calls plugin support

[potemkin_ai]

Mattermost starts offering calls plugin (https://docs.mattermost.com/channels/make-calls.html) that required TURN server.

From what I remember, Cloudron offers TURN server, the it's just that the TURN plugin shall be specified in the configuration and then it's exposed in the environment variables and could be gathered via env | grep CLOUDRON_TURN (or ideally be embedded in the plugin somehow).

With this said:

• could you please, enable the TURN server for Mattermost?
• share if you plan to support the call module out of the box through Cloudron build-in server?

Thanks!

[girish]

@potemkin_ai Good idea. I have enabled turn addon in the latest package. You can use it in the calls plugin.

As for out of the box configuration, this is not planned. It's easy to install the plugin itself but enabling it and configuring it requires one to do database stuff which is too app dependent and prone to break.

[potemkin_ai]

@girish thanks!

For the configuration - it's not as simple, as it's on (Matrix's) Synapse?

[girish]

@potemkin_ai Last I checked, I think we have to make changes in the database (it doesn't come from a config file). But I am open to adding this, if the calls plugin works well. Is it better than Jitsi for you?

[potemkin_ai]

@girish apologies for the delay in getting back to you - I took time to test it.
It seems to work, but I didn't check it on a large scale and the same way I did with Jitsi.
I like that you don't need to spin out a separate service, but the problem with Mattermost calls is that you not getting a ringtone when the call is started.

With this said, it would be nice to have the ability to make calls that way, as opposed to a separate service.

[girish]

@potemkin_ai said in calls plugin support:

I like that you don't need to spin out a separate service, but the problem with Mattermost calls is that you not getting a ringtone when the call is started.

Oh , so it just immediately connects on the receiver? That's a strange design to connect without an alert!

[potemkin_ai]

@girish no, it's quite the opposite - a message appears in chat, and if you have notifications disabled or just miss it - nothing happens.

[Grienauer]

can someone ping me to the settingsyou used. afet migrating our MM to cloudron, the calls plugin does not work any more. and it was quite good for 1:1s. we used both modules btw. calls and jitsi for bigger sessions.

[joseph]

@Grienauer Is the calls port enabled? It's the location UI . Default port is 8443 . This should also be opened up in the firewall.