allow setting the breakout room limit

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Unreleased
 - Applied v2.2.28 changes @alangecker
 - Updated `development.md` docs (example config & note about issue #66) @alangecker
+- Allow setting the breakout room limit @alangecker
 
 ## Release v2.2.27-2 (2020-10-16)
 - Increase proxy timeout to avoid aborting websocket connections @alangecker

docker-compose.yml

@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ services:
       DISABLE_VIDEO_PREVIEW: ${DISABLE_VIDEO_PREVIEW:-false}
       CHAT_ENABLED: ${CHAT_ENABLED:-true}
       CHAT_START_CLOSED: ${CHAT_START_CLOSED:-false}
+      BREAKOUTROOM_LIMIT: ${BREAKOUTROOM_LIMIT:-8}
       DEV_MODE: ${DEV_MODE:-}
     networks:
       bbb-net:

mod/html5/settings.yml

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public:
     # Warning: increasing the limit of breakout rooms per meeting
     # can generate excessive overhead to the server. We recommend
     # this value to be kept under 12.
-    breakoutRoomLimit: 8
+    breakoutRoomLimit: {{ .Env.BREAKOUTROOM_LIMIT }}
     defaultSettings:
       application:
         animations: true

sample.env

@@ -114,6 +114,12 @@ DISABLE_SOUND_MUTED=false
 # set to true to disable announcement "You are the only person in this conference" 
 DISABLE_SOUND_ALONE=false
 
+# maximum count of breakout rooms per meeting
+# Warning: increasing the limit of breakout rooms per meeting
+# can generate excessive overhead to the server. We recommend
+# this value to be kept under 12.
+BREAKOUTROOM_LIMIT=8
+
 # ====================================
 # GREENLIGHT CONFIGURATION
 # ====================================