How much RAM does BigBlueButton need?

Plan on 8 GB for typical use; add headroom if you expect many concurrent users.

What stack does BigBlueButton run on?

Docker/native (Tomcat, Kurento, Redis, Postgres).

Yes — size the plan so BigBlueButton plus your other workloads fit in RAM with room to spare.

Communication

A virtual classroom built for teaching.

Whiteboard, breakout rooms, polls and recording designed for online classes and webinars.

BigBlueButton is purpose-built for education, with classroom features general conferencing tools lack.

1
Provision a VPS
Choose a plan with room for your data as well as the app.
2
Install the stack
Install Docker/native (Tomcat, Kurento, Redis, Postgres).
3
Deploy the application
Follow the project’s official install guide for your distribution.
4
Enable HTTPS
Serve it on your own domain behind a reverse proxy with a certificate.
5
Back it up
Schedule a database dump plus a copy of any uploaded files to an off-box location.

Give BigBlueButton its own database user with rights only on its own schema.
Reverse-proxy BigBlueButton and terminate TLS at the proxy so certificates are managed in one place.
Take a VPS snapshot before major upgrades so you can roll back cleanly.
Keep BigBlueButton patched — most self-hosting incidents are unpatched software.

How much RAM does BigBlueButton need?: Plan on 8 GB for typical use; add headroom if you expect many concurrent users.
What stack does BigBlueButton run on?: Docker/native (Tomcat, Kurento, Redis, Postgres).
Can I run other things on the same VPS?: Yes — size the plan so BigBlueButton plus your other workloads fit in RAM with room to spare.

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