Is it possible to set up server with this situation?

[KTReyn]

Hi all,

I am an e-learning developer. I have my website set up on
BlueHost.com. I have Chamilo installed and would like to use BBB
incorportation to host a few training sessions with just a few
students. I need to set up a BBB server. I do have a computer that
is set up with Ubuntu. It is an "extra" computer we never use. Can I
set up this computer to be my BBB server? We have high speed internet
set up through a local company. I can follow instructions to set up
BBB on this Ubuntu based computer but where do I go from there?
Suggestions?

Thanks,
Katie

[Fred Dixon]

Hi Katie,

You have some options. If you don't want to setup your own server,
you can use one of the BigBlueButton hosting providers listed at

http://bigbluebutton.org/support

Or you can get a dedicated server from an external hosting provider
and install BigBlueButton.

Or, as you described, you can also setup BigBlueButton on one of your
own computers and make it available externally via the firewall. See

http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/FAQ#What_ports_must_be_open_for_external_users_to_connect_to_BigBlue

Regards,... Fred
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[KTReyn]

Thank you so much. I was wondering what you know of how BBB can be
used when integrated into other free ware. It is integrated into my
Chamilo however, when I spoke to the techs @ BlueHost they were not
familiar at all with Chamilo or if I could set the settings in the BBB
add on to allow me to use w/in my own site. It simply asks for the
web site address (or IP) and the code. However, I do not see a
bigbluebutton.properties files anywhere in my site in order to obtain
the salt code. I am wondering if this resides at a level where I am
unable to access since it is a hosting server??

On Oct 19, 2:56 pm, Fred Dixon <ffdi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Katie,
>
> You have some options.  If you don't want to setup your own server,
> you can use one of the BigBlueButton hosting providers listed at
>
>    http://bigbluebutton.org/support
>
> Or you can get a dedicated server from an external hosting provider
> and install BigBlueButton.
>
> Or, as you described, you can also setup BigBlueButton on one of your
> own computers and make it available externally via the firewall.  See
>

>    http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/FAQ#What_ports_must_be_op...
>
> Regards,... Fred
> --http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/FAQ#BigBlueButton_Committer

[Fred Dixon]

Hi Katie,

Just to be clear, in general, with 3rd party tools such as Moodle,
Drupal, Chamilo, Sakai, etc., there are two components needed to run
BigBlueButton

1. A BigBlueButton server
2. An integration module for the tool

You've already installed the integration module, but you need to have
a BigBlueButton server. The integration module does not include
BigBlueButton (there is no bigbluebutton.proprerties); rather, it
bridges between Chamilo and BigBlueButton.

Bottom line: you need a BigBlueButton server. You can then run the
following command on the server

bbb-conf --salt

to get the shared secret and URL.

Regards,... Fred
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