Jitsi Meet is an open-source video conferencing solution that allows users to communicate securely and easily online. In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to install Jitsi Meet on Elementary OS.
Run the following commands in the terminal:
wget -qO - https://download.jitsi.org/jitsi-key.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb https://download.jitsi.org stable/' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jitsi-stable.list"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install jitsi-meet
For Jitsi Meet to work, it needs a webserver with a valid SSL certificate. We recommend using nginx, but apache can also be used.
sudo apt-get -y install nginx
Create a new nginx virtual host file, jitsi.example.com.conf and add the following:
server {
listen 80;
server_name jitsi.example.com;
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
}
server {
listen 443 ssl;
server_name jitsi.example.com;
ssl_certificate /path/to/cert.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /path/to/privkey.pem;
location / {
proxy_pass https://localhost:8443;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
}
}
Note that jitsi.example.com should be replaced with your domain and /path/to/cert.pem and /path/to/privkey.pem should be replaced with the actual path to your SSL certificate files.
sudo systemctl enable nginx
sudo systemctl start nginx
You can now test if Jitsi Meet is installed correctly by visiting https://jitsi.example.com in your web browser.
Important Note: The first time you visit the site, the server will generate a self-signed SSL certificate. You should ignore any SSL warnings and proceed with the connection. You can replace this self-signed SSL certificate with your own SSL certificate.
In this tutorial, we have learned how to install Jitsi Meet on Elementary OS latest. We also configured a webserver with a valid SSL certificate for Jitsi Meet to work.
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