Install on Linux

Install on Linux

Works on any 64-bit Linux with systemd: Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Rocky, Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit) and so on, on both x86 (amd64) and ARM (arm64) machines.

One command

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anand34577/vision-call/main/scripts/get.sh | sudo sh

The installer:

1. Downloads the latest release for your CPU and checks it against the published checksum.
2. Creates a visioncall system user and installs everything to /opt/visioncall.
3. Starts the visioncall service and enables it at boot.
4. Makes a daily database backup, managed from Admin > Backups in the app.
5. Opens ports 8443/tcp, 8080/tcp and 7882/udp if ufw or firewalld is active.
6. Prints the address to open and the first admin password.

To install a specific version:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anand34577/vision-call/main/scripts/get.sh | sudo VISIONCALL_VERSION=v1.0.1 sh

Install from a downloaded file

If the server can't reach the internet, download the right archive from the releases page on another machine: visioncall_<version>_linux-amd64.tar.gz for most servers, or linux-arm64 for ARM boards. Copy it over, then:

tar -xzf visioncall_*_linux-amd64.tar.gz
cd visioncall_*_linux-amd64
sudo ./install-linux.sh

Where things are

What	Where
Program	/opt/visioncall/visioncall
Settings	/opt/visioncall/.env
Database, uploads, certificate	/opt/visioncall/data
Daily backups	/opt/visioncall/data/backups
Logs	journalctl -u visioncall -f

Everyday commands

sudo systemctl status visioncall     # is it running?
sudo systemctl restart visioncall    # after editing /opt/visioncall/.env
journalctl -u visioncall -f          # follow the logs
/opt/visioncall/visioncall -version   # which version is installed

Change a setting

Open /opt/visioncall/.env in an editor, remove the # in front of the setting you want and change its value, then run sudo systemctl restart visioncall. Many settings can also be changed without a restart from Admin > Server Settings in the app. See Configuration.

Upgrade

Run the same one-line command again. It replaces the program and keeps your settings and data.

Uninstall

sudo systemctl disable --now visioncall
sudo rm -f /etc/systemd/system/visioncall.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo rm -rf /opt/visioncall        # deletes all data, back it up first if you need it
sudo userdel visioncall

Run it without installing

The program also runs by itself, which is handy for a quick try:

tar -xzf visioncall_*_linux-amd64.tar.gz
cd visioncall_*_linux-amd64
./visioncall

It keeps its data in a data folder next to where you started it and stops when you close the terminal.