In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Galene on Ubuntu Server Latest. Galene is a self-hosted video conferencing server that is still in active development. It is free and open-source software that can be installed on any Linux distribution, including Ubuntu Server.
Before we start installing Galene, there are a few prerequisites that we need to fulfill.
The first step is to install the dependencies required by Galene. We will use the apt package manager to install them.
SSH to your Ubuntu server using the user with sudo privileges.
Update the apt package manager and upgrade the existing packages using the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
Install the required packages by running the following command:
sudo apt install -y build-essential git cmake libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev
After installing the dependencies, we can now proceed with the installation of Galene. We will install Galene from the official git repository.
Clone the Galene repository by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/stealth/galene.git
Change to the Galene directory by running the following command:
cd galene
Build and install Galene by running the following commands:
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
sudo make install
After installing Galene, we need to configure it according to our needs. We will create a configuration file in the Galene directory.
Create a new directory for the configuration file by running the following command:
sudo mkdir /etc/galene
Create and edit the configuration file by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/galene/config.toml
Paste the following configuration into the file:
[server]
bind = "0.0.0.0:8443"
ssl-cert = "/path/to/ssl/cert"
ssl-key = "/path/to/ssl/key"
[users]
Replace /path/to/ssl/cert and /path/to/ssl/key with the actual path to your SSL certificate and key.
You can also configure other options such as the maximum number of users and rooms allowed by adding to the configuration file.
If you want to add users, you can specify them in the [users] section using the following format:
[users.<username>]
password = "<password>"
Save and close the file by pressing Ctrl + X, Y, then Enter.
After configuring Galene, we need to start it and ensure it starts automatically on server boot.
Start Galene by running the following command:
sudo /usr/local/bin/galene -c /etc/galene/config.toml
Test the server by accessing https://your.domain.name:8443/ using a web browser. You should see a page with the message "Galene Server" displayed.
Stop the server by pressing Ctrl + C.
Create a new systemd service file by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/galene.service
Paste the following contents into the file:
[Unit]
Description=Galene video conferencing server
After=network.target
[Service]
User=root
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/galene -c /etc/galene/config.toml
Restart=always
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Save and close the file by pressing Ctrl + X, Y, then Enter.
Start Galene as a systemd service by running the following commands:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start galene
Verify that the service started correctly by running the following command:
sudo systemctl status galene
You have successfully installed Galene on Ubuntu Server Latest and configured it according to your needs. You can now host your own video conferencing server and keep full control of your data and privacy.
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