How to install and use Jitsi Meet on Ubuntu server

Jitsi Meet (https://jitsi.org/) is a free and open source video conferencing application available for use online or with desktop software.

Like Google Meet and Zoom, you can easily create a Jitsi meeting in the browser after a few seconds without having to install additional software or extensions.

Jitsi Meet does not require an account to use any features such as:

• Share screen
• Group chat
• Collaborative document editing
• Integration with Google and Microsoft Calendar
• Integrate with other popular collaboration software including Slack and MatterMost

There is also the Jitsi Meet app for Apple and Android mobile devices. Jitsi is a great option for quickly setting up a remote conference.

Install Jitsi Meet on Ubuntu Server

1. Connect the server via SSH with root privileges

2. Install Jitsi repository key (Jitsi repo) with the command:

 wget -qO - https://download.jitsi.org/jitsi-key.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add - 

3. Create a source file for the new Jitsi repo - sources.list.d - with the command:

 sudo sh -c "echo 'deb https://download.jitsi.org stable/' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jitsi-stable.list" 

4. Install apt-transport-https to access packages with SSL (HTTPS) connection:

 apt-get install apt-transport-https 

5. Updating package list for Ubuntu server:

 sudo apt-get -y update 

6. Install the full Jitsi Meet toolkit:

 sudo apt-get -y install jitsi-meet 

7. When prompted, enter the hostname or domain name intended for Jitsi URL.

8. Choose to use your own self-signed SSL certificate (Let's Encrypt) or SSL

Create a meeting

1. After installing Jitsi Meet, visit Jitsi URL to create video conference

Access Jitsi URL

2. In the upper right corner, select the Settings icon .

3. Here, you can configure the camera, microphone, display name, Gravatar and language settings

4. Select OK to save changes

5. Add a meeting name and select GO to create a Jitsi meeting.

Here, you can navigate all settings in the meeting

Here, you can navigate all settings in the meeting:

• Share screen
• Hands up
• Open the text
• Activate mic and camera
• Invite people
• Change call quality
• Record to Dropbox
• Share YouTube videos
• Open the shared Etherpad document