How to Install FusionPBX on Manjaro

FusionPBX is an open-source web-based interface used to manage and configure FreeSWITCH, a popular VoIP server. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install FusionPBX on Manjaro.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following:

• A working installation of Manjaro
• Root access to the system
• Basic knowledge of Linux commands

Installation

Follow the steps below to install FusionPBX on your Manjaro system:

1. Open a terminal window on your system.
2. Update the system by running the command:

sudo pacman -Syu

3. Install the necessary dependencies by running the command:

sudo pacman -S wget git apache php php-apache php-gd php-intl php-ldap php-pgsql php-sqlite php-tidy php-xmlrpc php-pspell

4. Download the latest version of FusionPBX by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/fusionpbx/fusionpbx.git /var/www/html/fusionpbx --depth=1

5. Set the correct permissions on the FusionPBX directory by running the following command:

sudo chown -R http:http /var/www/html/fusionpbx

6. Configure Apache to serve the FusionPBX installation by copying the default Apache configuration file and modifying it:

sudo cp /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf /etc/httpd/conf/httpd-fusionpbx.conf
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd-fusionpbx.conf

7. In the configuration file, locate the following line at the beginning of the file:

Listen 80

8. Add the following lines after the Listen 80 line:

<Directory "/var/www/html/fusionpbx">
    AllowOverride All
</Directory>

9. Save and close the file.
10. Enable and start Apache by running:

sudo systemctl enable httpd.service
sudo systemctl start httpd.service

11. Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost/fusionpbx/install.php to complete the installation.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install FusionPBX on Manjaro. You can now use FusionPBX to manage and configure FreeSWITCH on your system.

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