Install Yeastar P-Series Software Edition on Proxmox VE
Proxmox Virtual Environment (Proxmox VE) is an open-source server virtualization management platform, which allows the deployment and management of virtual machines and containers. This topic describes how to create a virtual machine on Promox VE and install Yeastar P-Series Software Edition on the created virtual machine.
Prerequisites
- Check if the version of Proxmox VE is 7.0 or later.
- Download the Ubuntu ISO of Yeastar P-Series Software Edition.Note: Based on the difference in installation methods, Yeastar provides two kinds of Ubuntu ISO for Yeastar P-Series Software Edition. Refer to the following table for details.
Item Automatic Installation Manual Installation Image File Name and Format Yeastar_P-Series_Software_Edition_ISO_Auto.iso Yeastar_P-Series_Software_Edition_ISO_Manual_Ubuntu.iso Hard Disk Size Minimum 40 GB Minimum 40 GB Partition Method Automatic Manual Partition Rule The system automatically partitions a hard disk as follows:
/
: 10 GB/swap
: 10 GB/home
: Remaining Free Space after space for/
partition and/swap
partition is excluded from the total size.
You need to manually create the following required partitions, and then you can create others according to your needs. /
/swap
/home
Procedure
Step 1. Upload ISO image of Yeastar P-Series Software Edition to Proxmox VE
- Log in to Proxmox VE web-based management interface.
- On the left pane, click
beside the node where you want to deploy Yeastar P-Series Software Edition.
The expanded menu displays the two storages that are formed automatically when you install Proxmox VE, namely local and local-lvm.Note: By default, local is used to store backups, ISOs, and templates, while local-lvm is used to store Virtual Machine (VM) disk images and volume containers. - Upload the ISO image of Yeastar P-Series Software Edition.
- On the left pane, go to .
- Click Upload.
- On the pop-up window, click Select File... to select the ISO image of Yeastar P-Series Software Edition.
- Click Upload.
Wait a few minutes for the upload to complete.
-
Refresh the web page.
The ISO image of Yeastar P-Series Software Edition is displayed.
Step 2. Create a virtual machine
Follow the instructions below to create a virtual machine.
- At the top right of Proxmox VE web-based management interface, click
Create VM.
- On General tab, specify a name in the
Name field to help you identify the virtual
machine, then click Next.
- On OS tab, choose Use CD/DVD disc image
file (iso), select the ISO image of Yeastar P-Series
Software Edition, then click Next.
- On System tab, retain the default settings, then
click Next.
- On Hard Disk tab, allocate at least 40 GiB in the
Disk size (GiB) field, then click
Next.
- On CPU tab, refer to the following table to set
Sockets and Cores based on
the Extensions (EXT) and Concurrent Calls (CC) of your PBX
system, then click Next.Note: CPU = Sockets * Cores
1-20 EXT (1-5 CC)
21-50 EXT (6-13 CC)
51-250 EXT (14-63 CC)
251-500 EXT (64-125 CC)
501-1000 EXT (126-250 CC)
EXT > 1000 (CC > 250)
CPU 2 2 4 6 8 Contact Yeastar - On Memory tab, refer to the following table to set
memory based on the Extensions (EXT) and Concurrent Calls (CC)
of your PBX system, then click Next.
1-20 EXT (1-5 CC)
21-50 EXT (6-13 CC)
51-250 EXT (14-63 CC)
251-500 EXT (64-125 CC)
501-1000 EXT (126-250 CC)
EXT > 1000 (CC > 250)
Memory 2048 MiB 4096 MiB 4096 MiB 8192 MiB 16384 MiB Contact Yeastar - On Network tab, retain the default settings, then
click Next.
- On Confirm tab, preview the configurations, then
click Finish.
The virtual machine is created and displayed under the node.
Step 3. Install Yeastar P-Series Software Edition
Follow the instructions below based on different installation methods to install Yeastar P-Series Software Edition.
- Automatically install Yeastar P-Series Software Edition on the created virtual machine
-
- Select the created virtual machine, then click
Start.
- At the top right corner, select noVNC
from the drop-down list of
Console.
This will open a new web page to show the installation process.
- Select
Try or Install Ubuntu Server
, then pressEnter
. - Wait till the installation process is
not running, then press
Enter
.If
IPPBX login
is displayed and no errors likewait for basicsrv run ok
occur, it indicates that P-Series Software Edition is installed.
- Select the created virtual machine, then click
Start.
- Manually install Yeastar P-Series Software Edition on the created virtual machine
-
- Select the created virtual machine, then click
Start.
- At the top right corner, select noVNC
from the drop-down list of
Console.
This will open a new web page to show the installation process.
- Select
Try or Install Ubuntu Server
, then pressEnter
. - Select Custom storage layout
and select Done.
- In the AVAILABLE
DEVICES section, create the required partitions
and custom partitions according to your needs.Note: The following partitions are required.
Partition Name Description Format Recommended Partition Space /swap
This is where you extend the system memory by dedicating part of the hard drive to it. swap Minimum 10 GB /
The slash /
alone stands for the root of the file system tree.ex4 Minimum 10 GB /home
This holds all the home directories for the users. ex4 Remaining Free Space after other partitions created or second drive. - Select the
free
disk space, then select
Add GPT Partition to add a
/swap
partition. - Select the
free
disk space, then select
Add GPT Partition to add a
/
partition. - Select the
free
disk space, then select
Add GPT Partition to add a
/home
partition.
Partitions are created successfully and displayed on the FILE SYSTEM SUMMARY list, as shown below.
- Select the
free
disk space, then select
Add GPT Partition to add a
- Select Done.
- In the pop-up dialog box, select
Continue to start installing P-Series
Software Edition.
- When you see the following prompt, press
Enter
to continue. - Wait till the installation process is not running,
then press
Enter
.If a
IPPBX login
prompt is displayed and no errors likewait for basicsrv run ok
occur, it indicates that P-Series Software Edition is installed.
- Select the created virtual machine, then click
Start.
(Optional) Step 4. Change the default IP address of Yeastar P-Series Software Edition
192.168.5.150
. If you prefer another IP address or your PC is
on a different network segment such as 192.168.28.X
, you can change
the PBX's default IP address.We assume that your PC is on the network segment
192.168.28.X
and your desired PBX IP address is
192.168.28.45
. Refer to the following instructions to change
the PBX's IP address.
- Access the PBX via SSH.
- At the
IPPBX login
prompt, typesupport
and pressEnter
. - At the
Password
prompt, typeloginpbx
(if the PBX firmware version is 83.18.0.59 or later) orQhcyaxsGcywymg2022
(if the PBX firmware version is 83.18.0.18 or earlier), then pressEnter
.Note: Generally, you will NOT get any visual feedback from the screen when you type the password.You are presented with a prompt, displaying the Ubuntu information and system information. In the meanwhile, you are given the option to ping an IP address, view or update current network configuration, and log out the
support
account. You can type a specific number to run the command of the corresponding number.
- At the
- Type
1
and pressEnter
to update the network configuration. - Change the IP address of Yeastar P-Series Software Edition as
follows.
- At the
Please enter IP address
prompt, type the desired IP address and pressEnter
.In this example, type
192.168.28.45
. - At the
Please enter netmask
prompt, type the subnet mask and pressEnter
.In this example, type
255.255.255.0
. - At the
Please enter gateway
prompt, type the gateway address and pressEnter
.In this example, type
192.168.28.1
.It takes about two minutes to change the PBX's IP address from
192.168.5.150
to your desired IP address.
- At the
Result
Yeastar P-Series Software Edition is installed successfully.
Open a web browser, enter the PBX's IP address in the address bar, and press
Enter
.
What to do next
support
and the console password configured on PBX web
portal ( ).