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</P><TABLE CLASS="title"><TR><TD><H1 CLASS="titlemain">Ejabberd 2.0.0-beta1 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 2.0.0b1 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;Key Features</A>
<LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc2">2&nbsp;&nbsp;Additional Features</A>
<LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc3">3&nbsp;&nbsp;How it Works</A>
<UL CLASS="toc"><LI CLASS="li-toc">
<A HREF="#htoc4">3.1&nbsp;&nbsp;Router</A>
<LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc5">3.2&nbsp;&nbsp;Local Router</A>
<LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc6">3.3&nbsp;&nbsp;Session Manager</A>
<LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc7">3.4&nbsp;&nbsp;S2S Manager</A>
</UL>
<LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc8">4&nbsp;&nbsp;Authentication</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;Authentication</A>
<UL CLASS="toc">
<UL CLASS="toc"><LI CLASS="li-toc">
<A HREF="#htoc9">4.0.1&nbsp;&nbsp;External</A>
<A HREF="#htoc9">4.0.1&#XA0;&#XA0;External</A>
</LI></UL>
</UL>
</UL>
<LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc10">5&nbsp;&nbsp;XML Representation</A>
<LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc11">6&nbsp;&nbsp;Module <TT>xml</TT></A>
<LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc12">7&nbsp;&nbsp;Module <TT>xml_stream</TT></A>
<LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc13">8&nbsp;&nbsp;Modules</A>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc10">5&#XA0;&#XA0;XML Representation</A>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc11">6&#XA0;&#XA0;Module <TT>xml</TT></A>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc12">7&#XA0;&#XA0;Module <TT>xml_stream</TT></A>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc13">8&#XA0;&#XA0;Modules</A>
<UL CLASS="toc"><LI CLASS="li-toc">
<A HREF="#htoc14">8.1&nbsp;&nbsp;Module gen_iq_handler</A>
<LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc15">8.2&nbsp;&nbsp;Services</A>
</UL>
</UL>
Introduction
<A NAME="intro"></A><BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<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>
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<A HREF="#htoc14">8.1&#XA0;&#XA0;Module gen_iq_handler</A>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-toc"><A HREF="#htoc15">8.2&#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 &#X2018;on the fly&#X2019;.</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.
Translated in 17 languages. </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://www.ejabberd.im/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://www.ejabberd.im/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
PAM, LDAP and ODBC. </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="htoc3">3</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="htoc4">3.1</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="htoc5">3.2</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="htoc6">3.3</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&#X2019;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="htoc7">3.4</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>
<!--TOC section Authentication-->
<H2 CLASS="section"><A NAME="htoc8">4</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;Authentication</H2><!--SEC END -->
<!--TOC subsubsection External-->
<H4 CLASS="subsubsection"><A NAME="htoc9">4.0.1</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;External</H4><!--SEC END -->
does not exist, then it is opened and registered.</P><!--TOC section Authentication-->
<H2 CLASS="section"><!--SEC ANCHOR --><A NAME="htoc8">4</A>&#XA0;&#XA0;Authentication</H2><!--SEC END --><!--TOC subsubsection External-->
<H4 CLASS="subsubsection"><!--SEC ANCHOR --><A NAME="htoc9">4.0.1</A>&#XA0;&#XA0;External</H4><!--SEC END --><P>
<A NAME="externalauth"></A>
The external authentication script follows
<A HREF="http://www.erlang.org/doc/tutorial/c_portdriver.html">the erlang port driver API</A>.<BR>
<BR>
That script is supposed to do theses actions, in an infinite loop:
<UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
</P><P>The external authentication script follows
<A HREF="http://www.erlang.org/doc/tutorial/c_portdriver.html">the erlang port driver API</A>.</P><P>That script is supposed to do theses actions, in an infinite loop:
</P><UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
read from stdin: AABBBBBBBBB.....
<UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
A: 2 bytes of length data (a short in network byte order)
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">B: a string of length found in A that contains operation in plain text
operation are as follows:
<UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
auth:User:Server:Password (check if a username/password pair is correct)
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">isuser:User:Server (check if it's a valid user)
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">setpass:User:Server:Password (set user's password)
</UL>
</UL>
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">write to stdout: AABB
<UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
A: the number 2 (coded as a short, which is bytes length of following result)
<LI CLASS="li-itemize">B: the result code (coded as a short), should be 1 for success/valid, or 0 for failure/invalid
</UL>
</UL>
Example python script
<PRE CLASS="verbatim">
#!/usr/bin/python
<UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
A: 2 bytes of length data (a short in network byte order)
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">B: a string of length found in A that contains operation in plain text
operation are as follows:
<UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
auth:User:Server:Password (check if a username/password pair is correct)
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">isuser:User:Server (check if it&#X2019;s a valid user)
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">setpass:User:Server:Password (set user&#X2019;s password)
</LI></UL>
</LI></UL>
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">write to stdout: AABB
<UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize">
A: the number 2 (coded as a short, which is bytes length of following result)
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">B: the result code (coded as a short), should be 1 for success/valid, or 0 for failure/invalid
</LI></UL>
</LI></UL><P>Example python script
</P><PRE CLASS="verbatim">#!/usr/bin/python
import sys
from struct import *
@ -304,15 +239,10 @@ while True:
elif data[0] == "setpass":
success = setpass(data[1], data[2], data[3])
to_ejabberd(success)
</PRE>
<!--TOC section XML Representation-->
<H2 CLASS="section"><A NAME="htoc10">5</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]}
</PRE><!--TOC section XML Representation-->
<H2 CLASS="section"><!--SEC ANCHOR --><A NAME="htoc10">5</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}
@ -320,45 +250,30 @@ XMLElement = {xmlelement, Name, Attrs, [ElementOrCDATA]}
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="htoc11">6</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="htoc11">6</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}
@ -367,74 +282,56 @@ 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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<A NAME="xmlstreammod"></A>
<DL CLASS="description" COMPACT=compact><DT CLASS="dt-description"><DD CLASS="dd-description"><CODE>parse_element(Str) -&gt; XMLElement | {error, Err}</CODE>
<PRE CLASS="verbatim">
Str = string()
</PRE></DD></DL><!--TOC section Module <TT>xml_stream</TT>-->
<H2 CLASS="section"><!--SEC ANCHOR --><A NAME="htoc12">7</A>&#XA0;&#XA0;Module <TT>xml_stream</TT></H2><!--SEC END --><P>
<A NAME="xmlstreammod"></A></P><DL CLASS="description"><DT CLASS="dt-description">
</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>
<!--TOC section Modules-->
<H2 CLASS="section"><A NAME="htoc13">8</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;Modules</H2><!--SEC END -->
<A NAME="emods"></A>
<!--TOC subsection Module gen_iq_handler-->
<H3 CLASS="subsection"><A NAME="htoc14">8.1</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-->
<H2 CLASS="section"><!--SEC ANCHOR --><A NAME="htoc13">8</A>&#XA0;&#XA0;Modules</H2><!--SEC END --><P>
<A NAME="emods"></A></P><!--TOC subsection Module gen_iq_handler-->
<H3 CLASS="subsection"><!--SEC ANCHOR --><A NAME="htoc14">8.1</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).
@ -468,14 +365,9 @@ process_local_iq(From, To, {iq, ID, Type, XMLNS, SubEl}) -&gt;
[{"xmlns", ?NS_CPUTIME}],
[{xmlelement, "cputime", [], [{xmlcdata, SCPUTime}]}]}]}
end.
</PRE>
<!--TOC subsection Services-->
<H3 CLASS="subsection"><A NAME="htoc15">8.2</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;Services</H3><!--SEC END -->
<A NAME="services"></A>
<PRE CLASS="verbatim">
-module(mod_echo).
</PRE><!--TOC subsection Services-->
<H3 CLASS="subsection"><!--SEC ANCHOR --><A NAME="htoc15">8.2</A>&#XA0;&#XA0;Services</H3><!--SEC END --><P>
<A NAME="services"></A></P><PRE CLASS="verbatim">-module(mod_echo).
-behaviour(gen_mod).
@ -509,10 +401,10 @@ stop(Host) -&gt;
Proc = gen_mod:get_module_proc(Host, ?PROCNAME),
Proc ! stop,
{wait, Proc}.
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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>
Introduction
<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 section Key Features-->
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</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 &#X2018;on the fly&#X2019;.</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. <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"><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. </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"><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. <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 17 languages. </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://www.ejabberd.im/protocols">Many protocols supported</A>.
</UL></UL>
<!--TOC section Additional Features-->
<H2 CLASS="section">Additional Features</H2><!--SEC END -->
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize">XML-based protocol.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize"><A HREF="http://www.ejabberd.im/protocols">Many protocols supported</A>.
</LI></UL></LI></UL><!--TOC section Additional Features-->
<H2 CLASS="section"><!--SEC ANCHOR --><A NAME="htoc2"></A>Additional Features</H2><!--SEC END --><P>
<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. </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
PAM, LDAP and ODBC. </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>
</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.
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@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Peter Saint-Andr\'e, Executive Director of the Jabber Software Foundation}
\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 17 languages. %%\improved{}
\item Support for \footahref{http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3490.txt}{IDNA}.
\end{itemize}
@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Moreover, \ejabberd{} comes with a wide range of other state-of-the-art features
\end{itemize}
\item Authentication
\begin{itemize}
\item LDAP and ODBC. %%\improved{}
\item PAM, LDAP and ODBC. %%\improved{}
\item External Authentication script.
\item Internal Authentication.
\end{itemize}

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% ejabberd version (automatically generated).
\newcommand{\version}{2.0.0b1}
\newcommand{\version}{2.0.0-beta1}

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@ -694,6 +694,7 @@ odbc
make_odbc
ejabberd_zlib
make_ejabberd_zlib
hipe
roster_gateway_workaround
db_type
transient_supervisors
@ -1289,6 +1290,7 @@ Optional Features:
--enable-tls enable tls (default: yes)
--enable-odbc enable odbc (default: no)
--enable-ejabberd_zlib enable ejabberd_zlib (default: yes)
--enable-hipe Compile natively with HiPE, not recommended (default: no)
--enable-roster-gateway-workaround Turn on workaround for processing gateway subscriptions (default: no)
--enable-mssql Use Microsoft SQL Server database (default: no, requires --enable-odbc)
--enable-transient_supervisors Use Erlang supervision for transient process (default: yes)
@ -2688,6 +2690,10 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6; }
fi
if test "x$GCC" = "xyes"; then
CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall"
fi
#locating erlang
# Check whether --with-erlang was given.
@ -5368,6 +5374,21 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}$mr_enable_ejabberd_zlib" >&6; }
# Check whether --enable-hipe was given.
if test "${enable_hipe+set}" = set; then
enableval=$enable_hipe; case "${enableval}" in
yes) hipe=true ;;
no) hipe=false ;;
*) { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: bad value ${enableval} for --enable-hipe" >&5
echo "$as_me: error: bad value ${enableval} for --enable-hipe" >&2;}
{ (exit 1); exit 1; }; } ;;
esac
else
hipe=false
fi
# Check whether --enable-roster_gateway_workaround was given.
if test "${enable_roster_gateway_workaround+set}" = set; then
enableval=$enable_roster_gateway_workaround; case "${enableval}" in
@ -5664,6 +5685,10 @@ done
SSL_CFLAGS="-DHAVE_SSL"
break
fi
else
# Clear this from the autoconf cache, so in the next pass of
# this loop with different -L arguments, it will test again.
unset ac_cv_lib_ssl_SSL_new
fi
done
if test x${have_openssl} != xyes; then
@ -6536,6 +6561,7 @@ odbc!$odbc$ac_delim
make_odbc!$make_odbc$ac_delim
ejabberd_zlib!$ejabberd_zlib$ac_delim
make_ejabberd_zlib!$make_ejabberd_zlib$ac_delim
hipe!$hipe$ac_delim
roster_gateway_workaround!$roster_gateway_workaround$ac_delim
db_type!$db_type$ac_delim
transient_supervisors!$transient_supervisors$ac_delim
@ -6545,7 +6571,7 @@ SSL_CFLAGS!$SSL_CFLAGS$ac_delim
LTLIBOBJS!$LTLIBOBJS$ac_delim
_ACEOF
if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 87; then
if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 88; then
break
elif $ac_last_try; then
{ { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: could not make $CONFIG_STATUS" >&5
@ -6871,3 +6897,4 @@ if test "$no_create" != yes; then
# would make configure fail if this is the last instruction.
$ac_cs_success || { (exit 1); exit 1; }
fi