OpenMeetings is a web-based conferencing application that allows users to hold online meetings, webinars, and training sessions. It is an open-source project developed by the Apache Software Foundation. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install OpenMeetings on the latest version of POP! OS.
Before starting, you need to make sure that your system is up-to-date by running the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
You will also need Java installed on your system. You can install Java by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install default-jre
OpenMeetings requires Apache Tomcat to run, so we need to install it first. To install Apache Tomcat, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install tomcat9 tomcat9-admin
Once the installation is complete, you can check the status of Apache Tomcat by running the following command:
sudo systemctl status tomcat9
If Apache Tomcat is installed and running correctly, you should see a message like this:
● tomcat9.service - Apache Tomcat 9 Web Application Server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/tomcat9.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Wed 2021-09-22 13:24:22 IST; 3s ago
Docs: https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-9.0-doc/index.html
Main PID: 7532 (java)
Tasks: 45 (limit: 4702)
Memory: 295.0M
CGroup: /system.slice/tomcat9.service
└─7532 /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/bin/java -Djava.util.logging.config.file=/var/lib/tomcat9/conf/logging.properties -Djava.util.logging.manager...
You can download the latest version of OpenMeetings from the official website.
wget https://downloads.apache.org/openmeetings/5.1.1/bin/apache-openmeetings-5.1.1.tar.gz
Once the download is complete, extract the tarball by running the following command:
tar -xvzf apache-openmeetings-5.1.1.tar.gz
Now, copy the OpenMeetings war file to the Tomcat webapps directory:
sudo cp apache-openmeetings-5.1.1/openmeetings-web/target/openmeetings.war /var/lib/tomcat9/webapps/
OpenMeetings requires some configuration before it can be used. To configure OpenMeetings, you need to edit the configuration file located at /usr/share/openmeetings/application-context.xml.
sudo nano /usr/share/openmeetings/application-context.xml
Inside this file, look for the following lines:
<property name="mailFrom" value="admin@example.com" />
<property name="smtpHost" value="localhost" />
<property name="smtpPort" value="25" />
Replace admin@example.com with your email address and smtpHost with your SMTP server hostname. If your SMTP server uses a different port, you can change the smtpPort value accordingly. Save and close the file.
Now, restart Apache Tomcat to apply the configuration changes:
sudo systemctl restart tomcat9
OpenMeetings should now be accessible via your web browser at http://localhost:8080/openmeetings/. If you're accessing OpenMeetings from a different machine, replace localhost with the IP address or hostname of your server.
You should see the OpenMeetings login screen. By default, the username is admin and the password is admin.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed OpenMeetings on POP! OS Latest. You can now use it to hold online meetings, webinars, and training sessions.
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