bigbluebutton-v2.5.11/bbb-recording-imex

BBB-Recording-Importer

Imports and parses recording metadata.xml files and stores the data in a Postgresql database

How to use

1. In bbb-common-web

   • Edit the .env file and set the environment variables
   • Run the hibernate.cfg script to generate the hibernate config file
   • Run "docker-compose up" to start up the docker container containing the Postgresql database
   • Interact with the database using the psql script

2. In bbb-recording-imex

   • Unit tests for parsing and persisting recording metadata can be found in src/test/java/org/bigbluebutton/recording/
   • Edit the "metadataDirectory" variables in the test files to point to where the recording metadata can be found
   • Run the unit tests using the command "mvn test"
   • Use the deploy.sh script to compile the program
   • Run the program with the recording-imex.sh script found in ~/usr/local/bin
   • Use the --help option to see the usage

   Usage: {-e|-i } [-s ] [PATH] Import/export recording(s) to/from PATH. The default PATH is /var/bigbluebutton/published/presentation -e export recording(s) -i import recording(s) and indicate if they should be persisted [true|false] -s ID of single recording to be imported/exported

   Examples

   ~/usr/local/bin/recording-imex.sh -i true -s random-7739095 /var/bigbluebutton/published/presentation/1abbc41a2f2faf1d754dbd130fba9ae072c6e742-1652301432519/metadata.xml

   ~/usr/local/bin/recording-imex.sh -i true /var/bigbluebutton/published/presentation/

Testing the new recording service

1. In bigbluebutton-web
   • Edit the "recordingService" bean in /grails-app/conf/spring/resources.xml to use "org.bigbluebutton.api.service.impl.RecordingServiceDbImpl"
   • Use "org.bigbluebutton.api.service.impl.RecordingServiceFileImpl" if you want to use the traditional file system service
2. In bbb-recording-imex
   • Use the get-recordings.sh script to test the getRecordings endpoint on the recording API
   • Edit the "SALT" variable to have the value of your security salt
   • The script accepts arguments through the use of flags
     • "-i" for the meetingID
     • "-r" for the recordID(s)
     • "-s" for the state(s)
     • "-m" for the metadata