Frontend Lifecycle Management
Adding a frontend
Assigning tags and properties to a frontend
b3scalectl --api https://api.bbb.example.org set frontend -j '{"required_tags":["bbb_26"]}' my-frontend
You can also specify the -j parameter while adding a frontend with add frontend.
Valid properties
required_tags
Associates one or more frontends with one or more backends with the same tags. Matches the {"required_tags":["bbb_26"]} specification in backend properties.
default_presentation
"default_presentation":{"url":"https://static.example.com/presentation/my-frontend.pdf","force":false}
Specifies a default presentation for the tenant, which will be downloaded from url. Specify "force":true to ignore any custom presentation uploaded via the frontend application.
create_default_params
Parameters (see documentation) to be set if the frontend application does not specify the parameter. For example, the following will set the default welcome message to "Welcome to you meeting!".
create_override_params
Parameters (see documentation) that will override the respective parameter of the frontend application. For example, the following will ensure that the learning dashboard is disabled and recording is off:
attendees_limit
Configures an overall limit on attendees for the frontend.
Using a frontend
To test the frontend, you can use https://mconf.github.io/api-mate/. Use https://api.bbb.example.org/bbb/my-frontend/bigbluebutton/api as the link and the secret. You can also use this URL for Greenlight or other frontends.
Listing frontends
b3scalectl --api https://api.bbb.example.org show frontends
37dada5b-9fd0-41b5-8875-17037a4d5413 my-frontend eefeng2aixaeghu0tae9ja4ietheeNgoo5ubunga1ohkeexaib3bai9xudaang2i {"required_tags":["bbb_26"]}
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Modifying a frontend
You can use set frontend with -j (see "Assigning tags to a frontend") or --secret (see "Adding a frontend").
Removing a frontend
Disable/Enable a frontend
Frontends can be disabled without removing it completly with:
Disabled frontends can be enabled again with: