Grupo supports LiveKit self-hosted, Agora, and LiveKit Cloud. If you have a server that supports WebRTC, you can deploy LiveKit on your own server—it’s free and open source. If your server doesn’t support WebRTC or you’re using shared hosting, you can opt for LiveKit Cloud or Agora instead.

How to Deploy LiveKit on Your Server ?

To begin, SSH into your server and execute the necessary commands directly from the terminal.

1) Install LiveKit Server

curl -sSL https://get.livekit.io | bash

2) Create a config file (e.g., livekit.yaml)

nano /etc/livekit/livekit.yaml

Paste the following content and save the file.

port: 7880
bind_address: 0.0.0.0

rtc:
  udp_port: 7881
  tcp_port: 7881
  use_external_ip: true

keys:
  my-api-key: ENTER_YOUR_32_CHARACTER_SECRET_HERE

3) Check Your Server’s Firewall (UFW)

sudo ufw allow 7880/tcp
sudo ufw allow 7881/tcp
sudo ufw allow 7881/udp
sudo ufw reload

4) Set up a reverse proxy using Nginx to handle the WebSocket URL.

Set up the subdomain livekit.grupodomain.com and configure Nginx as shown below to enable access to your LiveKit server at wss://livekit.grupodomain.com. Use this URL in your Grupo Video Chat settings.

location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:7880;

        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";

        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;

        proxy_read_timeout 3600s;
        proxy_send_timeout 3600s;
        send_timeout 3600s;
        keepalive_timeout 3600s;
    }

5) Restart Nginx services

Your LiveKit URL is the server URL you configured – wss://grupo_domain/livekit/, and the API key and secret are the ones defined in your livekit.yaml file.

6) Create a systemd service file

You can use systemctl to run LiveKit in the background as a service.

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/livekit.service

Paste the following:

[Unit]
Description=LiveKit Server
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/livekit-server --config /etc/livekit/livekit.yaml
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5s
User=root
LimitNOFILE=65536

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

🔒 Note: Replace User=root with a valid user on your system that has permission to run LiveKit.

7) Enable and start the service

sudo systemctl daemon-reexec
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable livekit
sudo systemctl start livekit

For more information about LiveKit configuration and optimization, please refer to the following URL: https://docs.livekit.io/home/self-hosting/local/