I also set up jitsi, in my case on an ubuntu server 18.04 VM on my desktop [0]. Took about 10 minutes as well to follow that guide.
In addition, I wanted to expose jitsi to the internet but not allow random people to create or join rooms. I basically followed the first part of this[1], which sets up username/password pair that you're prompted for each time you create/join a room.
edit this file:
/etc/prosody/conf.avail/HOSTNAME.com.cfg.lua
Look for the first `authentication` line for HOSTNAME.com and change it to `internal_plain`
This is enough to make a password prompt pop up every time someone creates or joins a room, and it autofills nicely after you enter it the first time on firefox/chrome/android app. If you follow the rest of the guide you can set up a second domain people can use to join rooms without a password prompt.
This makes me feel a bit better about exposing this to the internet. Not sure if there's other havoc someone could cause though.
[0] thankfully I have fast internet with a public IP
(as far as I can tell, I don't really understand what Prodosy is)
Prosody is always running, whether or not you have it configured with a password. So I'd guess zero extra load.
Additionally, without a password your server is wide open, letting anyone start their own conference calls. I would guess that load could be significantly reduced by stopping unknown people from connecting.
(I still don't understand jitsi meet's architecture well though, so there could be ways around the password)
In addition, I wanted to expose jitsi to the internet but not allow random people to create or join rooms. I basically followed the first part of this[1], which sets up username/password pair that you're prompted for each time you create/join a room.
edit this file:
Look for the first `authentication` line for HOSTNAME.com and change it to `internal_plain` Add a username/password then restart prosody (or just reboot)This is enough to make a password prompt pop up every time someone creates or joins a room, and it autofills nicely after you enter it the first time on firefox/chrome/android app. If you follow the rest of the guide you can set up a second domain people can use to join rooms without a password prompt.
This makes me feel a bit better about exposing this to the internet. Not sure if there's other havoc someone could cause though.
[0] thankfully I have fast internet with a public IP
[1] https://github.com/jitsi/jicofo#secure-domain