Ultimate Guide: Migrating Elastix to VitalPBX in 6 easy steps

Thinking about speeding up the process of migrating Elastix to VitalPBX? We have developed a script that will allow implementers to migrate most of the configurations from PBXs based on Elastix to VitalPBX, quickly and easily. This script is hosted on GitHub and the code is completely open, so developers who want to contribute to improve the script and add new functionalities are welcomed.

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Below we will explain the step by step of how to install and execute this script:

Step 1

• First, make a backup of your Elastix database:

 mysqldump -uroot -pYOURPASS asterisk > elastix.sql

Step 2

• Upload the generated SQL file to VitalPBX Server
• Mount your Elastix database on VitalPBX server

mysql -uroot -e"create database elastix"
mysql -uroot elastix < elastix.sql

Step 3

• Install the git app

yum install git -y

Step 4

• Clone the repository

cd /usr/share
git clone https://github.com/VitalPBX/ElastixToVPBX.git elastix_to_vpbx

Step 6

• Execute the migration script

php /usr/share/elastix_to_vpbx/migrate.php

Conclusion

As you can see, migrating Elastix to VitalPBX only involves a couple of steps, and it is very easy and quick to carry them out.