[GoLUG] We need a new meeting venue

[Jon Wolfe]

It's fun to setup Nextcloud, and you can use the "Talk" App for video 
conferencing with "max 2-3 participants". People can join as "guests" 
with browser links, so this is nice. For any more participants, they 
advise one to "Please set up the High-performance backend to ensure 
calls with multiple participants work seamlessly.". I expect it is 
similar with Jitsi and Big Blue Button. I'm not a fan of Big Blue Button 
- I find it clunky, but I know people who use it. If they have unlimited 
sessions, it is worth considering.

My Nextcloud is running native with MariaDB. I use the collabora docker 
image for web based LibreOffice (like Google Docs). But honestly, I 
almost never use this feature. It took me a while to figure it out, but 
I was new to docker at the time. If you want to run Nextcloud in docker, 
you should opt for docker compose. It makes configuration much easier. 
The nginx configuration for Nextcloud can also be fairly complicated. It 
is probably worthwhile just using SSL/443/LetsEncrypt to start with 
rather than migrating to it eventually the way I did. I'm running Mint, 
but I don't know that it makes much difference if you are using docker.

Best wishes,


On 10/19/26 09:05, Steve Litt wrote:
> Ron said on Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:24:12 -0700
>
>> On 2026-10-15 22:50, Steve Litt wrote:
>>
>>> GoLUG's meetings last longer than that. So we need a new venue. It
>>> can be a self-hosted Jitsi, or Big Blue Button. I've heard Nextcloud
>>> has an equivalent.
>> You can try Nextcloud courtesy of GTALUG at:
>>
>> https://hub.gtalug.org/call/dbmmyu2m
>>
>> Give the link a try pretty soon, I'll disable anonymous link-joining
>> tomorrow.
>>
>> Then, I can re-enable it for the meeting if I get a reminder the day
>> before.
>>
>> Also, once you join for the meeting, I'll set you up as a moderator.
> Good! I need guidance on setting up Nextcloud, because my leading
> alternative is to host Nextcloud right from my house. I can leave
> instructions so that when I die or become unable to continue it, someone
> else can duplicate my work.
>
> Now for some questions:
>
> * Can I set it up like Jitsi, where all I do is state a URL and people
>    can join from a browser? I'd prefer not to have all the join-up
>    hassles of Big Blue Button.
>
> * Does Nextcloud mind if I use a random port number for http rather
>    than 80 or 8080? I'm pretty sure I'll be using 443 for https.
>
> * Did you set up your nextcloud from a Docker container, or is it
>    running directly on your computer?
>
> * What distro are you running Docker on?
>
> Thanks,
>
> SteveT
>
> Steve Litt
>
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