# Enable private Nextcloud instance for school class during Corona Lockdown **URL:** \ **Category:** 💬 Talk (spreed)\ **Created:** [March 30, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/enable-private-nextcloud-instance-for-school-class-during-corona-lockdown/75917 "2020-03-30T18:51:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![solick](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/solick/32/12370_2.png) [@solick](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/solick)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/enable-private-nextcloud-instance-for-school-class-during-corona-lockdown/75917/1 "2020-03-30T18:51:32Z")
Hi, i am hosting a Nextcloud instance for my family. Because in Germany Schools are closed I want to use Nextcloud Talk for my daughter´s school class for daily interaction. As far as I understood, talk for larger conference call are only available by using the professional service from Nextcloud. Is there a chance to enable my server for a defined period to be able to handle video conferences with around 20 people? My server should be powerful enough (8 core, 32 GB Ram). Kind regards solick ---
**Author:** ![rakekniven](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/rakekniven/32/67096_2.png) [@rakekniven](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/rakekniven)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/enable-private-nextcloud-instance-for-school-class-during-corona-lockdown/75917/2 "2020-03-30T18:54:38Z")
You better contact [nextcloud.com](http://nextcloud.com) directly for your request. Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![Reiner\_Nippes](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/reiner_nippes/32/9479_2.png) [@Reiner\_Nippes](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/Reiner_Nippes)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/enable-private-nextcloud-instance-for-school-class-during-corona-lockdown/75917/3 "2020-03-30T18:56:59Z")
or read through [Videoconference performance](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/videoconference-performance/74137) for alternatives. ---
**Author:** ![anon71540698](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/anon71540698/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@anon71540698](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/anon71540698)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/enable-private-nextcloud-instance-for-school-class-during-corona-lockdown/75917/4 "2020-03-30T19:22:56Z")
> [@solick](#): > > Is there a chance to enable my server for a defined period to be able to handle video conferences with around 20 people? My server should be powerful enough (8 core, 32 GB Ram). From my experience having a reliable **video** conference with 20 parties for any reasonable amount of time requires a miracle in a “normal” environment. In today’s climate - when counting on QoS from an ISP would be delusional - I don’t think this is feasible unless you have your own private backbone… ---
**Author:** ![Semjel](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/semjel/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@Semjel](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/Semjel)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/enable-private-nextcloud-instance-for-school-class-during-corona-lockdown/75917/5 "2020-03-30T20:22:27Z")
If that doesn’t work out, I know Kopano are offering free video conferencing during the crisis. [https://kopano.com/blog/video-conferencing-during-the-coronavirus-crisis/](https://kopano.com/blog/video-conferencing-during-the-coronavirus-crisis/) I’d consider looking into Jitsi, which is 100% free and open source. It tries to handle large conferences efficiently. > **[Jitsi Videobridge Performance Evaluation - Jitsi](https://jitsi.org/jitsi-videobridge-performance-evaluation/)** > > Jitsi Videobridge Performance Evaluation by Boris Grozev and Emil Ivov So we hear Jitsi Videobridge is super efficient and scalable …How efficient do you mean exactly? If you are thinking about using Jitsi Videobridge or any kind of a Selective... ---
**Author:** ![erotavlas](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/erotavlas/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@erotavlas](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/erotavlas)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 11:09am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/enable-private-nextcloud-instance-for-school-class-during-corona-lockdown/75917/6 "2020-03-31T11:09:45Z")
You can read [here](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/videoconference-performance/74137) about performance of various solutions. ---
**Author:** ![devnull](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/devnull/32/27793_2.png) [@devnull](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/devnull)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 11:29am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/enable-private-nextcloud-instance-for-school-class-during-corona-lockdown/75917/7 "2020-03-31T11:29:29Z")
Perhaps you can better use a system like [https://jitsi.org](https://jitsi.org) . You can use different servers or host your own. Search for the app “jitsi meet” on android and iOS. > **[jitsi/jitsi-meet](https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/wiki/Jitsi-Meet-Instances)** > > Jitsi Meet - Secure, Simple and Scalable Video Conferences that you use as a standalone app or embed in your web application. - jitsi/jitsi-meet ---
**Author:** ![anon71540698](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/anon71540698/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@anon71540698](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/anon71540698)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 2:47am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/enable-private-nextcloud-instance-for-school-class-during-corona-lockdown/75917/8 "2020-04-02T02:47:43Z")
JITSI is mentioned as a potent alternative to the big boys. Especially in light of Zoom privacy issues > **[The best alternatives to Zoom for videoconferencing](https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/1/21202945/zoom-alternative-conference-video-free-app-skype-slack-hangouts-jitsi)** > > If you want to meet your friends online, there are alternatives to Zoom. ---
**Author:** ![anon75456558](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/anon75456558/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@anon75456558](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/anon75456558)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 5:31am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/enable-private-nextcloud-instance-for-school-class-during-corona-lockdown/75917/9 "2020-04-02T05:31:44Z")
Jitsi is a good service, which you can certainly run yourself. [You could try testing this German instance](https://freejitsi01.netcup.net/), which was recently recommended to me as one that should handle a large number of simultaneous users. I have just started testing it, so feel free to check out the company hosting it. You can add a password to the room if you want to limit random people dropping in. You’ll need each student to run the free app on their phone, or they can login from a web browser. ---
**Author:** ![alfred](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/alfred/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@alfred](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/alfred)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/enable-private-nextcloud-instance-for-school-class-during-corona-lockdown/75917/10 "2020-04-02T13:05:06Z")
If somebody wants help implementing an Open Source backend for Talk using Kurento Media Server for example to allow everyone to use it for more than 5 or so people is welcome to submit a PR: > > > Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. > Currently Nextcloud Talk as an Open Source project only supports a handful... ---
**Author:** ![solick](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/solick/32/12370_2.png) [@solick](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/solick)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/enable-private-nextcloud-instance-for-school-class-during-corona-lockdown/75917/11 "2020-04-05T13:32:50Z")
Thanks a lot for your great hints. I installed a Jitsi meet and it work like a charm. It’s a pity that Nextcloud cannot be used for this. Kind regards Solick ---
**Author:** ![anon75456558](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/anon75456558/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@anon75456558](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/anon75456558)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/enable-private-nextcloud-instance-for-school-class-during-corona-lockdown/75917/12 "2020-04-05T16:24:02Z")
[Noice](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAfq55aiqPc), sounds like this thread is 🕶 **Solved** 🧐 ---
**Author:** ![putt1ck](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/putt1ck/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@putt1ck](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/putt1ck)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 5:33am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/enable-private-nextcloud-instance-for-school-class-during-corona-lockdown/75917/13 "2020-04-06T05:33:12Z")
If’ you’re interested in a solution around NC we’ve been looking into options for a client. I’d say “watch this space” but we’ve so far failed to setup a space to watch… If there’s broader interest we’ll sort a space to watch… ---
**Author:** ![jospoortvliet](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/jospoortvliet/32/3_2.png) [@jospoortvliet](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/jospoortvliet)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/enable-private-nextcloud-instance-for-school-class-during-corona-lockdown/75917/14 "2020-05-19T12:16:18Z")
Many scaling problems should be solved by 8.0.9, released last week - it adjusts quality based on the nr of participants, among other things. A typical network and hardware setup should handle 5-10 people. The signalling back-end is now also open source, so you can give that a try. > **[Talk 9 brings grid view, file editing, open sources Talk back-end – Nextcloud](https://nextcloud.com/blog/open-sourcing-talk-back-end-rc-of-talk-9-brings-lots-of-improvements/)** > > Nextcloud is the most deployed on-premises file share and collaboration platform. Access & collaborate across your devices. Your data remains under your control. ---
**Author:** ![wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/wwe/32/72963_2.png) [@wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/wwe)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/enable-private-nextcloud-instance-for-school-class-during-corona-lockdown/75917/15 "2024-12-11T21:26:52Z")