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software:jitsi [2021/07/27 01:44] – rodolicosoftware:jitsi [2021/07/27 02:06] (current) – rodolico
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 Just some notes for me, but may be useful for others. Just some notes for me, but may be useful for others.
  
-Jitsi is a video bridge server. It allows two or more users to do video chat. It uses Prosody for an XMPP chat also, and appears to use Prosody for authentication. It can be run in a standard web browser, though it is much better on Chrome/Chromium based browsers (FireFox is supported, but may have some weirdness).+Jitsi is a video bridge server. It allows two or more users to do video chat. It uses [[software:prosody|Prosody]] for an XMPP chat also, and appears to use Prosody for authentication. It can be run in a standard web browser, though it is much better on Chrome/Chromium based browsers (FireFox is supported, but may have some weirdness).
  
 ===== Backing up ===== ===== Backing up =====
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 The XMPP user configuration files are in /var/lib/prosody under a URL encoded directory name the same as your server. Assuming your server name is //jitsi.example.com//, the directory is /var/lib/prosody/jitsi%20example%20com. Replace this with your REAL server name to back up. /path/to/backup is wherever you want to back up to. The XMPP user configuration files are in /var/lib/prosody under a URL encoded directory name the same as your server. Assuming your server name is //jitsi.example.com//, the directory is /var/lib/prosody/jitsi%20example%20com. Replace this with your REAL server name to back up. /path/to/backup is wherever you want to back up to.
 +  * /var/lib/prosody/jitsi%20example%20com/accounts contains all of the accounts you have
 +  * /var/lib/prosody/jitsi%20example%20com/roster is the linkage, ie the list of "buddies" amongst the accounts.
 <code bash> <code bash>
 mkdir -p /path/to/backup/etc mkdir -p /path/to/backup/etc
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 ===== Quick Notes ===== ===== Quick Notes =====
 +
 +==== Uninstall ====
 +
 +Note: most of the time you do not need to remove prosody, so I put that on a separate line. If you do remove prosody, be sure to back up /var/lib/prosody first, or you'll have to add all your users.
 +<code bash>
 +apt purge jigasi jitsi-meet jitsi-meet-web-config jitsi-meet-prosody jitsi-meet-turnserver jitsi-meet-web jicofo jitsi-videobridge2
 +apt purge prosody # only if you really, really need to
 +apt autoremove
 +</code>
  
 ==== Can't create an XMPP room ==== ==== Can't create an XMPP room ====
software/jitsi.txt · Last modified: 2021/07/27 02:06 by rodolico