bbb instalation with Plesk and Apache2

[Mara Santos]

Hi everyone!

Can you help me, please?

I'm trying to install bbb in my remote hosting server and I'm following the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1iYEwxzk0M&t=79s but after the very first command I always get a message saying "Apache 2 must be uninstalled first". I searched how to completely uninstall Apache 2 and I did it and I used two different commands to confirm that Apache 2 is not installed anymore, and I rebooted the server. Now I try to run the first command to install bbb and I get the exact same message ("Apache 2 must be uninstalled first"). I have PLESK installed in my server and I'm not sure if this is the cause. What can I do? Do I need to uninstall PLESK to be able to install bbb? Is it secure to uninstall PLESK? And if I don't need to uninstall PLESK, how can I install bbb with PLESK in my server?

Thank you all.

Mara Santos

[Chad Pilkey]

For the easiest install you want a server that doesn't come with any pre-installed software. Often times the pre-installed software will bind to ports that we need for BBB and cause issues. You want a server with SSH and root access so you can install all of the packages that BBB needs.

The check to see if Apache is installed is here, https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bbb-install/blob/master/bbb-install.sh#L324-L326. You can run "dpkg -l | grep -q apache2" manually to show the packages that are being flagged.

[Mara Santos]

Ok. Thank you.