BigBlueButton is an open-source web conferencing system designed for online teaching and learning. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing BigBlueButton on Clear Linux Latest.
Before we begin, let's update our system to ensure that we have the latest packages:
sudo swupd update
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-openssl
To install BigBlueButton, we need to add the BigBlueButton repository to our system. Run the following command to add the repository:
sudo echo "deb https://ubuntu.bigbluebutton.org/dist/bionic-230/ bigbluebutton-bionic main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bigbluebutton.list
Next, we need to add the BigBlueButton public key to our system:
wget -qO - https://ubuntu.bigbluebutton.org/repo/bigbluebutton.asc | sudo apt-key add -
Finally, we can install BigBlueButton by running the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install bigbluebutton
After installing BigBlueButton, we need to configure some settings before we can start using it.
First, we need to set up a domain name for our BigBlueButton server. This domain name will be used to access the web interface and join conference rooms.
To set up a domain name, open the /etc/bigbluebutton/nginx/sip.nginx configuration file and replace the server_name directive with your own domain name:
sudo nano /etc/bigbluebutton/nginx/sip.nginx
server {
listen 80;
server_name your-domain-name.com; # Replace this with your own domain name
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:5066;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
}
}
Save and exit the configuration file.
Next, we need to configure the BigBlueButton web server. Open the /var/www/bigbluebutton/client/conf/config.xml configuration file and replace the defaultGuestName and defaultWelcomeMessage directives with your own values:
sudo nano /var/www/bigbluebutton/client/conf/config.xml
<config>
<locale value="en_US"/>
<defaultGuestName value="Your Name"/>
<defaultWelcomeMessage><![CDATA[Welcome to your BigBlueButton server]]></defaultWelcomeMessage>
<bannerURL value=""/>
<helpURL value=""/>
<tutorialURL value=""/>
<logoutURL value=""/>
<showMenuButtonInToolbar value="true"/>
<enableRecordings value="false"/>
</config>
Save and exit the configuration file.
After configuring BigBlueButton, we can start the service by running the following command:
sudo bbb-conf --restart
After starting BigBlueButton, we can access the web interface by opening a web browser and navigating to https://your-domain-name.com/.
From there, we can create conference rooms and invite participants to join.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured BigBlueButton on Clear Linux Latest.
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