The Microsoft Azure image boots to the FreePBX out-of-box experience.


Web


Connect to the GUI at your VM's IPv4 address. The initial form prompts you to set up your administrative login, so do this right away upon launch.


After a series of setup prompts, including language selection and the enabling of the firewall (recommended), you will be presented with the FreePBX dashboard, a simple monitor and control panel for your PBX. Basic connectivity and call routing is set up in Trunks (to your VoIP providers), Extensions (to your phones), and Inbound/Outbound Routes.


SSH


SSH to your VM's IPv4 address using the username and SSH key you specified during instance setup. FreePBX command-line tasks can be accomplished using the fwconsole command; you can connect to the Asterisk CLI with asterisk -r once you have become root.


Enabling the commercial repo


To enable commercial module access and install the free System Administration module, from the GUI:


- Admin -> Module Admin

- Select Commercial and then Check Online

- Select the System Admin module and choose Download and Install


From SSH, as root:


- fwconsole ma enablerepo commercial

- fwconsole ma listonline # to see a list of module options

- fwconsole ma downloadinstall sysadmin

- fwconsole r