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[WIP] Setting Up Jitsi With the Installer Round 2

Configuring jitsi and coturn on PoC environments

Setting up jitsi and coturn on PoC environments requires your VM to have a public-facing IP address, routable directly for your users.

Coturn

  • Copy sample file from config-sample/coturn/coturn.yml to the coturn sub-directory within your config folder
  • Edit the file and add the following values :
    • coturn_fqdn: The access address to coturn. It should match something like coturn.<fqdn.tld>. It must resolves to the public-facing IP of the VM.
    • shared_secret: A random value, you can generate it with pwgen 32
    • min_port: The minimal UDP Port used by coturn for relaying UDP Packets, in range 32769-65535
    • max_port: The maximum UDP Port used by coturn for relaying UDP Packets, in range 32769-65535

Jitsi

  • Copy sample file from config-sample/jitsi/jitsi.yml to the jitsi sub-directory within your config folder
  • Edit the file and add the following values :
    • jitsi_fqdn: The access address to jitsi. It should match something like jitsi.<fqdn.tld>. It must resolves to the public-facing IP of the VM.
    • jicofo_auth_password: # a secret internal password for jicofo auth
    • jicofo_component_secret: # a secret internal password for jicofo component
    • jvb_auth_password: # a secret internal password for jvb
    • helm_override_values: {} # if needed, to override helm settings automatically set by the installer
    • timezone: Europe/Paris # The timezone in TZ format

Element

  • Copy sample file from config-sample/element/jitsi.json to the element sub-directory within your config folder
  • Edit the file and replace <jitsi_fqdn> by the value of jitsi fqdn.

Restart the install script once everyting is set.