OpenVidu Single Node PRO administration: On-premises#
The OpenVidu installer offers an easy way to deploy OpenVidu Single Node PRO on-premises. However, once the deployment is complete, you may need to perform administrative tasks based on your specific requirements, such as changing passwords, specifying custom configurations, and starting or stopping services.
This section provides details on configuration parameters and common administrative tasks for this deployment.
Starting, stopping, and restarting OpenVidu#
You can start, stop, and restart the OpenVidu services using the following commands:
Start OpenVidu
Stop OpenVidu
Restart OpenVidu
Checking the status of services#
You can check the status of the OpenVidu services using the following command:
The services are operating correctly if you see an output similar to the following and there are no restarts from any of the services:
NAME IMAGE COMMAND SERVICE CREATED STATUS
app docker.io/openvidu/openvidu-call:main "docker-entrypoint.s…" app 18 seconds ago Up 7 seconds
caddy docker.io/openvidu/openvidu-pro-caddy:main "/bin/caddy run --co…" caddy 18 seconds ago Up 8 seconds
dashboard docker.io/openvidu/openvidu-pro-dashboard:main "./openvidu-dashboard" dashboard 18 seconds ago Up 8 seconds
egress docker.io/livekit/egress:v1.9.0 "/entrypoint.sh" egress 18 seconds ago Up 5 seconds
grafana docker.io/grafana/grafana:11.5.1 "/bin/sh -c '\n if !…" grafana 17 seconds ago Up 4 seconds
ingress docker.io/openvidu/ingress:main "ingress" ingress 18 seconds ago Up 6 seconds
loki docker.io/grafana/loki:3.3.2 "/bin/sh -c '\n if !…" loki 18 seconds ago Up 6 seconds
minio docker.io/bitnami/minio:2025.2.7-debian-12-r0 "/bin/sh -c '\n . /c…" minio 18 seconds ago Up 8 seconds
mongo docker.io/mongo:8.0.4 "/bin/sh -c '\n . /c…" mongo 18 seconds ago Up 15 seconds
openvidu docker.io/openvidu/openvidu-server-pro:main "/livekit-server --c…" openvidu 18 seconds ago Up 5 seconds
openvidu-v2compatibility docker.io/openvidu/openvidu-v2compatibility:main "/bin/entrypoint.sh" openvidu-v2compatibility 18 seconds ago Up 6 seconds
operator docker.io/openvidu/openvidu-operator:main "/bin/operator" operator 18 seconds ago Up 5 seconds
prometheus docker.io/prom/prometheus:v3.1.0 "/bin/sh -c '\n if !…" prometheus 17 seconds ago Up 5 seconds
promtail docker.io/grafana/promtail:3.3.2 "/bin/sh -c '\n if !…" promtail 18 seconds ago Up 5 seconds
redis docker.io/redis:7.4.2-alpine "/bin/sh -c '\n . /c…" redis 18 seconds ago Up 6 seconds
Checking logs#
If any of the services are not working as expected, you can check the logs of the services using the following command:
Replace <service-name> with the name of the service you want to check. For example, to check the logs of the OpenVidu Server, use the following command:
To check the logs of all services, use the following command:
Or use journalctl:
You can also review your logs using the Grafana dashboard provided with OpenVidu. To access it, go to https://<your-domain.com>/grafana and use the credentials located in /opt/openvidu/.env to log in. Once inside, navigate to the "Home" section, select "Dashboard", and then click on "OpenVidu > OpenVidu Logs". All the logs will be displayed there.
Changing the configuration#
You can check how to change the configuration in the Changing Configuration section. Also, there are multiple guides in the How to Guides section that can help you with specific configuration changes.
Uninstalling OpenVidu#
To uninstall OpenVidu, just execute the following commands: