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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: