Are there any configuration guides for FreePBX for users that do not wish to purchase commercial modules? The whole Configuring Your PBX part in the official documentation reads like a sales pitch for their modules. That’s fine, but where to begin as a free user?
My goal is to evaluate Asterisk as an alternative to our current PBX that is way overpriced. I am new to Asterisk but not to managing Linux servers in general.
And by the way what’s this “No reply after 7 days so this topic is closed and replies are no longer possible” – Is this really necessary? Who cares if a topic is older than 7 days. If a reply is warranted you should be able to post it. My 20 cents…
The problem is that people then post replies ten or more YEARS later, of which a proportion are really there as advertising. You still get such zombie threads,as the limits weren’t imposed restrospectively.
The time limit is from the last addition to the thread, and, generally if you don’t get a reply with a week, it is unlikely that you will get one, and the OP is likely to have abandoned the project, or used another approach.
If someone has a reasonable reason to add to such a thread, they can flag it, in the other category, and ask for it to be reopened.
That is where you start as a free user. Don’t worry about the Commercial Module section. The documentation for the open source modules and general configuration is there.
You can also download the framework module from FreePBX · GitHub and run the install script from within that. If you choose to go that route you must install all the dependencies on your own; thus the sng_freepbx_debian_install script makes things a little easier.