How To Self-Host Jitsi Meet For Audio (or Video) Calls

It is very doable, even with old hardware and limited bandwidth.

https://ideatrash.net/2026/03/how-to-self-host-jitsi-meet-for-audio-or-video-calls.html#internet #technology #jitsi #nextcloud #self-hosted

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How To Self-Host Jitsi Meet For Audio (or Video) Calls

How To Self-Host Jitsi Meet For Audio (or Video) Calls

If you just want to have video chat (and optionally a text chatbot helper), then using the public instance of Jitsi is easy to set up and has plenty of features. The big advantages of using the public instance of Jitsi are that it’s EXTREMELY simple, allows telephone call-ins, and that you don’t have to worry about total upstream bandwidth.

The downside is that because of the way the public instance does load balancing, that these simpler bots may (and probably will not) work on the public instance. On a public instance, adding in a separate audio stream for music or a soundboard or recording streams requires (effectively) running a whole other headless browser session for each stream.

It’s possible to use virtual microphones (or OBS) to mix in a soundboard or music stream on top of an existing speaker’s audio stream. However, OBS is not a lightweight application, and dumping extra audio into an existing speaker’s audio means that others cannot independently adjust it, problems with sound “ducking” from noise cancellation, and more.

My use case — audio-only calls and recordings for preservation and to use when writing recaps — happens to work well within the resource limits that I (and probably you) have. And because Jitsi Meet itself is just a forwarder, I can run it on the laptop already running NextCloud. Not only does this give us more control over everything, but it allows the usage of those lighter javascript bots.

Estimated time: Approximately 30-45 minutes, mostly cut-and-paste into configuration files. More if you need to install and configure a reverse proxy before beginning.

Before You Begin

Take a look at my bandwidth comparisons/estimates for audio and video egress for Jitsi and make sure your upload speed can handle the demands. This is the single most important consideration… unless you add on other optional services. Because of my bandwidth and how my group works, I’m restricting it to audio-only. If you want the default video options, I’ll tell you what NOT to change below as well.

Getting Started

Get A Separate Subdomain

The other big consideration is that you will need to be able to route traffic to the right place. You will need to obtain a separate subdomain name — the same process as you used for getting a DNS name from the NextCloud guide will work perfectly — regardless of which solution applies to you below.

I am going to presume for this that you already have a reverse proxy set up, but I will also show how to configure things if you do not use or want one.

Here’s an explainer about what a reverse proxy is, and a quickstart for nginx and caddy.

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If you already have a reverse proxy

If you have a reverse proxy already in place, this is relatively trivial and I’m assuming you know how to add a forwarder to whatever you’re using. An example nginx config is available. Continue to “Setting up Jitsi Meet” below.

I don’t have a reverse proxy, and I now want one.

This is medium-difficulty, but is the cleanest and best way.

You’ll need to switch some things about your NextCloud AIO setup. From the Administration settings inside NextCloud, first click Open Nextcloud AIO Interface and then Stop Containers. Let that finish.

Open a terminal where your docker-compose.yaml file lives. If following my guide: cd $HOME/apps/nextcloud. Now stop and purge the mastercontainer (which will NOT delete your data):

sudo docker stop nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer  
sudo docker rm nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer

In your docker-compose.yaml file, open your editor and add these under environment::

      APACHE_PORT: 11000 
      APACHE_IP_BINDING: 0.0.0.0 
      APACHE_ADDITIONAL_NETWORK: ""

You can also optionally remove ONLY the entire lines under ports: that begin with:

- 80:80
- 8443:8443

Close your editor, and bring everything back up: sudo docker compose up -d

While all the containers spin back up, take that time to set up your reverse proxy to point at port 11000 for NextCloud. I personally use nginx, and there is an example config in my guide ready to have Let’s Encrypt run on it, as well as the example nginx config for Jitsi Meet here.

Continue to “Setting up Jitsi Meet” below.

I don’t have a reverse proxy, and I don’t want one.

This is the quick-and-dirty-but-it-is-running-NOW solution.

If you do not have a reverse proxy and do not want a reverse proxy, that can work by specifying a port for Jitsi to use. We are going to assume 8444 here. Separate guides may suggest using 8443, but that is already being used by NextCloud AIO. You will still need that separate subdomain.

Continue to “Setting up Jitsi Meet” below.

Setting Up Jitsi Meet With Docker

Because we already have Docker set up and running from setting up NextCloud, the official instructions work pretty much out of the box, although we’re going to tweak them and the order we do them in for clarity.

Back to the terminal! We are going to change to our user’s apps directory, create required directories, and download the program files for Jitsi Meet:

cd $HOME/apps
wget $(wget -q -O - https://api.github.com/repos/jitsi/docker-jitsi-meet/releases/latest | grep zip | cut -d\" -f4) -O latest_jitsi_meet.zip
unzip latest_jitsi_meet.zip
rm latest_jitsi_meet.zip
ls -d /*

The last shows you what directories exist here; there should be your nextcloud directory and one that begins with jitsi-docker-jitsi-meet, for example jitsi-docker-jitsi-meet-35879bb. Move into that directory: cd jitsi-docker-jitsi-meet-35879bb

We’ll create some mandatory directories:

mkdir -p ~/.jitsi-meet-cfg/{web,transcripts,prosody/config,prosody/prosody-plugins-custom,jicofo,jvb,jigasi,jibri}

We will also copy the example configuration: cp env.example .env

And then we will let a helper script generate some strong internal passwords for the .env file: ./gen-passwords.sh

Editing Jitsi Meet’s Configuration

Use your editor of choice to open .env. These are the entries to change, and why:

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If using a reverse proxy

# If you are using a reverse proxy, alter these lines:
# We are going to use 8444 so the port forward instructions
# are the same
HTTP_PORT=8444
# Comment out this line with a hash mark like so:
# HTTPS_PORT=8443
# Your PUBLIC_URL line should NOT have the specified port
# at the end, like so:
PUBLIC_URL=https://meet.example.com
# Turn off Let's Encrypt certificate generation, HTTPs, etc. That is all handled
# by the proxy.
ENABLE_LETSENCRYPT=0
DISABLE_HTTPS=1
ENABLE_HTTP_REDIRECT=0

Continue to “Everybody Change these”

If NOT using a reverse proxy

# If you are NOT using a reverse proxy, 
# put a hash sign in front of the HTTP_PORT line.
# If Jitsi complains that it is commented out, 
# change it to something random you 
# are not going to use. 
# HTTP_PORT=8000
# Change HTTPS_PORT 8444
HTTPS_PORT=8444
# For the PUBLIC_URL line, 
# put your domain, but also make sure 
# it has the ${HTTPS_PORT} at the end.
PUBLIC_URL=https://meet.example.com:${HTTPS_PORT}
# Change these lines to enable Let's Encrypt, have HTTPS working, and 
ENABLE_LETSENCRYPT=1
DISABLE_HTTPS=0
ENABLE_HTTP_REDIRECT=0

Continue to “Everybody Change these”

Everybody change these

IMPORTANT : If your public IP address changes, for example, if your modem resets, you will need to change the public IP address in this file manually, then bring the containers down and rebuild them.
docker compose down && docker compose up -d --force-rebuild

We are going to fill in our public and LAN IP settings:

# Media IP addresses and ports to advertise by the JVB
# This setting deprecates DOCKER_HOST_ADDRESS, and supports a comma separated list of IPs
# PUT BOTH YOUR PUBLIC AND LAN IP ADDRESS HERE.
# JVB_ADVERTISE_IPS=74.111.11.111,192.168.1.5,
JVB_ADVERTISE_IPS=

We will use the TURN server from NextCloud AIO. The TURN_HOST is the domain of your NextCloud AIO instance, you get the TURN_CREDENTIALS from the Turn Server Secret in NextCloud Talk’s settings.

# Enable Turn
TURN_HOST=example.com
TURN_PORT=3478
TURN_TRANSPORT=udp,tcp
TURN_CREDENTIALS=biglongstringofstuff

Jitsi is set up to be open by default. Which I don’t have a problem with, except for that whole bandwidth thing… so we’re going to require authorization to create a room, but anybody can join an existing room as long as there’s an authorized user already in it.

# Enable authentication 
ENABLE_AUTH=1
# Enable guest access  
ENABLE_GUESTS=1
# Select authentication type: internal, jwt, ldap or matrix
AUTH_TYPE=internal

These are some changes to hide video user interface elements, since we are only doing voice calls. If that is not your use case, save the configuration file and skip to “Port Forwards.”

TOOLBAR_BUTTONS=microphone,hangup,chat,participants-pane,invite,profile
HIDE_PREMEETING_BUTTONS=camera,select-background,invite
ENABLE_LOBBY=0
ENABLE_PREJOIN_PAGE=1
ENABLE_WELCOME_PAGE=1

Save the configuration file.

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We’re going to also define those same restrictions elsewhere for redundancy. I also put in a resolution restriction of 320px just in case someone still turned on their camera so it won’t immediately clobber the bandwidth. Create and edit the file ${HOME}/.jitsi-meet-cfg/web/custom-config.js and put this in it:

config.startAudioOnly = true;   
config.startWithVideoMuted = true;
config.resolution = 320;
config.toolbarButtons = [
    'microphone',
    'camera',
    'chat',
    'invite',              // invite button explicitly enabled
    'profile',
    'participants-pane',
    'hangup'
];

Save that file as well.

Port Forwards

This is going to be radically different depending on the make, model, and software your modem/router is using. Here’s an existing guide which covers many varieties.

You will need to forward port 10000/udp to the computer you’re installing Jitsi Meet on, regardless if you are using a reverse proxy. If you are using a reverse proxy, it will handle everything else.

If you are not using a reverse proxy, additionally forward port 8444 tcp/udp (or whatever port if you chose something different above).

Bring It Up And Secure It

Change back to the directory where your docker-compose.yml file is, and type docker compose pull && docker compose up -d && docker compose logs -f to let you see the logs. It should reach a steady state without errors; once it has, press Ctrl-C to get out of the logs.

I only created myself as an authorized user; you only need to have the people who are creating or moderating rooms to be authorized.

IMPORTANT: TheDesiredUsername should be JUST a username; for example, bob instead of bo*@*****le.com

The commands below will enter the loaded Docker container, create TheDesiredUsername with password TheDesiredPassword, then show you a list of all registered users, then exit. Do NOT change meet.jitsi in the block below.

docker compose exec prosody /bin/bash

prosodyctl --config /config/prosody.cfg.lua register TheDesiredUsername meet.jitsi TheDesiredPassword

find /config/data/meet%2ejitsi/accounts -type f -exec basename {} .dat \;

exit

You’re done! If you’re using a reverse proxy, you should see the Jitsi welcome screen if you go to just the URL. If you chose to not use a reverse proxy, you will always need to put the port at the end: https://meet.example.com:8444

You probably noticed that there are quite a few other features that you can enable here: a recording component, a transcribing component, a whiteboard, collaborative documents, and so on. I have not enabled them because we have them handled through NextCloud already or they put a non-trivial load on the system. Recording and transcription, especially if you are using video, will require much beefier hardware than the decade-old laptop everything else is running on.

Next I’ll do a full overview of the bots — including how to get per-speaker split recording — with your self-hosted Jitsi instance.

Featured Image by Alexandra_Koch from Pixabay

Do you want to have your own #Mastodon instance? How about #Peertube, #Nextcloud, #Matrix or a #Pixelfed instance? You can buy a managed hosting of these services from https://webape.site/

#ManagedHosting means you don't need to have any technical skills or know how to maintain a Linux server, all of that will be done for you. The #Webape project is a small business run by @tio, he also made https://trom.tf and have been providing all of those #FOSS services for free since 2021.

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Screenshot of the website showing different pricing options for a Peertube instance: 1. PeerTube Gibbon (50€ per month) - around 700 hours of full HD videos - 400 Megabit per second Port 2. PeerTube Bonobo (70€ per month) - around 2000 hours of full HD videos - 600 Megabit per second Port 3. PeerTube Gorilla (starts at 150€ per month) - over 4000 hours of full HD videos - 1 Gigabit per second Port Additionally all 3 options have the following services in common: - unlimited email addresses - webmail client - automated backups - updates and system management

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Screenshot of the website showing different pricing options for a Mastodon instance: 1. Mastodon Gibbon (30€ per month) - for you and your friends 2. Mastodon Bonobo (60€ per month) - for your community 3. Mastodon Gorilla (starts at 100€ per month) - for everyone Additionally all 3 options have the following services in common: - unlimited email addresses - webmail client - automated backups - updates and system management

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Screenshot of the website showing different pricing options for a Nextcloud instance: 1. Nextcloud Gibbon (50€ per month) - 800 GB SSD - 400 Megabit per second Port 2. Nextcloud Bonobo (70€ per month) - 2.4 TB SSD - 600 Megabit per second Port 3. Nextcloud Gorilla (100€ per month) - 4 TB SSD - 1 Gigabit per second Port Additionally all 3 options have the following services in common: - Collabora integration - unlimited email addresses - webmail client - automated backups - updates and system management

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Screenshot of the website showing more services for managed hosting. Text on top reads "We can also deploy these services at a cost. Contact for more information." Shown below is 4 different services with their logos and title: 1. Friendica 2. Matrix 3. Jitsi Meet 4. Pixelfed

Ich verwende als #GPS Logger ein V-990 von Columbus. Das Gerät speichert die Daten in CSV-Dateien ab. Mit dem Programm #gpsbabel lässt sich die Datei in das GPX-Format umwandeln. Das Programm kann auch Dateien zusammenfügen und hat andere nette Funktionen.

Ich habe z.b. meine Rundreisen mit "-x position,distance=50m" verkleinert, damit sie in der #Nextcloud schneller geladen werden.

Es gibt einige weitere nette Programme GPX und Co.

#Debian #GNU #Linux

Hell freezes over: #nextcloud tasks bekommt 9 Jahre nach dem Feature-Request repeating Tasks!: https://github.com/nextcloud/tasks/issues/34#event-23376359676

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@to3k/116195886687928423

Trochę nie planowałem pisać wpisu w niedzielę późnym wieczorem, ale trafiłem na temat, który okazał się dość ciekawy po przyjrzeniu się bliżej. Niezły #scam żerujący na #NextCloud!

#OfficeEU

toot.io relay service boosted

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🇵🇱 Nowy wpis na #blog!
Czy #OfficeEU to #scam?
https://blog.tomaszdunia.pl/officeeu/

🇬🇧 New #blog post!
Is #OfficeEU a #scam?
https://blog.tomaszdunia.pl/officeeu-eng/

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Office.EU: Czy to scam? Sprawdźmy to grafika pokazująca lupę przybliżającą obraz na ekranie laptopa logo nextcloud, hetzner, unii europejskiej itp.

How To Backfill Text Channels From Discord To NextCloud

Text channels are still deeply important, and a major consideration when moving from Discord to another platform. Two major concerns are synchronizing the messages while you’re transitioning...

https://ideatrash.net/2026/03/how-to-backfill-text-channels-from-discord-to-nextcloud.html#communication #internet #chat #discord #nextcloud

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How To Backfill Text Channels From Discord To NextCloud

From #Nextcloud on #FreeBSD jail to Nextcloud on #OpenBSD #bhyve virtual machine: processing…

Just because I can does mean I should.

Utilities to help with moving from Discord with Jitsi

Jitsi Bots for streaming, soundboard, text chat, and recording
https://github.com/uriel1998/jitsi-bot

Easy virtual microphone for the above
https://github.com/uriel1998/virtual_microphone

#nextcloud #discord #migration #jitsi

Utilities to help with moving from Discord to NextCloud:

c0mmandbot For NextCloud Talk text chat (die roller, information, more)
https://github.com/uriel1998/die_roller_bot

Stickerpicker for NextCloud Talk
https://github.com/uriel1998/nextcloud_stickerpicker

Backfilling Talk From Discord Text Channels
https://github.com/uriel1998/discord_talk_backfill

Jitsi Bots for streaming, soundboard, text chat, and recording
https://github.com/uriel1998/jitsi-bot

Easy virtual microphone for the above
https://github.com/uriel1998/virtual_microphone

#nextcloud #discord #migration

The guides (so far) on moving from Discord to NextCloud

Posts:

Replace Discord With NextCloud in 90 minutes:

https://ideatrash.net/2026/02/weekend-project-how-to-replace-discord-with-free-software-and-an-old-pc.html

Harden it with Fail2Ban in Six Clicks

https://ideatrash.net/2026/02/installing-fail2ban-with-nextcloud-in-six-clicks.html

Comparing Videochat Solutions

https://ideatrash.net/2026/03/comparing-jitsi-meet-and-nextcloud-talk-for-replacing-discords-calls.html

Bridging And Importing Text Channels From Discord To NextCloud Talk

https://ideatrash.net/2026/03/how-to-backfill-text-channels-from-discord-to-nextcloud.html

#nextcloud #discord #migration

Wer glaubt, Office läuft nicht ohne Microsoft mag vielleicht hier bei einem Termin von @nextcloud reinschauen: https://nextcloud.com/de/blog/event/webinar-ask-the-expert-nextcloud-als-microsoft-365-alternative/?utm_content=featured-image&utm_campaign=CID-MS365-Q1-2026&utm_source=[Webinar]+Ask+the+expert.+Nextcloud+als+Alternative+zu+Microsoft+365+in+der+Praxis&utm_medium=Email

#Office #M365 #DSGVO #nextcloud

kann mich jemand beraten zu floss alternativen zu #ms365?

unser #kindergarten hat einen neuen #synology #linux #server vor ort. eine ungepflegte #nextcloud instanz auf hetzner soll baldigst abgeschaltet werden. jetzt wird überlegt, die günstige vereinsversion von microsoft 365 zu kaufen.

wie gut sind die #office lösungen für nextcloud?

Die zerbrechlichen Ketten der Bequemlichkeit

Ein Plädoyer für die digitale Emanzipation Europas

Wir haben unsere digitale Freiheit gegen Komfort eingetauscht. Microsoft, Amazon, Google und Meta bestimmen, wie wir kommunizieren, arbeiten und denken. Der CrowdStrike-Schock war kein Unglück, er war eine Ansage. Es ist Zeit, die Ketten zu sprengen. Ein Plädoyer für die digitale Emanzipation Europas. [Mehr lesen...]

https://www.christin-loehner.de/blog/die-zerbrechlichen-ketten-der-bequemlichkeit

#DigitaleSouveränität #DigitalSovereignty #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #FreieSoftware #Datenschutz #Privacy #BigTech #FuckBigTech #DeGoogle #DeleteGoogle #DeleteFacebook #BoycottAmazon #BoycottMicrosoft #BoycottApple #Überwachungskapitalismus #SurveillanceCapitalism #Fediverse #Mastodon #Dezentralisierung #Decentralization #PublicMoneyPublicCode #ÖffentlichesGeld #RightToRepair #Fairphone #Framework #SelfHosted #Nextcloud #Signal #Tor #VPN #CrowdStrike #CloudAct #DSGVO #GDPR #Hetzner #EuropeFirst #TechSovereignty #DigitalRights #DigitaleRechte #Netzpolitik #CCC #ChaosComputerClub #ByeByeElon #QuitX #LeaveX #SaveSocial #Ecosia #Startpage #uBlockOrigin #LibreWolf #Firefox #FediTips #EuropäischeWerte #EuropeanValues #TechEthics #Nachhaltigkeit #Sustainability #GeplantéObsoleszenz #PlannedObsolescence #KaufLokal #LocalFirst #Widerstand #DigitalResistance #PolitischeTech #TechForGood #KI #AI #OpenSourceAI #ZenDiS #PublicCode #Libre #GNU #Debian #Fedora #PopOS #ZorinOS #NixOS #AntiColonialism #DigitalerKolonialismus #Cloudflare #AWS #AzureAlternative #EUTech #MadeInEurope

Bei mir wird in #Nextcloud die Ordnerbeschreibung nicht mehr angezeigt, obwohl ich eine Datei "Readme.md" im Verzeichnis habe. Die Einstellungen sind auch korrekt.
Woran könnte das liegen?

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Comparing Jitsi Meet And NextCloud Talk For Replacing Discord’s Calls

Each has its strengths and weaknesses for our purposes.

https://ideatrash.net/2026/03/comparing-jitsi-meet-and-nextcloud-talk-for-replacing-discords-calls.html#communication #internet #audiochat #discord #jitsi #nextcloud #videochat

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Comparing Jitsi Meet And NextCloud Talk For Replacing Discord’s Calls

... pour l'instant je n'ai trouvé qu'un moyen intermédiaire qui est de supprimer automatiquement le lien de partage via l'application download_limits qui est maintenant intégrée par défaut dans nextcloud.

Mais pour supprimer le fichier ... je sêche.

J'ai posté sur le forum nextcloud (https://help.nextcloud.com/t/workflow-or-plugin-for-deleting-files-after-download/138972/7) et sur le canal de chat dev ...

Des idées ?

Alle reden über #Nextcloud aber niemand hat sie bisher gesehen? Da ist sie, #hübsch - nicht? Fast #Kunst.
Diese schöne Darstellung der Speicherbelegung habe ich gerade zufällig auf meinem alten #Linux #Mint Notebook entdeckt, dieser macht das nicht nur für die verbaute Festplatte sondern sogar für die @hetzner Nextcloud.
Man kann in die Grafik klicken um in ein Verzeichnis zu wechseln und um zu stöbern. Praktisch und übersichtlich. #Didit

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Schematische runde bunte Grafik zur Darstellung von Speicherplatz und Verzeichnissen

What if every phone could contribute to the #Fediverse, not just consume it?

Short-form video means heavy server-side transcoding for every clip. But your phone can handle it. Re-encode, resize, thumbnails, all done locally. Then push to your own #S3 or #Nextcloud.

No transcoding server. Just simple storage.

We can decentralize the compute, not just the network.

We're working on it

#HolosSocial