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Creating a new virtual machine.
After downloading the latest version of the image (link), specify the ISO file with the installation distribution.
Click "Continue"
Select the type of operating system Other Linux 5.x and later kernel 64-bit
Click "Continue"
Choosing the Legacy bios type
Click "Continue"
Click "Finish"
After creating a virtual machine, wait for it to load
Go to the section "[3] Reboot the system"
Choose "[2] Shutdown"
After shutting down the virtual machine, go to Settings
Select "Add device"
Select "New Hard Disk"
Click "Add..."
Choose the size of the hard drive (we recommend at least 50 GB)
Click "Apply"
1 hour of recording conversations takes approximately 14mb on disk.
Start the virtual machine
Select "[8] Install"
Enter the name of the disk on which MikoPBX will be installed
In our case - sdb, enter its name and press Enter
Confirm the disk selection: enter y
Select a disk for recording conversations
In our case - sdc, enter its name and press Enter
The system will reboot and MikoPBX will be ready for use.
The PBX displays the IP address of the station by which you can connect to it
Enter the IP address of the station in the browser bar and the MIkoPBX login menu will open
The default username and password is "admin"
Installing MikoPBX as a guest machine in VirtualBOX
Use versions of MikoPBX below 2024.1.114 for installation on VirtualBOX
Version 2024.1.114 temporarily does not support installation on VirtualBOX
Create a new virtual machine.
Specify the Machine Name and Folder.
Type - Linux.
Version - Other Linux (64Bit).
Click Next.
Specify the size of the base memory - 1024 MB, as well as the number of processors - 2
Press Next.
Select Create a new virtual hard disk. Enter a disk size of 700 MB, and also check the box "Pre-allocate Full Size"
Click Create.
Confirm the creation of the virtual machine: click Finish.
Go to the settings of the created virtual machine.
To do this, click Settings.
Click the Storage tab. Add a new hard drive to store call records.
In the window that appears, click Create.
Select the hard disk format - VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image).
Click Next.
The hard disk must be of a fixed size.
Check the box next to "Pre-allocate Full Size"
Click Next.
Specify the Name of the created disk.
Set the Disk Size to about 50 GB.
Click Finish.
Choose the newly created drive and click Select.
The created drive will appear in the media list.
Please mount the MikoPBX image onto an optical disc. To do this, select the optical disc in the 'Media' section and click on the image file selection button in the 'Attributes' section.
In the appeared menu, click on 'Choose a disk file...'
Select the downloaded ISO disk image.
"Go to the 'Network' tab.
Set the Connection Type to 'Bridged Adapter'. Click 'OK' to save all the settings you have made.
Start the created virtual machine.
The command interface of the PBX will open. The PBX will start booting.
At this stage, MikoPBX is booting from the optical disc containing the ISO image. This is indicated by the message: 'The system is loaded in Recovery mode'.
To select a menu item, press the Enter key.
Install MikoPBX.
All data on the disk where MikoPBX is being installed will be lost
Click Install.
Information about all available disks will be displayed (in this example: sdb, sdc).
The disk where MikoPBX will be installed is referred to as the system disk (SYSTEM). You can choose a disk with a size larger than 500MB as the system disk.
Enter the name of the disk you referred to as the 'system disk' from the keyboard, in this case sdb, and press Enter. (If it is selected by default, you can simply press Enter).
The system will prompt for confirmation. Enter 'y' and press Enter.
After completing the installation, you will be prompted to select a disk for storing call records.
Approximately, 1 hour of conversation takes up 14MB of disk space.
Enter the disk name (in this example, the only available disk is 'cdc') and press Enter.
After the installation is complete, the system will reboot.
MikoPBX will now run from the sdb drive where you installed it.
We will see that the line "The system is loaded in Recovery mode" is missing.
To access the control panel, you need to enter the IP address of your virtual machine in the browser's address bar.
The default login and password are "admin" for MikoPBX.
The installation of MikoPBX is now complete.
Download Virtual Box from the and install it.
You can navigate through the menu items using the .
Alternatively, you can select a menu item by pressing the corresponding ."
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
Open the local / ISO images tab and select Download from URL
In the URL field, paste the link to the MikoPBX distribution file with the .iso extension
Click the Download button and wait for the file to finish downloading
Select Create VM
On the General tab, enter the name of the virtual machine, for example mikopbx-vm
Go to the OS tab, and in the ISO image field, select the previously downloaded image
Set the OS type to Linux
On the System tab, uncheck the Qemu Agent box, and use the default values for other fields
To deploy the PBX use two disks:
A 1 Gb disk for the main system
A 50+ Gb disk for storing call recordings
Go to the Disks tab
Adjust the size of the system disk to 1 GB
Click the Add button and add an additional disk for data storage
Specify a disk size of at least 50 GB
On the CPU and Memory tabs, specify the computing resources for the virtual machine based on the expected load on the PBX. For a test machine, you can set Cores (CPU tab) to 2 and Memory (Memory tab) to 2 GB
On the Network tab, uncheck the Firewall box
Go to the last tab, Confirm, and check the Start after created box
After entering the values, click the Finish button
Go to the created virtual machine mikopbx-vm
On the open tab, go to the Console section
If the boot is successful, a console menu will appear. Enter 8 from the keyboard to start the installation
Select the disk for the system 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, 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 tab in the Console section, 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