delete old presentation

[nana]

hi fred i have a question, 

i wonder, how we delete our old presentation? and what happend to our server if we let the old presentation there? is it change server performance?

[Fred Dixon]

Hi Nana,

After the meeting is over, the presentation is no longer available to anyone.  There is a cron job that you can run that will automatically remove presentations older than 5 days (this is a configurable value).  See

  https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/blob/master/bigbluebutton-config/cron.daily/bigbluebutton#L31

This is the cron job that runs daily and comes with 0.81-beta, but you can also use it on 0.80.

Regards,... Fred

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On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 6:07 AM, nana <odee....@gmail.com> wrote:

hi fred i have a question, 

i wonder, how we delete our old presentation? and what happend to our server if we let the old presentation there? is it change server performance?

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[nugroho budi]

So after meeting over that means the older presentation no longer on server? If the cron file is configurable,Can we configure so that cron can remove presentation older than a day? How?  Where i can found cron file on my server fred?  Thanks for helping, im sorry to much asking

[Fred Dixon]

Hi Nugroho,

> So after meeting over that means the older presentation no longer on server? 

It is still on the server, but no longer accessible to users through BigBlueButton.  You can find the presentation in the directory

  /var/bigbluebutton/<presentation_id>

> If the cron file is configurable,

Yes.  You can see the value for history (in days) defined here:

  https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/blob/master/bigbluebutton-config/cron.daily/bigbluebutton#L26

> Where i can found cron file on my server fred? 

Look for it in 

  /etc/cron.daily/bigbluebutton

If your running 0.80, you can either upgrade to 0.81-beta or replace your existing cron.daily file with the latest in GIT.

Regards,... Fred

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[nugroho budi]

Ok thanks fred, 1 more question, if i remove the old presentation manually from /var/bigbluebutton can something bad come through?

[Fred Dixon]

If you do it manually, you need to be sure that the meeting has actually finished *and* if it was set to be recorded, that BigBlueButton record and playback scripts have properly archived the meeting.

Unless you need to delete it sooner, recommend you set the value of history to 1 (one day) and use the cron job.  

Regards,... Fred

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[nugroho budi]

Ay ay captain,. I'll make it sure 1st, i've been ask this question becoz last time i did a meeting for 4 people on a meeting but then there is come an eror, the moderator suddently log out fo no reason and i thought could it be the old presentation matter

[Fred Dixon]

Hi,

A disconnect is usually network related.

If there is any network problems (even a momentary drop), the BigBlueButton will loose connection with the BigBlueButton server.  When that happens, the client immediately notifies the user of the disconnection.

In cases where the network itself is still in place, a user can click the refresh button on their browser and reload the BigBlueButton client.  In the case of a moderator, if there are others still in the session (i.e. it was their network that had a problem, not the network to the server), then their presentation will still be in place.  The can rejoin the audio, take over as presenter again, and continue the session.

Regards,... Fred

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[nugroho budi]

Thanks a bunch fred

[Synergy LMS]

Hi Fred,

For presentation it is ok, but what about recorded session, because we need to maintain lecture repository..

Thanks,

Madhu

[Fred Dixon]

Hi Madhu,

The cron script does not delete the recordings, just the temporary files associated with a session.  If you have set a meeting to be recorded, then, shortly after the meeting finishes, BigBlueButton collects all the files together into a subfolder in

  /var/bigbluebutton/recording/raw

At that point, you can later on delete the temporary files (using the cron script) without affecting recordings.

Regards,... Fred

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[nugroho budi]

Hi fred, is 11+ on cron script an explanation about more 11 days presentation will be remove automatically by cron?  If 1 change it into 1+ is it alright?