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And to transfer video over the network, open UDP port 100.

To allow attendees to join a video conference from a web browser, you need to open TCP port 80 and 443.

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(If your Ubuntu server doesn’t have the netstat command, you can run sudo apt install net-tools command to install it.) sudo netstat -lnptu | grep java Jitsi Meet listens on several UDP ports, as can be seen with the following command.

coturn: TURN and STUN server for VoIP ( systemctl status coturn).

prosody: Lightweight Jabber/XMPP server ( systemctl status prosody).

jicofo: Jitsi conference Focus ( systemctl status jicofo).

It’s needed because Jitsi Meet is written in the Java language.

openjdk-8-jre-headless: Java runtime environment.

The jitsi-meet package also pulled other packages as dependencies, such as Hint: If the above command doesn’t quit immediately, you can press the Q key to make it quit. └─3665 java -Xmx3072m -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:HeapDumpPath=/tmp .SC_HOME_DIR_LOCATION=/etc/jitsi .SC_HO Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/rvice enabled vendor preset: enabled)Īctive: active (running) since Fri 12:11:13 UTC 3min 27s agoĬGroup: /system.slice/rvice You can check its status with: systemctl status jitsi-videobridge2 Once the installation is complete, Jitsi Meet will automatically start. The installation process will configure some Linux kernel parameters, which is saved to the /etc/sysctl.d/nf file. In the next screen, you can choose to generate a new self-signed TLS certificate, so later you can obtain and install a trusted Let’s Encryption certificate. You can use a descriptive hostname like. This is the hostname that will appear in the web browser address bar when attendees join your video conference. sudo apt updateĭuring the installation, you need to enter a hostname for your Jitsi instance.

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Next, update local package index and install Jitsi Meet on Ubuntu. wget -qO - | sudo apt-key add -īecause the Jitsi repository requires HTTPS connection so we need to install apt-transport-https package to make APT establish HTTPS connection to the Jitsi repository. Import the Jitsi public key, so the APT package manager can verifiy the integrity of packages downloaded from this repository. echo 'deb stable/' | sudo tee /etc/apt//jitsi-stable.list Log into your server via SSH, then run the following command to add the official Jitsi repository.

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We can install it from the official Jitsi package repository, which also contains several other useful software packages. Jitsi Meet isn’t included in the default Ubuntu repository. Step 1: Install Jitsi Meet from the Official Package Repository

I registered my domain name at NameCheap because the price is low and they give whois privacy protection free for life. The server should be close to your users, or the delay will be noticiable during online meetings. When you have dozens of users, consider upgrading your server hardware. Once you have an account at Vultr, install Ubuntu 18.04/20.04 on your server and follow the instructions below. You can click this referral link to create an account at Vultr to get $50 free credit (for new users only).

To run Jitsi Meet, you need a server with at least 1GB RAM.

Requirements of Installing Jitsi Meet on Ubuntu 18.04/20.04 You can embed a Jits Meet call into any webpage with just a few lines of code.Stream to YouTube Live and store the recording on YouTube.Record the meeting/conference and save it to Dropbox.

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You can set a password for your conference to prevent random strangers coming in.

End to end encryption (work in progress).

Communication over the network is encrypted using DTLS-SRTP.

A moderator can mute every participant with one click.

You can assign authorized users as moderators.

You can share the system audio while sharing your screen.

The presenter mode allows you to share your screen and camera at the same time, so attendees can see the presenter and their body language throughout the presentation.

Share your computer screen with others.

If you don’t trust Zoom, you can run your own video conferencing platform on your own server. Jitsi Meet is a f ree open-source video conferencing software that works on Linux, macOS, Windows, iOS and Android.

#JITSI CREATE ROOM HOW TO#

This tutorial is going to show you how to install Jitsi Meet on Ubuntu 18.04/20.04 server.

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