Requirements

1. Ansible 2.8+, available in Debian buster-backports or newer.
2. Ubuntu 18.04 64-bit server

Setup

1. Fill in bbb_letsencrypt_email in bigbluebutton.yml
2. On the machine with Ansible, run ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml
3. If you want phone dial-in to work, modify bbb_dialin_* in bigbluebutton.yml accordingly.
   • If you have a public IP and FQDN pointing to the Ubuntu 18.04 box a. Change the bbb_hostname: value in bigbluebutton.yml to be the FQDN of the Ubuntu box. b. On the machine with Ansible, run ansible-playbook -u [ubuntu_box_username] -i [ubuntu_box_fqdn], bigbluebutton.yml
   • If you don't have a public IP for the Ubuntu 18.04 box a. Replace the bbb_letsencrypt_email: line in bigbluebutton.yml with bbb_letsencrypt_enable: false b. Change the bbb_hostname: value in bigbluebutton.yml to be ubuntu1804bbb.vm c. Add a new line in both machines' /etc/hosts: [ubuntu_18.04_IP] ubuntu1804bbb.vm d. On the machine with Ansible, run ansible-playbook -u [ubuntu_box_username] -i ubuntu1804bbb.vm, bigbluebutton.yml
4. If you make any modifications, update the corresponding source code URL in bigbluebutton.yml to one for a repository containing your modifications.

5. • If you have a public IP and FQDN pointing to the Ubuntu 18.04 box visit https://[ubuntu_box_fqdn]/ in your browser, create an account, click Home, then Start to begin

   • If you don't have a public IP for the Ubuntu 18.04 box a. Run the following commands on the Ubuntu 18.04 box

     ```
     openssl genrsa -des3 -out rootCA.key 4096
     openssl req -x509 -new -nodes -key rootCA.key -sha256 -days 1024 -out rootCA.crt
     cat <<-EOF > fullchain.ext
     authorityKeyIdentifier=keyid,issuer
     basicConstraints=CA:FALSE
     keyUsage = digitalSignature, nonRepudiation, keyEncipherment, dataEncipherment
     subjectAltName = @alt_names
     
     [alt_names]
     DNS.1 = ubuntu1804bbb.vm
       EOF
     openssl x509 -req -in /etc/letsencrypt/live/ubuntu1804bbb.vm/fullchain.pem.csr -CA rootCA.crt -CAkey rootCA.key -CAcreateserial -out fullchain.crt -days 300 -sha256 -extfile fullchain.ext
     sudo chown root:root fullchain.crt rootCA.crt
     sudo mv fullchain.crt /etc/letsencrypt/live/ubuntu1804bbb.vm/fullchain.pem
     sudo mv rootCA.crt /usr/local/share/ca-certificates
     sudo update-ca-certificates
     sudo docker cp /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/rootCA.crt greenlight-v2:/usr/local/share/ca-certificates
     sudo docker exec greenlight-v2 update-ca-certificates
       ```
     

     b. Visit https://ubuntu1804bbb.vm/ in your browser, create an account, click Home, then Start to begin