How to Deploy Jitsi Meet with Docker on Ubuntu 20.04

Jitsi Meet is a free and open-source video-conferencing application that allows you to host your own video conferencing server without any subscription. It provides multi-person video conference rooms and allows you to access them from your web browser. It provides end-to-end TLS encryption so that no one can snoop on the call. Deploying Jitsi meet in the Docker container will save you a lot of time.

In this post, we will show you how to Deploy Jitsi Meet with Docker and Docker Compose on Ubuntu 20.04.

First, log in to your Atlantic.Net Cloud Server. Create a new server, choosing Ubuntu 20.04 as the operating system with at least 4GB RAM. Connect to your Cloud Server via SSH and log in using the credentials highlighted at the top of the page.

Once you are logged in to your Ubuntu 20.04 server, run the following command to update your base system with the latest available packages.

First, you will need to install some required dependencies on your server. You can install them with the following command:

After installing all of them, add the Docker repository with the following command:

Once the repository is added, install Docker and Docker Compose with the following command:

After installing both packages, you can proceed to the next step.

Next, you will need to download Jitsi Meet for Docker from the Git repository. You can download it with the following command:

Once the download is completed, change the directory to the downloaded directory and copy the sample environment file.

Next, edit the .env file and define your server IP, ports, domain, and email address.

Change the following lines:

Save and close the file when you are finished.

You can now launch the Jitsi Meet container with the following command:

You should see the following output:

You can now check the running container with the following command:

You should get the following output:

As you can see, the Jitsi Meet container is started and listen on ports 80 and 443.

Now, you can access the Jitsi Meet web interface using the URL https://your-domain-name. You should see the Jitsi Meed dashboard on the following page:

Congratulations! You have successfully deployed Jitsi Meet with Docker on Ubuntu 20.04. Docker makes your job easier when it comes to deploying an application within a minute get started on dedicated hosting from Atlantic.Net.

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How to Deploy Jitsi Meet with Docker on Ubuntu 20.04