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How to Configure OCTO in Jitsi-Meet

This is tutorial to configure octo feature on jitsi.

Prerequisite

1. jitsi-meet installed
2. jitsi-videobridge2 installed if you want to see how to install both of them, you can chack this tutorial: https://gist.github.com/facsiaginsa/2b9f9dbd92c27642a44a8e49493f662f

Concept

The concept of the octo is user connect to the nearest JVB which is defined by region on the client and videobridge. This is also valid if we use octo just for splitting jvb load. In this tutorial, we will configure octo for splitting jvb load only. To simulate this, we need a topology like this (this is just an example):

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