How to give BBB server authentication on Moodle server

[Madhukar LMS]

Hi,

I have installed Bigbluebutton 0.81-RC on Dedicated server and it is working fine, we have Moodle portal in another dedicated server, so my plan is i want to create User login's to my students and give access for Bigbluebutton Live and Video playback sessions. for BBB & Moodle integration part already i have done and it is working fine, but Problem is when user enter in to the session he can able to see the BBB server url, and also other persons without authentication also they are able to watch my video playbacks, so is the any solution to restrict other persons to watch my Video playbacks and how to allow them only with user authentication..

Pls help me anybody..

Thanks,

Madhukar

[Fred Dixon]

Hi Madhukar,

The playback URL references a static set of files (video, images, .js) that let's a user watch the recorded session.  The URL is not something a user will guess, such as

  http://www.bigbluebutton.org/playback/presentation/playback.html?meetingId=cc6507847430b317c4ec8de1ad7083330d9756b5-1374785573783

Your correct in that if a user authenticates through Moodle and can access a recording URL, they could take that URL and share it with others, and they will have direct access to the recording. The authentication for accessing recordings in BigBlueButton is handled by the 3rd party application, but the URLs themselves are not authenticated.

If the teacher unpublishes or deletes the recording through the Moodle interface (using RecordingsBN plugin), the URL to the recording will no longer work.

Regards,... Fred

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[Synergy LMS]

Hi Fred,

Thanks for you mail,

If the teacher unpublishes or deletes the recording through the Moodle interface (using RecordingsBN plugin), the URL to the recording will no longer work.

My question is , i want to record these videos for future playback so if we unpublish or delete from Moodle interface then how can i play for future playback, or even if we delete from Moodle interface also it will works,  is there any way to authenticate from Moodle portal. please explain me 

Thanks,

Madhukar

[HostBBB.com]

Madhukar,

 

Couple of ways you could do this.

 

1) use nginx HttpRefererModule,  and only allow the playback to occur from within moodle, and your office IP addresses.  Basically a nginx rule is setup to accept requests from moodle only, and providing a forbidden error if someone goes direct.

 

http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpRefererModule

 

2) Upload archives to S3, and then use their ACL to allow users access.   They even have a 1 time use URL scheme for content so only paying customer get it see it once.

 

regards,

Stephen

hostbbb.com

 

2)

[Fred Dixon]

Hi Madhukar,

> i want to record these videos 

To be precise, the recording is a set of images, XML files, javascript libraries, and a video file.

> i want to record these videos for future playback so if we unpublish or delete from Moodle interface then how can i play for future playback

If you unpublish or delete the recordings -- from any 3rd party application -- then they are no longer accessible for playback from the BigBlueButton server -- that's the effect of 'unpublish' and 'delete'.

If you want to unpublish a recording for a students in a class, but still have the recording available on the BigBlueButton server, you could extend the logic in the Moodle RecordingsBN plug-in and add a second layer of publish/unpublish logic, where, for a specific course, the recording is unpublished -- and no students in that course could access the recording from RecordingsBN -- but the recording is still available on the server.

This would let you publish/unpublish a recording on a course level, but the recording is still available in the BigBlueButtonBN server. 

Regards,... Fred

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[Synergy LMS]

Hi,

Thanks Fred & Stephen,

I will follow according to your suggestions, if i get any issues then i will get back to u

Thanks,

Madhukar