How to Install Openmeetings on NixOS Latest?

OpenMeetings is an open-source video conferencing and collaboration platform that can be used for online meetings, webinars, e-learning, online presentations, and more. In this tutorial, we'll see how to install OpenMeetings on NixOS Latest.

Prerequisites

  • NixOS Latest installed
  • sudo access

Steps

  1. First, update the package manager on your NixOS system.
sudo nix-channel --update
sudo nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nix
  1. Install the Apache Tomcat server, Java, and git packages.
sudo nix-env -i apache-tomcat java git
  1. Create a new directory to store the OpenMeetings installation files.
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/openmeetings
cd /var/www/openmeetings
  1. Clone the OpenMeetings repository from its GitHub page.
sudo git clone https://github.com/apache/openmeetings.git
  1. Checkout the latest stable release.
cd openmeetings
sudo git checkout tags/RELEASE_6_0_0
  1. Prepare the OpenMeetings build.
sudo ./openmeetings-web/src/build.sh
  1. Copy the OpenMeetings build to the Apache Tomcat webapps directory.
sudo cp -rp openmeetings-web/target/openmeetings /usr/share/tomcat/webapps/
  1. Restart the Apache Tomcat server.
sudo systemctl restart tomcat
  1. Check the status of the Apache Tomcat server.
sudo systemctl status tomcat

  1. Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8080/openmeetings.

  2. You should now be prompted to create a new admin user for OpenMeetings.

  3. After creating the admin account, log in to your OpenMeetings installation and start using the platform.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed OpenMeetings on NixOS Latest. You can now use it to host online meetings, webinars, e-learning, online presentations, and more.