This last year, Video Conference calls have now become more part of our lives than ever. So, up next we will show step by step how to install your own Zoom-like Video Conferencing server. In order to do this installation we will use an open source project called Jitsi (Jitsi was acquired by 8×8 in 2018).
Once the installation is complete we will show you how to change the logos and names to put our own brand.
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| root@meet:~# apt -y update |
| root@meet:~# apt -y install ufw |
| root@meet:~# ufw allow in ssh |
| root@meet:~# ufw allow in 80/tcp |
| root@meet:~# ufw allow in 443/tcp |
| root@meet:~# ufw allow in 10000:20000/udp |
| root@meet:~# ufw enable Command may disrupt existing ssh connections. Proceed with operation (y|n)? y |
The Firewall is now activated and enabled on system startup
| root@meet:~# apt -y install gnupg2 |
| root@meet:~# wget https://download.jitsi.org/jitsi-key.gpg.key |
| root@meet:~# apt-key add jitsi-key.gpg.key OK |
| root@meet:~# echo ‘deb https://download.jitsi.org stable/’ > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jitsi-stable.list |
| root@meet:~# apt -y update |
| root@meet:~# apt -y install jitsi-meet |
Enter the hostname
Note: For Jitsi to work well, you must have a valid hostname such as example meet.mycompany.com
Generate a new self-signed certificate… (Temporary)
Before proceeding, make sure that your domain name is pointing to the IP address of your server.
root@meet:~# sudo /usr/share/jitsi-meet/scripts/install-letsencrypt-cert.sh ————————————————————————- This script will: – Need a working DNS record pointing to this machine(for domain zoom.new.vitalpbx.org) – Download certbot-auto from https://dl.eff.org to /usr/local/sbin – Install additional dependencies in order to request Let’s Encrypt certificate – If running with jetty serving web content, will stop Jitsi Videobridge – Configure and reload nginx or apache2, whichever is used – Configure the coturn server to use Let’s Encrypt certificate and add required deploy hooks – Add command in weekly cron job to renew certificates regularly
You need to agree to the ACME server’s Subscriber Agreement (https://letsencrypt.org/documents/LE-SA-v1.1.1-August-1-2016.pdf) by providing an email address for important account notifications Enter your email and press [ENTER]: your@email |
With a few changes we are going to customize the new Video Conferencing System that we have just installed with our logo and name.
Change the watermark.png and favicon.ico in the following directory:
| /usr/share/jitsi-meet/images |
Change the favicon.ico in the following directory:
| /usr/share/jitsi-meet/ |
In /usr/share/jitsi-meet/interface_config.js
APP_NAME: ‘Jitsi Meet’, to APP_NAME: ‘VitXi Meet’, |
DEFAULT_REMOTE_DISPLAY_NAME: ‘Fellow Jitster’, to DEFAULT_REMOTE_DISPLAY_NAME: ‘Fellow VitXi’, |
JITSI_WATERMARK_LINK: ‘https://jitsi.org’, to JITSI_WATERMARK_LINK: ‘https://vitalpbx.com’, |
NATIVE_APP_NAME: ‘Jitsi Meet’, to NATIVE_APP_NAME: ‘VitXi Meet’, |
Jitsi is a complete Video Conference application, below we list some of its main features.
To Integrate VitalPBX with the Video Conferencing Solution that we have just installed, you must follow the following steps:
Go to Admin > Add-ons > Add-ons and Install the Branding module
Go to Admin > Tools >Branding in the Meet URL field type your URL, for example: meet.vitxi.org. (If you can’t see this module, remember to refresh your browser after installing the add-on.)
Finally, go to PBX > Extras > Video Conference and create the URL of your Video Conference
If you want to update Jitsi Meet, go to the console, and execute the following command:
| root@meet:~# apt -y install jitsi-meet |
Remember that after updating it, you may have to reconfigure the White Label.
We hope you have enjoyed installing your new Video Conference server. As we said in the beginning, video conferencing has become part of our lives, and it is a very important tool for us to work remotely and safely. This is a great solution to give your business a more professional look and safety by hosting your own Video Conferencing Server. And the integration with VitalPBX makes it even easier to have your users and customers take advantage of generating Video Conferencing Rooms from one single space.
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