Prevent docker from overwriting confiurations

kevinkk525 · October 29, 2020, 5:25pm

I’m trying to set up octo and multiple jvbs using docker and for that I change values e.g. in ~/.jitsi-meet-cfg/jvb/sip-communicator.properties but every time the container starts, that file gets overwritten…

How do I stop that from happening? I already tried to make the config readonly but then the jvb container just stops because of it…

jakk · October 29, 2020, 6:23pm

With the other configurations, it is also the case that they cannot be changed directly. They must be written in .env and in docker-compose.yaml.
docker-compose.yaml:
version: ‘3’
services:
web:
environment:

ENABLE_AUTH
ENABLE_GUESTS
…

.env:
ENABLE_AUTH=1
ENABLE_GUESTS=0

Here is a list of possible variables:

github.com

jitsi/docker-jitsi-meet/blob/master/web/rootfs/defaults/settings-config.js

{{ $DEPLOYMENTINFO_USERREGION := .Env.DEPLOYMENTINFO_USERREGION | default "" -}}
{{ $BRIDGE_CHANNEL := .Env.BRIDGE_CHANNEL | default "websocket" -}}
{{ $ENABLE_AUDIO_PROCESSING := .Env.ENABLE_AUDIO_PROCESSING | default "true" | toBool -}}
{{ $ENABLE_CALENDAR := .Env.ENABLE_CALENDAR | default "false" | toBool -}}
{{ $ENABLE_FILE_RECORDING_SERVICE := .Env.ENABLE_FILE_RECORDING_SERVICE | default "false" | toBool -}}
{{ $ENABLE_FILE_RECORDING_SERVICE_SHARING := .Env.ENABLE_FILE_RECORDING_SERVICE_SHARING | default "false" | toBool -}}
{{ $ENABLE_IPV6 := .Env.ENABLE_IPV6 | default "true" | toBool -}}
{{ $ENABLE_LIPSYNC := .Env.ENABLE_LIPSYNC | default "false" | toBool -}}
{{ $ENABLE_NO_AUDIO_DETECTION := .Env.ENABLE_NO_AUDIO_DETECTION | default "false" | toBool -}}
{{ $ENABLE_P2P := .Env.ENABLE_P2P | default "true" | toBool -}}
{{ $ENABLE_PREJOIN_PAGE := .Env.ENABLE_PREJOIN_PAGE | default "false" | toBool -}}
{{ $ENABLE_RECORDING := .Env.ENABLE_RECORDING | default "false" | toBool -}}
{{ $ENABLE_REMB := .Env.ENABLE_REMB | default "true" | toBool -}}
{{ $ENABLE_REQUIRE_DISPLAY_NAME := .Env.ENABLE_REQUIRE_DISPLAY_NAME | default "false" | toBool -}}
{{ $ENABLE_SIMULCAST := .Env.ENABLE_SIMULCAST | default "true" | toBool -}}
{{ $ENABLE_STATS_ID := .Env.ENABLE_STATS_ID | default "false" | toBool -}}
{{ $ENABLE_STEREO := .Env.ENABLE_STEREO | default "false" | toBool -}}
{{ $ENABLE_TALK_WHILE_MUTED := .Env.ENABLE_TALK_WHILE_MUTED | default "false" | toBool -}}
{{ $ENABLE_TCC := .Env.ENABLE_TCC | default "true" | toBool -}}
{{ $ENABLE_TRANSCRIPTIONS := .Env.ENABLE_TRANSCRIPTIONS | default "false" | toBool -}}

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kevinkk525 · October 29, 2020, 7:14pm

Thanks, but those are just the options for the config.js but I’m trying to modify the jvb/sip-communicator.properties.

(a workaround for config.js is to use a backup file and just periodically overwrite the used config.js as that one should be read with each new request. But I don’t think the same is true for the sip-communicator.properties. Those afaik only get loaded at the start, therefore any change during runtime is irrelevant).

metadata · October 30, 2020, 4:00pm

did you create your own docker image @kevinkk525?

FYI: All the config from sip-communicator.properties is moving to new file jvb.conf. check the master branch.

kevinkk525 · October 30, 2020, 8:33pm

I’m not using my own docker image, I just follow the official instructions.
However, for configuring many things the instructions are not for the docker version so I have to manually modify files and if those configs moved in docker, that’s not reflected in (old) instructions for (mainly) non-docker installations.

Thanks for the hint about the jvb.conf, I’ll take a look.

Er1 · July 21, 2021, 7:58am

I have the same problem. Have you found the solution? I am trying to disable JVB adaptivity by
“org.jitsi.videobridge.TRUST_BWE=false”. But `sip-communicator.properties’ keeps being overwritten.