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===== BBB =====

Download:

http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/BigBlueButtonVM

To install BBB manually:

  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install bigbluebutton 
  sudo bbb-conf --clean
  sudo bbb-conf --check
  
Check:

  dpkg -l | grep bbb

Upgrade:

  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
  
Set Static IP:

  sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces
  
  # The primary network interface
  auto eth0
  iface eth0 inet static
  address 192.168.3.90
  gateway 192.168.3.1
  netmask 255.255.255.0
  network 192.168.3.0
  broadcast 192.168.3.255
  
  sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
  
Ports:

BigBlueButton uses 3 TCP ports:

  port 80 for the obvious web interface
  port 9123 for desktop sharing
  port 1935 for Adobe Flash Media Server (RTMP?) 
  
If the ports above are opened/ forwarded (firewall/ router) you have to execute the following command (on bbb) to make it reachable from external:

  sudo bbb-conf --setip your.domainname.com
  
==== Switching between Asterisk and FreeSWITCH ====

The BigBlueButton packages let you switch back and forth between using Asterisk and FreeSWITCH.

To switch from Asterisk to FreeSWTICH, do

  sudo apt-get purge bbb-voice-conference 
  sudo apt-get purge asterisk 
  sudo apt-get install bbb-freeswitch-config 
  sudo bbb-conf --clean 

To switch from FreeSWITCH to asterisk, do

   sudo apt-get purge bbb-freeswitch-config 
   sudo apt-get purge freeswitch 
   sudo apt-get install bbb-voice-conference 
   sudo bbb-conf --clean 

http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/FAQ



<code>
root@ubuntu:~#    sudo bbb-conf --check

BigBlueButton Server 0.71
                    Kernel version: 2.6.32-24-generic-pae
                      Distribution: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS (32-bit)
                            Memory: 2012 MB

/var/www/bigbluebutton/client/conf/config.xml
                Port test (tunnel): 192.168.1.20
                              Red5: 192.168.1.20

/etc/nginx/sites-available/bigbluebutton
                       server name: 192.168.1.20
                              port: 80
                    bbb-client dir: /var/www/bigbluebutton

/var/lib/tomcat6/webapps/bigbluebutton/WEB-INF/classes/bigbluebutton.properties (bbb-web)
                      bbb-web host: 192.168.1.20

/var/lib/tomcat6/webapps/bigbluebutton/demo/bbb_api_conf.jsp (API demos)
                  bbb-web-api host: 192.168.1.20

/usr/share/red5/webapps/bigbluebutton/WEB-INF/red5-web.xml
                  voice conference: FreeSWITCH
</code>

<code>
root@ubuntu:~# sudo bbb-conf --setip tmade.gotdns.com
Assigning tmade.gotdns.com for testing for firewall in /var/www/bigbluebutton/client/conf/config.xml
Assigning tmade.gotdns.com for rtmp:// in /var/www/bigbluebutton/client/conf/config.xml
Assigning tmade.gotdns.com for servername in /etc/nginx/sites-available/bigbluebutton
Assigning tmade.gotdns.com for http:// in /var/www/bigbluebutton/client/conf/config.xml
Assigning tmade.gotdns.com for web application URL in /var/lib/tomcat6/webapps/bigbluebutton/WEB-INF/classes/bigbluebutton.properties
Assigning tmade.gotdns.com for api demos in /var/lib/tomcat6/webapps/bigbluebutton/demo/bbb_api_conf.jsp
</code>