Real-time Video Monitoring via WebRTC

With the addition of Callaba’s Video Calls, you can now set up makeshift remote monitoring practically on-the-go. All you need is smartphone or a laptop with a camera.

Video Calls in Callaba are completely private and secure.

We don’t have access to your server (whether in the cloud or self-hosted). And so we are not collecting any data about the contents of your video calls.

Why would you want to use real-time monitoring via WebRTC?

✅ Easy to set up. You can use any web/IP camera or even a camera on your smartphone.

✅ Control and remote supervision over important processes.

✅ Real-time monitoring and decision-making with WebRTC protocol.

✅ Video recording in the cloud.

How to set it up

Before we begin, let’s take a moment to visualize what we are going to be building.

1. Important

For video calls to work across all browsers without them considering you unsafe, you will need :

domain name
SSL certificate

Luckily, in Callaba you can set all that via user interface. No SSH connection, no tinkering with the command console is required.

So let’s do it!

1. First step is to create an “A” DNS record to associate your domain name with the IP address of your server.

You can add “A” DNS records in the DNS management interface of your domain registrar or DNS hosting provider.

If you are using a server in the cloud, make sure it has a permanent IP address. With AWS, you can associate an Elastic IP with your instance, it takes less than a minute to set up.

📖 How to set up Elastic IP address on AWS

Once you’ve done that, ensure your “A” DNS records have applied and are present on www.nslookup.io.

In some cases, DNS records can take up to 72 hours to update.

2. Open Callaba > General Settings > scroll down to the Server Settings section.

Specify your Domain name and Streaming domain name.