How to install phone system (FusionPBX) on Le Potato (Raspberry Pi replacement)?
How to install phone system (FusionPBX) on Le Potato (Raspberry Pi replacement)?
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How to install phone system (FusionPBX) on Le Potato (Raspberry Pi replacement)?
Due to chip shortage globelly , the price of Raspberry pi 3/4 soared and more than $100 dollar in ebay or Amazon.
Geeks have been looking for a replacement, like Orange Pi, Banana Pi, NanoPi…….
We have tried some, but some disavantages like OS, costs, accessories… still there.
After tested, we think Le Potato is the most-budget one during these Pis.
Please note: This article is not sponsored by any company.
- Only US$30 for 1GB model; $35 for 2GB model
- Same size as Raspberry Pi 3B (much easier to get various cases)
- Micro USB power adapter
- Support eMMC module
Le Potato in the case of Raspberry Pi 3B (100% fit)
Install Debian 11 on Le Potato
After testing, we quit official image from the manufacturer and use the Debian image from Armbian.
- Please go to https://www.armbian.com/lepotato/ and download Armbian Bullseye (Debian 11)
- Use BalenaEtcher to write image one microSD card ( at least 16GB)
- Put this SD card into the slot of Le Potato
- Power on Le Potato by 5v 2.5A microUSB adapter (same power adaptor for Raspberry Pi 3B)
- Login into Le Potato by use: root and password: 1234 via SSH
- Change root’s password and add an user if need
- Process upgrade by
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
Install Phone system (IP PBX) on Le Potato
We tried FreePBX according to official tutorial , but this tutorial is for PC, so always failed.
Afterwards, we tried FusionPBX, very smooth and successful, and the procedure is also very simple: just two commands:
wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fusionpbx/fusionpbx-install.sh/master/debian/pre-install.sh | sh;
cd /usr/src/fusionpbx-install.sh/debian && ./install.sh
The installation steps are automatically, so you just need to wait tens minutes untill the SSH terminal show:
- Please remember the IP address of Le Potato, user name and password
- Open browser and input user and password
- Go to Accounts — Extensions to add at leaset two extensions
- Afterwards, use IP phone, Softphone to register related extensions
FusionPBX has rich features, so you need to take times to learn and configure. Good Luck and enjoy!
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