Install BigBlueButton on Ubuntu

BigBlueButton is open-source, includes a rich virtual homeroom or web conferencing framework. We can without much of a stretch incorporate it with WordPress LMS(Learning Management System) and Moodle. It has an assortment of highlights beginning from sound, video, whiteboard show, a total internet instructing arrangement. BigBlueButton, in short BBB, has in excess of 25 dialects and exceptionally works for ubuntu. In this article, we will check the most effective and fastest approach to install BigBlueButton on Ubuntu 20.04 with the most recent stable version alongside the customer interface called Greenlight.

Pre-requisites

• Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit OS or Higher version.
• Minimum 4 GB Ram or Higher recommended.
• 4 CPU cores or more will be better.
• 500 GB or more storage for recordings.
• TCP port 80, 443, and UDP (16384 - 32768)
• A fully qualified Domain Name (SSL installed)

Pre-Installation steps

Presently, we have our Ubuntu Server prepared for setup, you can introduce BBB on your Local machine additionally. However, if it's not too much trouble, ensure all the worker prerequisites should be satisfied. Guide the area name to the worker IP and arrangement SSL.

Install BBB(BigBlueButton) on Ubuntu 20.04

There are numerous approaches to introduce BigBlueButton, yet we will show you the least complex way, which is "Establishment from the content", I for one discovered this technique is really simple. How about we make a plunge at that point.

Step 1

In this step, we will download the installer script from the BBB storehouse. This content contains every one of the means and orders which makes the establishment cycle very simple. Download the installer script by running the accompanying order.

curl https://ubuntu.bigbluebutton.org/bbb-install.sh -o bbb-install.sh

The above order will download the most recent rendition of bbb-install.sh script, - o choice advises twist to save the record.

Step 2

Now make the file executable by running the following command.

chmod 755 bbb-install.sh

Step 3

Before running the following command, change the user to root with sudo -i command.

/home/technoracle/bbb-install.sh -v xenial-22 -s technoraclebbb.domain -e your@email -w -g

-g  specifies Greenlight installation with BigBlueButton.

Step 4

Now we need to create an admin user using the following command.

cd greenlight/docker exec greenlight-v2 bundle exec rake admin:create

This command will make an Admin account with the default user and secret key.

root@localhost:~# cd greenlight/
root@localhost:~/greenlight# docker exec greenlight-v2 bundle exec rake admin:create
Account successfully created.
Email: admin@example.com
Password: administrator
Role: admin
PLEASE CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD IMMEDIATELY

Step 5

Log in to the administrator board using default user and password, first change your administrator credentials.

Conclusion

Now you have install BigBlueButton on the Ubuntu server, presently you can have online courses, video classes for understudies. In the next article, we will cover fundamental customization, for example, logo change, footer text change, welcome message change on BigBlueButton.