How to move Asterisk installation to new hardware

Asterisk Asterisk General
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I have been using Asterisk for a while now, and It has been running flawlessly. The PC is now getting a bit old and has shown signs of failure, so I want to move the Asterisk installation to a new computer. I bought one, and I have installed the same Asterisk version than I have on the current computer. Of course, all the configurations I have done over the years must be transferred over (Trunks, Extensions, IP addresses, IVRs, voice prompts, messages, etc.). Can someone point me to a resource that describes how to do that?
Thanks.

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Assuming it’s the same version

Transfer the contents of /etc/asterisk /var/spool/asterisk /var/lib/asterisk to the new server.

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Thanks, that’s good advice. I tried to install the same distro on the new PC I set up, but I think that it may be a bit old. I think it is Asterisk 1.6 or 1.7 and FreePBX 2.7.0.10. And I think it is a 32-bit version. I think it may be time to use a different distro and run that in 64-bit. So, how would I go about that? Should I upgrade the old box to the new distro, but 32-bit, and then transfer the files? How would I actually upgrade Asterisk and FreePBX? I think I tried that once and it failed. I just checked the online upgrades, and it shows me that FreePBX 2.9 is available. Would that be the same one I get with a new distro of AsteriskNow?

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Alright. I now have one (working) Asterisk box with an old 32-bit system, and a new Asterisk box with a new 64-bit system (Asterisknow 612). What now? How can I bring over the setup? Should I try to just copy the contents of the directories above?

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Ah, You did not state you were using FreePBX.

You will need to ask this question on the FreePBX Forums at http://community.freepbx.org

FreePBX would be totally different than doing this with a standalone asterisk install.

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Thanks. I’ll see what they have to say :slight_smile:

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Sorry, does someone have access to the FreePBX forum? I can’t log in there, and I can’t create a new login. All I get is a message that says: “Sorry, there was an error authorizing your account. Perhaps you did not approve authorization?” I have tried 3 times to set up a new account and never received any “authorization request”. I have tried IE, Firefox, and Chrome. All the same. And there is no contact where I could go to get help on this or report this problem. Catch-22?

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Maybe their email to activate your account ended up in your spam folder?

Try a different email perhaps if not?