<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body><div>Yeah I spent about an hour staring into the abysse looking at BBB it apparently seems to require 20 separate interoperating services to be able to hold digital conferences?! really??? </div><a href="https://github.com/bigbluebutton/docker/blob/develop/docker-compose.tmpl.yml">https://github.com/bigbluebutton/docker/blob/develop/docker-compose.tmpl.yml</a> Their documentation even have the gall to concider this a "easy deployment of BBB" woooof oh boy. it looks like a polar plunge.<div><br></div><p>October 3, 2024 at 10:19 PM, "KWLUG discussion - kwlug-disc at kwlug.org" <<a href="mailto:ra+ufldbbsvjexizxayvqisniizm@simplelogin.co?to=%22KWLUG%20discussion%20-%20kwlug-disc%20at%20kwlug.org%22%20%3Cra%2Bufldbbsvjexizxayvqisniizm%40simplelogin.co%3E" target="_blank" tabindex="-1">ra+ufldbbsvjexizxayvqisniizm@simplelogin.co</a>> wrote:<br></p><blockquote>Thanks to you and Jason for the offers. As Mikalai noted Rogers fixed<div><br></div>the connection, so my message was a big unnecessary false alarm. <div><br></div><div><br></div>- Paul<div><br></div><div><br></div>On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 03:15:11PM -0400, Mark Steffen wrote:<div><br></div><blockquote>I have a Jitsi server, happy to volunteer it for a backup if needed,<div><br></div> assuming the bandwidth requirements are a fit.<div><br></div> <div><br></div> How much bandwidth do you think that would use symmetrically? I only have<div><br></div> symmterical gigabit presently, so I wouldn't want it to use more than about<div><br></div> 500mbps to leave room for other things.<div><br></div> <div><br></div> Would also need to load test, it was mainly used for family "gatherings"<div><br></div> during covid, maybe 10-12 connections tops.<div><br></div> <div><br></div> Mark<div><br></div> <div><br></div> On 2024-10-03 3:05 p.m., Mikalai Birukou via kwlug-disc wrote:<div><br></div> > As of now (and since Oct 1) it looks like our BigBlueButton server has<div><br></div> > been inaccessible, because Datacity is having an internet outage at<div><br></div> > its datacentre. (I cannot imagine its paying customers are very happy<div><br></div> > right now.)<div><br></div> I suspect most of their customers have moved to their Waterloo location<div><br></div> with two different fibers to Front Street. I will 😳.<div><br></div> <div><br></div> I don't think we should expect another truck accident near Roger fibers<div><br></div> this coming Monday. We have already witnessed once in a blue moon streak<div><br></div> of fiber cuts. I am hopeful, cause this isn't Texas 🙂. Fiber cut has<div><br></div> been fixed. And yes, it took Rogers 24 hours.<div><br></div> <div><br></div> > I imagine this will be fixed by Monday. If not: does anybody have<div><br></div> > access to a different videoconferencing solution we could use for<div><br></div> > Monday? It should be able to support 15-20 participants. Open source<div><br></div> > (BBB, Jitsi, ???) is ideologically nicer, but a proprietary service<div><br></div> > might work in the worst case. We would have to test such a setup<div><br></div> > Friday or Saturday.<div><br></div> For this kind of backup, let's note that we have 15-20 non-video-cam<div><br></div> participant, with only two presenting streams. This should instruct a<div><br></div> required bandwidth.<div><br></div> <div><br></div> I wonder, if this can be some kind of vm, rolled out in case of emergency.<div><br></div> <div><br></div> We can put BBB and greenlight behind existing haproxy (using an almost<div><br></div> copy paste of BBB's own haproxy settings). If there is possibility in<div><br></div> case of emergency to spawn up and down vm where kwlug.org is located,<div><br></div> then in an emergency colocated vm process can be started.<div><br></div> <div><br></div> > My understanding is that meet.jit.si has limitations now?<div><br></div> > <div><br></div> > I don't like opening this can of worms but it is important to me that<div><br></div> > we maintain good accessibility for people who prefer to participate<div><br></div> > online.<div><br></div> > <div><br></div> > - Paul<div><br></div> > <div><br></div> > _______________________________________________<div><br></div> > kwlug-disc mailing list<div><br></div> > To unsubscribe, send an email to kwlug-disc-leave@kwlug.org<div><br></div> > with the subject "unsubscribe", or email<div><br></div> > kwlug-disc-owner@kwlug.org to contact a human being.<div><br></div> <div><br></div> _______________________________________________<div><br></div> kwlug-disc mailing list<div><br></div> To unsubscribe, send an email to kwlug-disc-leave@kwlug.org<div><br></div> with the subject "unsubscribe", or email<div><br></div> <a href="mailto:kwlug-disc-owner@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc-owner@kwlug.org</a> to contact a human being.<div><br></div> <div><br></div> _______________________________________________<div><br></div> kwlug-disc mailing list<div><br></div> To unsubscribe, send an email to kwlug-disc-leave@kwlug.org<div><br></div> with the subject "unsubscribe", or email<div><br></div> <a href="mailto:kwlug-disc-owner@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc-owner@kwlug.org</a> to contact a human being.</blockquote><div><br></div>_______________________________________________<div><br></div>kwlug-disc mailing list<div><br></div>To unsubscribe, send an email to kwlug-disc-leave@kwlug.org<div><br></div>with the subject "unsubscribe", or email<div><br></div><a href="mailto:kwlug-disc-owner@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc-owner@kwlug.org</a> to contact a human being.</blockquote><div><br></div></body></html>