BBB 0.8-beta-4 VM: how to find the security salt

[Glauco]

Hi,

I´m trying to find out the security salt from my BigBlueButton 0.8-
beta-4 VM to integrate with Moodle 2.2.1 but when a run the command in
the VM:

sudo bbb-conf --check

I get the message:

-bash: bbb-conf: command not found

I saw in the FAQ that the location of the security salt is in the
file:

/var/lib/tomcat6/webapps/bigbluebutton/WEB-INF/classes/
bigbluebutton.properties

but when i try to reach that file i can´t. There is no tomcat6
directory at /var/lib/ and didn´t find anything when i used the find
command for "bigbluebutton.properties".

Need help.

Thanks in advance.

[Fred Dixon]

Hi Glauco,

There are some requirements for the VM to correctly setup, see

   http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/08BigBlueButtonVM#Requirements 

Was the VM able to get an IP address on startup from a DHCP server?  Can the VM access the internet.  On startup, the VM needs to ensure it has the latest packages, hence the IP address and access.   If either are not in place, the setup of BigBlueButton would fail, which is why you are getting the bbb-conf not found error.

On your VM, can you try

  ping google.com

and see if you get a result.  If you have external access, you can do the installation manually (you can skip the ruby install), by following these steps

   http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/08InstallationUbuntu 

Once BigBlueButton is setup, you can access your salt with the command

   bbb-conf --salt

Regards,... Fred

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[Glauco]

Hi Fred,

thanks for the reply.

Yes, the VM was able to get an IP address on startup.

But my case it is a special situation, when i first run the downloaded
VM i did it in the computer at home, where a don't have any proxy to
access the internet.

And on my home computer i was able to ping google.com.

After the first run of the VM, where the VM goes through its initial
startup, i moved the VM folder to the computer i use at work (where i
do have proxy to access the internet).

Initially, when i ran the VM copied from home at work, i got an error
saying my eth0 is not connected.

So i swap the two entries of the /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-
net.rules by editing "NAME=eth1" to "NAME=eth0" and vice versa, reboot
the machine and got a new IP address.

When i browse to the IP address i see the "Welcome to nginx!" message.

On the VM at work (the one i'm using right now) when i try to ping
google.com i can't because of the proxy, but when i ping to a site in
the intranet, everything works fine.

Is there a way to configure the VM to use the proxy so i can have
external access?

One other question, why i don't have the bbb-conf in the computer at
work if the VM it is a copy of the VM installed successfull at home?

Regards.

On 6 mar, 15:30, Fred Dixon <ffdi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Glauco,
>
> There are some requirements for the VM to correctly setup, see
>

> http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/08BigBlueButtonVM#Require...

>
> Was the VM able to get an IP address on startup from a DHCP server?  Can
> the VM access the internet.  On startup, the VM needs to ensure it has the
> latest packages, hence the IP address and access.   If either are not in
> place, the setup of BigBlueButton would fail, which is why you are getting
> the bbb-conf not found error.
>
> On your VM, can you try
>
>   ping google.com
>
> and see if you get a result.  If you have external access, you can do the
> installation manually (you can skip the ruby install), by following these
> steps
>
>    http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/08InstallationUbuntu
>
> Once BigBlueButton is setup, you can access your salt with the command
>
>    bbb-conf --salt
>
> Regards,... Fred
> --

> BigBlueButton Developerhttp://bigbluebutton.org/http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton

[Fred Dixon]

Hi Glauco,

> Is there a way to configure the VM to use the proxy so i can have
> external access? 

That would a question for your network administrator at work.  Don't mean to divert the answer to someone else, but the correct answer would depend on your network setup at work.

>  When i browse to the IP address i see the "Welcome to nginx!" message. 

Determine the IP address of the computer (using ipconfig) and then do the following command.  

  sudo bbb-conf --setip <IP>

Let us know if the above command gets your BigBlueButton server accessible.

Regards,.. Fred

-- 
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http://bigbluebutton.org/
http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton

BigBlueButton on twitter: @bigbluebutton

[Glauco]

Hi Fred,

I'll talk to the network administrator to see what can be done.

About the command:

sudo bbb-conf --setip <IP>

i can't execute it, i get the message:

-bash: bbb-conf: command not found

Regards.

On 6 mar, 16:33, Fred Dixon <ffdi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Glauco,
>

> > Is there a way to configure the VM to use the proxy so i can have
> > external access?
>
> That would a question for your network administrator at work.  Don't mean
> to divert the answer to someone else, but the correct answer would depend
> on your network setup at work.
>
> >  When i browse to the IP address i see the "Welcome to nginx!" message.
>
> Determine the IP address of the computer (using ipconfig) and then do the
> following command.
>
>   sudo bbb-conf --setip <IP>
>
> Let us know if the above command gets your BigBlueButton server accessible.
>
> Regards,.. Fred
> --

> > > BigBlueButton Developerhttp://
> > bigbluebutton.org/http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton

[Fred Dixon]

Hi Glauco,

Can you post the output of

   dpkg -l | grep bbb

Regards,... Fred

-- 
BigBlueButton Developer

http://bigbluebutton.org/
http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton

BigBlueButton on twitter: @bigbluebutton

[Glauco]

Hi Fred,

after a execute the command:

dpkg -l | grep bbb

nothing happens.

There is no output.

Just for curiosity i executed the command:

sudo apt-get install bigbluebutton

and i get the message:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
bigbluebutton: Depends: bbb-config but it is not going to be
installed
Depends: red but it is not going to be installed

Regards.

On 6 mar, 17:05, Fred Dixon <ffdi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Glauco,
>

> Can you post the output of
>
>    dpkg -l | grep bbb
>
> Regards,... Fred
> --

> BigBlueButton Developerhttp://bigbluebutton.org/http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton
> BigBlueButton on twitter: @bigbluebutton
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Glauco <glaucobon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Fred,
>

> > I'll talk to the network administrator to see what can be done.
>
> > About the command:
>
> > sudo bbb-conf --setip <IP>
>
> > i can't execute it, i get the message:
>
> > -bash: bbb-conf: command not found
>
> > Regards.
>
> > On 6 mar, 16:33, Fred Dixon <ffdi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi Glauco,
>
> > > > Is there a way to configure the VM to use the proxy so i can have
> > > > external access?
>
> > > That would a question for your network administrator at work.  Don't mean
> > > to divert the answer to someone else, but the correct answer would depend
> > > on your network setup at work.
>
> > > >  When i browse to the IP address i see the "Welcome to nginx!" message.
>
> > > Determine the IP address of the computer (using ipconfig) and then do the
> > > following command.
>
> > >   sudo bbb-conf --setip <IP>
>
> > > Let us know if the above command gets your BigBlueButton server
> > accessible.
>
> > > Regards,.. Fred
> > > --

[Fred Dixon]

Hi Glauco,

> after a execute the command:

> dpkg -l | grep bbb
> nothing happens.

There are no BigBlueButton files installed.   Can you try 

  sudo apt-get install hello

just to make sure apt-get can access external packages.

Regards,... Fred

BigBlueButton Developer