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

[Mark Steffen]

IIRC I just added the deb repo and apt install'd it.  Pretty simple.  
Does Letsencrypt and all that.

Mark

On 2024-10-03 3:18 p.m., Jason wrote:
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Cheers,
> Jason
>
> On Thu, Oct 3, 2024 at 3:16 PM Mark Steffen <mark at steffen.ca> wrote:
>
>     I have a Jitsi server, happy to volunteer it for a backup if needed,
>     assuming the bandwidth requirements are a fit.
>
>     How much bandwidth do you think that would use symmetrically? I only
>     have symmterical gigabit presently, so I wouldn't want it to use more
>     than about 500mbps to leave room for other things.
>
>     Would also need to load test, it was mainly used for family
>     "gatherings"
>     during covid, maybe 10-12 connections tops.
>
>     Mark
>
>     On 2024-10-03 3:05 p.m., Mikalai Birukou via kwlug-disc wrote:
>     >> 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
>     > with two different fibers to Front Street. I will 😳.
>     >
>     > I don't think we should expect another truck accident near Roger
>     fibers
>     > 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
>     >> Friday or Saturday.
>     > For this kind of backup, let's note that we have 15-20 non-video-cam
>     > participant, with only two presenting streams. This should
>     instruct a
>     > required bandwidth.
>     >
>     > I wonder, if this can be some kind of vm, rolled out in case of
>     emergency.
>     >
>     > 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.
>     >
>     >> My understanding is that meet.jit.si <http://meet.jit.si> has
>     limitations now?
>     >>
>     >> 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.
>     >>
>     >> - Paul
>     >>
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