the virtual machine, for example mikopbx-vm

  1. Proceed to the Specify Generation tab, and select Generation 1

  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

  1. Proceed to the Configure Networking tab, and select a pre-configured network connection

  1. On the Connect Virtual Hard Disk tab, adjust the system disk size to 1 GB

  1. On the Installation Options tab, check the Install an operating system from a bootable CD/DVD-ROM option

  2. Select Image file (.iso) and provide the link to the MikoPBX distribution file with the .iso extension

  1. After entering all values, click the Finish button

Data storage disk

For deploying the PBX, use two disks:

  • a 1 GB disk for the main system

  • a 50+ GB disk for storing call recordings

  1. Go to the settings of the created virtual machine

  2. Select the IDE controller to which the system disk is connected

  3. On the opened tab, select Hard Drive and click the Add button

  4. Click the New button

  5. On the Choose disk format tab, select VHD

  1. On the Choose disk type tab, select Fixed size

  1. On the Specify name and location tab, specify the name (e.g., storage.vhd) and the location of the disk

  1. On the Configure Disk tab, set the disk size for data storage to at least 50 GB

  1. Use the default values for other fields

  2. Complete the setup by clicking the Finish button

Installing MikoPBX

  1. To start the virtual machine, click Start

  1. Go to the Connect tab of the created virtual machine mikopbx-vm

  2. If the boot is successful, a console menu will appear. Enter 8 from the keyboard to start the installation

  1. Select the system disk and enter the disk name from the keyboard, for example sda. Confirm the selection by entering y from the keyboard

  1. 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.

Starting MikoPBX

  1. On the open Connect tab, copy the external address of the created virtual machine and enter it in the browser address bar

  1. To log in, use the username - admin and password - admin

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