How Do I Set Up Jitsi with TLS to work with my Moodle Server

Heya,

Just came across this answer and decided to write some general guidelines for anyone who comes across this in the future despite the old question.

To run a secure Jitsi server, you’ll need to have a domain name as the TLS certificate issued by Let’s Encrypt validates the identity of a website by associating it with the correct domain name. Using only an IP address would not allow you to obtain a TLS certificate.

If you don’t want to register a new domain name, you can utilize a subdomain of the domain you’re already using for your Moodle server. For example, if your Moodle server is on “mymoodle.com”, then you could create a subdomain “jitsi.mymoodle.com” for your Jitsi server.

After you decide on a domain or subdomain, follow the tutorial to install Jitsi. After the installation, you’ll want to ensure that the Jitsi server is covered by your Let’s Encrypt certificate. An overview on how to secure your server with LetsEncrypt can be found in this tutorial.

While setting up your Jitsi server, remember to make necessary DNS record changes for the newly created subdomain and point it to the Jitsi server droplet IP. This step is needed for the Let’s Encrypt certificate validation and for your domain to correctly resolve to your server. You can check this guide for setting up host name with DigitalOcean.

Hope that this helps!