Determine the Installation Method
This page goes over how to determine which installation method was used to install your iSymphony server. Knowing which installation method was used is crucial when performing upgrades, and will allow you to determine which package to download for the upgrade.
Installation Methods
There are two different installation methods for iSymphony. The RPM method has two separate RPM packages that could be used.
RPM
On RedHat based systems the iSymphony server is usually installed as an RPM. You can execute the following command to check if the server was installed via an RPM:
There are two separate RPM packages that you need to be aware of.
Vanilla RPM
This is the RPM that is distributed at www.getisymphony.com. The RPM is configured to run the iSymphony server as the root user. These RPMs will not contain "fpbx" in the RPM id.
FreePBX RPM
This is the RPM that is distributed with the FreePBX and Asterisk Now distros. The RPM is configured to run the iSymphony server as the asterisk user. These RPMs will contain "fpbx" in the RPM id.
Tarball
The Tarball installation package is usually utilized on systems like Debian, but can be used on RedHat systems as well.
If no RPM id could be found for iSymphony, or the rpm -qa command cannot be run, the installation was more than likely performed via the Tarball.