TUTORIAL - How to Install the NEW JIBRI

Peter_Villeneuve · February 16, 2021, 5:50pm

What really confuses me is that it seems to start ok but after a few seconds when I check its status shows as failed. And I don’t see anything in the jibri logs. What other logs should I explore?

root@jirecon:~# systemctl restart jibri
root@jirecon:~# systemctl status jibri
● jibri.service - Jibri Process
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/jibri.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2021-02-16 18:48:15 CET; 84ms ago
Main PID: 1209 (java)
Tasks: 12 (limit: 9255)
Memory: 8.2M
CGroup: /system.slice/jibri.service
└─1209 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64/bin/java -Djava.util.logging.config.file=/etc/jitsi/jibri/logging.properties -Dconfig.file=/etc/jitsi/jibri/jibri.conf -jar /opt/jitsi/jibri/jibri.jar --config /etc/jitsi/jibri>

Feb 16 18:48:15 jirecon systemd[1]: Started Jibri Process.
root@jirecon:~# systemctl status jibri
● jibri.service - Jibri Process
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/jibri.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2021-02-16 18:48:15 CET; 7s ago
Process: 1209 ExecStart=/opt/jitsi/jibri/launch.sh (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 1209 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Feb 16 18:48:15 jirecon systemd[1]: jibri.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Feb 16 18:48:15 jirecon systemd[1]: Stopped Jibri Process.
Feb 16 18:48:15 jirecon systemd[1]: jibri.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Feb 16 18:48:15 jirecon systemd[1]: jibri.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
Feb 16 18:48:15 jirecon systemd[1]: Failed to start Jibri Process.

Freddie · February 16, 2021, 5:50pm

Selenium is installed when you install Chromedriver.

Freddie:

Google Chromedriver

 CHROME_DRIVER_VERSION=`curl -sS chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE`
 wget -N http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$CHROME_DRIVER_VERSION/chromedriver_linux64.zip -P ~/
 unzip ~/chromedriver_linux64.zip -d ~/
 rm ~/chromedriver_linux64.zip
 sudo mv -f ~/chromedriver /usr/local/bin/chromedriver
 sudo chown root:root /usr/local/bin/chromedriver
 sudo chmod 0755 /usr/local/bin/chromedriver

If you’re on the right kernel and follow the guide above carefully, you should have a fully working Jibri. It would seem like something is missing in this case.

Peter_Villeneuve · February 16, 2021, 5:55pm

I finally found the problem by digging through syslog!

It was simply a missing bracket at the end of jibri.conf

So silly. Thanks for all your help guys

Peter_Villeneuve · February 16, 2021, 7:24pm

A little off topic but I now get the dreaded “chrome is being controlled by automated test software” message in my recordings.

I have set in /etc/opt/chrome/policies/managed/managed_policies.json
{
“CommandLineFlagSecurityWarningsEnabled”: false
}

but it seems something must have changed in newer chrome versions since it still displays that annoying message. I think this flag used to suppress that message in the past but it seems it is no longer the case.

Anyone else experiencing this? Any workarounds?

Freddie · February 16, 2021, 7:30pm

It still works. Check the quotes to make sure they’re not curly quotes - usual culprit.

Peter_Villeneuve · February 16, 2021, 7:49pm

Indeed. Damn curly quotes.
Working fine now. Thanks

I do noticed that the resolution is pretty poor quality now though.
Not sure why that is but I see others, including yourself, having the same problem and no solution seems to be provided.

Did you ever find a solution for the poor quality?

Thanks again for all your help. Much appreciated!

Prashanth · February 16, 2021, 8:16pm

This tutorial is with curly quotes…better if it is changed as all will just copy paste…

Freddie · February 16, 2021, 8:19pm

Is it really?
Oh, you’re right - just checked. Unfortunately, can’t edit the post anymore - it’s past the editable period. Should’ve set it as a wiki.

Prashanth · February 16, 2021, 8:23pm

Now that people know that, that’s the problem, it’s all good I guess.

As many users may refer this, may be some moderator can edit it…a thought…

Prashanth · February 17, 2021, 1:19pm

One thing I observe is that if that file /etc/opt/chrome/policies/managed/managed_policies.json has duplicate entries, the banner will still be shown.

It could happen if one is using any scripts and inserting without checking if it is already present in that file.

Freddie · February 19, 2021, 4:34am

Yes, if there are multiple entries, it cancels out the function.

dumasti · February 22, 2021, 10:23am

How can I restrict the broadcast of a video conference? It is necessary that only the administrator of the conference can start it, or that it is enabled only after entering the administrator password.

Prashanth · February 22, 2021, 11:32am

Only moderators have the option to start recording.

dumasti · February 22, 2021, 12:12pm

yes. I know. But striming can start every user. I can disable striming on youtube, but I don’t know, how deny every users but not administrator.