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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