Wazo is a free and open-source unified communication platform, that allows you to manage your phone system, call centers, and video conferences in one place. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Wazo on FreeBSD latest.
Login to your FreeBSD server with a user account that has sudo access.
Update the system package list and upgrade the packages to the latest version by running the following commands:
sudo pkg update
sudo pkg upgrade
Install the required packages by running the following command:
sudo pkg install -y python3 py38-pip git postgresql14-server
After the installation completes, enable the Postgresql service by running the following command:
sudo sysrc postgresql_enable=YES
Initialize the Postgresql database cluster by running:
sudo service postgresql initdb
Clone the Wazo Github repository by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/wazo-platform/wazo.git
Navigate to the wazo directory and install the required Python packages by running:
cd wazo
sudo pip install -r wazo/requirements.txt
Create a virtual environment for Wazo by running the following command:
python3 -m venv env
Activate the virtual environment by running:
source env/bin/activate
Set environment variables that will be used by Wazo:
export SECRET_KEY=$(openssl rand -hex 32)
export DATABASE_URL=postgresql://wazo@localhost/wazo
Initialize the Wazo database by running the following commands:
./bin/wazo-admin-db init
./bin/wazo-admin-db upgrade
Start the Wazo services by running:
./bin/wazo-service start
You can check the status of Wazo services by running:
./bin/wazo-admin.py service status
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Wazo on FreeBSD latest. You can now access the Wazo web interface by opening your web browser and navigating to http://your-server-ip:9485.
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