Solved Jitsi self-hosting behind NAT hair-pinning

[ei8fdb]

I'm trying out Jitsi on my Cloudron hosted at home (behind a Mikrotik that supports hairpinning).

Jitsi installs with no issues, but when clients connect (either from the internal network - where Jitsi server is hosted, or from the Internet) there is no audio or video. Chat messages are sent successfully.

Pastebin of logs is available here.

When I look at the logs, this stands out most:

Feb 13 14:06:30 java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No socket found for 172.18.20.240:10000/udp->192.168.88.197:60990/udp

I'm guessing port 10000 tcp/udp needs to be configured in my NAT rules?
Thanks!

[ei8fdb]

@ei8fdb Answering my own question - yes port 10,000 needs to be added to your NAT rules. I created rules for both UDP and TCP. (Unsure if this is necessary but...)

[ei8fdb]

@ei8fdb Answering my own question - yes port 10,000 needs to be added to your NAT rules. I created rules for both UDP and TCP. (Unsure if this is necessary but...)

[nebulon]

Indeed, like with other apps which show additional TCP or UDP ports during installation, those have to be forwarded if a router with its own firewall is in front of Cloudron.

Further I haven't found a way to make jitsi work with a different port than 10000. Although Cloudron will allow you to change this port, jitsi will not work on say port 10001. Just mentioning this in case someone tries.

[ei8fdb]

@nebulon said in Jitsi self-hosting behind NAT hair-pinning:

Further I haven't found a way to make jitsi work with a different port than 10000.

Thanks @nebulon.

Apart from being able to use something common, 443/80/etc, I don't think it's an issue to have it on 10000.

I don't know the percentage of Cloudron users who are odd like me and want to self-host, but it might be helpful to add this to documentation. In case they don't get to the forums.

[ericdrgn]

@ei8fdb did you get it working? I have had that port open since installation (I also self host) but mine has no audio or video either. Similar problem I have to audio calls through matrix... It all works fine on the same network but not if devices are on different networks and as far as I can tell the logs show everything working fine.

[ei8fdb]

@ericdrgn said in Jitsi self-hosting behind NAT hair-pinning:

@ei8fdb did you get it working? I have had that port open since installation (I also self host) but mine has no audio or video either. Similar problem I have to audio calls through matrix... It all works fine on the same network but not if devices are on different networks and as far as I can tell the logs show everything working fine.

Hi @ericdrgn I was waiting to have the time to test this morning.

I have tested just now:

1. server (8GB memory & 30% CPU dedicated) on home internet IP
2. clientA (laptop, browser) on external WiFi network
3. clientB (mobile android device, jitsi client) on mobile network

I did have video, and audio from both clients.

If you try some calls and grep for the messages I got? You can see them in the paste link.

Lemme know if you want any more information/help.