Possible to set password (or lobby mode) while creating room?

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#1

I am new to Jitsi and need it to support public and private meetings. I have installed a server on Ubuntu 20.04 with the default packages. Lobby and passwords and all looks great. It’s using secure domain successfully.

Problem now:

  • I advertise a room name (e.g. let’s meet Monday at 9a at …)
  • some folks come really early, before I am able to start session, they get “waiting for organisator” - fine
  • I create room before the meeting - now room has no password assigned, waiting participants can enter (!)
  • only after that I can set password (or lobby mode)
  • I know I could kick existing participants, but this is quite rude and may lead to misunderstanding

Is there any way (other than being even earlier ;-)) to set password (or lobby mode) during session creation (in an atomic way)?

Thanks,
Rainer

#2

Welcome to the forum! :smiley:

Check out this post - Persistent Passwords on Self Hosted Rooms? It should help.

#3

Thx! - this looks like a perfect fit :+1: Will try it.
Rainer