OpenVidu Local Deployment

Docker compose to run OpenVidu locally for development purposes

Requirements

On Windows and MacOS:

Docker Desktop

On Linux:

Docker
Docker Compose

How to run

git clone https://github.com/OpenVidu/openvidu-local-deployment
docker compose up

When the deployment is ready you will see the following message in the logs:

readycheck     | ------------------------
readycheck     | OpenVidu is ready!
readycheck     | Open https://openvidu-local.dev:4443/ in your browser
readycheck     | ------------------------

Additional Notes

Using localhost

This deployment is configured to use a domain name which points to 127.0.0.1 by default. If you want to use localhost instead, you can change the LOCAL_DOMAIN variable in the .env file.

Enabling and Disabling TLS

You can enable and disable TLS by setting USE_TLS to true or false in the .env file.

LAN Access (Optional)

If you want to access the deployment in your LAN for Android or iOS devices, you need to do the following:

Get the private IP of your computer in your LAN.
Configure your Firewall to allow devices in your LAN to access your computer.

If your IP for example is 192.168.1.10, the URL of your deployment in your LAN will be https://192-168-1-10.openvidu-local.dev:4443/.

About `openvidu-local.dev`

This is a magic domain name like nip.io or traefik.me, which can resolve to any IP specified as a subdomain. It also offers a wildcard certificates which is automatically used by caddy-proxy in the local deployment to provide HTTPS for any subdomain.

This is useful for local development, as you can access your deployment using a domain name instead of an IP address, and you can use HTTPS without having to deal with self-signed certificates, BUT it is not suitable for production environments.

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