FreeSWITCH is a popular open-source telephony platform that can be used to build PBX, videoconferencing, and other communication applications. This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install FreeSWITCH on Windows 10.
Before proceeding with the installation, you need to make sure you have the following prerequisites:
Open a PowerShell window as an administrator and run the following command:
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
Run the following command in PowerShell as administrator:
choco install -y vs2017-workload-vctools mingw make wget
Open a Git Bash window and clone the FreeSWITCH repository by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/signalwire/freeswitch.git
Open a PowerShell window and navigate to the FreeSWITCH directory:
cd freeswitch
Then, run the following command to build FreeSWITCH:
./bootstrap.sh -j
Finally, run the following command to install FreeSWITCH:
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/freeswitch
make
make install
To start FreeSWITCH, run the following command in a PowerShell window:
/usr/local/freeswitch/bin/freeswitch
To verify that FreeSWITCH is running, open a web browser and go to http://localhost:8080. You should see the FreeSWITCH welcome page.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed FreeSWITCH on Windows 10.
In this tutorial, we went through the steps required to install FreeSWITCH on Windows 10. If you encounter any issues during the installation, feel free to consult the official FreeSWITCH documentation or seek help from the FreeSWITCH community.
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