The given hostname does not exist in the config

Install & Config
#1

I’m trying to install jitsi, and I see that many others have had the same issue, yet seem to have resolved it somehow. I am trying to install onto Linux Mint 18.04.

Below is the output of my configs:

user@server-meet:~ cat /etc/hostname server-meet.local.mesh user@K1BLU-meet:~ cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 server-meet.local.mesh server-meet localhost

If I type another DNS resolvable hostname ( I did by accident) It will install without errors, but if I use this system hostname of “K1BLU-meet.local.mesh” I get the following error.

Setting up jitsi-meet-prosody (1.0.3969-1) …
The given hostname does not exist in the config
dpkg: error processing package jitsi-meet-prosody (–configure):
installed jitsi-meet-prosody package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

After each retry, I run the following command to start over and retry:

sudo apt-get purge jigasi jitsi-meet jitsi-meet-web-config jitsi-meet-prosody jitsi-meet-turnserver jitsi-meet-web jicofo jitsi-videobridge2
sudo apt-get install jitsi-meet -y

I’ve spent about 1.5 hours uninstalling, rebooting and reinstalling. Please help.

Thank you.

#2

Installed successfully today,

Try use fresh install Ubuntu 18.04 (not mint) with installed apache web server then try again the quick install.

Thank You

#3

I was facing the same issues using Debian 10. In the end, it was all related to the FQDN setting.

I followed the quick install guide and configured the FQDN at etc/hosts:
127.0.0.1 localhost mymachine.mydomain.com
127.0.1.1 mymachine

I tried and got the same error. Then uninstalled using apt-get purge and tried @sinichi19 suggestion, installing apache2 using:
apt-get install apache2

I got this error message:
Apr 20 06:57:10 mymachine apachectl[18144]: AH00558: apache2: Could not reliably determine the server’s fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1. Set the ‘ServerName’ directive globally to suppress this message

Hummm, my this is someway related! I double checked the notes and discovered I had missed one of the steps! I made sure to add the FQDN to the /etc/hostname plus add that change my /etc/hosts too:
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 mymachine mymachine.mydomain.com

I did a quit server restart. Then I did purge apache2, installed the apache2 again (got a similar message but with a FQDN in the output). Then run again: sudo apt-get install jitsi-meet -y

This time it worked without errors! I hope it helps!

#4

I got my Let’s Encrypt certificate and got a message of: Nginx configured. So… I discovered Apache was not being used.

Setting the FQDN both at the hostname and hosts, was what solved the issue for me.

Best luck!

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