How to Install Jitsi Video Bridge on OpenSUSE

Jitsi Video Bridge is a popular web conferencing tool that uses peer-to-peer technology to create high-quality video conference calls. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Jitsi Video Bridge on the latest version of OpenSUSE.

Requirements

• OpenSUSE installed on your machine.
• Root privileges to install packages and libraries.

Installation Steps

1. Run zypper command to update the package list.

sudo zypper update

2. Install Java Development Kit (JDK) latest version.

sudo zypper install java-devel

3. Download latest version of Jitsi Video Bridge from the official website, extract it and then move it to /usr/share/jitsi-videobridge/. Run the following commands to extract and move the files.

sudo wget https://download.jitsi.org/stable/jitsi-videobridge-linux-x86-YYYY.tar.gz
sudo tar zxvf jitsi-videobridge-linux-x86-YYYY.tar.gz
sudo mv jitsi-videobridge-linux-x86-YYYY /usr/share/jitsi-videobridge

Note: Replace the YYYY with the version number you have downloaded.

4. Now, go to the jitsi-videobridge folder:

cd /usr/share/jitsi-videobridge

5. Run the start command to start the Jitsi Video Bridge.

sudo ./jvb.sh --host=localhost --domain=your_domain --port=5347 --secret=your_secret

Note: Replace the your_domain with your domain name and your_secret with your secret key.

6. Verify that the Jitsi Video Bridge is successfully installed by visiting the following URL in your web browser:

https://your_domain:7443/

Note: Replace the your_domain with your domain name.

7. If you want to configure and customize Jitsi Video Bridge, then you can edit the configuration file at the following path /etc/jitsi/videobridge/sip-communicator.properties.

That's it! You have successfully installed Jitsi Video Bridge on OpenSUSE.

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