Openmeetings is an open-source web conferencing and collaboration software that allows you to host online meetings, webinars, video conferences, and more. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Openmeetings on Debian Latest.
Before proceeding, you need to update and upgrade the system packages to their latest versions. Open your terminal and enter the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
Openmeetings requires Java to run, so you need to install Java on your system. To do this, enter the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt install default-jdk
You need to install additional packages to support Openmeetings. Enter the following command in your terminal to install them:
sudo apt install ant subversion libjpeg62-turbo-dev libpng-dev libgif-dev libx11-dev libxml2-dev libxslt-dev g++ make liblog4cxx-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev
You can download the Openmeetings package from the official website. Use the following commands to download and extract the Openmeetings package in your current directory:
wget https://archive.apache.org/dist/openmeetings/5.1.0/bin/apache-openmeetings-5.1.0.tar.gz
sudo tar -xzvf apache-openmeetings-5.1.0.tar.gz
Openmeetings requires a database to store its data. You can use MySQL or MariaDB for this purpose. Follow these steps to set up the database:
Enter the following command to install the MariaDB server:
sudo apt install mariadb-server
Create a new database for Openmeetings. To do this, enter the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your MySQL/MariaDB root password when prompted. Once you are in the MySQL/MariaDB console, enter the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE openmeetings;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON openmeetings.* TO 'om'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your-password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
These commands will create a new database called 'openmeetings', create a new user called 'om', set the user's password 'your-password' and grant all privileges to the user for the database.
Openmeetings configuration files are located in the ''/opt/red5/webapps/openmeetings/WEB-INF/classes/META-INF'' directory. You can edit these files to configure Openmeetings according to your needs. Use the following commands to open the configuration files:
cd /opt/red5/webapps/openmeetings/WEB-INF/classes/META-INF
sudo nano red5-web.xml
You can also open the ''red5.properties'' configuration file to set up the database. Open the file using the following command:
sudo nano red5.properties
Edit the following lines in the file:
webapp.contextPath=/openmeetings
db.driver=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
db.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/openmeetings?autoReconnect=true
db.username=om
db.password=your-password
Change 'your-password' to the password you set up for the 'om' user in MySQL/MariaDB.
Red5 is the server used by Openmeetings for web conferencing. You can start the Red5 server using the following command:
sudo /opt/red5/red5.sh
You can also add the command to the system startup script to start the server automatically when the system boots.
Openmeetings should now be accessible on your server IP address or domain name. Navigate to the following URL to access Openmeetings: https://your-server-ip-address:5443/openmeetings/ You may see a warning about the website's security certificate. Click on 'Proceed Anyway' to continue. Once you see the Openmeetings login screen, you can create a new user account or use the default admin account to log in.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed and configured Openmeetings on your Debian Latest server. You can now use it for online meetings, webinars, and more.
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