Setup Jitsi Meet

Set up the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) (optional)

If you intend on using a URL to access the Jitsi Meet server, you’ll need to configure your DNS to add an ‘A’ record to point your domain name to the public IP address of your Jitsi server if users externally will be accessing, or the private IP if only internal users on your internal network will be accessing.

The next first step is to update the localhost file with the domain name you intent to use that users will use to connect to the Jitst Meet server via a URL address. Or alternatively users can connect using the servers IP address (Public IP if users are external, or Private IP if users are internal) 

To add the FQDN in the /etc/hosts file, open up the localhost file, run the following command:

sudo nano /etc/hosts

Add the ip address, then localhost followed by the domain name you want to use as below:

Then press Ctrl + O to save, then Ctrl + X to exit the hosts editor

Next, there are a couple of configuration steps to get Jitsi up and running. From the command line type the following:

First we make sure the server is upto date:

sudo apt update

sudo apt upgrade

Next is to run the install:

sudo apt-get -y install jitsi-meet

During the install enter your domain name you want to use that we added in the hostfile previously:

Next, Select the default to use ‘Self Signed Cert‘, we will update later.

That should now return to the terminal command line. Now we setup the certificate using the following command:

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

You will be asked to enter an email address.  Then press ‘Enter’

Thats it. Completed!

Now if you go to your domain it should now be live:

https://mydomain.com

Be sure to put https://

Jitsi Meet Firewall Ports

If you have a firewall on your network/cloud infrastructure or Network Security Group in Azure/AWS/GCP you will need to make sure the following ports are open:

TCP 80

TCP 443

TCP 22

UDP 10000

To setup AWS firewall rules refer to – AWS Security Groups

To setup Azure firewall rules refer to – Azure Network Security Groups

To setup Google GCP firewall rules refer to – Creating GCP Firewalls

Support / Documentation

Any questions or help regarding the installation of Jitsi leave a comment below or contact us directly.

Jitsi documentatin / user guides can be found on https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/blob/master/doc/README.md

Disclaimer: This video conference solution is built using Jitsi Meet, an opensource software. This solution is Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 . Jitsi is a registered trademark of its respective owners. No warrantee of any kind, expressed or implied, is included with this software
– Use at your risk, responsibility for damages (if any) to anyone resulting from the use of this software rest entirely with the user
– The author & trademark owners are not responsible for any damage that its use could cause.