How to host a secure private video-conferencing system yourself

Abstract

In these unprecedented times of a global pandemic, video conferencing has taken the center stage when it comes to meetings, or virtually so. With recent security issues, bans, and class action lawsuits reported against a popular videoconferencing service, and a recent petition moved at the Supreme Court of India in this matter, it becomes important to find secure alternatives without losing functionality.

This talk covers setting up a self-hosted instance of Jitsi Meet, a secure and opensource alternative with maximum security and privacy (in Tor we trust). The talk shall start with a no-code setup of Jitsi Meet on Amazon AWS using Terraform Cloud, and then we will dive in deeper into what happens behind the scenes.

Expected Duration - 30 to 45 minutes + 15 minutes for QnA

Track - Beginner

Pre-requisites - None. Having Terraform CLI installed is desired to practice along, but not required.

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