FreePBX v16 to v17 along with FOP2

FreePBX Integration
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I asked this awhile back, and didn’t get a lot of feedback. Since it’s been awhile, wondering if others have worked through this by now. Never wanting to be one of the first out of the foxhole over here. :grinning_face:

Currently on FreePBX v16. Will create a new instance for FreePBX v17, restoring the v16 config over to the new instance. That part I have researched through to have tangible plans and tests documented. When it comes to FOP2, vendor support is pretty slim. Although their website claims compatibility with Asterisk 22.

Below is what I have planned. We don’t use SSL when it comes to FOP2 (like only two internal LAN clients only), so the one caveat I heard about in my last post shouldn’t be impactful. Anyone implemented this, and if so any other caveats or experiences to share?

  • On the v16 instance, copy the /usr/local/fop2 folder and /var/www/html/fop2 folder to a local backup folder.
  • On the v16 instance, issue the ‘/usr/local/fop2/fop2_server --revoke’ command, confirming the license code.
  • On the v17 instance, issue the ‘wget -O - http://download.fop2.com/install_fop2.sh | bash’ command.
  • On the v17 instance, issue the ‘service fop2 stop’ command.
  • On the v17 instance, copy the local backup folder to /usr/local/fop2 and to /var/www/html/fop2.
  • On the v17 instance, issue the ‘service fop2 start’ command.
  • On the v17 instance, issue the ‘/usr/local/fop2/fop2_server --register’ command, confirming the license code.
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I think that should work. You can also view and revoke keys at my.fop2.com

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Good deal. When it comes to FOP2, I am always walking on eggshells if anything were to go south. Their community forum was kinda deprecated from being actively administered. Pointing customers to their Telegram channel. Which you can’t directly message and it restricted to announcements. Only one announcement in there the past year I think lol.

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There is actually another, relatively active, telegram channel that lets you message a group that is not just announcements. Though it’s primarily in Spanish, you can still get help.

I’ve even messaged Nicolas directly with good success and collaborated on some improvements.

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Nice. There it is. Thanks for this. I was wondering. I was browsing the FOP2 forum and there is mainly just spam postings relatively lately. Appreciate the tip. I’ll keep this one back of mind when the time comes.