BigBlueButton secure recording

BigBlueButton records all the events of BigBlueButton classes for later playback. In a session with recording enabled, BigBlueButton will save the slides chat and audio desktop sharing (deskshare) whiteboard events shared notes and poll results captions webcams To secure your BigBlueButton session recording you can follow the below steps: If you are using BigBlueButton 2.3 […]
15 Apr, 2022

BigBlueButton records all the events of BigBlueButton classes for later playback.

In a session with recording enabled, BigBlueButton will save the

  • slides
  • chat and audio
  • desktop sharing (deskshare)
  • whiteboard events
  • shared notes and poll results
  • captions
  • webcams

To secure your BigBlueButton session recording you can follow the below steps:

If you are using BigBlueButton 2.3 or 2.4 then refer below steps

  1. add the below code after try_files $uri /playback/presentation/2.3/index.html;
  2.  line in /etc/bigbluebutton/nginx/playback.nginx # Restrict access valid_referers server_names bbb.youdomain.com; if ($invalid_referer) { return 404; } # End - Restrict access
  3.  reload the nginx : nginx -t && nginx -s reload

If you are using BigBlueButton 2.2 or the lower version. please refer to this https://github.com/manishkatyan/bbb-optimize#secure-recordings

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