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April 21, 2020 in Docker Containers

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ello,
mTcurrently on the latest docker-compose and Jitsi docker image stack , if anyone trying to get Jitsi
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removed the previous installed Jitsi docker images and removed the old appdata folder.
For me that was:
rm -r /mnt/user/appdata/jitsi

Once you have removed the previous Jitsi images/appdata folder.

perform the following and got the latest Jitsi docker image stack installed and running.
### First Install  docker compose (latest https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/
curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.5.1/docker-compos

### make file executable with command beneath

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

### check version

docker-compose --version

### Install portainer as in the video using community applications

### Make directories in the appdata shares. Open terminal window on Unraid and paste below.

mkdir -p /mnt/user/appdata/jitsi/jitsi-meet-cfg/{web/letsencrypt,transcripts,pros

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mkdir -p /mnt/user/appdata/jitsi/github && cd /mnt/user/appdata/jitsi/github

### Pull down what's needed from github Download and extract the latest release. DO NOT clone
he git repository.
sudo wget https://github.com/jitsi/docker-jitsi-meet/archive/refs/tags/stable-728

### Edit the env.example file

nano env.example

### leave the passwords blank 

ocation of config.     CONFIG=/mnt/user/appdata/jitsi/jitsi-meet-cfg/

follow video for the rest.

### Copy env.example to working .env file
cp env.example .env

### Generate passwords (you don't need to know these as you don't use them yourself) 
gen-passwords.sh

### Install containers with docker compose up      

docker-compose up -d

### Login into portainer (see video)

### Change network to proxynet (delete other network)

same as video move/leave networks respectfully.

### Name the containers - see video

ocker-jitsi-meet-stable-7287-jicofo-1         TO   focus.meet.jitsi

ocker-jitsi-meet-stable-7287-jvb-1             TO   video.meet.jitsi

ocker-jitsi-meet-stable-7287-web-1           TO   meet.jitsi

ocker-jitsi-meet-stable-7287-prosody-1     TO   xmpp.meet.jitsi 

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### download the proxy config (edit if necessary) 

copy to the correct location - see video

estart letsencrypt proxy

Test by going to your domain. ie https://meet.yourdomain.com

### Secure the server
### Open a console window into the container xmpp.meet.jitsi
### Create auth user (see video)
prosodyctl --config /config/prosody.cfg.lua register username meet.jitsi password

### Restart xmpp.meet.jitsi container

### Your good to go !!
Remember if you make changes to it make sure to stop the 'stack'.

You can check out some of the new/extra features on that 'nano env.example' file.

Ctrl + O and Ctrl + X to save and exit.

And 'cp env.example .env' to transfer those changes. 

Hope this helps someone.

dited May 23 by Tolete

04 link - resolved.

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So i just blew it away. I recommend doing the same.

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iOr are you saying we need to blow away what is there already and start fresh?
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What do you mean?
it's "run a reverse proxy that can direct to either jitsi or other things" it's the standard way to do
.
it's "use the nginx instance that serves the Jitsi web frontent to serve something else" it's likely
oing to be a major pain, and the whole point of Docker is to avoid having to go through this by
aving multiple independent instances.
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3 weeks later...

Ci Everyone, I had a Jitsi server running for almost a year and suddenly this error happened. I've
ried nuking the container and rebuild, but didn't work. I can get to Jitsi via <unraid local ip>:8000
utc my duckdns.org just puts me back to this error. I don't think it's a reverse proxy issue as the
web
a page header is correct, and that particular screen is unfamiliar compared to the nginx errors I've
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uthentication
n parameters? Does the reverse proxy conf file need new info that wasn't in the old
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Postedto be visible here? This could be a docker-network dns issue if the IPs are supposed to be
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Croblems.
o, I figured it out: Corporate IT was blocking my "DynamicDNS host" as suspicious. No more

c I learned a lot about docker-compose and thought I would add to a previous post as a more up-
UT,
a guide to rjlan's guide to updating jitsi, plus a guide this simplified is something I sorely
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JEvery time unraid reboots, you will need to re-install docker-compose, here's how to do the latest
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Find latest build at github: https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/
August
141. scroll to your relevant hardware (for me it's linux x86_64)
2. right click > save link for "linux x86_64"
3. open unraid terminal window
4. modify the following code to have your copied link, usually easiest to make changes in a
separate text editor then copy/paste into command line:

curl -L “yourlinkhere-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

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Back-up previous env.example and docker-compose.yml. this is just in case things go sideways and
ou need to refer back to something.
  In the unraid terminal:
cd /mnt/user/appdata/jitsi/github/

cp ./docker-jitsi-meet-stable-7648/env.example ./env.example.bkup

cp ./docker-jitsi-meet-stable-7648/docker-compose.yml ./docker-compose.yml.bkup

note, your "docker-jitsi-meet-*" will likely be different, tab is your friend in the command line)
a: remove old docker (Not necessary. But if you have to, here it is)
sudo docker stop video.meet.jitsi focus.meet.jitsi xmpp.meet.jitsi meet.jitsi

sudo rm -r /mnt/user/appdata/jitsi/jitsi-meet-cfg/

mkdir -p /mnt/user/appdata/jitsi/jitsi-meet-cfg/{web,web/crontabs,transcripts,pro

: Now we get the jitsi docker:

1. Similar to docker compose, we need to find the latest build from github. Under the "Assets"
section, right click and save link for the "Source Code (tar.gz)"
2. Modify the following command to paste in your link from above:
sudo wget https://github.com/jitsi/docker-jitsi-meet/archive/refs/tags/stabl

Please note the context here. There are 3 functions happening in one command: we are
"getting" the source code at the link address && we are decompressing the tar.gz file &&
changing directory to the freshly decompressed directory. All 3 of these functions need to be
updated to the appropriate version number or syntax to match the github link.
V: Modification of Files - Simplify this deployment and don't fuss in portainer!
1. Since the video was released, the env.example file has been simplified, so follow the video, but
understand that some options are moved elsewhere. Don't worry about it.
nano ./env.example

1. update CONFIG= directory (note, leave off trailing "/", it becomes redundant with this
version of the .yml file)
2. Timezone
3. Public URL
4. Docker_Host_address
5. Enable auth=1      (recommended)
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6. Enable_guest=1     (recommended)
7. Auth_type=internal       (recommended)
8. ctl+x to exit, "y" to save
9. copy env.example to .env
cp env.example .env

 
2. Modify the docker-compose.yml to tidy things up and make life much easier
nano ./docker-compose.yml

1. Under each section add line at top: container_name: (web=meet.jitsi

prosody=xmpp.meet.jitsi  jicofo=focus.meet.jitsi, jvb=video.meet.jitsi) See attached photo
below #1

2. Under "network" at bottom, add: name: external: See attached photo below #2

3.

3. Create passwords:
gen-passwords.sh

1.  
4. DEPLOY!
docker-compose pull

docker-compose up -d --remove-orphans

docker image prune

5. Set up Authentication again (stored in xmpp.meet.jitsi somewhere, so it gets overwritten)

1.  Open a terminal to the xmpp.meet.jitsi container:
prosodyctl --config /config/prosody.cfg.lua register username meet.jitsi

overwrite "username" and "password" with relevant information

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nfortunately unraid will still show an update available, as the docker isn't "controlled" by unraid's
ommunity Applications.

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ackup file command started in wrong directory, corrected.

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KI: Every time unraid reboots, you will need to re-install docker-compose
ouil don't need that, there's the compose manager plugin now. Manages Compose installation and
our
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[Plugin] Docker Compose Manager

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Compose Manager Beta Release! This plugin installs docker

compose and compose switch. Use
"docker compose" or "docker-compose" from the command line.…

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s there a reason why we cannot modify the steps to install jitsi using the ones from A75G's
epository?  If it can work, the benefit is that they can be updated through unraid's built-in docker
kea all other containers.
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vei tried to merge the instructions from this tutorial, but I doubt that is the correct approach.  If
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