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I think the disconnect this is.. your

nodejs

server is different from livekit-server. There are three components here: • livekit client SDK • livekit server (runs on port 7880) • your backend server (NodeJS) Both livekit client SDK and your backend server should point to livekit-server at port 7880

But it is really difficult to understand that from the docs. I setup 100ms and videosdk in 2 hours. Been trying to setup livekit for 2 days. I am almost gonna give up. Which one is livekit server? Do I have to set it up also? https://docs.livekit.io/getting-started/server-setup/ this one? How do I deploy that?

So the question is, are you looking for a fully hosted solution? if so, you should sign up for LiveKit Cloud. LiveKit can also be fully hosted by yourself, and here are the instructions to install a copy of the server.

I did sign up! I want to use the Cloud. I have a 4000 user base. I want to move from Agora but I just can't understand the docs and I read thousands of docs. I did the stuff you showed on the page I connected to the server but how can I create my own? It is a windows exe file. Using LiveKit Cloud it says. But where is the rest of the instructions?

Got it! in that case, you can ignore LiveKit server entirely (those instructions are geared towards someone hosting their open source servers). Sorry for the confusion there. we have an improved onboarding experience coming shortly. CC: @acoustic-engineer-41666

Thank you for the replies. Just one quick last question. I have done the stuff on the page you sent. I have the client SDK ready. I have the backend server (NodeJS) ready. On the client side what do I use for the wsurl? For example here:

await room.connect('<ws://localhost:3000>', 'userToken');

or here:

await room.prepareConnection(wssUrl.value);

Do I use the cloud livekit url? Do I add a port? wss://myproject.livekit.cloud Let me share my server code just in case:https://codeshare.io/gLgJqV Also, you realllllly need to make the docs open source. There are lot of stuff I want to fix and make more readable. LiveKit is opensource why not the docs?

yeah, the cloud URL

<wss://myproject.livekit.cloud>

would be the server URL that you put into

room.connect

. You do not need to add a port. By default it'll use the standard HTTPS port (443)

Thank you! I finally connected! Thank you for your time!

woohoo!