FreeSBC:Cloud:AWS Installation

This page is intended to give assistance to people launching an instance of FreeSBC using an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) on Amazon Web Service (AWS).

Instantiate a FreeSBC

• After logging in your Amazon account, click on “EC2” in the main AWS console:

• On the left menu, click on “AMIs”:

• Click on the filter drop list and select “Private image” to locate FreeSBC AMI:

• Select the image and click “Launch”:

• Select the instance type and its resources. The recommended instance type is:
  • m4.large (2 vCPU, 8 GiB)
• Supported instance type are:
  • C3, C4, D2, I2, M4 (excluding m4.16xlarge), and R3 instances (Supported instances from Amazon documentation)

• Choose an existing subnet from the list (Do not leave it to default, to allow for multiple network interfaces):
• Click "Add Device" under Network Interface section to add a second IP interface (as FreeSBC requires 2 network interfaces)
• Click “Add Storage” to proceed to the next page:

• Change the Volume Size to 40Gb.
• Select "Volume Type": gp2
• Click “Add Tags” to proceed to the next page.

• You can leave the default parameters as they are.
• Click “Configure Security Group” to proceed to the next page:

• Select "Create a new security group". We recommend that you simply open all ports on your own IP address, since the SBC contains its own internal firewall:

Rule	Type	Port Range	Source IP
All traffic	All traffic	0 - 65535	(Use your own public IP)

• Click “Launch”. Please note that FreeSBC is free of charges. However, you will still be billed by Amazon for the instance resources:

• You will be prompted to create a key pair, allowing you to securely connect to your instance. Select “Create a new key pair” if you do not own one, and give it a name. Then, click on “Download Key Pair” to download a .pem file since it is needed for a SSH connection. (Note: Make sure to not lose it, since you would then lose access the the SSH connection for the instance):

• Click on “Launch Instances”:

• You can view your instance by clicking on “View Instances”:

• Select the instance you just created and feel free to give it a name:

• For your instance to become accessible, you need to associate a public IP generated by Amazon (called "Elastic IP"). Click on "Elastic IP" on the left, then click on "Allocate new address":

• Click on "Allocate IP". A new public IP will be generated by Amazon:

• Click on "Close":

• Go to the left pane and click on "Instance". Then select the instance "FreeSBC" to display its description:

• Find the eth1 network interface in the instance description:

• Click on the eth1 Network Interface, then click on the "Interface ID" link:

• Right-click on the selected Network Interface, then click "Associate Address":

• In the Address list, select the public IP to associate with the main Network Interface. Then, click on "Associate Address":

• Click on "Instances" on the left pane and select "FreeSBC" instance. Check if your instance is associated with a public IP:

You are ready to connect to FreeSBC instance on AWS through the Web Portal. To connect to the Web Portal, use the public IP address with the port like this: <Public IP>:12358/

• Username:
  • root
• Password:
  • <The ID of the instance on which the web portal is running.>

Take note that it may take a while for the FreeSBC system to make the Web Portal available (around 3-5 minutes).

Validating the installation

To test that the FreeSBC was correctly installed, you can call a special number via any SIP phone to get an automated message from the FreeSBC

• Call the number 5551234@<FreeSBC's public IP address>

You should get a message from the FreeSBC along with a "special treat" :).

Troubleshooting

• Installation troubleshooting