installing my “FREE” cloud phone system (AWS and 3CX)

About this video

The creator builds a fully functional cloud business phone system from three parts: an AWS free-tier account, the 3CX phone system (the video’s sponsor, free for a year in his setup), and Amazon Chime as the SIP trunk provider for a real phone number, which is the paid part. In AWS he creates an IAM user with programmatic access and EC2 full access for 3CX, downloads its credentials, creates a PEM key pair, notes his region (US East 1), and subscribes to a free Debian 9 image in AWS Marketplace. In 3CX’s self-hosted setup he enters those credentials, selects the region and key pair, and 3CX deploys the server, after which he provisions the 3CX app by QR code and adds a second extension for his daughter’s iPad, testing internal and video calls. He then buys a toll-free number in Amazon Chime, creates a voice connector, configures termination (allowing his EC2 instance’s public IP, a US calling plan, and SIP credentials) and origination (routing to his 3CX domain on port 5060), and mirrors those settings in a 3CX SIP trunk. He adds an outbound rule where dialing 9 signals an outside call, strips the 9, and prepends +1 for E.164 format, then builds a digital receptionist IVR with menu options including one connecting to his employee Austin, and routes the toll-free number to it, testing inbound and outbound calls successfully.

Key takeaways

• Stack is AWS free tier plus 3CX plus Amazon Chime for the number
• 3CX deploys its own EC2 server using an IAM user and key pair you create
• A SIP trunk connects the PBX to the public telephone network
• Outbound rule: dial 9, strip it, prepend +1 to normalize the number
• An IVR digital receptionist can route the main number to extensions

Episode details: published April 22, 2021 · 24:47 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are NetworkChuck’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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