How to protect BBB recordings?

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Cyndy Bern

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Jun 22, 2025, 10:50:40 AMJun 22
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Hello,

I integrated BBB into Moodle and I noticed that BBB recordings are accessible to everyone. How can I protect these recordings and make them accessible only to users enrolled in the course? 
Thank you for your help.

Cyndy Bern

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Jun 30, 2025, 6:43:07 AMJun 30
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Hello,

When using the default BBB server, a padlock icone appears in front of the recordings (See the screenshot in the attached file) allowing the teacher to enable/disable public access to the recordings, but with our own BBB server, this padlock does not appear (See the screenshot in the attached file). Can you please help me resolve this issue?

Thank you.

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Fred Dixon

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Jun 30, 2025, 11:18:53 AMJun 30
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Hi Cyndy,

This lock capability for recordings is not available in BigBlueButton open source.

This lock feature (protected recordings) is a value-added capability provided by Blindside Networks, the creators of maintainers of BigBlueButton, in its hosted version of BigBlueButton.

If you want to inquire for more details, you can reach out to them at


Regards,... Fred





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Cyndy Bern

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Jul 3, 2025, 4:39:49 AMJul 3
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Thank you for your reply. I'd like to know if there's a way to work around this problem using the open-source version?
Otherwise, what's the benefit of setting up our own BBB server if we can't protect our recordings from public access?
Thank you in advance for your help.

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