BigBlueButton is an open-source web conferencing system that facilitates online learning, virtual classrooms, and online meetings. It is widely used by educational institutions and businesses for distance learning and connecting with remote teams. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install BigBlueButton on OpenSUSE Latest.
Before we start, ensure that your system meets the following prerequisites:
To install BigBlueButton on OpenSUSE Latest, you need to follow the steps below:
Run the following command to update your system:
sudo zypper update
Run the following command to install Apache:
sudo zypper install apache2
Run the following command to enable Apache:
sudo systemctl enable apache2
Run the following command to install MySQL:
sudo zypper install mysql-community-server
Run the following command to start and enable MySQL:
sudo systemctl start mysql
sudo systemctl enable mysql
Run the following command to install Redis:
sudo zypper install redis
Run the following command to start and enable Redis:
sudo systemctl start redis
sudo systemctl enable redis
To add BigBlueButton Repository, run the following command:
sudo zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Education:/BigBlueButton:/master/openSUSE_Leap_15.2/Education:BigBlueButton:master.repo
Run the following command to update the system repository:
sudo zypper refresh
Run the following command to install BigBlueButton:
sudo zypper install bigbluebutton
Run the following commands to start the BigBlueButton servers:
sudo systemctl start bbb-html5
sudo systemctl start bbb-webrtc-sfu
sudo systemctl start bbb-fsesl-akka
Run the following commands to enable BigBlueButton on boot:
sudo systemctl enable bbb-html5
sudo systemctl enable bbb-webrtc-sfu
sudo systemctl enable bbb-fsesl-akka
Run the following command to allow the open port 80 and 443 in the firewall:
sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=80/tcp --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=443/tcp --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --reload
That’s it! You have successfully installed BigBlueButton on your OpenSUSE Latest server. You can now access the BigBlueButton web interface from your browser by typing your server's IP address or hostname in the address bar.
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