How to Install Asterisk and FreePBX on CentOS 7 | Linux Today

How to Install Asterisk and FreePBX on CentOS 7

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 18, 2016

In this tutorial we will show you how to install Asterisk and FreePBX on a CentOS 7 VPS. FreePBX is a free web based graphical user interface that controls and manages Asterisk. Asterisk is an open source software implementation of a telephone private branch exchange (PBX) and includes many features such as: voice mail, conference calling, call recorder, automatic call distribution, interactive voice response, realtime monitoring and debugging console etc.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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