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Installing FreeSWITCH or FreeSWITCH Advantage

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- product:freeswitch - getting-started ## FreeSWITCH Terminology Before we begin, here is some general FreeSWITCH terminology that may be important for understanding this article! | Term | Meaning | |:|:--| | FreeSWITCH | The publicly released version of FreeSWITCH for the community at large. | | FreeSWITCH Advantage | The privately release version of FreeSWITCH for subscribed customers. | | FS | A generic term applicable to either FreeSWITCH or FreeSWITCH Advantage | | Production Server | A FreeSWITCH or FreeSWITCH Advantage installation of packages from our stable repo. | | Staging Server | A FreeSWITCH or FreeSWITCH Advantage installation of packages from our unstable repo. | | Lab Server | A FreeSWITCH or FreeSWITCH Advantage installation by compilation of source code, build dependencies installed from the unstable repo. | ## Getting an Access Token A SignalWire account is now required to download the pre-build FreeSWITCH binaries. First [create a SignalWire Space](/guides/signing-up-for-a-space), then go to the Personal Access Tokens section located on the left side of the Dashboard. From there, create a Personal Access Token. [Click here to learn more](https://freeswitch.org/confluence/display/FREESWITCH/Debian).

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In case you missed the previous emails on the matter, here is the recap of this change: - This specifically (and only) affects the built copy of the FreeSWITCH software - the binaries that turn Linux into FreeSWITCH instantly. - It does not impact actively running instances or change the process for accessing the open-source code, which will continue to be freely available on GitHub. - It may affect how you obtain FreeSWITCH dependencies or FreeSWITCH packages from our package repositories such as our Debian repository. - The changes do not affect our FreeSWITCH Advantage method of authenticating. ## Working with Repos ### Available to the community at large: Click [here](https://developer.signalwire.com/freeswitch/FreeSWITCH-Explained/Installation/Linux/Debian_67240088/) to see more about installing or compiling the public version of FreeSWITCH. shell apt-get update && apt-get install -y gnupg2 wget lsb-release wget -O - https://files.freeswitch.org/repo/deb/debian-release/fsstretch-archive-keyring.asc | apt-key add - echo deb http://files.freeswitch.org/repo/deb/debian-release/ lsb_release -sc main > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/freeswitch.list echo deb-src http://files.freeswitch.org/repo/deb/debian-release/ lsb_release -sc main >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/freeswitch.list # you may want to populate /etc/freeswitch at this point. # if /etc/freeswitch does not exist, the standard vanilla configuration is deployed apt-get update && apt-get install -y freeswitch-meta-all FreeSWITCH™ is now installed and can be accessed with shell FreeSwitch CLI fs_cli -rRS ### Must be a subscriber to access FreeSWITCH Advantage: Click [here](https://developer.signalwire.com/freeswitch/FreeSWITCH-Explained/Installation/Linux/Deprecated-Installation-Instructions/27590677) to see more about installing or compiling the paid version of FreeSWITCH. shell apt-get update && apt-get install -y gnupg2 wget lsb-release software-properties-common apt-transport-https USERNAME=FSAUSER PASSWORD=FSAPASS wget --http-user=$USERNAME --http-password=$PASSWORD -O - https://fsa.freeswitch.com/repo/deb/fsa/pubkey.gpg | apt-key add - echo machine fsa.freeswitch.com login $USERNAME password $PASSWORD > /etc/apt/auth.conf echo deb https://fsa.freeswitch.com/repo/deb/fsa/ lsb_release -sc 1.8 > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/freeswitch.list echo deb-src https://fsa.freeswitch.com/repo/deb/fsa/ lsb_release -sc 1.8 >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/freeswitch.list # you may want to populate /etc/freeswitch at this point. # if /etc/freeswitch does not exist, the standard vanilla configuration is deployed apt-get update && apt-get install -y freeswitch-meta-all FreeSWITCH™ is now installed and can be accessed with shell FreeSwitch CLI fs_cli -rRS :::info Compilation Script If you need a compilation script, you can reach out to support@signalwire.com! :::