[kwlug-disc] Backup plan for BBB server this month

[kwlug at c.nixc.us]

This actually sounds lovely. I could dedicate a VPS to BBB. I don't need anything for my LE certifications, though; I already have that handled on my reverse proxy.



October 3, 2024 at 3:27 PM, "Mark Steffen - mark at steffen.ca" <reply+rxzjwuenvbzhsbahyzxsgpohvylraj at simplelogin.co> wrote:



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> IIRC I just added the deb repo and apt install'd it.  Pretty simple.  Does Letsencrypt and all that.
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> Mark
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> On 2024-10-03 3:18 p.m., Jason wrote: 
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> > I'm happy to set up a Jitsi server on AWS temporarily. I've got plenty of credits to burn, so I'm not super concerned with cost. 
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> >  If we're OK with hosting it in the cloud, it would be easier from a bandwidth constraint situation. 
> >  
> > @Mark if you have any recommendations or guides on setting up the server, that would be appreciated.  I'm looking into how I can configure it now.
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> >  Cheers,
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> >  Jason
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> >  
> > On Thu, Oct 3, 2024 at 3:16 PM Mark Steffen <mark at steffen.ca> wrote: 
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> > > I have a Jitsi server, happy to volunteer it for a backup if needed, 
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> > >  assuming the bandwidth requirements are a fit.
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> > >  
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> > >  How much bandwidth do you think that would use symmetrically?  I only 
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> > >  have symmterical gigabit presently, so I wouldn't want it to use more 
> > > 
> > >  than about 500mbps to leave room for other things.
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> > >  
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> > >  Would also need to load test, it was mainly used for family "gatherings" 
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> > >  during covid, maybe 10-12 connections tops.
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> > >  
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> > >  Mark
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> > >  
> > > 
> > >  On 2024-10-03 3:05 p.m., Mikalai Birukou via kwlug-disc wrote:
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> > >  >> As of now (and since Oct 1) it looks like our BigBlueButton server has
> > > 
> > >  >> been inaccessible, because Datacity is having an internet outage at
> > > 
> > >  >> its datacentre. (I cannot imagine its paying customers are very happy
> > > 
> > >  >> right now.)
> > > 
> > >  > I suspect most of their customers have moved to their Waterloo location
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> > >  > with two different fibers to Front Street. I will 😳.
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> > >  >
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> > >  > I don't think we should expect another truck accident near Roger fibers
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> > >  > this coming Monday. We have already witnessed once in a blue moon streak
> > > 
> > >  > of fiber cuts. I am hopeful, cause this isn't Texas 🙂. Fiber cut has
> > > 
> > >  > been fixed. And yes, it took Rogers 24 hours.
> > > 
> > >  >
> > > 
> > >  >> I imagine this will be fixed by Monday. If not: does anybody have
> > > 
> > >  >> access to a different videoconferencing solution we could use for
> > > 
> > >  >> Monday? It should be able to support 15-20 participants. Open source
> > > 
> > >  >> (BBB, Jitsi, ???) is ideologically nicer, but a proprietary service
> > > 
> > >  >> might work in the worst case. We would have to test such a setup
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> > >  >> Friday or Saturday.
> > > 
> > >  > For this kind of backup, let's note that we have 15-20 non-video-cam
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> > >  > participant, with only two presenting streams. This should instruct a
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> > >  > required bandwidth.
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> > >  >
> > > 
> > >  > I wonder, if this can be some kind of vm, rolled out in case of emergency.
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> > >  >
> > > 
> > >  > We can put BBB and greenlight behind existing haproxy (using an almost
> > > 
> > >  > copy paste of BBB's own haproxy settings). If there is possibility in
> > > 
> > >  > case of emergency to spawn up and down vm where kwlug.org http://kwlug.org/  is located,
> > > 
> > >  > then in an emergency colocated vm process can be started.
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> > >  >
> > > 
> > >  >> My understanding is that meet.jit.si http://meet.jit.si/  has limitations now?
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> > >  >>
> > > 
> > >  >> I don't like opening this can of worms but it is important to me that
> > > 
> > >  >> we maintain good accessibility for people who prefer to participate
> > > 
> > >  >> online.
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> > >  >>
> > > 
> > >  >> - Paul
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> > >  >>
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