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2007-06-28 Mickael Remond <mickael.remond@process-one.net>
* doc/guide.tex: Documentation rework started (EJAB-272)
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2007-06-28 Christophe Romain <christophe.romain@process-one.net>
* src/web/ejabberd_web_admin.erl: corrects EJAB-273,
remove obsolete OnlineUsers calculation
* src/web/ejabberd_web_admin.erl: corrects (EJAB-273),
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2007-06-26 Alexey Shchepin <alexey@sevcom.net>

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</P><TABLE CLASS="title"><TR><TD><H1 CLASS="titlemain">Ejabberd 2.0.0beta1 Developers Guide</H1><H3 CLASS="titlerest">Alexey Shchepin<BR>
<A HREF="mailto:alexey@sevcom.net"><TT>mailto:alexey@sevcom.net</TT></A><BR>
<A HREF="xmpp:aleksey@jabber.ru"><TT>xmpp:aleksey@jabber.ru</TT></A></H3></TD></TR>
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<H1 CLASS="titlemain">Ejabberd 1.1.2 Developers Guide</H1>
<H3 CLASS="titlerest">Alexey Shchepin<BR>
<A HREF="mailto:alexey@sevcom.net"><TT>mailto:alexey@sevcom.net</TT></A><BR>
<A HREF="xmpp:aleksey@jabber.ru"><TT>xmpp:aleksey@jabber.ru</TT></A></H3></TD>
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<BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="quotation"><I>I can thoroughly recommend ejabberd for ease of setup &ndash;
Kevin Smith, Current maintainer of the Psi project</I></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<H2 CLASS="section">Contents</H2><!--SEC END -->
</DIV><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="quotation"><I>I can thoroughly recommend ejabberd for ease of setup &#X2013;
Kevin Smith, Current maintainer of the Psi project</I></BLOCKQUOTE><!--TOC section Contents-->
<H2 CLASS="section"><!--SEC ANCHOR -->Contents</H2><!--SEC END --><UL CLASS="toc"><LI CLASS="li-toc">
<A HREF="#htoc1">1&#XA0;&#XA0;Key Features</A>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc2">2&#XA0;&#XA0;Additional Features</A>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc3">3&#XA0;&#XA0;How it Works</A>
<UL CLASS="toc"><LI CLASS="li-toc">
<A HREF="#htoc1">1&nbsp;&nbsp;Introduction</A>
<A HREF="#htoc4">3.1&#XA0;&#XA0;Router</A>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc5">3.2&#XA0;&#XA0;Local Router</A>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc6">3.3&#XA0;&#XA0;Session Manager</A>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc7">3.4&#XA0;&#XA0;S2S Manager</A>
</LI></UL>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc8">4&#XA0;&#XA0;XML Representation</A>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc9">5&#XA0;&#XA0;Module <TT>xml</TT></A>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc10">6&#XA0;&#XA0;Module <TT>xml_stream</TT></A>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc11">7&#XA0;&#XA0;Modules</A>
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<A HREF="#htoc2">1.1&nbsp;&nbsp;Key Features</A>
<LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc3">1.2&nbsp;&nbsp;Additional Features</A>
</UL>
<LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc4">2&nbsp;&nbsp;How it Works</A>
<UL CLASS="toc"><LI CLASS="li-toc">
<A HREF="#htoc5">2.1&nbsp;&nbsp;Router</A>
<LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc6">2.2&nbsp;&nbsp;Local Router</A>
<LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc7">2.3&nbsp;&nbsp;Session Manager</A>
<LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc8">2.4&nbsp;&nbsp;S2S Manager</A>
</UL>
<LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc9">3&nbsp;&nbsp;XML Representation</A>
<LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc10">4&nbsp;&nbsp;Module <TT>xml</TT></A>
<LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc11">5&nbsp;&nbsp;Module <TT>xml_stream</TT></A>
<LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc12">6&nbsp;&nbsp;Modules</A>
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<A HREF="#htoc13">6.1&nbsp;&nbsp;Module gen_iq_handler</A>
<LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc14">6.2&nbsp;&nbsp;Services</A>
</UL>
</UL>
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<H2 CLASS="section"><A NAME="htoc1">1</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;Introduction</H2><!--SEC END -->
<A NAME="intro"></A>
<TT>ejabberd</TT> is a free and open source instant messaging server written in <A HREF="http://www.erlang.org/">Erlang</A>.<BR>
<BR>
<TT>ejabberd</TT> is cross-platform, distributed, fault-tolerant, and based on open standards to achieve real-time communication.<BR>
<BR>
<TT>ejabberd</TT> is designed to be a rock-solid and feature rich XMPP server.<BR>
<BR>
<TT>ejabberd</TT> is suitable for small deployments, whether they need to be scalable or not, as well as extremely big deployments.<BR>
<BR>
<!--TOC subsection Key Features-->
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<A HREF="#htoc12">7.1&#XA0;&#XA0;Module gen_iq_handler</A>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc13">7.2&#XA0;&#XA0;Services</A>
</LI></UL>
</LI></UL><P>Introduction
<A NAME="intro"></A></P><P><TT>ejabberd</TT> is a free and open source instant messaging server written in <A HREF="http://www.erlang.org/">Erlang</A>.</P><P><TT>ejabberd</TT> is cross-platform, distributed, fault-tolerant, and based on open standards to achieve real-time communication.</P><P><TT>ejabberd</TT> is designed to be a rock-solid and feature rich XMPP server.</P><P><TT>ejabberd</TT> is suitable for small deployments, whether they need to be scalable or not, as well as extremely big deployments.</P><!--TOC section Key Features-->
<H2 CLASS="section"><!--SEC ANCHOR --><A NAME="htoc1">1</A>&#XA0;&#XA0;Key Features</H2><!--SEC END --><P>
<A NAME="keyfeatures"></A>
<TT>ejabberd</TT> is:
<UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
Cross-platform: <TT>ejabberd</TT> runs under Microsoft Windows and Unix derived systems such as Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD.<BR>
<BR>
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Distributed: You can run <TT>ejabberd</TT> on a cluster of machines and all of them will serve the same Jabber domain(s). When you need more capacity you can simply add a new cheap node to your cluster. Accordingly, you do not need to buy an expensive high-end machine to support tens of thousands concurrent users.<BR>
<BR>
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Fault-tolerant: You can deploy an <TT>ejabberd</TT> cluster so that all the information required for a properly working service will be replicated permanently on all nodes. This means that if one of the nodes crashes, the others will continue working without disruption. In addition, nodes also can be added or replaced `on the fly'.<BR>
<BR>
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Administrator Friendly: <TT>ejabberd</TT> is built on top of the Open Source Erlang. As a result you do not need to install an external database, an external web server, amongst others because everything is already included, and ready to run out of the box. Other administrator benefits include:
</P><P><TT>ejabberd</TT> is:
</P><UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
Cross-platform: <TT>ejabberd</TT> runs under Microsoft Windows and Unix derived systems such as Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD.</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Distributed: You can run <TT>ejabberd</TT> on a cluster of machines and all of them will serve the same Jabber domain(s). When you need more capacity you can simply add a new cheap node to your cluster. Accordingly, you do not need to buy an expensive high-end machine to support tens of thousands concurrent users.</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Fault-tolerant: You can deploy an <TT>ejabberd</TT> cluster so that all the information required for a properly working service will be replicated permanently on all nodes. This means that if one of the nodes crashes, the others will continue working without disruption. In addition, nodes also can be added or replaced `on the fly'.</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Administrator Friendly: <TT>ejabberd</TT> is built on top of the Open Source Erlang. As a result you do not need to install an external database, an external web server, amongst others because everything is already included, and ready to run out of the box. Other administrator benefits include:
<UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
Comprehensive documentation.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Straightforward installers for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Web interface for administration tasks.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Shared Roster Groups.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Command line administration tool.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Can integrate with existing authentication mechanisms.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Capability to send announce messages.
</UL><BR>
<BR>
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Internationalized: <TT>ejabberd</TT> leads in internationalization. Hence it is very well suited in a globalized world. Related features are:
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Straightforward installers for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Web interface for administration tasks.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Shared Roster Groups.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Command line administration tool.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Can integrate with existing authentication mechanisms.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Capability to send announce messages.
</LI></UL></LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Internationalized: <TT>ejabberd</TT> leads in internationalization. Hence it is very well suited in a globalized world. Related features are:
<UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
Translated in 12 languages.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Support for <A HREF="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3490.txt">IDNA</A>.
</UL><BR>
<BR>
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Open Standards: <TT>ejabberd</TT> is the first Open Source Jabber server claiming to fully comply to the XMPP standard.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Support for <A HREF="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3490.txt">IDNA</A>.
</LI></UL></LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Open Standards: <TT>ejabberd</TT> is the first Open Source Jabber server claiming to fully comply to the XMPP standard.
<UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
Fully XMPP compliant.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">XML-based protocol.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize"><A HREF="http://ejabberd.jabber.ru/protocols">Many protocols supported</A>.
</UL></UL>
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</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">XML-based protocol.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize"><A HREF="http://ejabberd.jabber.ru/protocols">Many protocols supported</A>.
</LI></UL></LI></UL><!--TOC section Additional Features-->
<H2 CLASS="section"><!--SEC ANCHOR --><A NAME="htoc2">2</A>&#XA0;&#XA0;Additional Features</H2><!--SEC END --><P>
<A NAME="addfeatures"></A>
Moreover, <TT>ejabberd</TT> comes with a wide range of other state-of-the-art features:
<UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
</P><P>Moreover, <TT>ejabberd</TT> comes with a wide range of other state-of-the-art features:
</P><UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
Modular
<UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
Load only the modules you want.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Extend <TT>ejabberd</TT> with your own custom modules.
</UL>
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Security
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Extend <TT>ejabberd</TT> with your own custom modules.
</LI></UL>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Security
<UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
SASL and STARTTLS for c2s and s2s connections.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">STARTTLS and Dialback s2s connections.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Web interface accessible via HTTPS secure access.
</UL>
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Databases
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">STARTTLS and Dialback s2s connections.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Web interface accessible via HTTPS secure access.
</LI></UL>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Databases
<UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
Native MySQL support.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Native PostgreSQL support.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Mnesia.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">ODBC data storage support.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Microsoft SQL Server support.
</UL>
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Authentication
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Native PostgreSQL support.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Mnesia.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">ODBC data storage support.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Microsoft SQL Server support.
</LI></UL>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Authentication
<UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
LDAP and ODBC.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">External Authentication script.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Internal Authentication.
</UL>
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Others
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">External Authentication script.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Internal Authentication.
</LI></UL>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Others
<UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
Compressing XML streams with Stream Compression (<A HREF="http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0138.html">XEP-0138</A>).
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Interface with networks such as AIM, ICQ and MSN.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Statistics via Statistics Gathering (<A HREF="http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0039.html">XEP-0039</A>).
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">IPv6 support both for c2s and s2s connections.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize"><A HREF="http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0045.html">Multi-User Chat</A> module with logging.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Users Directory based on users vCards.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize"><A HREF="http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0060.html">Publish-Subscribe</A> component.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Support for virtual hosting.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize"><A HREF="http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0025.html">HTTP Polling</A> service.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">IRC transport.
</UL>
</UL>
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<H2 CLASS="section"><A NAME="htoc4">2</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;How it Works</H2><!--SEC END -->
<A NAME="howitworks"></A>
A Jabber domain is served by one or more <TT>ejabberd</TT> nodes. These nodes can
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Interface with networks such as AIM, ICQ and MSN.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Statistics via Statistics Gathering (<A HREF="http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0039.html">XEP-0039</A>).
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">IPv6 support both for c2s and s2s connections.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize"><A HREF="http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0045.html">Multi-User Chat</A> module with logging.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Users Directory based on users vCards.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize"><A HREF="http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0060.html">Publish-Subscribe</A> component.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Support for virtual hosting.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize"><A HREF="http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0025.html">HTTP Polling</A> service.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">IRC transport.
</LI></UL>
</LI></UL><!--TOC section How it Works-->
<H2 CLASS="section"><!--SEC ANCHOR --><A NAME="htoc3">3</A>&#XA0;&#XA0;How it Works</H2><!--SEC END --><P>
<A NAME="howitworks"></A></P><P>A Jabber domain is served by one or more <TT>ejabberd</TT> nodes. These nodes can
be run on different machines that are connected via a network. They all must
have the ability to connect to port 4369 of all another nodes, and must have
the same magic cookie (see Erlang/OTP documentation, in other words the file
<TT>~ejabberd/.erlang.cookie</TT> must be the same on all nodes). This is
needed because all nodes exchange information about connected users, S2S
connections, registered services, etc...<BR>
<BR>
Each <TT>ejabberd</TT> node have following modules:
<UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
connections, registered services, etc&#X2026;</P><P>Each <TT>ejabberd</TT> node have following modules:
</P><UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
router;
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">local router.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">session manager;
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">S2S manager;
</UL>
<!--TOC subsection Router-->
<H3 CLASS="subsection"><A NAME="htoc5">2.1</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;Router</H3><!--SEC END -->
This module is the main router of Jabber packets on each node. It routes
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">local router.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">session manager;
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">S2S manager;
</LI></UL><!--TOC subsection Router-->
<H3 CLASS="subsection"><!--SEC ANCHOR --><A NAME="htoc4">3.1</A>&#XA0;&#XA0;Router</H3><!--SEC END --><P>This module is the main router of Jabber packets on each node. It routes
them based on their destinations domains. It has two tables: local and global
routes. First, domain of packet destination searched in local table, and if it
found, then the packet is routed to appropriate process. If no, then it
searches in global table, and is routed to the appropriate <TT>ejabberd</TT> node or
process. If it does not exists in either tables, then it sent to the S2S
manager.<BR>
<BR>
<!--TOC subsection Local Router-->
<H3 CLASS="subsection"><A NAME="htoc6">2.2</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;Local Router</H3><!--SEC END -->
This module routes packets which have a destination domain equal to this server
manager.</P><!--TOC subsection Local Router-->
<H3 CLASS="subsection"><!--SEC ANCHOR --><A NAME="htoc5">3.2</A>&#XA0;&#XA0;Local Router</H3><!--SEC END --><P>This module routes packets which have a destination domain equal to this server
name. If destination JID has a non-empty user part, then it routed to the
session manager, else it is processed depending on it's content.<BR>
<BR>
<!--TOC subsection Session Manager-->
<H3 CLASS="subsection"><A NAME="htoc7">2.3</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;Session Manager</H3><!--SEC END -->
This module routes packets to local users. It searches for what user resource
session manager, else it is processed depending on it's content.</P><!--TOC subsection Session Manager-->
<H3 CLASS="subsection"><!--SEC ANCHOR --><A NAME="htoc6">3.3</A>&#XA0;&#XA0;Session Manager</H3><!--SEC END --><P>This module routes packets to local users. It searches for what user resource
packet must be sended via presence table. If this resource is connected to
this node, it is routed to C2S process, if it connected via another node, then
the packet is sent to session manager on that node.<BR>
<BR>
<!--TOC subsection S2S Manager-->
<H3 CLASS="subsection"><A NAME="htoc8">2.4</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;S2S Manager</H3><!--SEC END -->
This module routes packets to other Jabber servers. First, it checks if an
the packet is sent to session manager on that node.</P><!--TOC subsection S2S Manager-->
<H3 CLASS="subsection"><!--SEC ANCHOR --><A NAME="htoc7">3.4</A>&#XA0;&#XA0;S2S Manager</H3><!--SEC END --><P>This module routes packets to other Jabber servers. First, it checks if an
open S2S connection from the domain of the packet source to the domain of
packet destination already exists. If it is open on another node, then it
routes the packet to S2S manager on that node, if it is open on this node, then
it is routed to the process that serves this connection, and if a connection
does not exist, then it is opened and registered.<BR>
<BR>
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<H2 CLASS="section"><A NAME="htoc9">3</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;XML Representation</H2><!--SEC END -->
<A NAME="xmlrepr"></A>
Each XML stanza is represented as the following tuple:
<PRE CLASS="verbatim">
XMLElement = {xmlelement, Name, Attrs, [ElementOrCDATA]}
does not exist, then it is opened and registered.</P><!--TOC section XML Representation-->
<H2 CLASS="section"><!--SEC ANCHOR --><A NAME="htoc8">4</A>&#XA0;&#XA0;XML Representation</H2><!--SEC END --><P>
<A NAME="xmlrepr"></A></P><P>Each XML stanza is represented as the following tuple:
</P><PRE CLASS="verbatim">XMLElement = {xmlelement, Name, Attrs, [ElementOrCDATA]}
Name = string()
Attrs = [Attr]
Attr = {Key, Val}
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Val = string()
ElementOrCDATA = XMLElement | CDATA
CDATA = {xmlcdata, string()}
</PRE>E.&nbsp;g. this stanza:
<PRE CLASS="verbatim">
&lt;message to='test@conference.example.org' type='groupchat'&gt;
</PRE><P>E.&#XA0;g. this stanza:
</P><PRE CLASS="verbatim">&lt;message to='test@conference.example.org' type='groupchat'&gt;
&lt;body&gt;test&lt;/body&gt;
&lt;/message&gt;
</PRE>is represented as the following structure:
<PRE CLASS="verbatim">
{xmlelement, "message",
</PRE><P>is represented as the following structure:
</P><PRE CLASS="verbatim">{xmlelement, "message",
[{"to", "test@conference.example.org"},
{"type", "groupchat"}],
[{xmlelement, "body",
[],
[{xmlcdata, "test"}]}]}}
</PRE>
<!--TOC section Module <TT>xml</TT>-->
<H2 CLASS="section"><A NAME="htoc10">4</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;Module <TT>xml</TT></H2><!--SEC END -->
<A NAME="xmlmod"></A>
<DL CLASS="description" COMPACT=compact><DT CLASS="dt-description"><DD CLASS="dd-description"><CODE>element_to_string(El) -&gt; string()</CODE>
<PRE CLASS="verbatim">
El = XMLElement
</PRE>Returns string representation of XML stanza <TT>El</TT>.<BR>
<BR>
<DT CLASS="dt-description"><DD CLASS="dd-description"><CODE>crypt(S) -&gt; string()</CODE>
<PRE CLASS="verbatim">
S = string()
</PRE><!--TOC section Module <TT>xml</TT>-->
<H2 CLASS="section"><!--SEC ANCHOR --><A NAME="htoc9">5</A>&#XA0;&#XA0;Module <TT>xml</TT></H2><!--SEC END --><P>
<A NAME="xmlmod"></A></P><DL CLASS="description"><DT CLASS="dt-description">
</DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"><CODE>element_to_string(El) -&gt; string()</CODE>
<PRE CLASS="verbatim">El = XMLElement
</PRE>Returns string representation of XML stanza <TT>El</TT>.</DD><DT CLASS="dt-description"></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"><CODE>crypt(S) -&gt; string()</CODE>
<PRE CLASS="verbatim">S = string()
</PRE>Returns string which correspond to <TT>S</TT> with encoded XML special
characters.<BR>
<BR>
<DT CLASS="dt-description"><DD CLASS="dd-description"><CODE>remove_cdata(ECList) -&gt; EList</CODE>
<PRE CLASS="verbatim">
ECList = [ElementOrCDATA]
characters.</DD><DT CLASS="dt-description"></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"><CODE>remove_cdata(ECList) -&gt; EList</CODE>
<PRE CLASS="verbatim">ECList = [ElementOrCDATA]
EList = [XMLElement]
</PRE><TT>EList</TT> is a list of all non-CDATA elements of ECList.<BR>
<BR>
<DT CLASS="dt-description"><DD CLASS="dd-description"><CODE>get_path_s(El, Path) -&gt; Res</CODE>
<PRE CLASS="verbatim">
El = XMLElement
</PRE><TT>EList</TT> is a list of all non-CDATA elements of ECList.</DD><DT CLASS="dt-description"></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"><CODE>get_path_s(El, Path) -&gt; Res</CODE>
<PRE CLASS="verbatim">El = XMLElement
Path = [PathItem]
PathItem = PathElem | PathAttr | PathCDATA
PathElem = {elem, Name}
@ -298,74 +221,56 @@ PathCDATA = cdata
Name = string()
Res = string() | XMLElement
</PRE>If <TT>Path</TT> is empty, then returns <TT>El</TT>. Else sequentially
consider elements of <TT>Path</TT>. Each element is one of:
<DL CLASS="description" COMPACT=compact><DT CLASS="dt-description"><DD CLASS="dd-description"><CODE>{elem, Name}</CODE> <TT>Name</TT> is name of subelement of
<TT>El</TT>, if such element exists, then this element considered in
following steps, else returns empty string.
<DT CLASS="dt-description"><DD CLASS="dd-description"><CODE>{attr, Name}</CODE> If <TT>El</TT> have attribute <TT>Name</TT>, then
returns value of this attribute, else returns empty string.
<DT CLASS="dt-description"><DD CLASS="dd-description"><CODE>cdata</CODE> Returns CDATA of <TT>El</TT>.
</DL><BR>
<BR>
<DT CLASS="dt-description"><DD CLASS="dd-description">TODO:
<PRE CLASS="verbatim">
get_cdata/1, get_tag_cdata/1
consider elements of <TT>Path</TT>. Each element is one of:
<DL CLASS="description"><DT CLASS="dt-description">
</DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"><CODE>{elem, Name}</CODE> <TT>Name</TT> is name of subelement of
<TT>El</TT>, if such element exists, then this element considered in
following steps, else returns empty string.
</DD><DT CLASS="dt-description"></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"><CODE>{attr, Name}</CODE> If <TT>El</TT> have attribute <TT>Name</TT>, then
returns value of this attribute, else returns empty string.
</DD><DT CLASS="dt-description"></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"><CODE>cdata</CODE> Returns CDATA of <TT>El</TT>.
</DD></DL></DD><DT CLASS="dt-description"></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description">TODO:
<PRE CLASS="verbatim"> get_cdata/1, get_tag_cdata/1
get_attr/2, get_attr_s/2
get_tag_attr/2, get_tag_attr_s/2
get_subtag/2
</PRE></DL>
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<PRE CLASS="verbatim">
Str = string()
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</DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"><CODE>parse_element(Str) -&gt; XMLElement | {error, Err}</CODE>
<PRE CLASS="verbatim">Str = string()
Err = term()
</PRE>Parses <TT>Str</TT> using XML parser, returns either parsed element or error
tuple.
</DL>
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<H2 CLASS="section"><A NAME="htoc12">6</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;Modules</H2><!--SEC END -->
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<!--TOC subsection Module gen_iq_handler-->
<H3 CLASS="subsection"><A NAME="htoc13">6.1</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;Module gen_iq_handler</H3><!--SEC END -->
<A NAME="geniqhandl"></A>
The module <CODE>gen_iq_handler</CODE> allows to easily write handlers for IQ packets
of particular XML namespaces that addressed to server or to users bare JIDs.<BR>
<BR>
In this module the following functions are defined:
<DL CLASS="description" COMPACT=compact><DT CLASS="dt-description"><DD CLASS="dd-description"><CODE>add_iq_handler(Component, Host, NS, Module, Function, Type)</CODE>
<PRE CLASS="verbatim">
Component = Module = Function = atom()
tuple.
</DD></DL><!--TOC section Modules-->
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<A NAME="emods"></A></P><!--TOC subsection Module gen_iq_handler-->
<H3 CLASS="subsection"><!--SEC ANCHOR --><A NAME="htoc12">7.1</A>&#XA0;&#XA0;Module gen_iq_handler</H3><!--SEC END --><P>
<A NAME="geniqhandl"></A></P><P>The module <CODE>gen_iq_handler</CODE> allows to easily write handlers for IQ packets
of particular XML namespaces that addressed to server or to users bare JIDs.</P><P>In this module the following functions are defined:
</P><DL CLASS="description"><DT CLASS="dt-description">
</DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"><CODE>add_iq_handler(Component, Host, NS, Module, Function, Type)</CODE>
<PRE CLASS="verbatim">Component = Module = Function = atom()
Host = NS = string()
Type = no_queue | one_queue | parallel
</PRE>Registers function <CODE>Module:Function</CODE> as handler for IQ packets on
virtual host <CODE>Host</CODE> that contain child of namespace <CODE>NS</CODE> in
<CODE>Component</CODE>. Queueing discipline is <CODE>Type</CODE>. There are at least
two components defined:
<DL CLASS="description" COMPACT=compact><DT CLASS="dt-description"><DD CLASS="dd-description"><CODE>ejabberd_local</CODE> Handles packets that addressed to server JID;
<DT CLASS="dt-description"><DD CLASS="dd-description"><CODE>ejabberd_sm</CODE> Handles packets that addressed to users bare JIDs.
</DL>
<DT CLASS="dt-description"><DD CLASS="dd-description"><CODE>remove_iq_handler(Component, Host, NS)</CODE>
<PRE CLASS="verbatim">
Component = atom()
virtual host <CODE>Host</CODE> that contain child of namespace <CODE>NS</CODE> in
<CODE>Component</CODE>. Queueing discipline is <CODE>Type</CODE>. There are at least
two components defined:
<DL CLASS="description"><DT CLASS="dt-description">
</DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"><CODE>ejabberd_local</CODE> Handles packets that addressed to server JID;
</DD><DT CLASS="dt-description"></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"><CODE>ejabberd_sm</CODE> Handles packets that addressed to users bare JIDs.
</DD></DL>
</DD><DT CLASS="dt-description"></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"><CODE>remove_iq_handler(Component, Host, NS)</CODE>
<PRE CLASS="verbatim">Component = atom()
Host = NS = string()
</PRE>Removes IQ handler on virtual host <CODE>Host</CODE> for namespace <CODE>NS</CODE> from
<CODE>Component</CODE>.
</DL>
Handler function must have the following type:
<DL CLASS="description" COMPACT=compact><DT CLASS="dt-description"><DD CLASS="dd-description"><CODE>Module:Function(From, To, IQ)</CODE>
<PRE CLASS="verbatim">
From = To = jid()
</PRE></DL>
<PRE CLASS="verbatim">
-module(mod_cputime).
<CODE>Component</CODE>.
</DD></DL><P>Handler function must have the following type:
</P><DL CLASS="description"><DT CLASS="dt-description">
</DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"><CODE>Module:Function(From, To, IQ)</CODE>
<PRE CLASS="verbatim">From = To = jid()
</PRE></DD></DL><PRE CLASS="verbatim">-module(mod_cputime).
-behaviour(gen_mod).
@ -399,14 +304,9 @@ process_local_iq(From, To, {iq, ID, Type, XMLNS, SubEl}) -&gt;
[{"xmlns", ?NS_CPUTIME}],
[{xmlelement, "cputime", [], [{xmlcdata, SCPUTime}]}]}]}
end.
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<A NAME="services"></A>
<PRE CLASS="verbatim">
-module(mod_echo).
</PRE><!--TOC subsection Services-->
<H3 CLASS="subsection"><!--SEC ANCHOR --><A NAME="htoc13">7.2</A>&#XA0;&#XA0;Services</H3><!--SEC END --><P>
<A NAME="services"></A></P><PRE CLASS="verbatim">-module(mod_echo).
-behaviour(gen_mod).
@ -440,10 +340,10 @@ stop(Host) -&gt;
Proc = gen_mod:get_module_proc(Host, ?PROCNAME),
Proc ! stop,
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<BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="quotation"><FONT COLOR="#921700"><I>I can thoroughly recommend ejabberd for ease of setup &ndash;
Kevin Smith, Current maintainer of the Psi project</I></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<!--TOC section Introduction-->
<H2 CLASS="section">Introduction</H2><!--SEC END -->
<A NAME="intro"></A>
<BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="quotation"><FONT COLOR="#921700"><I>I just tried out ejabberd and was impressed both by ejabberd itself and the language it is written in, Erlang. &mdash;
Joeri</I></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<TT>ejabberd</TT> is a <B><FONT SIZE=4><FONT COLOR="#001376">free and open source</FONT></FONT></B> instant messaging server written in <A HREF="http://www.erlang.org/">Erlang</A>.<BR>
<BR>
<TT>ejabberd</TT> is <B><FONT SIZE=4><FONT COLOR="#001376">cross-platform</FONT></FONT></B>, distributed, fault-tolerant, and based on open standards to achieve real-time communication.<BR>
<BR>
<TT>ejabberd</TT> is designed to be a <B><FONT SIZE=4><FONT COLOR="#001376">rock-solid and feature rich</FONT></FONT></B> XMPP server.<BR>
<BR>
<TT>ejabberd</TT> is suitable for small deployments, whether they need to be <B><FONT SIZE=4><FONT COLOR="#001376">scalable</FONT></FONT></B> or not, as well as extremely big deployments.<BR>
<BR>
<!--TOC subsection Key Features-->
<H3 CLASS="subsection">Key Features</H3><!--SEC END -->
</DIV><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="quotation"><FONT COLOR="#921700"><I>I can thoroughly recommend ejabberd for ease of setup &#X2013;
Kevin Smith, Current maintainer of the Psi project</I></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Introduction
<A NAME="intro"></A></P><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="quotation"><FONT COLOR="#921700"><I>I just tried out ejabberd and was impressed both by ejabberd itself and the language it is written in, Erlang. &#X2014;
Joeri</I></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><P><TT>ejabberd</TT> is a <B><FONT SIZE=4><FONT COLOR="#001376">free and open source</FONT></FONT></B> instant messaging server written in <A HREF="http://www.erlang.org/">Erlang</A>.</P><P><TT>ejabberd</TT> is <B><FONT SIZE=4><FONT COLOR="#001376">cross-platform</FONT></FONT></B>, distributed, fault-tolerant, and based on open standards to achieve real-time communication.</P><P><TT>ejabberd</TT> is designed to be a <B><FONT SIZE=4><FONT COLOR="#001376">rock-solid and feature rich</FONT></FONT></B> XMPP server.</P><P><TT>ejabberd</TT> is suitable for small deployments, whether they need to be <B><FONT SIZE=4><FONT COLOR="#001376">scalable</FONT></FONT></B> or not, as well as extremely big deployments.</P><!--TOC section Key Features-->
<H2 CLASS="section"><!--SEC ANCHOR --><A NAME="htoc1"></A>Key Features</H2><!--SEC END --><P>
<A NAME="keyfeatures"></A>
<BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="quotation"><FONT COLOR="#921700"><I>Erlang seems to be tailor-made for writing stable, robust servers. &mdash;
Peter Saint-Andr&eacute;, Executive Director of the Jabber Software Foundation</I></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<TT>ejabberd</TT> is:
<UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
<B><FONT SIZE=4><FONT COLOR="#001376">Cross-platform:</FONT></FONT></B> <TT>ejabberd</TT> runs under Microsoft Windows and Unix derived systems such as Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD.<BR>
<BR>
<LI CLASS="li-itemize"><B><FONT SIZE=4><FONT COLOR="#001376">Distributed:</FONT></FONT></B> You can run <TT>ejabberd</TT> on a cluster of machines and all of them will serve the same Jabber domain(s). When you need more capacity you can simply add a new cheap node to your cluster. Accordingly, you do not need to buy an expensive high-end machine to support tens of thousands concurrent users.<BR>
<BR>
<LI CLASS="li-itemize"><B><FONT SIZE=4><FONT COLOR="#001376">Fault-tolerant:</FONT></FONT></B> You can deploy an <TT>ejabberd</TT> cluster so that all the information required for a properly working service will be replicated permanently on all nodes. This means that if one of the nodes crashes, the others will continue working without disruption. In addition, nodes also can be added or replaced `on the fly'.<BR>
<BR>
<LI CLASS="li-itemize"><B><FONT SIZE=4><FONT COLOR="#001376">Administrator Friendly:</FONT></FONT></B> <TT>ejabberd</TT> is built on top of the Open Source Erlang. As a result you do not need to install an external database, an external web server, amongst others because everything is already included, and ready to run out of the box. Other administrator benefits include:
</P><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="quotation"><FONT COLOR="#921700"><I>Erlang seems to be tailor-made for writing stable, robust servers. &#X2014;
Peter Saint-Andr&#XE9;, Executive Director of the Jabber Software Foundation</I></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><P><TT>ejabberd</TT> is:
</P><UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
<B><FONT SIZE=4><FONT COLOR="#001376">Cross-platform:</FONT></FONT></B> <TT>ejabberd</TT> runs under Microsoft Windows and Unix derived systems such as Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD.</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize"><B><FONT SIZE=4><FONT COLOR="#001376">Distributed:</FONT></FONT></B> You can run <TT>ejabberd</TT> on a cluster of machines and all of them will serve the same Jabber domain(s). When you need more capacity you can simply add a new cheap node to your cluster. Accordingly, you do not need to buy an expensive high-end machine to support tens of thousands concurrent users.</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize"><B><FONT SIZE=4><FONT COLOR="#001376">Fault-tolerant:</FONT></FONT></B> You can deploy an <TT>ejabberd</TT> cluster so that all the information required for a properly working service will be replicated permanently on all nodes. This means that if one of the nodes crashes, the others will continue working without disruption. In addition, nodes also can be added or replaced `on the fly'.</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize"><B><FONT SIZE=4><FONT COLOR="#001376">Administrator Friendly:</FONT></FONT></B> <TT>ejabberd</TT> is built on top of the Open Source Erlang. As a result you do not need to install an external database, an external web server, amongst others because everything is already included, and ready to run out of the box. Other administrator benefits include:
<UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
Comprehensive documentation.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Straightforward installers for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.<FONT COLOR="#FFAA00"><SPAN STYLE="font-variant:small-caps">improved</SPAN></FONT>
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Web interface for administration tasks.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Shared Roster Groups.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Command line administration tool.<FONT COLOR="#FFAA00"><SPAN STYLE="font-variant:small-caps">improved</SPAN></FONT>
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Can integrate with existing authentication mechanisms.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Capability to send announce messages.
</UL><BR>
<BR>
<LI CLASS="li-itemize"><B><FONT SIZE=4><FONT COLOR="#001376">Internationalized:</FONT></FONT></B> <TT>ejabberd</TT> leads in internationalization. Hence it is very well suited in a globalized world. Related features are:
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Straightforward installers for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.<DIV CLASS="marginpar marginparright"><FONT COLOR="#FFAA00"><SPAN STYLE="font-variant:small-caps">improved</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Web interface for administration tasks.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Shared Roster Groups.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Command line administration tool.<DIV CLASS="marginpar marginparright"><FONT COLOR="#FFAA00"><SPAN STYLE="font-variant:small-caps">improved</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Can integrate with existing authentication mechanisms.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Capability to send announce messages.
</LI></UL></LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize"><B><FONT SIZE=4><FONT COLOR="#001376">Internationalized:</FONT></FONT></B> <TT>ejabberd</TT> leads in internationalization. Hence it is very well suited in a globalized world. Related features are:
<UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
Translated in 12 languages.<FONT COLOR="#FFAA00"><SPAN STYLE="font-variant:small-caps">improved</SPAN></FONT>
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Support for <A HREF="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3490.txt">IDNA</A>.
</UL><BR>
<BR>
<LI CLASS="li-itemize"><B><FONT SIZE=4><FONT COLOR="#001376">Open Standards:</FONT></FONT></B> <TT>ejabberd</TT> is the first Open Source Jabber server claiming to fully comply to the XMPP standard.
Translated in 12 languages.<DIV CLASS="marginpar marginparright"><FONT COLOR="#FFAA00"><SPAN STYLE="font-variant:small-caps">improved</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Support for <A HREF="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3490.txt">IDNA</A>.
</LI></UL></LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize"><B><FONT SIZE=4><FONT COLOR="#001376">Open Standards:</FONT></FONT></B> <TT>ejabberd</TT> is the first Open Source Jabber server claiming to fully comply to the XMPP standard.
<UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
Fully XMPP compliant.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">XML-based protocol.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize"><A HREF="http://ejabberd.jabber.ru/protocols">Many protocols supported</A>.
</UL></UL>
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</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">XML-based protocol.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize"><A HREF="http://ejabberd.jabber.ru/protocols">Many protocols supported</A>.
</LI></UL></LI></UL><!--TOC section Additional Features-->
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<A NAME="addfeatures"></A>
<BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="quotation"><FONT COLOR="#921700"><I>ejabberd is making inroads to solving the "buggy incomplete server" problem &mdash;
Justin Karneges, Founder of the Psi and the Delta projects</I></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
Moreover, <TT>ejabberd</TT> comes with a wide range of other state-of-the-art features:
<UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
</P><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="quotation"><FONT COLOR="#921700"><I>ejabberd is making inroads to solving the "buggy incomplete server" problem &#X2014;
Justin Karneges, Founder of the Psi and the Delta projects</I></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Moreover, <TT>ejabberd</TT> comes with a wide range of other state-of-the-art features:
</P><UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
Modular
<UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
Load only the modules you want.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Extend <TT>ejabberd</TT> with your own custom modules.
</UL>
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Security
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Extend <TT>ejabberd</TT> with your own custom modules.
</LI></UL>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Security
<UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
SASL and STARTTLS for c2s and s2s connections.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">STARTTLS and Dialback s2s connections.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Web interface accessible via HTTPS secure access.
</UL>
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Databases
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">STARTTLS and Dialback s2s connections.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Web interface accessible via HTTPS secure access.
</LI></UL>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Databases
<UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
Native MySQL support.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Native PostgreSQL support.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Mnesia.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">ODBC data storage support.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Microsoft SQL Server support.<FONT COLOR="red"><SPAN STYLE="font-variant:small-caps">new</SPAN></FONT>
</UL>
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Authentication
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Native PostgreSQL support.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Mnesia.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">ODBC data storage support.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Microsoft SQL Server support.<DIV CLASS="marginpar marginparright"><FONT COLOR="red"><SPAN STYLE="font-variant:small-caps">new</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
</LI></UL>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Authentication
<UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
LDAP and ODBC.<FONT COLOR="#FFAA00"><SPAN STYLE="font-variant:small-caps">improved</SPAN></FONT>
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">External Authentication script.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Internal Authentication.
</UL>
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Others
LDAP and ODBC.<DIV CLASS="marginpar marginparright"><FONT COLOR="#FFAA00"><SPAN STYLE="font-variant:small-caps">improved</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">External Authentication script.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Internal Authentication.
</LI></UL>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Others
<UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
Compressing XML streams with Stream Compression (<A HREF="http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0138.html">XEP-0138</A>).
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Interface with networks such as AIM, ICQ and MSN.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Statistics via Statistics Gathering (<A HREF="http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0039.html">XEP-0039</A>).
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">IPv6 support both for c2s and s2s connections.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize"><A HREF="http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0045.html">Multi-User Chat</A> module with logging.<FONT COLOR="#FFAA00"><SPAN STYLE="font-variant:small-caps">improved</SPAN></FONT>
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Users Directory based on users vCards.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize"><A HREF="http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0060.html">Publish-Subscribe</A> component.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">Support for virtual hosting.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize"><A HREF="http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0025.html">HTTP Polling</A> service.
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">IRC transport.
</UL>
</UL>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Interface with networks such as AIM, ICQ and MSN.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Statistics via Statistics Gathering (<A HREF="http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0039.html">XEP-0039</A>).
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">IPv6 support both for c2s and s2s connections.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize"><A HREF="http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0045.html">Multi-User Chat</A> module with logging.<DIV CLASS="marginpar marginparright"><FONT COLOR="#FFAA00"><SPAN STYLE="font-variant:small-caps">improved</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Users Directory based on users vCards.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize"><A HREF="http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0060.html">Publish-Subscribe</A> component.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">Support for virtual hosting.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize"><A HREF="http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0025.html">HTTP Polling</A> service.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">IRC transport.
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%% Common options
\newcommand{\iqdiscitem}[1]{\titem{iqdisc} \ind{options!iqdisc}This specifies
the processing discipline for #1 IQ queries
(see section~\ref{modiqdiscoption}).}
the processing discipline for #1 IQ queries (see section~\ref{modiqdiscoption}).}
\newcommand{\hostitem}[1]{
\titem{hosts} \ind{options!hosts} This option defines the hostnames of the
service (see section~\ref{modhostsoption}). If neither \texttt{hosts} nor
@ -84,21 +96,36 @@ the processing discipline for #1 IQ queries
\ejabberd{} hostnames.
}
%\newcommand{\quoting}[2][yozhik]{\begin{quotation}\textcolor{#1}{\textit{#2}}\end{quotation}} % Quotes enabled
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\title{Ejabberd \version\ Installation and Operation Guide}
\author{ejabberd development Team}
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ejabberd Development Team
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\begin{titlepage}
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\begin{quotation}\textit{I can thoroughly recommend ejabberd for ease of setup ---
Kevin Smith, Current maintainer of the Psi project}\end{quotation}
%% \begin{quotation}\textit{I can thoroughly recommend ejabberd for ease of setup ---
%% Kevin Smith, Current maintainer of the Psi project}\end{quotation}
\end{titlepage}
@ -142,6 +170,17 @@ the processing discipline for #1 IQ queries
% Input introduction.tex
\input{introduction}
\chapter{Installing ejabberd}
\section{Installing ejabberd with Graphical Installer}
The easiest approach to install an ejabberd Instant Messaging server
is to use the graphical installer. The installer is available from
Process-one
website\footahref{http://www.process-one.net/en/ejabberd/downloads/}.
The installer will deploy and configure a full featured ejabberd
server and does not require any extra dependancies.
\section{Installation from Source}
\label{installsource}
\ind{installation}
@ -307,7 +346,41 @@ To reduce memory usage, you may set the environment variable
\end{verbatim}
But in this case \ejabberd{} can start to work slower.
\section{Creating an Initial Administrator}
\label{initialadmin}
Before the web interface can be entered to perform administration tasks, an
account with administrator rights is needed on your \ejabberd{} deployment.
Instructions to create an initial administrator account:
\begin{enumerate}
\item Register an account on your \ejabberd{} deployment. An account can be
created in two ways:
\begin{enumerate}
\item Using the tool \term{ejabberdctl}\ind{ejabberdctl} (see
section~\ref{ejabberdctl}):
\begin{verbatim}
% ejabberdctl node@host register admin example.org password
\end{verbatim}
\item Using In-Band Registration (see section~\ref{modregister}): you can
use a \Jabber{} client to register an account.
\end{enumerate}
\item Edit the configuration file to promote the account created in the previous
step to an account with administrator rights. Note that if you want to add
more administrators, a seperate acl entry is needed for each administrator.
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, admins, {user, "admin", "example.org"}}.
{access, configure, [{allow, admins}]}.
\end{verbatim}
\item Restart \ejabberd{} to load the new configuration.
\item Open the web interface (\verb|http://server:port/admin/|) in your
favourite browser. Make sure to enter the \emph{full} JID as username (in this
example: \jid{admin@example.org}. The reason that you also need to enter the
suffix, is because \ejabberd{}'s virtual hosting support.
\end{enumerate}
\chapter{Configuring ejabberd}
\section{Basic Configuration}
\label{basicconfig}
\ind{configuration file}
@ -905,48 +978,6 @@ Examples:
\end{verbatim}
\end{itemize}
\section{Advanced configuration}
\subsection{Components Load-Balancing}
\label{componentlb}
\ind{component load-balancing}
\subsection{Domain Load-Balancing Algorithm}
\label{domainlb}
\ind{options!domain\_balancing}
\ejabberd{} includes an algorithm to load balance the components that are plugged on an ejabberd cluster. It means that you can plug one or several instances of the same component on each ejabberd cluster and that the traffic will be automatically distributed.
The default distribution algorithm try to deliver to a local instance of a component. If several local instances are available, one instance is choosen randomly. If no instance is available locally, one instance is choosen randomly among the remote component instances.
If you need a different behaviour, you can change the load balancing behaviour with the option \option{domain\_balancing}. The syntax of the option is the following:
\begin{verbatim}
{domain_balancing, "component.example.com", <balancing_criterium>}.
\end{verbatim}
Several balancing criteria are available:
\begin{itemize}
\item \term{destination}: the full JID of the packet \term{to} attribute is used.
\item \term{source}: the full JID of the packet \term{from} attribute is used.
\item \term{bare\_destination}: the bare JID (without resource) of the packet \term{to} attribute is used.
\item \term{bare\_source}: the bare JID (without resource) of the packet \term{from} attribute is used.
\end{itemize}
If the value corresponding to the criterium is the same, the same component instance in the cluster will be used.
\subsection{Load-Balancing Buckets}
\label{lbbuckets}
\ind{options!domain\_balancing\_component\_number}
When there is a risk of failure for a given component, domain balancing can cause service trouble. If one component is failling the service will not work correctly unless the sessions are rebalanced.
In this case, it is best to limit the problem to the sessions handled by the failling component. This is what the \term{domain\_balancing\_component\_number} option does, making the load balancing algorithm not dynamic, but sticky on a fix number of component instances.
The syntax is the following:
\begin{verbatim}
{domain_balancing_component_number, "component.example.com", N}
\end{verbatim}
\section{Database and LDAP Configuration}
\label{database}
\ind{database}
@ -2884,41 +2915,7 @@ Options:
\iqdiscitem{Software Version (\ns{jabber:iq:version})}
\end{description}
\section{Creating an Initial Administrator}
\label{initialadmin}
Before the web interface can be entered to perform administration tasks, an
account with administrator rights is needed on your \ejabberd{} deployment.
Instructions to create an initial administrator account:
\begin{enumerate}
\item Register an account on your \ejabberd{} deployment. An account can be
created in two ways:
\begin{enumerate}
\item Using the tool \term{ejabberdctl}\ind{ejabberdctl} (see
section~\ref{ejabberdctl}):
\begin{verbatim}
% ejabberdctl node@host register admin example.org password
\end{verbatim}
\item Using In-Band Registration (see section~\ref{modregister}): you can
use a \Jabber{} client to register an account.
\end{enumerate}
\item Edit the configuration file to promote the account created in the previous
step to an account with administrator rights. Note that if you want to add
more administrators, a seperate acl entry is needed for each administrator.
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, admins, {user, "admin", "example.org"}}.
{access, configure, [{allow, admins}]}.
\end{verbatim}
\item Restart \ejabberd{} to load the new configuration.
\item Open the web interface (\verb|http://server:port/admin/|) in your
favourite browser. Make sure to enter the \emph{full} JID as username (in this
example: \jid{admin@example.org}. The reason that you also need to enter the
suffix, is because \ejabberd{}'s virtual hosting support.
\end{enumerate}
\chapter{Managing an ejabberd server}
\section{Online Configuration and Monitoring}
\label{onlineconfig}
@ -3040,7 +3037,7 @@ Additional information:
is very high.
\end{description}
\chapter{Securing ejabberd}
\section{Firewall Settings}
\label{firewall}
\ind{firewall}\ind{ports}\ind{SASL}\ind{TLS}\ind{clustering!ports}
@ -3060,7 +3057,7 @@ You need to take the following TCP ports in mind when configuring your firewall:
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\chapter{Integrating ejabberd with other Instant Messaging servers}
\section{SRV Records}
\label{srv}
\ind{SRV Records}\ind{clustering!SRV Records}
@ -3072,12 +3069,11 @@ You need to take the following TCP ports in mind when configuring your firewall:
\footahref{http://jabberd.jabberstudio.org/2/docs/section05.html\#5\_7}{Setting DNS SRV Records}
\end{itemize}
\section{Clustering}
\chapter{Clustering}
\label{clustering}
\ind{clustering}
\subsection{How it Works}
\section{How it Works}
\label{howitworks}
\ind{clustering!how it works}
@ -3097,7 +3093,7 @@ Each \ejabberd{} node has the following modules:
\item s2s manager.
\end{itemize}
\subsubsection{Router}
\subsection{Router}
\label{router}
\ind{clustering!router}
@ -3107,7 +3103,7 @@ routing table. The domain of the packet's destination is searched in the
routing table, and if it is found, the packet is routed to the
appropriate process. If not, it is sent to the s2s manager.
\subsubsection{Local Router}
\subsection{Local Router}
\label{localrouter}
\ind{clustering!local router}
@ -3116,7 +3112,7 @@ one of this server's host names. If the destination JID has a non-empty user
part, it is routed to the session manager, otherwise it is processed depending
on its content.
\subsubsection{Session Manager}
\subsection{Session Manager}
\label{sessionmanager}
\ind{clustering!session manager}
@ -3125,7 +3121,7 @@ resource a packet must be sent via a presence table. Then the packet is
either routed to the appropriate c2s process, or stored in offline
storage, or bounced back.
\subsubsection{s2s Manager}
\subsection{s2s Manager}
\label{s2smanager}
\ind{clustering!s2s manager}
@ -3135,7 +3131,7 @@ source to the domain of the packet's destination exists. If that is the case,
the s2s manager routes the packet to the process
serving this connection, otherwise a new connection is opened.
\subsection{Clustering Setup}
\section{Clustering Setup}
\label{cluster}
\ind{clustering!setup}
@ -3217,17 +3213,61 @@ mnesia:change_table_copy_type(schema, node(), disc_copies).
You can repeat these steps for other machines supposed to serve this
domain.
\section{Service Load-Balancing}
\subsection{Components Load-Balancing}
\label{componentlb}
\ind{component load-balancing}
\subsection{Domain Load-Balancing Algorithm}
\label{domainlb}
\ind{options!domain\_balancing}
\ejabberd{} includes an algorithm to load balance the components that are plugged on an ejabberd cluster. It means that you can plug one or several instances of the same component on each ejabberd cluster and that the traffic will be automatically distributed.
The default distribution algorithm try to deliver to a local instance of a component. If several local instances are available, one instance is choosen randomly. If no instance is available locally, one instance is choosen randomly among the remote component instances.
If you need a different behaviour, you can change the load balancing behaviour with the option \option{domain\_balancing}. The syntax of the option is the following:
\begin{verbatim}
{domain_balancing, "component.example.com", <balancing_criterium>}.
\end{verbatim}
Several balancing criteria are available:
\begin{itemize}
\item \term{destination}: the full JID of the packet \term{to} attribute is used.
\item \term{source}: the full JID of the packet \term{from} attribute is used.
\item \term{bare\_destination}: the bare JID (without resource) of the packet \term{to} attribute is used.
\item \term{bare\_source}: the bare JID (without resource) of the packet \term{from} attribute is used.
\end{itemize}
If the value corresponding to the criterium is the same, the same component instance in the cluster will be used.
\subsection{Load-Balancing Buckets}
\label{lbbuckets}
\ind{options!domain\_balancing\_component\_number}
When there is a risk of failure for a given component, domain balancing can cause service trouble. If one component is failling the service will not work correctly unless the sessions are rebalanced.
In this case, it is best to limit the problem to the sessions handled by the failling component. This is what the \term{domain\_balancing\_component\_number} option does, making the load balancing algorithm not dynamic, but sticky on a fix number of component instances.
The syntax is the following:
\begin{verbatim}
{domain_balancing_component_number, "component.example.com", N}
\end{verbatim}
% TODO
% See also the section about ejabberdctl!!!!
%\section{Backup and Restore}
%\label{backup}
%\ind{backup}
\section{Debugging}
\chapter{Debugging}
\label{debugging}
\ind{debugging}
\subsection{Watchdog alerts}
\section{Watchdog alerts}
\label{watchdog}
\ind{debugging!watchdog}
@ -3242,7 +3282,7 @@ To enable the watchdog, add the \term{watchdog\_admins}
\end{verbatim}
\appendix{}
\section{Internationalization and Localization}
\chapter{Internationalization and Localization}
\label{i18nl10n}
\ind{xml:lang}\ind{internationalization}\ind{localization}\ind{i18n}\ind{l10n}
@ -3281,32 +3321,32 @@ figure~\ref{fig:webadmmainru} with figure~\ref{fig:webadmmain})
%TODO: a very big example covering the whole guide, with a good explanation before the example: different authenticaton mechanisms, transports, ACLs, multple virtual hosts, virtual host specific settings and general settings, modules,...
\newpage
\section{Release Notes}
\chapter{Release Notes}
\label{releasenotes}
\ind{release notes}
\subsection{ejabberd 0.9}
\section{ejabberd 0.9}
\verbatiminput{release_notes_0.9.txt}
\subsection{ejabberd 0.9.1}
\section{ejabberd 0.9.1}
\verbatiminput{release_notes_0.9.1.txt}
\subsection{ejabberd 0.9.8}
\section{ejabberd 0.9.8}
\verbatiminput{release_notes_0.9.8.txt}
\subsection{ejabberd 1.0.0}
\section{ejabberd 1.0.0}
\verbatiminput{release_notes_1.0.0.txt}
\subsection{ejabberd 1.1.0}
\section{ejabberd 1.1.0}
\verbatiminput{release_notes_1.1.0.txt}
\subsection{ejabberd 1.1.1}
\section{ejabberd 1.1.1}
\verbatiminput{release_notes_1.1.1.txt}
\subsection{ejabberd 1.1.2}
\section{ejabberd 1.1.2}
\verbatiminput{release_notes_1.1.2.txt}
\section{Acknowledgements}
\chapter{Acknowledgements}
\label{acknowledgements}
Thanks to all people who contributed to this guide:
\begin{itemize}
@ -3322,7 +3362,7 @@ Thanks to all people who contributed to this guide:
\end{itemize}
\section{Copyright Information}
\chapter{Copyright Information}
\label{copyright}
Ejabberd Installation and Operation Guide.\\

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\section{Introduction}
\chapter{Introduction}
\label{intro}
%% TODO: improve the feature sheet with a nice table to highlight new features.
\quoting{I just tried out ejabberd and was impressed both by ejabberd itself and the language it is written in, Erlang. ---
Joeri}
@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ Joeri}
%\end{itemize}
\newpage
\subsection{Key Features}
\section{Key Features}
\label{keyfeatures}
\ind{features!key features}
@ -56,17 +58,17 @@ Peter Saint-Andr\'e, Executive Director of the Jabber Software Foundation}
\item \marking{Administrator Friendly:} \ejabberd{} is built on top of the Open Source Erlang. As a result you do not need to install an external database, an external web server, amongst others because everything is already included, and ready to run out of the box. Other administrator benefits include:
\begin{itemize}
\item Comprehensive documentation.
\item Straightforward installers for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.\improved{}
\item Straightforward installers for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. %%\improved{}
\item Web interface for administration tasks.
\item Shared Roster Groups.
\item Command line administration tool.\improved{}
\item Command line administration tool. %%\improved{}
\item Can integrate with existing authentication mechanisms.
\item Capability to send announce messages.
\end{itemize}
\item \marking{Internationalized:} \ejabberd{} leads in internationalization. Hence it is very well suited in a globalized world. Related features are:
\begin{itemize}
\item Translated in 12 languages.\improved{}
\item Translated in 12 languages. %%\improved{}
\item Support for \footahref{http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3490.txt}{IDNA}.
\end{itemize}
@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ Peter Saint-Andr\'e, Executive Director of the Jabber Software Foundation}
\newpage
\subsection{Additional Features}
\section{Additional Features}
\label{addfeatures}
\ind{features!additional features}
@ -107,11 +109,11 @@ Moreover, \ejabberd{} comes with a wide range of other state-of-the-art features
\item Native PostgreSQL support.
\item Mnesia.
\item ODBC data storage support.
\item Microsoft SQL Server support.\new{}
\item Microsoft SQL Server support. %%\new{}
\end{itemize}
\item Authentication
\begin{itemize}
\item LDAP and ODBC.\improved{}
\item LDAP and ODBC. %%\improved{}
\item External Authentication script.
\item Internal Authentication.
\end{itemize}
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\item Interface with networks such as AIM, ICQ and MSN.
\item Statistics via Statistics Gathering (\xepref{0039}).
\item IPv6 support both for c2s and s2s connections.
\item \txepref{0045}{Multi-User Chat} module with logging.\improved{}
\item \txepref{0045}{Multi-User Chat} module with logging. %%\improved{}
\item Users Directory based on users vCards.
\item \txepref{0060}{Publish-Subscribe} component.
\item Support for virtual hosting.

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% ejabberd version (automatically generated).
\newcommand{\version}{1.1.2}
\newcommand{\version}{2.0.0 beta 1}