Atomic Flash: 15-Minute Turnkey Asterisk Installs

Featuring PBX in a Flash - The Lean, Mean Asterisk Machine

Availability: For generous contributors to the PBX in a Flash Project

Introductory Price (first 100 contributors): $0.00 including free shipping

Documentation: http://knol.vpninaflash.com

Hardware Description


The Atomic Flash is a bootable USB flash drive designed to build turnkey Asterisk PBX systems in under 15 minutes.

Specifications
Atomic Flash
  • 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive
  • Bootable on Most Newer PCs
  • Specifically Designed for Intel Atom Motherboards
  • Also Works Reliably on Dell PowerEdge T100 & T105 Servers
  • Systems Must Include a SATA Hard Drive Configured as sda

Software Overview


This PBX in a Flash turnkey build is specifically engineered for portability and secure communications.

Highlights
  • Linux® Platform: Fedora® Remix
  • Graphical User Interface: KDE®
  • PBX in a Flash 1.3 with Asterisk® 1.4 and FreePBX® 2.5
  • Nerd Vittles Orgasmatron III Utilities Collection
  • Hamachi® VPN Client-Server Software
  • Integrated Plug-and-Play Zoiper® Softphone

Installation Overview


Here is a quick thumbnail sketch of the steps involved in using the Atomic Flash installer.

WARNING: DO NOT USE THIS PBX WITHOUT FIRST READING THE PRIMER ON ASTERISK SECURITY AND THE DOCUMENTATION!

Basic Setup
Atomic Flash
  • Insert Atomic Flash installer into PC (NOTE: The hard drive will be erased!)
  • Boot PC from the Flash Drive Following Manufacturer Procedure
  • At the prompt, type nuke and press the Enter key after reading warnings
  • Return in 15 minutes and click OK
  • At command prompt, type the following command: mount-me
  • At command prompt, type the following command: /mnt/RESTORING/root/fixit-master.x
  • Remove the Atomic Flash installer from the PC
  • At command prompt, type the following command to reboot into PBX in a Flash: exit
  • After your system reboots, it will reboot one more time automatically to complete the install.
  • NOTE: For the time being, do not run update-fixes or update-source with this build! yum update is fine with usual precautions concerning the risks inherent in using Bleeding Edge software. Be safe. Make a backup first: /root/mondobackup.sh

Nerd Vittles Original Article (2/4/2009): Introducing Atomic Flash: 15-Minute Turnkey Asterisk Installs


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