installation
15 posts.
Moving VICIdial to new server hardware
Migrating VICIdial to a new box is five jobs: dump the database, sync recordings, cut over the IP and DNS, rebuild the config, and re-register your trunks.
Read postGoing from zero to a running dialer in under a minute
Pay, and in under 40 seconds you have a dedicated VPS running secured VICIdial on a branded HTTPS subdomain with root SSH. Bring your SIP carrier and start dialing.
Read postWhy installing VICIdial yourself is harder than it looks
A clean VICIdial install means compiling Perl and Asterisk, sorting codecs and NAT, tuning MySQL, and wiring the keepalive cron. The 3am failure modes are where it bites.
Read postHow to run VICIdial on Hetzner Cloud
A practical walkthrough of running VICIdial on a Hetzner Cloud VPS: instance type, public IPv4, the firewall rules for SIP and RTP, snapshots, and the audio caveats.
Read postWhat Installing VICIdial Actually Involves
A plain tour of the moving parts a fresh VICIdial install needs: the telephony engine, the web app, the database, the keepalive crontab, and a carrier to dial out.
Read postSetting up MySQL/MariaDB for VICIdial
What VICIdial needs from its database: the asterisk database, the cron and DB users, MyISAM tables, basic tuning, and keeping the DB on the right box.
Read postInstalling VICIdial: The Complete Guide
What installing VICIdial actually involves end to end: the software stack, install routes, hardware, registering the server in Admin, conf files, and going live.
Read postAdding a server in VICIdial Admin
How to add a new server record in VICIdial Admin: the five required fields, the rules for the server ID, and what happens after you submit the form.
Read postInstalling VICIdial from the ViciBox ISO
The ViciBox ISO bundles the OS, Asterisk, and VICIdial into one prebuilt image. Here is what it includes, how the install flow works, and when the ISO is the right call.
Read postSingle-server vs clustered VICIdial: when one box is enough
When a single VICIdial box handles your call volume, what a cluster of dialers adds, and the real tradeoffs in cost and complexity before you split things up.
Read postWhich Asterisk version VICIdial needs
How to pick an Asterisk version for a VICIdial build: supported branches, why the version field changes Local channel handling, and MeetMe versus ConfBridge.
Read postThe VICIdial post-install checklist
A practical did-it-actually-work checklist for a fresh VICIdial box: confirm Asterisk and keepalive are running, fix the clock, add a carrier, create a phone, load a list, place a test call.
Read postInstalling VICIdial from Scratch on Ubuntu
Prerequisites, pulling the source, compiling Asterisk, running the install script, and the Ubuntu-specific gotchas that trip up a from-scratch VICIdial build.
Read postInstalling VICIdial from Scratch on Debian
How a from-scratch Debian build differs from Ubuntu: package names, defaults, and the same compile-Asterisk-then-install flow, with the Debian-specific snags called out.
Read postThe VICIdial install.pl Script, Step by Step
A walkthrough of what the VICIdial install script does: the prompts it asks, the database it builds, the scripts it copies, the crontab, and the conf files it writes.
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