Getting started with BBB

[Hai Hoang]

Hey guys, i'm trying out BBB and have a couple of question, really appreciate if someone could help :D

1. Is docker bbb ready for production (https://github.com/bigbluebutton/docker) compare to install using script? My server has no internet and only can pull image from a private registry

2. Can i setup scalite in more than one instance? I really scare about bottleneck. Also does scalite job only to assign meeting on a pool of server, and then you communicate directly to the BBB node or it does the same job as a Application LB?

3. Can i setup scalite in the same server as BBB nodes? i want to ultilize my server resources.

4. I see that each BBB server will pull their docker image of redis and postgres, Does it efficient enough? Do i need an external DB for them?

5. Is running BBB (or scalite)  in k8s a thing?  

Thank you very much :D  

[benjamin.brauner]

1. Yes, i run bbb docker behind nat. As long as you wouldn't want to rebuild an image u don't need direct internet access. Missing features are listed in the readme.

2. U can setup more than one instance of scalelite but it doesn't make sense. Scalelite is only repsonsible for loadbalance the creation of bbb rooms. Afterwards u communicate directly with the bbb instance. Scalelite is far away of an optimal load balancing, because it's based on the room numbers and not on the active users or the ressources a room needs.

If u want to go a step further, but still nothing compareable to an application proxy u can use the "cluster proxy config". 

https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/administration/cluster-proxy/

3. Yes, but pay attention on the used ports

4. Best practise is atm to use a dedicated db instance on each server, except from recordings the data are only useful as long as a room is active/alive.

5. Atm i haven't seen more than one repository on github - 4/5 years old. But after upgrading my instances to v3, the next step would be to use it with kubernetes.

6. If you found improvements/bugs etc., please support alan with the docker repo, big thanks.

Greetz

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[Hai Hoang]

Hi Benjamin, thank you for your reply, if you don't mind i have some following question :(

1. How do i keep up with the bbb updates, seems like in the docker git he create a tag file  https://github.com/bigbluebutton/docker/blob/develop/repos/tags but i don't follow how this works
2. I was afraid that if scalelite down, i cant create new rooms, that's why i need more instance for HA. I'm using moodle to create new rooms for student. Can i still create new rooms if my scalelite or any LB that does that job down? 
3. For the dedicated DB, do i have to do it for redis as well? I don't understand what's being written to postgres and redis. Also in the repo, Alan create 3 tables for bbb_graphql,hasura_app,greenlight why is that

Thank you very much and sorry for asking too much ( and my broken english :( )

Vào lúc 19:22:55 UTC+7 ngày Thứ Hai, 16 tháng 6, 2025, benjamin.brauner đã viết:

[Hai Hoang]

Hey Can someone help me with this really struggling :(

Vào lúc 11:34:22 UTC+7 ngày Thứ Ba, 17 tháng 6, 2025, Hai Hoang đã viết: