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[https://bigbluebutton.org BigBlueButton] is an open source virtual classroom software.

=== Setup ===
The BigBlueButton server itself [https://github.com/ngi-nix/projects/issues/36#issuecomment-5211192339 hasn't been packaged yet] for NixOS. Meanwhile it is possible to use the standalone web frontend [https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/greenlight/v3/install/ Greenlight], which can be used to manage rooms and connect to other BigBlueButton servers.{{Warning|The Greenlight module is not yet upstream and will be available in the upcoming NixOS 26.11 release.}}To enable the Greenlight web frontend for the domain <code>example.org</code>, add following confguration.<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
services.greenlight = {
enable = true;
secretKeyBaseFile = "${pkgs.writeText "secret" "3f9b4e6a7c1d2f8a9b0c4d5e6f7a8b9c0d1e2f3a4b5c6d7e8f9a0b1c2d3e4f5"}";
settings.URL_HOST = "example.org";
};

</syntaxhighlight>Create an admin account with following command.<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
sudo -u greenlight greenlight-rake admin:create['name','email','password']
</syntaxhighlight>Reference [[Nginx]] page for instructions on how to configure SSL and ACME. Access the web app via https://example.org.
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