Openmeetings is a free, open-source video conferencing platform that allows you to conduct online meetings, webinars, and virtual classrooms. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Openmeetings on Manjaro Linux.
Before we proceed with the installation, make sure you have the following requirements:
Openmeetings requires Apache web server and PostgreSQL database to run smoothly. So, let's install these packages first.
Open the terminal and update the package list using the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
Now, install Apache and PostgreSQL:
sudo pacman -S apache postgresql
After installation completes, start and enable Apache and PostgreSQL services using the following command:
sudo systemctl start httpd
sudo systemctl enable httpd
sudo systemctl start postgresql
sudo systemctl enable postgresql
Now, let's download and install Openmeetings on Manjaro.
First, download the Openmeetings installer package using the following command:
wget https://archive.apache.org/dist/openmeetings/5.0.0/bin/apache-openmeetings-5.0.0.tar.gz
After the download completes, extract the downloaded package using the following command:
tar -xvf apache-openmeetings-5.0.0.tar.gz
Next, move the extracted contents to /var/www/html/openmeetings directory using the following command:
sudo mv apache-openmeetings-5.0.0/ /var/www/html/openmeetings
Now, give ownership of the openmeetings directory to the Apache web server user http using the following command:
sudo chown -R http:http /var/www/html/openmeetings/
In this step, we will configure Openmeetings to use PostgreSQL database and enable SSL encryption.
To configure Openmeetings with PostgreSQL database, create a new PostgreSQL database user and database using the following command:
sudo -u postgres createuser openmeetings
sudo -u postgres createdb openmeetingsdb -O openmeetings
Next, import the Openmeetings database schema using the following command:
sudo -u postgres psql -f /var/www/html/openmeetings/sql/PostgreSQL.sql openmeetingsdb
To enable SSL encryption for Openmeetings, install Certbot using the following command:
sudo pacman -S certbot
After the installation completes, get an SSL/TLS certificate for your domain using the following command:
sudo certbot certonly --apache
Once the SSL/TLS certificate is installed, edit the Openmeetings configuration file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
Add the following lines at the end of this file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName yourdomain.com
Redirect permanent / https://yourdomain.com/
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName yourdomain.com
SSLEngine On
SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/yourdomain.com/fullchain.pem
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/yourdomain.com/privkey.pem
ProxyPreserveHost On
ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPass /openmeetings http://localhost:5080/openmeetings
ProxyPassReverse /openmeetings http://localhost:5080/openmeetings
</VirtualHost>
Remember to replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain name.
Finally, start Openmeetings using the following command:
sudo /var/www/html/openmeetings/red5.sh
Openmeetings will now be accessible at https://yourdomain.com/openmeetings.
That's it! You now have Openmeetings installed on your Manjaro Linux system. You can now start using it for video conferencing, webinars, and virtual classrooms.
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