How to Install Jitsi Meet on CentOS 8 – RoseHosting

Jitsi Meet is an open-source video-conferencing application for web and mobile. It is simple, easy-to-use, secure, and works on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS. It is very similar to other video-conferencing applications including, Zoom, Skype, and Google Meet, and supports all common browsers and also mobile devices. With Jisti Meet, you can stream your desktop, video chat with the entire team, and allow other users for meeting using a custom URL.

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install the Jitsi Meet video-conferencing application with Docker on CentOS 8.

First, log in to your CentOS 8 server via SSH as the root user:

You will need to replace IP_Address and Port_number with your servers respective IP address and SSH port number. Additionally, replace root with the username of the admin account if necessary.

Before starting, you have to make sure that all CentOS packages installed on the server are up to date. You can do this by running the following commands:

By default, the latest version of Docker is not available in the CentOS 8 default repo. So you will need to add the Docker repo to your system.

First, install the required packages with the following command:

Next, add the Docker repo with the following command:

Next, update the package cache with the following command:

Next, install the Docker CE with the following command:

Once the Docker is installed, start the Docker service and enable it to start at system reboot with the following command:

Next, you will also need to install Docker compose in your system.

You can download the latest version of Docker compose binary package to the /usr/loca/bin directory with the following command:

Next, change the permission of the downloaded binary with the following command:

Next, verify the installed version of Docker compose with the following command:

You should get the following output:

Jitsi meet package is not available for CentOS operating system. So we will install Jitsi meet using Docker.

First, download the Jitsi meet for Docker with the following command:

Next, change the directory to the downloaded directory and copy the sample environment file:

Next, create required directories for Jitsi meed with the following command:

Next, build the Jitsi meet Docker image with the following command:

This will download the Jitsi image from the Docker hub and start the containers. You can check all the running containers with the following command:

You should get the following output:

At this point, Jitsi meet container is started and running on port 8443.

Next, you will need to configure firewalld to allow ports 80, 443, 4443, 8443 and 10000. You can allow them with the following commands:

Next, reload the firewalld to apply the changes:

Now, open your web browser and access the Jitsi Meet using the URL https://your-server-ip:8443/. You should see the following screen:

Provide your meeting name and click on the GO button. You will be redirected to the following screen:

Click on the Allow button to use your Microphone and Camera. You should see the Jitsi Meet dashboard in the following screen:

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