matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/docs/configuring-playbook-jitsi.md
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Jitsi

The playbook can install the Jitsi video-conferencing platform and integrate it with Riot.

Jitsi installation is not enabled by default, because it's not a core component of Matrix services.

The setup done by the playbook is very similar to docker-jitsi-meet.

Prerequisites

Before installing Jitsi, make sure you've created the jitsi.DOMAIN DNS record. See Configuring DNS.

You may also need to open the following ports to your server:

  • udp/10000 - RTP media over UDP
  • tcp/4443 - RTP media fallback over TCP

Installation

Add this to your inventory/host_vars/matrix.DOMAIN/vars.yml configuration:

matrix_jitsi_enabled: true

# We only need this temporarily - until Jitsi integration in riot-web is finalized.
# Remove this line in the future, to switch back to a stable riot-web version.
matrix_riot_web_docker_image: "vectorim/riot-web:develop"

Then re-run the playbook: ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts setup.yml --tags=setup-all,start

.. and fully reload your riot-web page (at riot.DOMAIN).

Starting a video-conference in a room with more than 2 members should then create a Jitsi widget which utilizes your self-hosted Jitsi server.

NOTE: the playbook currently configures the Jitsi JVB component to use Google's STUN servers even in cases where our own Coturn TURN server is enabled (it is by default). This is because JVB fails to discover its own external IP correctly when pointed to our own Coturn server. The failure happens because JVB reaches Coturn via the localnetwork and discovers a local Docker IP address instead of the public one, leading to a non-working service.