Before Installation

This information is required before the basic installation of the system.

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Hypervisor host 

Access to hypervisor:

  • IP address
  • login data of administrator / root or specific account 

Only reqired, if VMs are to be configured.

1.1.1.1
root / secret


Hypervisor type

The type of the hypervisor used is needed if the tools are not pre-installed.

Part of the standard installation is to install tools for Hyper-V or VMWare
If the hypervisor is neither of these, the tools must be installed by the customer.
HyperV / VMWare

Network

For the subnet(s) of the virtual machines:

  • IP range
  • Netmask
  • Default gateway 
  • Domain suffix

Network: 192.168.1.0
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.1.254
Domain Suffix: example.com


Naming convention

The required naming convention for the virtual machines.

Only reqired, if VMs are to be configured.

acd-dbm.example.com
acd-jb1.example.com
acd-tel1.example.com


DNS Servers

The addresses of the DNS servers used in the network are required.


192.168.1.254

Time server

The IP address of at least one reliable time server. 
If not available, is a reliable time server accessible via customer firewall by NTP?

A reliable NTP time server must be available for the installation.
Windows domain controllers are not always reliable NTP sources.

ptbtime1.ptb.de
ptbtime2.ptb.de
ptbtime3.ptb.de


CentOS Root Login

The root user and password is required for the CentOS servers.

If the root user is not supplied, the supplied user account must be able to execute commands with sudo and change to root with sudo -s.User: root
Password: secret

Windows Login

An AD domain user or a local user is required for the Windows Server(s).

This user must have local administrator rights to the machine.User: administrator
Password: secret

Internet connection

Available from the VMs directly or proxy server settings.

The installation cannot be performed without internet access.
If a proxy is required to access the internet, the proxy server address, port, user and password is required.

Proxy Server: proxy.example.com:8080

Windows updates

All windows updates should be performed on the windows server before handover.

The customer is responsible for updating the windows operating system. 

Virus scanners

Not all virus scanners are good news. The jtel system is a real-time communication system - and some virus scanners are very intrusive indeed (or just plain and simply badly configured) and can have a serious impact on system performance.

It is solely the customer's responsibility for deploying an adequate virus scanner. 



External file share

The file share used by the system can be external and provided, for example, by a high availability storage system. If this is to be external, an SMB file share is required and the following information:

  • User name
  • Password
Note, because Windows machines will inevitably use the logged in user and password when accessing the share, this is recommended to be the same as the username and password used on the windows machine(s). This is required to be so if the applications on the windows machine are to be configured as windows services.User: jtelacd
Password: secret

Firewall and Routing

All of the machines for the ACD installation will be installed with a firewall, and the necessary ports opened for communication between the machines.
An additional firewall between the servers of the ACD is not recommended.

A firewall between the PBX and the ACD must be correctly configured to allow SIP / RTP and the PBX connector from the jtel system to access the PBX.

A firewall between the servers is not recommended, better as a standalone solution in it's own subnet with a firewall covering access to the load balancer by http(s) for accessing the webservers.

A firewall between the PBX and the ACD is not recommended.

A proxy between the PBX and the ACD (for accessing the PBX connector) is definately not recommended and may cause serious problems with operation (timeouts and other errors).



Web Access

If a certificate is required (i.e. the portal should be accessed via https) then a certificate is to be provided before installation.

The certificate must be provided in .pem Format including the following:

  • Certificate for server
  • Intermediate CA certificate (chain)
  • Private Key



After Installation

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LDAP(S)

  • Protocol 
  • Server URL
  • Port

Only required for LDAP / LDAPS authorization of logins.

For further information, visit this page 

ldaps://domaincontroller.example.com:636

Email Server

For sending email via SMTP:

  • Protocol and port
  • Username and password
  • E-mail sender

Server: smtp.example.com
Protocol: SMTPS / starttls
Port: 587
User: jtelacd@example.com
Password: secret
Sender: jtelacd@example.com

Tests after Basic Installation

It is recommended to perform the following tests after basic installation is complete:

TestRequired ResultStatus
SIP licenses installed and correct countCorrect count

Configuration of telephony server 

  • giAculab.cfg
  • StdCall_MCP.cfg
  • 8-Server License Count
channel_count = SIP licenses

Configuration of telephony server 

  • StdCall_MCP.cfg
Total channels, inbound and outbound channel counts correct.

Configuration of telephony server 

  • 8-Server License Count
Lines and P2 correspond to number of purchased agent / supervisor / queue / IVR and transfer channels

Symmetric RTP setup

  • mhp.cfg
File present and correct count

PBX Connector

  • Connected and functional
Receives messages regarding monitored extensions in log.
Time Synchronisation

All servers syncing with a reliable time server.

  • Windows: NTP Status 
  • Linux: ntpq -p 

Platform UDP ListenerConfigured and running on telephony and webservers, cluster connecting OK
MySQL replication

SHOW SLAVE STATUS\G output good on all DBs

  • For master-master on all DB servers
  • For master-slave on all slave servers

Telephony ServerNo errors when starting up
WebserversNo errors when starting up
Load Balancer

haproxy

  • available and reachable via port 7777
  • all webservers active
  • If master-master replication, masters are active-standby, slaves are active-active
  • Certificate installed if provided? http to https redirection implemented?

PBX Connection

  • Incoming Calls
  • Trunk setup in jtel portal
  • Incoming number converter correct and converts to E.164 correctly
  • Test internal, national and international numbers

PBX Connection

  • Outgoing Calls
  • Trunk setup in jtel portal
  • Outgoing number converter correct and converts to required format for PBX correctly
  • Calls to internal PBX extensions and external (national and international) numbers possible
  • dialler.8Server.IPs parameter setup to actual names of windows servers

System parametersCheck other system parameters and make any necessary modifications

Tests after System Configuration

It is recommended to perform the following tests after some configuration (setting up test numbers and an ACD group):


TestRequired ResultStatus
Configure an ACD group with a logged on agent and music on hold. Setup group to allow calls without logged in agents.
  • Login / logout OK

Incoming call to a test number, agent not available.
  • Music on hold is played

Incoming call on test number, agent available.
  • Agent home / mini client displays call status as soon as phone rings
  • Caller and agent can hear each other
  • Display of information in mini client and full client is OK and contains the required data and numbers in correct (international) format
  • Hold / Retrieve work in jtel portal
  • Call is cleared properly to both ends without delay when one party ends the call

Accept Call button
  • Works if configured and supported by the PBX connector
  • Automatic call answer can be set and works if configured and supported by the PBX connector

Number display on called device

  • Displayed number on agent device is OK
  • Number on agent device can be called back directly (without using the ACD)

Supervisor

  • Data from test calls is displayed and correct

Statistics
  • Data from test calls is retrievable via ACD and Service Number reports

PBX Connector
  • PBX extensions imported to PBX users correctly
  • Status of PBX users and agents change when the user is on the phone

Voice Mail - setup a rule to record a voice mail and activate this rule

  • Voice mail delivered
  • Voice mail can be retrieved via web application
  • Call-Back can be done to number which left voice mail