In these days of physical isolation I wanted to spend my free time to check and implement a videoconferencing solution for my private use.
After googling I found Jitsi and in few minutes I was able to setup a test environment on my computer using docker.
I wanted to implement this on my Synology NAS (DS918) using docker containers. All explanations below are coming from the Jitsi github page, with a little customization to fit my needs.
I assume that you are familiar with docker, SSH access & certificate installation/request.
You need to download the file https://github.com/jitsi/docker-jitsi-meet/archive/master.zip
Upload and extract on your NAS the content of the zip file. In my installation it is the folder /volume1/docker
Open an SSH console to your NAS
Go to the folder you just created it will be something like:
cd /volume1/docker/docker-jitsi-meet-master
Copy the environment file:
cp env.example .env
Set strong passwords:
./gen-passwords.sh
Create a folder where to store the configuration files:
mkdir /volume1/docker/docker-jitsi-config/
mkdir -p /volume1/docker/docker-jitsi-config/{web/letsencrypt,transcripts,prosody/config,prosody/prosody-plugins-custom,jicofo,jvb,jigasi,jibri}
Edit the .env file and change the line CONFIG=~/.jitsi-meet-cfg to CONFIG=/volume1/docker/docker-jitsi-config
Enable authentication, guest access and internal authentication:
ENABLE_AUTH=1
ENABLE_GUESTS=1
AUTH_TYPE=internal
Customize the lines related to your environment and the docker host IP (your NAS interface). I use afraid DNS route my personal domain to my NAS public IP.
PUBLIC_URL=https://meet.mydomain.com
DOCKER_HOST_ADDRESS=192.168.X.X
You can now create and run the docker containers:
docker-compose up -d
To protect access to your meeting solution connect to the prosody container:
docker exec -it docker-jitsi-meet-master_prosody_1 /bin/bash
and create register your user:
prosodyctl --config /config/prosody.cfg.lua register TheDesiredUsername meet.jitsi TheDesiredPassword
You can use the Synology NAS reverse proxy to redirect your domain HTTPS to your container on port 8443 (Application Portal > Reverse Proxy > Create). This is mandatory to have a fully working solution. (avoiding problem with video content)
You need also to generate a certificate and install it on your NAS (Security > Certificates > Create)
I use a letsencrypt certificate but you can also import one.
Configure the certificate to be presented for meet.mydomain.com (Security > Certificates > Configure)
After completing these steps you should have a working private videoconferencing solution, with authenticated host and guest access activated on your Synology NAS.
9 Sept. 2020 – Edited after Mchl Grdlv comments.