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Jitsi Meet

Last updated on Aug 30, 2024

1. Set up your Jitsi Meet Installation

After choosing your Zone, Network, click on the Marketplace Apps tab, select Jitsi Meet and pick your desired version.

A section for Environment Variables will be displayed. Fill in the following information.

Your Email

  • This is the email address that will receive any LetsEncrypt certificate alerts.

Your Domain

  • This is the domain you want to use for your Jitsi Meet instance, we will configure the A records later since we don't know what the public IP will be just yet.

  • Note: Only input your subdomain or root domain. Do not include "https" or "www". Just "my-subdomain.rootdomain.com"

2. Initialize your Jitsi Meet

After setting your environment variables, choose a server size and then click on "Add a new startup script". This will apply the environment variables you set earlier, so no further action is needed.

Click "Add startup script" to confirm.

(Optional)
Apply any ssh keys you wish to use, and name your instance. Review, and deploy.

3. Configure DNS

After your server has been created, note the public IP address on the instance overview page, then navigate to your DNS provider for your_domain and create A records for your domain.

Create one mapping for your domain/subdomain, and one prefixed with "www.", as seen in the example below. (use your VM's public IP as the value instead of 0.0.0.0)

  • Note: DNS providers have different methods of doing this, please contact your DNS provider if you are having any issues

5. (Optional) Restart Proxy

The last step is to tell your server to get new certificates, now that DNS is configured. This step might not be necessary if you configured your A records quickly, since the proxy container usually takes a minute or two to finish starting.

SSH into your server, using the Username, IP address, and Password provided to you.

  • Note: Use your Public IP instead of 0.0.0.0
ssh [email protected]

Once you are in the VM, run the following command to restart your nginx proxy:

cd ~/docker-jitsi-meet-stable-8252 && docker-compose restart proxy

6. Check your site

Congratulations! Your Jitsi Meet will be available shortly at the domain you configured earlier.

Just be aware that the proxy can take a few minute to initialize and apply certificates, so try waiting 2 minutes or so before inspecting the VM.

Troubleshooting

If your Jitsi Meet installation is having issues, you can inspect the logs by connecting to the system with ssh and using docker-compose.

cd ~/docker-jitsi-meet-stable-8252 && docker-compose logs -f

If you are having trouble with your domain, or certificates/ssl, try restarting the proxy service.

cd ~/docker-jitsi-meet-stable-8252 && docker-compose restart proxy