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Galene

Galene is available in the NetActuate Marketplace as a one-click, open-source appliance you can deploy into any NetActuate PoP. Lightweight open-source WebRTC videoconferencing server (SFU). It is grouped under the Media & Streaming category.

What It Does​

Galene is a self-hosted, open source video-conferencing server. It is used, among other places, to teach at the University of Paris. Deployed from the NetActuate marketplace it boots ready to use: a full browser-based conference client is served over HTTPS on port 8443, a server administrator account and a ready-to-use public conference group are seeded at first boot, and a built-in TURN server handles WebRTC NAT traversal so meetings work without any extra infrastructure.

Open your meeting at https://<instance-ip>:8443/group/public/ and share the link. Moderators can create more groups and users with the bundled galenectl utility or the galene-api. Because Galene is a Selective Forwarding Unit (SFU), each participant sends their media once and the server forwards it, keeping client bandwidth low while scaling to sizeable rooms.

Upstream project: Galene (https://github.com/jech/galene), an independent open source project by Juliusz Chroboczek and contributors, released under the MIT licence. Galene is not affiliated with or endorsed by NetActuate; NetActuate packages the unmodified upstream 1.1 release built from source on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.

Vendor and Project​

Galene is an open-source project, offered here under the Open Source listing with best-effort community support.

NetActuate supports the underlying infrastructure. Application-level support follows the listing SLA class (open-source, best effort).

Sizing​

vCPURAMDisk
Minimum11 GB20 GB
Recommended24 GB50 GB

No VPU (hardware acceleration) is required for this appliance. Choose a size at deploy based on your expected load.

Configuration Fields​

When you deploy, you provide these fields. They are written into the appliance at first boot.

FieldRequiredDefaultNotes
Server administrator passwordNogeneratedGenerated for you and stored in your secret list; never echoed back. Administers the server as user 'admin' via galenectl or the galene-api. Stored write-only in your account secret list
Default group passwordNogeneratedGenerated for you and stored in your secret list. Join the default conference at /group/public/ as any username with this password. Stored write-only in your account secret list
HTTPS portNo8443Port the Galene web client, admin dashboard and API listen on. Default 8443.

Using the Appliance​

Galene is up. Open the web client at https://YOUR_VM_IP:8443/ (the server presents a self-signed certificate on first boot, so your browser will warn once; install your own certificate into data/cert.pem and data/key.pem for production). Join the ready-made conference at https://YOUR_VM_IP:8443/group/public/ as any username with the generated group password (in your secret list). The server administrator account is user 'admin' with the generated admin password (also in your secret list); use it with the bundled galenectl utility or the galene-api to create more groups and users. Exposure posture: port 8443 is a PUBLIC conference server over HTTPS. For production, install a real TLS certificate and restrict or password-protect your groups.

FAQ​

Is there a software license fee? No. Galene is open source and free to run. You pay only for the NetActuate infrastructure and bandwidth.

Which port does the appliance serve on? The primary service is published on port 8443 by default; see the configuration fields for any adjustable ports.

Who supports it? NetActuate operates the underlying infrastructure. The application itself is community-supported open source (best-effort SLA class).

Version and Changelog​

VersionStatusReleased
1.1Current (default)2026-07-11

Deploy​

Need Help?​

Contact support@netactuate.com or open a support ticket from the portal.