[tech] UCC Meetings server (web/video conferencing) now available

[James Andrewartha]

I forgot to include the most important thing, the URL:

https://meetings.ucc.asn.au/

On Sat, 21 Mar 2020, James Andrewartha wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I've just installed BigBlueButton, an LGPL web conferencing system in a 
> new VM. I used bbb-install.sh which automates the install, and customised 
> greenlight (the web frontend, which is written in rails) to only accept 
> LDAP auth. Once you log in, you can be assigned roles.
> 
> The server should be good for a few hundred simultaneous users. Anyone can 
> join a room once it's started by its owner (if they have the link), or you 
> can put an access code (PIN) on the room.
> 
> I've set this up my work (a school) for use in case we get closed, so I 
> figured it would be useful for UCC and other Cameron Hall clubs. It's 
> probably got better latency than any other service since none of them will 
> be hosted in Perth.
> 
> Happy to answer any questions, or have a read of the docs below:
> 
> Admin docs: https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/
> 
> User docs: 
> https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17BkBFkP-8-09649Cxx-nseBDvA7TGDZ7eO5mgGnaqfY/edit
> 
> User support articles: 
> https://support.blindsidenetworks.com/hc/en-us/categories/360000379651-BigBlueButton-HTML5
> 
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