How to Install OpenMeetings on EndeavourOS Latest

OpenMeetings is a free and open-source web-based video conferencing, instant messaging and collaboration tool that can be used to conduct online meetings, webinars, lectures, presentations, video chats, and group discussions. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install OpenMeetings on EndeavourOS Latest.

Prerequisites

• A server running EndeavourOS Latest
• Root access or a user account with sudo privileges
• Java 8 or later version
• Apache web server with mod_proxy enabled
• MariaDB or MySQL database server
• Command-line terminal (PuTTY or the terminal application of your choice)

Step 1 - Install Java 8

OpenMeetings requires Java 8 or later version to be installed on your server before you can install it. To install Java 8, run the following commands:

sudo pacman -Syu
sudo pacman -S jdk8-openjdk

Step 2 - Install Apache web server

OpenMeetings requires Apache web server with mod_proxy enabled. To install Apache web server, run the following commands:

sudo pacman -S apache

To enable mod_proxy, run the following command:

sudo ln -s /etc/httpd/conf/modules/mod_proxy.so /etc/httpd/modules/mod_proxy.so

Step 3 - Install MariaDB or MySQL database server

OpenMeetings requires a datasource to be set up. In this tutorial, we will use MariaDB, which can be installed by running the following commands:

sudo pacman -S mariadb

To start and enable MariaDB, run the following commands:

sudo systemctl start mysqld
sudo systemctl enable mysqld

Run the following command to secure your MariaDB installation:

sudo mysql_secure_installation

Step 4 - Install OpenMeetings

Now we are ready to install OpenMeetings on EndeavourOS Latest.

cd /tmp
wget https://downloads.apache.org/openmeetings/5.0.0/bin/apache-openmeetings-5.0.0.tar.gz
tar zxvf apache-openmeetings-5.0.0.tar.gz
sudo mv apache-openmeetings-5.0.0 /opt/openmeetings

Step 5 - Configure OpenMeetings

Before starting OpenMeetings, we need to configure some settings in the configuration file. Edit /opt/openmeetings/webapps/openmeetings/WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/spring/applicationContext.xml file and change the following settings:

<bean id="red5Properties" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertiesFactoryBean">
        <property name="properties">
            <props>
                <!-- set the Red5 directory -->
                <prop key="red5.root">${red5.root}</prop>
                <!-- set the MySQL or MariaDB database connection details -->
                <prop key="jdbc.url">jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/openmeetings?autoReconnect=true</prop>
                <prop key="jdbc.username">openmeetings</prop>
                <prop key="jdbc.password">openmeetings</prop>
                <!-- set the OpenMeetings administrator account -->
                <prop key="admin.username">admin</prop>
                <prop key="admin.password">12345</prop>
            </props>
        </property>
    </bean>

Save and close the file.

Step 6 - Start OpenMeetings

Finally, we are ready to start OpenMeetings on EndeavourOS Latest.

sudo /opt/openmeetings/red5.sh

OpenMeetings should now be running on your server. You can access it by opening a web browser and entering http://your-server-ip-address:5080/openmeetings in the address bar. You should be prompted to enter your OpenMeetings administrator username and password, which you set in the configuration file.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed OpenMeetings on EndeavourOS Latest.

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