VideoConferenceInstalling
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Step1 System requirements,packages
Required Ports: 8080,5080 (debuging: 8088,1935) for streaming. This can be changed in Red5 configuration in conf/red5.properties and the Client in the variable *rtmphost*.
Install Java JDK, set JAVA_HOME as environment variable to your Java installation Install Apache's mod_jk to run OpenLaszlo's Tomcat through Apache. It should point to *lps-latest* as Tomcat directory inside the OpenLaszlo Server.
Step2 Install OpenLaszlo Server
Get package from: The OpenLaszlo download page
Unpack it as the user of your choice in its home directory. It must be directly into a users' home directory.
Structure like: /home/myuser/lps-latest/
To run the server (JAVA_HOME must be set) (startup.bin on Windows):
/home/myuser/lps-latest/Server/tomcat-5.0.24/bin/startup.sh
To stop the server (JAVA_HOME must be set) (shutdown.bin on Windows):
/home/myuser/lps-latest/Server/tomcat-5.0.24/bin/shutdown.sh
Started as the afore-mentioned user!
You can find more information about installing OpenLaszlo here
Step3 Install OpenOffice.org
Note: Please see MakeOOOListening instead of this chapter.
Install OOo (version >= 2).
On a Linux/Unix environment: Start OOo in headless mode. If you don't have any X DISPLAY available and don't want to, then you need something like a virtual frame buffer (xvfb) to start OOo as a service.
Start it as the same user as your OpenLaszlo Server!
Start xvfb:
Xvfb :99 -screen scrn0 800x600x16
Start OOo using xvfb:
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin -headless -nologo -norestore -accept=socket,host=localhost,port=2002;urp;StarOffice.ServiceManager -display :99
On a Windows environment:
$PATH_TO_MY:OFFICE:EXE -headless -nologo -norestore -accept=socket,host=localhost,port=2002;urp;StarOffice.ServiceManager
Step4 Install red5 Streaming server
Get package: *url* Unpack it to a directory of your choice. Inside the unpacked folder run the red5.sh script (JAVA_HOME must be set) Check it through your browser:
http://myhost:5080 (you should see the Red5 Welcome page)
Step5 OpenLaszlo and Streaming server on different hosts
By default the VideoConferencing is searching for a Streaming server under the same domain it has been loaded from on port 5080. To change that you have to alter the variables: rtmpport, rmphostlocal in the the file myOpenLaszloHost/lps-latest/dokeos/videoconference/videoconference.lzx
Search for the variable rtmphostlocal, and enter the correct hostname of the Strreaming-Server. Search for *rtmpconnection*, replace *rtmphost* with *rtmphostlocal* Test your changes
Related pages
http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/VideoConference
http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/VideoConferenceBandwidthCCategory:Configuration
