Connect Jitsi Meet to Mattermost, Rocket.Chat, Nextcloud and Moodle

All four platforms can start Jitsi calls from inside the app, so your team or students never leave the chat or the course. The setup is the same pattern every time: install the plugin, give it your Jitsi server’s address, and, if you protect your server with JWT, give it the same app ID and secret. The part people get wrong is the server they point it at.

Do not point integrations at meet.jit.si

Every plugin below ships with https://meet.jit.si as its default or example, because it works instantly for a demo. It is the wrong choice for real use:

• Embedded calls stop after 5 minutes. meet.jit.si is not meant to run inside another site, and the Moodle plugin’s own documentation warns about this limit.
• Meetings end after 95 minutes since October 9, 2026. See the meet.jit.si 95-minute limit.
• Starting a room needs a sign-in on meet.jit.si, which breaks one-click calls from a chat channel.
• You cannot control who joins. There is no way to restrict rooms to your users.

Use your own Jitsi server (Docker install guide), or 8x8 JaaS if you do not want to run one. Mattermost, Rocket.Chat and Moodle can all generate JaaS or JWT tokens.

At a glance

Prepare your Jitsi server for JWT

JWT is optional, but it is what makes an integration safe: the chat or learning platform signs a short-lived token for each call, and your Jitsi server only lets in people with a valid token. On docker-jitsi-meet, set these in .env and restart the stack:

ENABLE_AUTH=1
AUTH_TYPE=jwt
JWT_APP_ID=my_jitsi_app_id
JWT_APP_SECRET=a-long-random-secret

Use the same app ID and secret in the plugin. Our Jitsi JWT authentication guide explains the token format and the Debian package setup, and JWT not working covers the usual errors.

If you added X-Frame-Options or a frame-ancestors Content Security Policy while hardening the Jitsi web server, allow the domain of your chat or learning platform, or embedded meetings will show a blank frame.

Mattermost

The Jitsi plugin adds a video icon to every channel header and a /jitsi slash command. A click posts an invitation in the channel; meetings can open in a floating window inside Mattermost or in a new tab.

1. Download the plugin from the releases page.
2. In Mattermost, open System Console > Plugins > Plugin Management and upload the file.
3. Open System Console > Plugins > Jitsi and set:
   • Enable Plugin: true
   • Jitsi Server URL: https://meet.example.com
   • Embed Jitsi video inside Mattermost: true for the floating window (marked experimental)
   • Use JWT Authentication for Jitsi: true, then the App ID, App Secret and Meeting Link Expiry Time (30 minutes by default)
   • Jitsi Meeting Names: random words, a UUID, or the team and channel name
4. Type /jitsi in any channel to test.

Users can switch between embedded and new-window meetings with /jitsi settings. The plugin is community supported, not maintained by Mattermost, and the channel header button is not available in the mobile apps.

Rocket.Chat

Rocket.Chat treats Jitsi as a video conference provider. Once the Jitsi app is installed and configured, the call button in any room starts a Jitsi meeting.

1. Go to Administration > Apps > Marketplace, find Jitsi and install it.
2. Open the app’s Settings tab and set:
   • Domain: meet.example.com (no https://)
   • Use SSL: on
   • Title prefix and Title suffix: optional text added to room names
   • Use Authentication Token: on if your server uses JWT, then Application ID (iss) and Application Secret matching your Jitsi server
   • Limit token to Jitsi Room: on, so each token only opens its own call
3. Make Jitsi the default provider under Administration > Workspace > Settings > Video Conference if you have more than one installed.

For JaaS, switch on Use JaaS (8x8) and paste your API key ID and the base64-encoded private key instead of a secret. Rocket.Chat’s desktop app needs a recent Jitsi release for in-app calling.

Nextcloud

The Jitsi integration app creates conference rooms inside Nextcloud, with sharable links, a pre-join system test, and rooms listed in the global search.

1. As an admin, open Apps, search for Jitsi and enable the Jitsi integration.
2. Go to Settings > Jitsi and enter your server URL and, if you use JWT, the JWT secret.
3. Create a conference from the Jitsi entry in the top bar and share its link.

The app’s maintainers recommend a dedicated Jitsi server secured with JWT. If you only need small calls inside Nextcloud and do not run Jitsi anyway, Nextcloud Talk is the built-in alternative.

Moodle

mod_jitsi adds Jitsi as a standard Moodle activity: teachers schedule sessions in a course, and students join in one click without an extra account. It supports Moodle 4.4 to 5.2 and adds attendance-based activity completion, guest links, private one-to-one calls and several recording options.

1. Install mod_jitsi from the Moodle plugins directory (Site administration > Plugins > Install plugins), or with Composer.
2. Under Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Jitsi, choose the server type:
   • Self-hosted: your Jitsi server URL, with token based mode and your JWT app ID and secret for proper moderator control
   • JaaS (8x8): free up to 25 monthly active users, no server to run
   • GCP auto-managed: the plugin creates and manages a Jitsi server in your Google Cloud account
3. Add a Jitsi activity to a course and open it as a student to test.

Some of the plugin’s reporting features, such as the attendance report and recording view statistics, need a free registration with the plugin’s developer. Recording to YouTube, Dropbox or Google Cloud Storage is configured separately in the plugin settings.

Common problems

Sources

• Mattermost Jitsi plugin README (community supported, v2.1.0)
• Rocket.Chat documentation: Jitsi app
• Nextcloud Jitsi integration README
• mod_jitsi in the Moodle plugins directory and its README
• docker-jitsi-meet env.example (ENABLE_AUTH, AUTH_TYPE, JWT_APP_ID, JWT_APP_SECRET)

Need a hand?

We set up Jitsi servers with JWT for Mattermost, Rocket.Chat, Nextcloud and Moodle, and connect them to your existing login. Talk to an engineer or see our Jitsi integration service.