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    This guide summarizes the steps to install Jitsi WebRTC server on Ubuntu 14.04 while keeping an existing Apache2 web server. It describes uninstalling old dependencies, upgrading dependencies, installing Jitsi-meet, and post-installation steps like enabling video conferencing for more than 2 users by modifying configuration files and restarting services. The key steps are modifying the Apache2 ports to route traffic on port 5555 to the Jitsi web content and changing the BOSH URL in the Jitsi configuration file to fix errors in Prosody logs.

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    This guide summarizes the steps to install Jitsi WebRTC server on Ubuntu 14.04 while keeping an existing Apache2 web server. It describes uninstalling old dependencies, upgrading dependencies, installing Jitsi-meet, and post-installation steps like enabling video conferencing for more than 2 users by modifying configuration files and restarting services. The key steps are modifying the Apache2 ports to route traffic on port 5555 to the Jitsi web content and changing the BOSH URL in the Jitsi configuration file to fix errors in Prosody logs.

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    This guide summarizes the steps to install Jitsi WebRTC server on Ubuntu 14.04 while keeping an existing Apache2 web server. It describes uninstalling old dependencies, upgrading dependencies, installing Jitsi-meet, and post-installation steps like enabling video conferencing for more than 2 users by modifying configuration files and restarting services. The key steps are modifying the Apache2 ports to route traffic on port 5555 to the Jitsi web content and changing the BOSH URL in the Jitsi configuration file to fix errors in Prosody logs.

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    This guide summarizes the steps to install Jitsi WebRTC server on Ubuntu 14.04 while keeping an existing Apache2 web server. It describes uninstalling old dependencies, upgrading dependencies, installing Jitsi-meet, and post-installation steps like enabling video conferencing for more than 2 users by modifying configuration files and restarting services. The key steps are modifying the Apache2 ports to route traffic on port 5555 to the Jitsi web content and changing the BOSH URL in the Jitsi configuration file to fix errors in Prosody logs.

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    Jitsi WebRTC server installation guide for

    Ubuntu14.04 + Apache2
    This guide provides instructions how to install Jitsi WebRTC server on Ubuntu14.04 with existing Apache2 web
    server.
    It is assumed that we already have working domain on https://qqq.com and we need make working Jitsi video
    conference and existing web content.
    Must use Сhrome or Firefox browser.
    The commands in this guide require root privileges.

    1. Uninstall old dependencies.


    Jitsi
    apt-get purge jigasi jitsi-meet jitsi-meet-web-config jitsi-meet-prosody jitsi-meet-web jicofo jitsi-videobridge

    rm -rf /etc/jitsi

    Prosody

    apt-get purge prosody

    rm -rf /etc/prosody

    2. Upgrade existing dependencies


    Typically installing the latest version of Jitsi on Ubutnu14.04 leads to the error below:
    The following packages have unmet dependencies.
    cloudprint-service : Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~) but 1.14 is to be installed

    E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

    Download init-system-helpers_1.18_all.deb from http://launchpadlibrarian.net/173841617/init-system-


    helpers_1.18_all.deb

    Install the package:

    dpkg -i init-system-helpers_1.18_all.deb
    3. Install jitsi-meet
    Follow jitsi-meet installation guide for Ubuntu on https://jitsi.org/downloads/.
    All installation steps should pass without errors.
    Pay attention for SSL certificates settings.

    4. Post install steps


    Check installation
    Open htpps://qqq.com in your browser the page should look the same as https://meet.jit.si/.
    Later we return the old web content and setup non-default port to access jitsi video conference.
    Try to make connection. Typically, 2-users conference works OK but when a third user joins the room video
    and audio stop working.

    Fix video conferencing for more than 2 users.


    Skip this chapter if video conferencing works fine for 3 or more users.
    prosody log
    Open separate console and run below command to monitor prosody log:

    tail -f /var/log/prosody/prosody.log

    After jitsi default installation you will see messages like below in prosody.log:

    Feb 06 12:51:24 mod_bosh info New BOSH session, assigned it sid '95608d52-2798-4c00-97fa-001763675527'
    Feb 06 12:51:24 bosh95608d52-2798-4c00-97fa-001763675527 info Authenticated as dd9a7992-ebd8-4c46-896f-4aeb6096d28b@qqq.com
    Lots of:
    Feb 06 12:51:26 c2s159cf90 info Client connected
    Feb 06 12:51:26 c2s159cf90 info Client disconnected: ssl handshake failed
    ...

    Services

    Stop relevant services to simplify diagnostics:

    service prosody stop


    service jicofo stop
    service jitsi-videobridge stop

    Now check each server individually.


    Prosody

    service prosody start

    prosody.log:
    12:42:16 certmanager error SSL/TLS: Failed to load '/etc/prosody/certs/localhost.crt': Check that the path is correct, and the file exists

    Provide valid link for localhost certificate:


    ln -s /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem /etc/prosody/certs/localhost.crt

    Specify path to your SSL certificate instead of ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem if it is required.

    Restart service
    service prosody restart

    Now error messages should not appear in the log on start prosody service.

    jitsi-videobridge

    service jitsi-videobridge start

    prosody.log should look like below:

    Feb 06 12:57:08 jcp1635650 info Incoming Jabber component connection


    Feb 06 12:57:08 jitsi-videobridge.qqq.com:component info External component successfully authenticated

    In case of any errors check ssl certificates, configuration files /etc/jitsi/videobridge, etc.

    jicofo
    service jicofo start

    prosody.log:
    Feb 06 13:01:22 c2s16fd840 info Client connected
    Feb 06 13:01:22 jcp1703190 info Incoming Jabber component connection
    Feb 06 13:01:22 focus.qqq.com:component info External component successfully authenticated
    Feb 06 13:01:23 c2s16fd840 info Client disconnected: ssl handshake failed
    Feb 06 13:01:28 c2s160f660 info Client connected
    Feb 06 13:01:28 c2s160f660 info Client disconnected: ssl handshake failed
    Feb 06 13:01:28 c2s160b260 info Client connected
    Feb 06 13:01:28 c2s160b260 info Client disconnected: ssl handshake failed

    Apply the workaround below (or find another solution to the problem):
    Add line org.jitsi.jicofo.ALWAYS_TRUST_MODE_ENABLED=true in /etc/jitsi/jicofo/sip-
    communicator.properties configuration file.

    Restart jicofo:
    service jicofo restart
    prosody.log should look like below:
    Feb 06 13:08:58 c2s17ec910 info Client connected
    Feb 06 13:08:58 jcp17c66a0 info Incoming Jabber component connection
    Feb 06 13:08:58 focus.qqq.com:component info External component successfully authenticated
    Feb 06 13:08:58 c2s17ec910 info Authenticated as focus@auth.qqq.com

    Try multi-user conference on https://qqq.com


    Now a video conference for more then 2 users should work

    On each new connection the messages like below should appear in prosody.log:
    Feb 06 13:10:22 mod_bosh info New BOSH session, assigned it sid '55ffc51d-ab44-4328-9153-1a8bb2b1f34c'
    Feb 06 13:10:22 bosh55ffc51d-ab44-4328-9153-1a8bb2b1f34c info Authenticated as c39d916b-81e4-4b17-820c-4b3485738403@qqq.com

    Apache2: make old content accessible


    Check open ports in your system
    netstat -l

    Let's assume that port 5555 is free, and we will use it to access jitisi web content.

    Add "Listen 5555" lines to /etc/apache2/ports.conf:


    <IfModule ssl_module>
    Listen 443
    Listen 5555
    </IfModule>

    <IfModule mod_gnutls.c>
    Listen 443
    Listen 5555
    </IfModule>

    Apache2 configuration file qqq.com.conf has been added during jitsi setup and contains settings for jitsi web
    content. Change 443 port to 5555 in /etc/apache2/sites-available/qqq.com.conf:
    ...
    <VirtualHost *:5555>
    ServerName qqq.com
    ...

    Now the old content should be accessible via https://qqq.com/


    https://qqq.com:5555/ - jitsi video conference main page

    Trying joining a room: https://qqq.com:5555/q failed, no video.


    prosody.log contains errors:
    Feb 06 13:25:34 boshbc949f0f-ea09-4146-b96a-4029395ce53b info BOSH client disconnected

    To fix this error modify /etc/jitsi/meet/qqq.com-config.js like below:


    // BOSH URL. FIXME: use XEP-0156 to discover it.
    bosh: '//qqq.com:5555/http-bind',
    Restart services
    service jitsi-videobridge restart
    service jicofo restart

    Try video room again https://qqq.com:5555/q


    Now more then 2 connections should work as expected

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