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[[getting_started_with_jitsi]]
= Getting started with Jitsi

Jitsi video conferencing stack enables users to create virtual meetings, conferences, and collaboration sessions among other notable use-cases. Jitsi video conferencing stack provides:

* Jitsi Meet (`jitsi-meet`): a web-based client application used by conference participants 

* Jitsi Videobridge (`jitsi-videobridge`): a server-side component of the Jitsi stack. Acts as a central hub for video conferences, where participants can join by accessing a uniquely generated conference URL from the server. Jitsi Videobridge conducts negotiation of audio and video streams between conference participants and also provides the necessary infrastructure for seamless experience.

* Webserver configurations (`jitsi-meet-nginx`) and (`jitsi-meet-apache`): components that help serve the Jitsi Meet web client to handle incoming HTTPS requests.

* Configuration for Prosody (`jitsi-meet-prosody`): a server-side component providing user authentication and management, conference room management. Ensures secure communication within Jitsi video conferencing stack.

* Jicofo (`jicofo`): a server-side component for conference management, participant control and media routing.  


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For more information see link:https://jitsi.org/[jitsi]

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