🔄 Update "Install Jitsi Meet on Debian/Ubuntu" (hetzneronline#928)

Author: svenja11

tutorials/jitsi-meet-on-debian-ubuntu/01.en.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 path: "/tutorials/jitsi-meet-on-debian-ubuntu"
 slug: "jitsi-meet-on-debian-ubuntu"
-date: "2020-05-12"
+date: "2024-08-29"
 title: "Install Jitsi Meet on Debian/Ubuntu"
 short_description: "Jitsi Meet is an open-source (Apache) WebRTC JavaScript application that uses Jitsi Videobridge to provide high quality, secure and scalable video conferences."
 tags: ["Jitsi", "Meeting", "Conference", "Ubuntu", "Debian"]
@@ -19,18 +19,26 @@ header_img: "header-4"
 
 Jitsi Meet is an open-source (Apache) WebRTC JavaScript application that uses Jitsi Videobridge to provide high quality, secure and scalable video conferences.  It can be used as a replacement for proprietary services like Zoom, Whereby, Teams, Skype and many others.
 
-You can try it out on [meet.jit.si](https://meet.jit.si/). There are more public instances available [in the Jitsi Meet Handbook](https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/community/community-instances/).
+You can try it out on [meet.jit.si](https://meet.jit.si/). There are more public instances available [in the Jitsi Meet Handbook](https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/community/third-party-software/).
 
-This tutorial should work with Debian 8 (Jessie) or later, and Ubuntu 14.04 or later. Of course it is recommended to use the latest available (LTS) version of either Debian or Ubuntu.
+This tutorial should work with Debian 11 (Bullseye) or later, and Ubuntu 22.04 or later. Of course it is recommended to use the latest available (LTS) version of either Debian or Ubuntu.
 
 **Prerequisites**
 
-* At least a  small virtual server, e.g. [Cloud Server CX11](https://www.hetzner.com/cloud#pricing), with a root shell
+* At least a  small virtual server, e.g. [Cloud Server CAX11](https://www.hetzner.com/cloud#pricing)
+* Access to the root user or a user with sudo permissions
 * Basic knowledge about linux
 
+**Example terminology**
+
+* Domain: `talk.example.com`
+* Server:
+  * Public IPv4: `10.0.0.1`
+  * Public IPv6: `2001:db8:1234::1`
+
 ## Step 1 - Choose a domain and setup DNS
 
-First of all you need to choose a domain. In this tutorial we will use `talk.example.com`.  In your DNS zone create two simple records:
+First of all you need to choose a domain. In this tutorial we will use `talk.example.com`.  In your DNS zone, create two simple records:
 
 ```dns
 talk.example.com. 14400 IN A    10.0.0.1
@@ -39,25 +47,26 @@ talk.example.com. 14400 IN AAAA 2001:db8:1234::1
 
 ## Step 2 - Add repository and install
 
-Jitsi ships pre-built packages for jitsi-meet in its own repository. Since these packages are signed with their own key, we also need to add the GPG from Jitsi to our keyring.
-
-```bash
-echo 'deb https://download.jitsi.org stable/' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jitsi-stable.list
-wget -qO - https://download.jitsi.org/jitsi-key.gpg.key | gpg --dearmor | tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/jitsi.gpg
-```
-
-Then update your package list:
-
-```bash
-apt-get update
-```
+* **Install prerequisites**
+  
+  Depending on how simple and minimal your operating system is, you may need an additional package to support HTTPS repositories.
+  ```bash
+  sudo apt update
+  sudo apt install apt-transport-https
+  ```
 
-Depending on how simple and minimal your operating system is, you may receive an error from this repository. You need an additional package to support HTTPS repositories. After that, update your package list again:
+* **Add repository and GPG key**
+  
+  Jitsi ships pre-built packages for jitsi-meet in its own repository. Since these packages are signed with their own key, we also need to add the GPG from Jitsi to our keyring.
+  ```bash
+  curl -sL https://download.jitsi.org/jitsi-key.gpg.key | sudo sh -c 'gpg --dearmor > /usr/share/keyrings/jitsi-keyring.gpg'
+  echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/jitsi-keyring.gpg] https://download.jitsi.org stable/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jitsi-stable.list
+  ```
 
-```bash
-apt-get install apt-transport-https
-apt-get update
-```
+* **Update your package list**
+  ```bash
+  sudo apt update
+  ```
 
 ## Step 3 - Configure the hostname (optional)
 
@@ -79,18 +88,18 @@ Otherwise scroll down to the manual installation.
 
   Perform the jitsi-meet installation:
   ```bash
-  apt-get install jitsi-meet -y
+  sudo apt install jitsi-meet -y
   ```
-  During the installation process you need to enter your chosen domain name (not the example `talk.example.com`!). It will be used to configure the virtual host.
+  During the installation process, you need to enter your chosen domain name (not the example `talk.example.com`!). It will be used to configure the virtual host.
 
 <br>
 
 * **Register a certificate**
 
-  Next we register Let's Encrypt certificates for TLS encryption.
+  Next, we register Let's Encrypt certificates for TLS encryption.
   Jitsi Meet also offers a script for this task. Simply run it:
   ```bash
-  /usr/share/jitsi-meet/scripts/install-letsencrypt-cert.sh
+  sudo /usr/share/jitsi-meet/scripts/install-letsencrypt-cert.sh
   ```
 
 Next, continue with "[Step 5](#step-5---additional-configuration)" below.
@@ -103,9 +112,9 @@ These steps describe the manual installation process.
 
 * **Install a webserver**
 
-  In case you already have a webserver installed you can skip this step. For performance reasons we install a webserver otherwise jitsi-meet will use a builtin java webserver called jetty.
+  In case you already have a webserver installed you can skip this step. For performance reasons, we install a webserver otherwise jitsi-meet will use a builtin java webserver called jetty.
   ```bash
-  apt-get install nginx -y
+  sudo apt install nginx -y
   ```
 
 <br>
@@ -116,13 +125,13 @@ These steps describe the manual installation process.
 
   We will use [certbot](https://certbot.eff.org/) from [EFF](https://www.eff.org/) for the Let's Encrypt certificates.
   ```bash
-  apt-get install snapd
-  snap install --classic certbot
-  ln -s /snap/bin/certbot /usr/bin/certbot
+  sudo apt install snapd
+  sudo snap install --classic certbot
+  sudo ln -s /snap/bin/certbot /usr/bin/certbot
   ```
   Time to register your certificate (don't forget to replace the email and domain with your certificate):
   ```bash
-  certbot certonly --nginx --rsa-key-size 4096 -m holu@example.com -d talk.example.com
+  sudo certbot certonly --nginx --rsa-key-size 4096 -m holu@example.com -d talk.example.com
   ```
 
 <br>
@@ -131,7 +140,7 @@ These steps describe the manual installation process.
 
   Finally we can install jitsi-meet on our server.
   ```bash
-  apt-get install jitsi-meet -y
+  sudo apt install jitsi-meet -y
   ```
   During the installation process you need to enter your chosen domain name (not the example `talk.example.com`!) and select the option to generate a self-signed certificate.
 
@@ -176,10 +185,10 @@ Uncomment and change `// disableThirdPartyRequests: false` to `true`
 
 You should add more than one STUN server under `stunServers:` in case one of them does not work.  There is a list available on [this GitHub gist](https://gist.github.com/mondain/b0ec1cf5f60ae726202e). I can recommend you to use the following:
 
-```
+```js
 { urls: 'stun:stun.nextcloud.com:443' },
 { urls: 'stun:stun.stunprotocol.org:3478' },
-{ urls: 'stun:meet-jit-si-turnrelay.jitsi.net:3478' }
+{ urls: 'stun:meet-jit-si-turnrelay.jitsi.net:443' }
 ```
 
 Of course the best solution would be to [host your own STUN server](https://community.hetzner.com/tutorials/install-turn-stun-server-on-debian-ubuntu-with-coturn).
@@ -189,7 +198,7 @@ Of course the best solution would be to [host your own STUN server](https://comm
 Restart all services to be sure all configuration changes are applied:
 
 ```bash
-systemctl restart nginx.service jicofo.service jitsi-videobridge2.service
+sudo systemctl restart nginx.service jicofo.service jitsi-videobridge2.service
 ```
 
 In case you get an error during room creation, reboot your server and try again.