Set BBB video recording location to a UNC path

[Carl Bennett]

Hi BBB community,

In this Google Group, I've seen a guide on how to change BBB's video recording path to an external hard drive. However I'm wondering if Ubuntu lets you map a UNC path. I have a 160GB BBB server on the way, which will be recording lots of video. We have a 2TB NAS which it'd be nice to be able to store videos on.

The BBB server & NAS are connected via a gigabit ethernet, I am hoping this throughput is sufficient for real-time capture.

I am pretty basic in Linux, so please go easy on me!

We are building an audio-visual presentation space to connect to sustainability activists and forums in major towns in Tasmania. BBB will be at the centre of our education  & workshop network setup. Thanks for your contribution to this worthy goal :)

Carl Bennett

Sustainable Living Tasmania

Hobart, Australia

[HostBBB.com]

Carl,

The temp audio/video files can be recorded on primary system disk, and
then link over just the the /var/bigbluebutton/published directory to
the NAS. There are cron entries to periodically clean out these temp
files so you never run out of space.

regards,
Stephen
hostbbb.com

[Calvin Walton]

In theory, this should be possible to do; Ubuntu is capable of mounting
a Windows (cifs protocol) file server. There are some instructions at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MountWindowsSharesPermanently that can probably
get you started; once the share is mounted, it would be much like
configuring BigBlueButton to use an alternate local drive.

I don't think this has ever been tested with a windows file server; it's
entirely possible that you could hit strange permissions or performance
issues. Make sure you test it, and let us know how it goes.

--
Calvin Walton <calvin...@kepstin.ca>
BigBlueButton Developer