I reinstalled freepbx after upgrading Asterisk to 1.8.5, due to broken modules. I am running into the folowing errors listed below:
[From Freepbx Web Console]
exit: 1
Unable to connect to manager localhost:5038 (111): Connection refused
[FATAL] Unable to connect to Asterisk Manager from /var/lib/asterisk/bin/retrieve_conf, aborting
1 error(s) occurred, you should view the notification log on the dashboard or main screen to check for more details.
[From Freepbx logs]
[FATAL] (libraries/utility.functions.php:388) - Unable to connect to Asterisk Manager from /var/lib/asterisk/bin/retrieve_conf, aborting
[CRITICAL] (admin/functions.inc.php:266) - [NOTIFICATION]-[freepbx]-[RCONFFAIL] - retrieve_conf failed, config not applied
I checked the /etc/asterisk/manager.conf and /etc/amportal.conf, and I changed the admin user credentials accordingly.
Unfortunately it doesn’t directly answer your question, other than my experience - (and I’m open to suggestions here), is that the entries in the /etc/amportal.conf file (AMPMGRPASS=your_manager_password & AMPMGRUSER=your_manager_user [default: admin]) seems to have no effect at all!
However, the /etc/asterisk/manager.conf file does contain valid credentials for the manager and the ‘secret’ should be set to the default password for user [admin]. If all else fails, try setting the secret to admin.
I have heard that this may be changeable under the “administrators” menu for the FreePBX GUI. My own version is blank under “administrators”. No users are listed although I get the option to add additional users. I’m not quite sure what to do with that page - but an answer to that question may also solve your problem.