This guide provides a full Ansible playbook to deploy Openvidu with Docker Compose on Debian 10+, Ubuntu LTS, and RHEL 9+ compatible hosts.
- name: Deploy Openvidu
hosts: openvidu
become: true
vars:
app_root: /opt/openvidu
app_port: 8080
tasks:
- name: Install Docker on Debian/Ubuntu
apt:
name:
- docker.io
- docker-compose-plugin
state: present
update_cache: true
when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"
- name: Install Docker on RHEL family
dnf:
name:
- docker
- docker-compose-plugin
state: present
when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat"
- name: Enable and start Docker
service:
name: docker
state: started
enabled: true
- name: Create application directory
file:
path: "{{ app_root }}"
state: directory
mode: "0755"
- name: Write Docker Compose file
copy:
dest: "{{ app_root }}/docker-compose.yml"
mode: "0644"
content: |
services:
app:
image: openvidu/openvidu-dev:latest
restart: unless-stopped
ports:
- "4443:4443"
environment:
- OPENVIDU_SECRET=${OPENVIDU_SECRET}
- name: Start application stack
command: docker compose up -d
args:
chdir: "{{ app_root }}"
openvidu/openvidu-server-kms or edition-specific images (CE/Pro/Enterprise).OPENVIDU_SECRET environment variable with a strong random secret before deployment.Any questions?
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