Openmeetings

Installation

Dowload openmeetings at Apache Openmeetings Select tar.gz archive

Decompress into /opt/red5 folder

tar xzvf --file-name--

Via Script with mysql

cd /opt/red5

./admin.sh -i -v -tz America/Montreal -email webmaster@objclt.ca -group webbase -user admin --password password --db-type mysql --db-host mydbserver --db-name openmeetings --db-user dbuser --db-pass password --smtp-server smtp.objclt.ca --email-auth-user emailuser --system-email-address noreply@objclt.ca  --email-auth-pass password

Setup Https

• Rename the existing keystore file red5/conf/keystore to keystore.bak

mv keystore.jmx keystore.jmx.bak<pre>
* Create a key
<pre>keytool -keysize 2048 -genkey -alias red5 -keyalg RSA -keystore red5/conf/keystore

• Create a

keytool -certreq -keyalg RSA -alias red5 -file red5.csr -keystore red5/conf/keystore

Setup Proxy

Change rtmps Port (red.property)

• Modify red5/conf/red5.properties

rtmps.port=5443
rtmps.keystorepass=yourpassword (password = password you set on your new keystore)
http.port=443
https.port=443

Force Ssl (config.xml)

• Modify red5/webapps/openmeetings/public/config.xml

<rtmpsslport>5443</rtmpsslport>
<useSSL>yes</useSSL>
<proxyType>best</proxyType>
<protocol>https</protocol>
<red5httpport>443</red5httpport> 

To use https

• go into directory red5/conf (cd red5/conf)
• Take a backup of the original jee-container

cp jee-container.xml jee-container.xml.orig

1. Comment the entire section under Tomacat without SSL Enabled
   1. add an "" just after the line "Tomacat without SSL Enabled"
   2. add an "" just after the first balise </bean>
2. Uncomment the entire section under Tomacat without SSL Enabled
   1. remove "" just after the line "Tomcat with SSL enabled"
   2. remove "" just after the second balise </bean>

Start Script (thank Sohail Riaz)

#! /bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: red5
# Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Starts red5 server for Openmeetings.
### END INIT INFO
# For RedHat and cousins:
# chkconfig: 2345 85 85
# description: Red5 flash streaming server for OpenMeetings
# processname: red5
# Created By: Sohail Riaz (sohaileo@gmail.com)
# Modified by Alvaro Bustos
PROG=red5
RED5_HOME=/opt/red5
DAEMON=$RED5_HOME/$PROG.sh
PIDFILE=/var/run/$PROG.pid
[ -r /etc/sysconfig/red5 ] && . /etc/sysconfig/red5
RETVAL=0
case "$1" in
start)
   cd $RED5_HOME
   start-stop-daemon --start -c nobody --pidfile $PIDFILE \
      --chdir $RED5_HOME --background --make-pidfile \
      --exec $DAEMON >/dev/null 2>/dev/null &
   RETVAL=$?
   if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
      echo $! > $PIDFILE
   fi
   echo
;;
stop)
   start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE \
      --name java
   rm -f $PIDFILE
   echo
   [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/$PROG
;;
restart|force-reload)
   $0 stop
   $0 start
;;
status)
# Debian and Ubuntu 10 status check
   ps aux | grep -f $PIDFILE >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && RETVAL=0 || RETVAL=3
# Ubuntu 12 status check using improved "start-stop-daemon" status query
# (use the above command, or comment out above command and uncomment the two below commands.
# start-stop-daemon --status --pidfile $PIDFILE
# RETVAL=$?
   [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && echo "$PROG is running"
   [ $RETVAL -eq 1 ] && echo "$PROG is not running and the pid file exists"
   [ $RETVAL -eq 3 ] && echo "$PROG is not running"
   [ $RETVAL -eq 4 ] && echo "$PROG - unable to determine status"
;;
checkports)
   netstat -anp | grep soffice
   netstat -anp | grep java
;;
*)
echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status|checkports}"
RETVAL=1
esac
exit $RETVAL