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    By Dmitrii MaksimovDecember 17th 2020

    This article will show you a step-by-step guide on how to do a quick Jitsi-Meet installation on your Ubuntu Shell. You will need to install/update the following packages prior to a Jitsi-Meet installation:

    • gnupg2
    • nginx-full
    • OpenJDK 8

    Jitsi requires dependencies from Ubuntu's universe package repository.

    To confirm it is enabled, run:

    sudo apt-add-repository universe

    You should see this on your screen:

    'universe' distribution component is already enabled for all sources.

    Setup a hostname on your shell:

    sudo hostnamectl set-hostname *your_domain*

    To add the Jitsi package repository to your Shell, run the following commands:

    curl https://download.jitsi.org/jitsi-key.gpg.key
    sudo sh -c 'gpg --dearmor > /usr/share/keyrings/jitsi-keyring.gpg' echo 'deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/jitsi-keyring.gpg] https://download.jitsi.org stable/'
    sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jitsi-stable.list > /dev/null

    And then update all package sources:

    sudo apt update

    If you have a firewall installed, add the following rules to allow traffic to the Jitsi Meet server:

    sudo ufw allow 80/tcp
    sudo ufw allow 443/tcp
    sudo ufw allow 10000/udp
    sudo ufw allow 22/tcp
    sudo ufw allow 3478/udp
    sudo ufw allow 5349/tcp
    sudo ufw enable

    Now you are ready to install the Jitsi Meet package:

    sudo apt install jitsi-meet

    Notes

    1. You will be asked about SSL/TLS certificate generation. Choose Generate a new self-signed certificate. It's a recommended and secure option, however, you will be able to upload your own certificate later.
    2. You will also be asked to enter a hostname of the Jitsi Meet server. You can enter your domain name if you have one or just enter your Shells dedicated IP address.

    Now we have to generate a new TLS certificate.


    Run the following in your Shell:

    sudo /usr/share/jitsi-meet/scripts/install-letsencrypt-cert.sh

    You will see this on your screen:

    Enter your email address to accept the agreement and click Enter.

    In order to allow only registered users to create conference rooms on your server, you have to open a /etc/prosody/conf.avail/jitsi.your_domain.cfg.lua file in any text editor:

    sudo nano /etc/prosody/conf.avail/your_domain.cfg.lua

    You have to edit:

    authentication = "anonymous"

    to

    authentication = "internal_plain"

    Then we should add the following code to the end of the same file:

    VirtualHost "guest.your_domain"
    authentication = "anonymous"
    c2s_require_encryption = false

    This will allow anonymous users to join your conference with a link and a password provided to them by a conference host.

    Now, let's open /etc/jitsi/meet/jitsi.your_domain-config.js

    sudo nano /etc/jitsi/meet/jitsi.your_domain-config.js

    Add uncomment the following line:

    // anonymousdomain: 'guest.jitsi.your_domain'

    You should see this when you are done:

     

    To add a new user to your Jitsi Meet server, run:

    sudo prosodyctl register user your_domain password

    And in the end, we have to restart Jitsi Meet services to load the updated configuration:

    sudo systemctl restart prosody.service
    sudo systemctl restart jicofo.service
    sudo systemctl restart jitsi-videobridge2.service

     

    Congratulations! You have completed the Jitsi Meet installation and can access your conference portal by entering your domain name or a dedicated IP address into your browser.

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