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Tangentially, I wanted to run Jitsi Meet for some meetings and created an account on Digital Ocean, only for the account to be promptly locked with no access to

by AnonC 7y ago

Tangentially, I wanted to run Jitsi Meet for some meetings and created an account on Digital Ocean, only for the account to be promptly locked with no access to a human for support...just automated replies rehashing the same text again and again for tickets saying that I could provide more information if I believed that was in error (with no responses after providing additional information). Now I'm looking at trying Linode. Any other provider recommendations are welcome.

KingFelix 7y ago
I use DO, and VULTR too, they have had some pretty cheap cloud servers ~2.5 sometimes
_ink_ 7y ago
I am quite happy with the Hetzner Cloud services.
illuminated 7y ago
I've been using SoYouStart [0] for the last several years. It's an OVH company and they have really great servers for a great price. [0] https://www.soyoustart.com/ https://www.soyoustart.com/
phaer 7y ago
I am using a hetzner.cloud box for €5.88/month for a personal Jitsi instance without problems. There servers are in Europe though, so if you are somewhere else on the globe, it might be better idea to look for a provider which is geographically closer to you
- martin_a 7y ago
  Thinking about doing the same. Any experience with how much load those cloud instances can take?
  - phaer 7y ago
    Depends on the instance I guess, but a few dozen users on a cx21 seem to be no trouble at all. As someone else already mentioned in this thread, Jitsi does no transcoding server-side and is pretty low on resources.
    - martin_a 7y ago
      Thanks for the feedback. Estimating resource use for these kinds of service seems to be really hard. Thought about running it semi-public for my homewtown/area to support businesses, but how many of the 350k people will join? Or be concurrent users? Quite a few question marks for me...
      - toomuchtodo 7y ago
        Start small. Failure is cheap. Worst case, you seek out local sponsors for a dedicated server in donated colo somewhere nearby. Even if it doesn’t take off, you’ll have learned from the experience.
        martin_a 7y ago
        You're right. I'll get this going this evening.
        phaer 7y ago
        That's a good suggestion as well. If the plan is to run this instance as a non-profit for local users, it might also be possible to ask local ISPs to sponsor a box. That could help keeping traffic local and latencies low.
      - phaer 7y ago
        I am by no means an expert on that topic, but I would assume that while a big cloud instance could go far with regards to CPU and memory, network bandwidth/traffic could quickly become an issue with several 1000 users. Depending on the amount of work you are willing to put into this, you could even start with a load-balanced setup were one or more web servers, jicofos and prosodys are distributing the load to several videobridges. That would make it easier to scale the system up by adding additional instances.
- genghisjahn 7y ago
  I'm running jitsi meet in a docker container on a Scaleway server in Amsterdam. Had 5 friends use it in the states and it was fantastic. https://www.scaleway.com/en/docs/deploy-jitsi-meet-with-docker/ https://www.scaleway.com/en/docs/deploy-jitsi-meet-with-dock... Running it on the DEV1-L which is 16 Euro's a month.
dade_ 7y ago
Thanks for the warning, I was thinking about doing the same thing last weekend, but only had time to get Synapse up and running, not Jitsi.

by AnonC 7y ago

KingFelix 7y ago

I use DO, and VULTR too, they have had some pretty cheap cloud servers ~2.5 sometimes

_ink_ 7y ago

I am quite happy with the Hetzner Cloud services.

illuminated 7y ago

I've been using SoYouStart [0] for the last several years. It's an OVH company and they have really great servers for a great price. [0] https://www.soyoustart.com/ https://www.soyoustart.com/

phaer 7y ago

I am using a hetzner.cloud box for €5.88/month for a personal Jitsi instance without problems. There servers are in Europe though, so if you are somewhere else on the globe, it might be better idea to look for a provider which is geographically closer to you

martin_a 7y ago
Thinking about doing the same. Any experience with how much load those cloud instances can take?
- phaer 7y ago
  Depends on the instance I guess, but a few dozen users on a cx21 seem to be no trouble at all. As someone else already mentioned in this thread, Jitsi does no transcoding server-side and is pretty low on resources.
  - martin_a 7y ago
    Thanks for the feedback. Estimating resource use for these kinds of service seems to be really hard. Thought about running it semi-public for my homewtown/area to support businesses, but how many of the 350k people will join? Or be concurrent users? Quite a few question marks for me...
    - toomuchtodo 7y ago
      Start small. Failure is cheap. Worst case, you seek out local sponsors for a dedicated server in donated colo somewhere nearby. Even if it doesn’t take off, you’ll have learned from the experience.
      - martin_a 7y ago
        You're right. I'll get this going this evening.
      - phaer 7y ago
        That's a good suggestion as well. If the plan is to run this instance as a non-profit for local users, it might also be possible to ask local ISPs to sponsor a box. That could help keeping traffic local and latencies low.
    - phaer 7y ago
      I am by no means an expert on that topic, but I would assume that while a big cloud instance could go far with regards to CPU and memory, network bandwidth/traffic could quickly become an issue with several 1000 users. Depending on the amount of work you are willing to put into this, you could even start with a load-balanced setup were one or more web servers, jicofos and prosodys are distributing the load to several videobridges. That would make it easier to scale the system up by adding additional instances.
genghisjahn 7y ago
I'm running jitsi meet in a docker container on a Scaleway server in Amsterdam. Had 5 friends use it in the states and it was fantastic. https://www.scaleway.com/en/docs/deploy-jitsi-meet-with-docker/ https://www.scaleway.com/en/docs/deploy-jitsi-meet-with-dock... Running it on the DEV1-L which is 16 Euro's a month.

dade_ 7y ago

Thanks for the warning, I was thinking about doing the same thing last weekend, but only had time to get Synapse up and running, not Jitsi.