Summary

In this chapter, we covered a lot of ground:

• On which platform FreeSWITCH can be installed
• Preferred Platforms
• How to Install FreeSWITCH on Debian Linux
• How to install FreeSWITCH on Microsoft Windows
• How to start FreeSWITCH as a background server (for example, daemon, service)
• How to connect to it for management via fs_cli

In the next chapter, we will delve into the features available in the demo configuration that has been installed by default.