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@@ -4,47 +4,44 @@ A one-to-one text, audio and video chat application built with webRTC and Ratche
# Requirements
- PHP >= 5.4
- Composer
- Every other required files are included or referenced as the case may be.
# Features
- Video call
- Audio call
- Recording
- Text chat
- Two participants only
If you require more than two participants, check out https://github.com/amir/video-call-app-nodejs.
# Getting Started
To test this app on your local server:
- The audio and video call is best tested on two different devices. This will require more configurations.
- Open `video-call-app/js/comm.js` and change this line `const wsChat = new WebSocket("ws://localhost:PORT/comm");` to `const wsChat = new WebSocket("ws://YOUR_SERVER_IP:PORT/comm");`
- Open __`video-call-app/ws/bin/server.php`__ and add your server `ip address` to __`$allowed_origins`__ array, then replace the `localhost` and `PORT` in `$app = new Ratchet\App('localhost', PORT, '0.0.0.0');` with your `ip address` and `Port number`respectively.
- The Ratchet server must be running. This can be achieved by navigating to *__video-call-app/ws/bin__* from your cli and run *__php server.php__*
- Run the app from your browser at: `http://localhost/video-call-app/`
- Create a room.
- Enter the room from two different browsers (using the same link) and test by sending text chats. This can be done on the same device.
- Blam! Good to go. Navigate to `YOUR_IP_ADDRESS/video-call-app` on your browser on two different devices to start chatting
- Run `composer install` from the root directory to install dependencies.
- Set your app root (base url) in `/js/config.js`.
- Open __`/ws/bin/server.php`__ and add your `domain name` and/or `ip address` to __`$allowed_origins`__ array, then replace the `localhost` and `PORT` in `$app = new Ratchet\App('localhost', PORT, '0.0.0.0');` with either your `domain name` or `ip address` and `Port number` respectively.
- Set your web socket url in `/js/config.js`. Ensure the `domain name` and `port` matches what you set above. Use `wss` for secured connection.
- Start Ratchet server by executing `php ws/bin/server.php` from your CLI.
- Blam! Good to go. Open the app on two different devices to start chatting.
- Works best on Chrome, Firefox and the latest versions of Opera desktop browser.
## Note
To host this online, you'll need to set up a few things:
- Create Ratchet as a service so it can run persistently on your server. Check the file *create-ratchet-as-a-service-with-daemon.txt* for the guide on how to do this on CentOS7.
- Create Ratchet as a service so it can run persistently on your server. Check the file *create-ratchet-as-a-service-with-daemon.txt* for the guide on how to do this on linux servers.
- If on SSL, Ratchet won't work unless you make some changes on your server.
- Enable mod_proxy.so
- Enable mod_proxy_wstunnel.so
- Open your apache config file and add this: __ProxyPass /wss/ ws://YOUR_SERVER_IP_OR_DOMAIN:PORT/__
e.g. _ProxyPass /wss/ ws://www.abc.xyz:PORT/_
- From your front-end, you can connect like this:
- Open your apache SSL config file and add this: `ProxyPass /wss-secured/ ws://WEB_SOCKET_DOMAIN:WEB_SOCKET_PORT/`
_const wsChat = new WebSocket("wss://YOUR_SERVER_IP_OR_DOMAIN/wss/comm");_
e.g. `ProxyPass /wss-secured/ ws://www.abc.xyz:PORT/`
However, if you are wondering how to edit apache config on WHM, here is how:
- After enabling those services (mod_proxy.so and mod_proxy_wstunnel.so), log in to WHM,
Note that you can substitute the `wss-secured` above with any path of your choice but you have to use the same path while connecting from the front-end as shown below.
go to __"service configuration" => "Apache configuration" => "include editor" => "pre main include"__,
- Update your web socket url in `/js/config.js`:
select a version of your choice or choose _"All versions"_. The file name should be _"pre_main_global.conf'_
- All your new configuration can be written in that textarea without tampering with httpd.conf directly.
The configurations will be loaded on Apache start-up.
- Once you put the Proxypass directive there, restart your server and there you go.