How to Install Jitsi Meet on Ubuntu 22.04

How to Install Jitsi Meet on Ubuntu 22.04

Jitsi is a collection of free and open-source multiplatform voice (VoIP), video conferencing and instant messaging applications for the Web platform, Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS and Android. The Jitsi project began with the Jitsi Desktop (previously known as SIP Communicator). With the growth of WebRTC, the project team focus shifted to the Jitsi Videobridge for allowing web-based multi-party video calling. Later the team added Jitsi Meet, a full video conferencing application that includes web, Android, and iOS clients. Jitsi also operates meet.jit.si, a version of Jitsi Meet hosted by Jitsi for free community use. Other projects include: Jigasi, lib-jitsi-meet, Jidesha, and Jits

Prerequisites

Ubuntu 22.04 server installed on your system.
Valid domain name pointed to your server IP.
A root user or a user with sudo privileges.

First, you will need to update all your system packages to the latest version. You can update all the packages using the following command.

[root@hackthesec ~]# apt update -y

[root@hackthesec ~]# apt upgrade -y

After updating all the packages, install all the required dependencies using the following command.

[root@hackthesec ~]# apt install curl gnupg2 wget -y

Once all the packages are installed, download and import the Jitsi Meet GPG key with the following command.

[root@hackthesec ~]# curl https://download.jitsi.org/jitsi-key.gpg.key -o jitsi-key.gpg.key
gpg --output /usr/share/keyrings/jitsi-key.gpg --dearmor jitsi-key.gpg.key

Next, create a source list file for Jitsi using the following command and edit it with any editor in our case we are using nano.

[root@hackthesec ~]# nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jitsi-stable.list

Add the Jitsi Meet repository as shown below.

[root@hackthesec ~]# deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/jitsi-key.gpg] https://download.jitsi.org stable/

Press Ctrl+O to save the changes, then Ctrl+X to exit nano.

Next, you will also need to import the Prosody GPG key. You can download and import it with the following command.

[root@hackthesec ~]# curl https://prosody.im/files/prosody-debian-packages.key -o prosody-debian-packages.key
gpg --output /usr/share/keyrings/prosody-keyring.gpg --dearmor prosody-debian-packages.key

Then, create a sources list file for Prosody with the following command edit it with any editor in our case we are using nano.

[root@hackthesec ~]# nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/prosody.list

Add the following line.

[root@hackthesec ~]# deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/prosody-keyring.gpg] http://packages.prosody.im/debian jammy main

Press Ctrl+O to save the changes, then Ctrl+X to exit nano.

Install Jitsi Meet

Now, you install the Jitsi Meet package by running the following command.

[root@hackthesec ~]# apt install jitsi-meet -y

During the Jitsi Meet installation, you will be asked to provide your domain name as shown below.

Provide your valid domain name and press the OK button. You will be asked to select the SSL certificate as shown below.

Select the Let’s Encrypt SSL and click on the Ok button. You will be asked to provide your email address as shown below.

Provide your email address and press the Ok button. You will be asked to enable dial in support as shown below.

Click on the No button to finish the installation.

Enable Authentication on Jitsi Meet

By default, anyone can access the Jitsi Meet and create conference rooms. For security reasons, it is a good idea to secure the Jisti Meet with password authentication.

To enable the password authentication, edit the Jisti Meet configuration file. We are using nano editor to edit the file - /etc/prosody/conf.avail/jitsi.hackthesec.co.in.cfg.lua

[root@hackthesec ~]# nano /etc/prosody/conf.avail/jitsi.hackthesec.co.in.cfg.lua

Change the following line:

authentication = "internal_plain"

Next, add the following lines at the end of the file.

VirtualHost "guest.meet.hackthesec.co.in"
authentication = "anonymous"
c2s_require_encryption = false
modules_enabled = {
        "bosh";
        "ping";
        "pubsub";
        "speakerstats";
        "turncredentials";
        "conference_duration";
}

Press Ctrl+O to save the changes, then Ctrl+X to exit nano.

[root@hackthesec ~]# nano /etc/jitsi/meet/jitsi.hackthesec.co.in-config.js

Change the following line.

anonymousdomain: 'guest.jitsi.hackthesec.co.in',

Press Ctrl+O to save the changes, then Ctrl+X to exit nano. Next, create another configuration file.

[root@hackthesec ~]# nano /etc/jitsi/jicofo/sip-communicator.properties

Add the following line.

org.jitsi.jicofo.auth.URL=XMPP:jitsi.hackthesec.co.in

Press Ctrl+O to save the changes, then Ctrl+X to exit nano then create a user for Jitsi Meet with the following command.

prosodyctl register user jitsi.hackthesec.co.in yourpassword

You will see the below output into the terminal

general             warn        Lua 5.1 has several issues and support is being phased out, consider upgrading

Now restart the Jitsi Meet services to apply the configuration.

[root@hackthesec ~]# systemctl restart prosody.service jicofo.service jitsi-videobridge2.service

Access Jitsi Meet Web UI

Jitsi Meet is installed now and secured with password based authentication. You can now access the Jitsi Meet using the URL https://meet.hackthesec.co.in. You should see the following screen.