PhonixPBX is a telephone system (PBX) for small offices and homes. It runs on a Raspberry Pi, a PC, a virtual machine or in a container, connects your desk phones and softphones with each other and, through one or more providers, with the public telephone network. Everything is set up in the web interface; no command line is needed.
Who this manual is for
- Administrators who install the PBX and configure it in the web interface: phones, providers, call routing, voicemail, backups and updates. Most chapters are written for you.
- Phone users who make calls with a phone connected to the PBX. The chapter Using your phone explains the dial codes for transfers, call pickup, parking, voicemail and conferences. Administrators can hand it out as it is.
How the manual is organised
The chapters follow the menu of the web interface:
| Chapter | Contents |
|---|---|
| Getting started | First boot, login, the user interface, applying changes, the console menu |
| Using your phone | Dial codes and features for phone users |
| Status | Dashboard, registrations, active calls, graphs, logs and the audit log |
| System | Host name, network, storage, firmware updates, backups, factory reset, reboot |
| Accounts | Phones and providers |
| Dialplan | Applications, call groups, IVR menus, business hours, transfers and parking |
| Services | E-mail notifications, voicemail, conferencing, media files |
| Advanced | SIP, IAX, RTP, Asterisk Manager, firewall, certificate, administrators, API tokens |
| Reference | Command line, REST API and MCP, migration from AskoziaPBX, troubleshooting |
Help in the web interface
Every page of the web interface has a Help button (the question mark icon at the right of the page title). It opens, in a new browser tab, the chapter of this manual that describes the page, in the language of the web interface when the manual exists in that language, otherwise in English. The Manual link in the footer opens this start page.
Getting started
First boot, login, the user interface, applying changes and the console menu.
Using your phone
Dial codes for phone users: transfer, pickup, parking, voicemail, call forwarding, conferences and test numbers.
Status
Dashboard, registrations and active calls, graphs, logs and the audit log.
System
Accounts
Dialplan
Services
Advanced
Reference
Command line, REST API and MCP, migration from AskoziaPBX, troubleshooting.