Users and permissions#
Participant roles in a room#
Participants in a room can have different roles, which grant different permissions. The role of a participant is determined by the room link used to join. See Room links for more information.
Available roles are:
- Moderator: grants permissions to end the meeting, start/stop recordings, share room links and manage participants. Also grants permissions of
Speaker
role. - Speaker: grants permissions to share their camera, microphone and screen.
Changing participant roles during a meeting#
Participants with Moderator
role can upgrade or downgrade other participants' roles during the meeting from the "Participants" side panel:
OpenVidu Meet authentication#
OpenVidu Meet is by default protected with an administrator username and password. These credentials will be required when accessing OpenVidu Meet console:
The initial administrator credentials are:
- Username:
admin
- Password: specified on installation time
The value of the password will be asked on installation. If left empty, a random password will be generated. The location of the administration password depends on the environment of the deployment:
Credentials are always username admin
and password admin
.
Credentials will be logged at the end of the installation process:
OpenVidu Meet is available at:
URL: https://<YOUR_DOMAIN>
Credentials:
- User: admin
- Password: XXXXXXX
Warning
If you modify the initial administrator password, this value will no longer be valid.
In the Secrets Manager of the CloudFormation stack, in secret MEET_INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD
Warning
If you modify the initial administrator password, this value will no longer be valid.
In the Azure Key Vault, in secret MEET_INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD
Warning
If you modify the initial administrator password, this value will no longer be valid.
Modify OpenVidu Meet authentication#
Administrator credentials can be modified from the "User & Permissions" view: