With jitsi meet now requireing registration (something I do understand, … but I just happen not to have a google, MS or meta account), I am looking at selfhosting a jitsi meet for personal use.
Has somebody already done this? What are your experience? What are the hardware requirements? Docker or native? Linux or other OS? (FreeBSD)?
I install/configure/manage it using this ansible role that uses native debian packages. Experience up to 4-5 users is good on a low-end cheap VPS (2GB RAM, 2 vCPU)
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
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What about Yunohost? Its made for newbies getting into selfhosting and has Jitsi support.
Hi Neutrom, I don’t know this one. I’ll check it out. Thx! 👍
https://www.linuxbabe.com/ubuntu/install-jitsi-meet-ubuntu-22-04
I used this tutorial to run an instance for like 2 years on a $5/mo digital ocean droplet. I set it up super quick.
It’s extremely easy to set up with docker, I’ve been using a self-hosted instance for about 2 years now. Contact me if you need help setting it up or if you just want to test it.
Hardware requirements depend on how many users will be using it, I use an old i3 NUC as a home server and it can easily handle a room with a dozen people, especially if it’s just audio, it gets heavier on the CPU if a lot of them have their webcams on but generally speaking if you have a decent internet connection you’ll be fine.
Follow these instructions: https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/devops-guide/devops-guide-docker/ You will need to set up HTTPS unless you’re already using a reverse proxy.
Hi, I have it running as of today. apache reverse-proxy native on the server and “stable-8922” in docker.
I have been wondering if it makes sense to move the jvb from docker to the server. I guess that is the part of the system that pulls most of the traffic. I don’t know if this make any real difference for performance or not.
Anycase. All, thanks again for the help. Appriciate it. :-)
Kr.
I ran it via Docker, it was easy enough, consumed close to no resources, upgrading was tricky a few times. Then I got rid of that server and did not continue hosting Jitsi, started freeloading on Freifunk Munchen public instance.
Any particular reason to use the ffmuc? Are there other instances worth considering?
No real reason. It’s stable so I keep using it. Look at the official list: https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/community/community-instances/
There are other public Jitsi Meet instances out there anyone can use without an account.
