All notable changes to the Jitsi Video Platform project will be documented in this file.
- Smart Power Management System - Three-tier shutdown options for cost optimization
power-down.pl- Removes expensive resources, keeps static resources (97% cost savings)fully-destroy.pl- Complete infrastructure destruction with confirmation- Updated
scale-down.pldocumentation for clarity
- Co-Organizer Guide - Comprehensive management documentation for NE3D/RGC3 teams
- GitHub Issues Created:
- Roadmap Structure - Reorganized phases to prioritize power management and branding
- Cost Management - Updated documentation with three-tier power options
- Documentation - Enhanced with detailed power management explanations
- Power management scripts preserve S3 buckets, Secrets Manager, IAM roles, CloudWatch logs
- Cost reduction from $16.62/month to $0.42/month with power-down mode
- Restore times: 2-3 min (scale-up), 5-10 min (power-up), 15-20 min (full restore)
- Complete Jitsi Meet Platform - Fully operational video conferencing at https://meet.awsaerospace.org
- Scale-to-Zero Architecture - ECS Fargate with manual scaling scripts
- AWS Infrastructure:
- Network Load Balancer with TLS termination
- ECS cluster with 4-container Jitsi setup
- AWS Secrets Manager for secure credential storage
- S3 bucket for video recordings
- CloudWatch logging and monitoring
- Operational Scripts:
scale-up.pl- Start platform with health verificationscale-down.pl- Stop platform for cost savingsstatus.pl- Platform status reportingcheck-health.pl- Multi-layer health verificationtest-platform.pl- Complete testing workflow
- Domain: meet.awsaerospace.org with valid SSL certificate
- Capacity: Unlimited users per meeting, unlimited concurrent meetings
- Resources: 4 vCPU, 8GB RAM on AWS Fargate
- Containers: jitsi-web, prosody, jicofo, jvb with WebSocket support
- Region: US West (Oregon) - us-west-2
- AWS Identity Center (SSO) authentication for administrators
- Secrets stored in AWS Secrets Manager
- TLS encryption for all communications
- Private VPC with security groups
- Scale-to-zero when not in use: $0.00/hour
- Running cost: $0.20/hour
- Fixed infrastructure: $16.62/month
- 58% savings vs always-on deployment
Format based on Keep a Changelog