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teams-for-linux custom backgrounds

This servers custom images for the teams-for-linux client using Docker (or Podman) and Nginx.

Installation

See the docs for reference.

Adding Backgrounds

First add your custom backgrounds to the backgrounds directory, you will also need a separate thumbnail for each background. Then copy the example config file to config.json:

cp backgrounds/config.json.v2.example backgrounds/config.json

And update the config.json file with the correct paths for the backgrounds and thumbnails. Refer to the docs for more information.

Setup SSL Certificates

mkcert is used to setup SSL certs for local development.

To use, execute the following commands:

sudo apt install mkcert libnss3-tools
mkcert -install
mkcert -cert-file ./certs/local.crt -key-file ./certs/local.key "teams-backgrounds.test"

Add site to system host file

Add the following websites to the system host file (/etc/hosts):

127.0.0.1 teams-backgrounds.test

Configure Teams

To configure the teams-for-linux client to use the custom backgrounds, add the following to the Teams config file:

  • ~/.var/app/com.github.IsmaelMartinez.teams_for_linux/config/teams-for-linux/config.json
{
    "isCustomBackgroundEnabled": true,
    "customBGServiceBaseUrl": "https://teams-backgrounds.test:8081/images",
}

Start the container

To start the container, simply run make, to stop run make clean.