Jitsi Video Bridge is an open-source video conferencing solution that allows you to create and manage video conferences. It is designed to be used in combination with other Jitsi projects such as Jitsi Meet and Jitsi Desktop. In this tutorial, we will be installing Jitsi Video Bridge on Ubuntu Server Latest.
Before you begin, you will need:
The first step is to update the system. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Next, we need to install the dependencies required for Jitsi Video Bridge. Run the following command to install the required dependencies:
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jre-headless wget unzip
Download the latest version of Jitsi Video Bridge from the official website. You can do this by running the following command:
wget https://download.jitsi.org/jitsi-videobridge/linux/jitsi-videobridge-linux-x86-XXX.zip
Replace XXX with the version number you want to download.
Unzip the downloaded file and move it to the /usr/share/jitsi-videobridge/ directory. Run the following commands:
unzip jitsi-videobridge-linux-x86-XXX.zip
sudo mv jitsi-videobridge-linux-x86-XXX /usr/share/jitsi-videobridge
Next, we need to configure Jitsi Video Bridge. Create a new configuration file for Jitsi Video Bridge by running the following command:
sudo touch /etc/jitsi/videobridge.conf
sudo nano /etc/jitsi/videobridge.conf
Add the following lines to the file:
JVB_HOSTNAME=your_domain_name_or_IP_address
JVB_SECRET=your_secret
JVB_PORT=5347
JVB_TCP_HARVESTER_DISABLED=true
Update the JVB_HOSTNAME, JVB_SECRET and JVB_PORT variables with the values that you want to use.
Start the Jitsi Video Bridge service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start jitsi-videobridge
You can also enable the service to start automatically on system boot by running the following command:
sudo systemctl enable jitsi-videobridge
You can verify that Jitsi Video Bridge is running by accessing the web interface at https://your_domain_name_or_IP_address:7443/colibri/stats. You should see a JSON response in the browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Jitsi Video Bridge on Ubuntu Server Latest. You can now use it in combination with other Jitsi projects to create and manage video conferences.
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