diff --git a/roles/pbx/README.rst b/roles/pbx/README.rst index 2a568154d..09cebeb10 100644 --- a/roles/pbx/README.rst +++ b/roles/pbx/README.rst @@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ Optionally, you may want to enable `chan_dongle `_ of your IIAB server). +After installing PBX as part of IIAB, please visit http://pbx.lan/freepbx and proceed with initial configuration (no login/password is required initially — you will be asked to set this up). + +**CAUTION: it is sometimes necessary to put "[ACTUAL IP ADDRESS] pbx.lan" into the 'hosts' file on the client machine (where the browser is being used) to get http://pbx.lan/freepbx to work.** Typically this is ``/etc/hosts`` or ``c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts`` (conversely, customizing the hosts file is *not* necessary if your browser is accessing the `'LAN' side `_ of your IIAB server). You can monitor the PBX service with command::