Ejabberd Installation and Operation Guide
July 31, 2005
Table of Contents
1 Introduction
ejabberd is a Free and Open Source fault-tolerant distributed Jabber
server. It is written mostly in Erlang.
The main features of ejabberd are:
-
Works on most of popular platforms: *nix (tested on Linux, FreeBSD and
NetBSD) and Win32
- Distributed: You can run ejabberd on a cluster of machines to let all of
them serve one Jabber domain.
- Fault-tolerance: You can setup an ejabberd cluster so that all the
information required for a properly working service will be stored
permanently on more than one node. This means that if one of the nodes
crashes, then the others will continue working without disruption.
You can also add or replace nodes ``on the fly''.
- Support for virtual hosting
- Built-in Multi-User Chat service
- Built-in IRC transport
- Built-in Publish-Subscribe service
- Built-in Jabber Users Directory service based on users vCards
- Built-in web-based administration interface
- Built-in HTTP Polling service
- SSL support
- Support for LDAP authentication
- Ability to interface with external components (JIT, MSN-t, Yahoo-t, etc.)
- Migration from jabberd14 is possible
- Mostly XMPP-compliant
- Support for Service Discovery.
- Support for Statistics Gathering.
- Support for xml:lang
The misfeatures of ejabberd are:
-
No support for authentication and STARTTLS in S2S connections
- Access rules can be defined only for global conext, not for specific
virtual host
2 Installation from Source
2.1 Installation Requirements
To compile ejabberd, you will need the following packages:
-
GNU Make;
- GCC;
- libexpat 1.95 or later;
- Erlang/OTP R8B or later;
- OpenSSL 0.9.6 or later (optional).
To compile ejabberd in MS Windows environment, you will need the following
packages:
2.2 Obtaining
Stable ejabberd release can be obtained at
http://www.process-one.net/en/projects/ejabberd/download.html.
The latest alpha version can be retrieved from Subversion repository.
svn co svn://svn.process-one.net/opt/data/svn/ejabberd/trunk ejabberd
2.3 Compilation
./configure
make
su
make install
This will install ejabberd to /var/lib/ejabberd
directory,
ejabberd.cfg
to /etc/ejabberd
directory and create
/var/log/ejabberd
directory for log files.
2.4 Starting
To start ejabberd, use the following command:
erl -pa /var/lib/ejabberd/ebin -name ejabberd -s ejabberd
or
erl -pa /var/lib/ejabberd/ebin -sname ejabberd -s ejabberd
In the latter case Erlang node will be identified using only first part of host
name, i. e. other Erlang nodes outside this domain can't contact this node.
Note that when using above command ejabberd will search for config file
in current directory and will use current directory for storing user database
and logging.
To specify path to config file, log files and Mnesia database directory,
you may use the following command:
erl -pa /var/lib/ejabberd/ebin \
-sname ejabberd \
-s ejabberd \
-ejabberd config \"/etc/ejabberd/ejabberd.cfg\" \
log_path \"/var/log/ejabberd/ejabberd.log\" \
-sasl sasl_error_logger \{file,\"/var/log/ejabberd/sasl.log\"\} \
-mnesia dir \"/var/lib/ejabberd/spool\"
You can find other useful options in Erlang manual page (erl -man erl).
To use more than 1024 connections, you should set environment variable
ERL_MAX_PORTS
:
export ERL_MAX_PORTS=32000
Note that with this value ejabberd will use more memory (approximately 6MB
more).
To reduce memory usage, you may set environment variable
ERL_FULLSWEEP_AFTER
:
export ERL_FULLSWEEP_AFTER=0
But in this case ejabberd can start to work slower.
3 Configuration
3.1 Initial Configuration
The configuration file is initially loaded the first time ejabberd is
executed, when it is parsed and stored in a database. Subsequently the
configuration is loaded from the database and any commands in the configuration
file are appended to the entries in the database. The configuration file
consists of a sequence of Erlang terms. Parts of lines after `%' sign
are ignored. Each term is tuple, where first element is name of option, and
other are option values. E. g. if this file does not contain a ``host''
definition, then old value stored in the database will be used.
To override old values stored in the database the following lines can be added
in config:
override_global.
override_local.
override_acls.
With this lines old global or local options or ACLs will be removed before
adding new ones.
3.1.1 Host Names
Option hosts defines a list of Jabber domains that ejabberd
serves. E. g. to serve example.org and example.com domains add
the following line in the config:
{hosts, ["example.org", "example.com"]}.
Option host defines one Jabber domain that ejabberd serves.
E. g. to serve only example.org domain add the following line in the
config:
{host, "example.org"}.
It have the same effect as
{hosts, ["example.org"]}.
3.1.2 Default Language
Option language defines default language of ejabberd messages, sent
to users. Default value is "en". In order to take effect there must be a
translation file <language>.msg in ejabberd msgs directory.
E. g. to use Russian as default language add the following line in the config:
{language, "ru"}.
3.1.3 Access Rules
Access control in ejabberd is performed via Access Control Lists (ACL). The
declarations of ACL in config file have following syntax:
{acl, <aclname>, {<acltype>, ...}}.
<acltype> can be one of following:
-
all
- Matches all JIDs. Example:
{acl, all, all}.
- {user, <username>}
- Matches user with name
<username> at the first virtual host. Example:
{acl, admin, {user, "aleksey"}}.
- {user, <username>, <server>}
- Matches user with JID
<username>@<server> and any resource. Example:
{acl, admin, {user, "aleksey", "jabber.ru"}}.
- {server, <server>}
- Matches any JID from server
<server>. Example:
{acl, jabberorg, {server, "jabber.org"}}.
- {user_regexp, <regexp>}
- Matches local user with name that
matches <regexp> at the first virtual host. Example:
{acl, tests, {user, "^test[0-9]*$"}}.
- {user_regexp, <regexp>, <server>}
- Matches user with name
that matches <regexp> and from server <server>. Example:
{acl, tests, {user, "^test", "example.org"}}.
- {server_regexp, <regexp>}
- Matches any JID from server that
matches <regexp>. Example:
{acl, icq, {server, "^icq\\."}}.
- {node_regexp, <user_regexp>, <server_regexp>}
- Matches user
with name that matches <user_regexp> and from server that matches
<server_regexp>. Example:
{acl, aleksey, {node_regexp, "^aleksey$", "^jabber.(ru|org)$"}}.
- {user_glob, <glob>}
-
- {user_glob, <glob>, <server>}
-
- {server_glob, <glob>}
-
- {node_glob, <user_glob>, <server_glob>}
- This is same as
above, but uses shell glob patterns instead of regexp. These patterns can
have following special characters:
-
*
- matches any string including the null string.
- ?
- matches any single character.
- [...]
- matches any of the enclosed characters. Character
ranges are specified by a pair of characters separated by a `-'.
If the first character after `[' is a `!', then any
character not enclosed is matched.
The following ACLs are pre-defined:
-
all
- Matches all JIDs.
- none
- Matches none JIDs.
An entry allowing or denying access to different services would look similar to
this:
{access, <accessname>, [{allow, <aclname>},
{deny, <aclname>},
...
]}.
When a JID is checked to have access to <accessname>, the server
sequentially checks if this JID mathes one of the ACLs that are second elements
in each tuple in list. If it is matched, then the first element of matched
tuple is returned else ``deny'' is returned.
Example:
{access, configure, [{allow, admin}]}.
{access, something, [{deny, badmans},
{allow, all}]}.
Following access rules pre-defined:
-
all
- Always returns ``allow''
- none
- Always returns ``deny''
3.1.4 Shapers Configuration
With shapers is possible to bound connection traffic. The declarations of
shapers in config file have following syntax:
{shaper, <shapername>, <kind>}.
Currently implemented only one kind of shaper: maxrate. It have
following syntax:
{maxrate, <rate>}
where <rate> means maximum allowed incomig rate in bytes/second.
E. g. to define shaper with name ``normal'' and maximum allowed rate
1000 bytes/s, add following line in config:
{shaper, normal, {maxrate, 1000}}.
3.1.5 Listened Sockets
Option listen defines list of listened sockets and what services
runned on them. Each element of list is a tuple with following elements:
-
Port number;
- Module that serves this port;
- Options to this module.
Currently these modules are implemented:
-
ejabberd_c2s
- This module serves C2S connections.
The following options are defined:
-
{access, <access rule>}
- This option defines access of users
to this C2S port. Default value is ``all''.
- {shaper, <access rule>}
- This option is like previous, but
use shapers instead of ``allow'' and ``deny''. Default
value is ``none''.
- {ip, IPAddress}
- This option specifies which network interface to
listen on. For example
{ip, {192, 168, 1, 1}}
.
- inet6
- Set up the socket for IPv6.
- starttls
- This option specifies that STARTTLS extension is available
on connections to this port. You should also set ``
certfile
''
option.
- tls
- This option specifies that traffic on this port will be
encrypted using SSL immediately after connecting. You should also set
``
certfile
'' option.
- ssl
- This option specifies that traffic on this port will be
encrypted using SSL. You should also set ``
certfile
'' option. It
is recommended to use tls option instead.
- {certfile, Path}
- Path to a file containing the SSL certificate.
- ejabberd_s2s_in
- This module serves incoming S2S connections.
- ejabberd_service
- This module serves connections from Jabber
services (i. e. that use the jabber:component:accept namespace).
The following additional options are defined for ejabberd_service
(options access, shaper, ip, inet6 are
still valid):
-
{host, Hostname, [HostOptions]}
- This option defines hostname of connected
service and allows to specify additional options, e. g.
{password, Secret}.
- {hosts, [Hostnames], [HostOptions]}
- The same as above, but allows to
specify several hostnames.
- ejabberd_http
- This module serves incoming HTTP connections.
The following options are defined:
-
http_poll
- This option enables JEP-0025 (HTTP Polling)
support. It is available then at
http://server:port/http-poll/
.
- web_admin
- This option enables web-based interface for ejabberd
administration which is available at
http://server:port/admin/
,
login and password should be equal to username and password of one of
registered users who have permission defined in ``configure'' access rule.
For example, the following configuration defines that:
-
C2S connections are listened on port 5222 and 5223 (SSL) and denied for
user ``bad''
- S2S connections are listened on port 5269
- HTTP connections are listened on port 5280 and administration interface
and HTTP Polling support are enabled
- All users except admins have traffic limit 1000 B/s
- AIM transport aim.example.org is connected to port 5233 with
password ``aimsecret''
- JIT transports icq.example.org and sms.example.org are
connected to port 5234 with password ``jitsecret''
- MSN transport msn.example.org is connected to port 5235 with
password ``msnsecret''
- Yahoo! transport yahoo.example.org is connected to port 5236 with
password ``yahoosecret''
- Gadu-Gadu transport gg.example.org is connected to port 5237 with
password ``ggsecret''
- ILE service ile.example.org is connected to port 5238 with
password ``ilesecret''
{acl, blocked, {user, "bad"}}.
{access, c2s, [{deny, blocked},
{allow, all}]}.
{shaper, normal, {maxrate, 1000}}.
{access, c2s_shaper, [{none, admin},
{normal, all}]}.
{listen,
[{5222, ejabberd_c2s, [{access, c2s}, {shaper, c2s_shaper}]},
{5223, ejabberd_c2s, [{access, c2s},
ssl, {certfile, "/path/to/ssl.pem"}]},
{5269, ejabberd_s2s_in, []},
{5280, ejabberd_http, [http_poll, web_admin]},
{5233, ejabberd_service, [{host, "aim.example.org",
[{password, "aimsecret"}]}]},
{5234, ejabberd_service, [{hosts, ["icq.example.org", "sms.example.org"],
[{password, "jitsecret"}]}]},
{5235, ejabberd_service, [{host, "msn.example.org",
[{password, "msnsecret"}]}]},
{5236, ejabberd_service, [{host, "yahoo.example.org",
[{password, "yahoosecret"}]}]},
{5237, ejabberd_service, [{host, "gg.example.org",
[{password, "ggsecret"}]}]},
{5238, ejabberd_service, [{host, "ile.example.org",
[{password, "ilesecret"}]}]}
]
}.
Note, that for jabberd14- or wpjabberd-based services you have to make the
transports log and do XDB by themselves:
<!--
You have to add elogger and rlogger entries here when using ejabberd.
In this case the transport will do the logging.
-->
<log id='logger'>
<host/>
<logtype/>
<format>%d: [%t] (%h): %s</format>
<file>/var/log/jabber/service.log</file>
</log>
<!--
Some Jabber server implementations do not provide
XDB services (for example jabberd 2.0 and ejabberd).
xdb_file_so is loaded in to handle all XDB requests.
-->
<xdb id="xdb">
<host/>
<load>
<!-- this is a lib of wpjabber or jabberd -->
<xdb_file>/usr/lib/jabber/xdb_file.so</xdb_file>
</load>
<xdb_file xmlns="jabber:config:xdb_file">
<spool><jabberd:cmdline flag='s'>/var/spool/jabber</jabberd:cmdline></spool>
</xdb_file>
</xdb>
Option modules defines the list of modules that will be loaded after
ejabberd startup. Each list element is a tuple where first element is a
name of a module and second is list of options to this module. See
section A for detailed information on each module.
Example:
{modules,
[{mod_register, []},
{mod_roster, []},
{mod_privacy, []},
{mod_configure, []},
{mod_disco, []},
{mod_stats, []},
{mod_vcard, []},
{mod_offline, []},
{mod_announce, [{access, announce}]},
{mod_echo, [{host, "echo.example.org"}]},
{mod_private, []},
{mod_irc, []},
{mod_muc, []},
{mod_pubsub, []},
{mod_time, [{iqdisc, no_queue}]},
{mod_last, []},
{mod_version, []}
]}.
3.1.7 Virtual Host Configuration
Options can be defined separately for different virtual hosts using
host_config option. It have the have following syntax:
{host_config, <hostname>, [<option>, <option>, ...]}.
Example:
{host_config, "example.org", [{auth_method, internal}]}.
{host_config, "example.com", [{auth_method, ldap},
{ldap_servers, ["localhost"]},
{ldap_uidattr, "uid"},
{ldap_rootdn, "dc=localdomain"},
{ldap_rootdn, "dc=example,dc=com"},
{ldap_password, ""}]}.
3.2 Online Configuration and Monitoring
3.2.1 Web-based Administration Interface
To perform online reconfiguration of ejabberd you need to enable
ejabberd_http listener with option web_admin (see
section 3.1.5). After that you can open URL
http://server:port/admin/
with you favorite web-browser and enter
username and password of an ejabberd user with administrator rights. E. g.
with such config:
...
{host, "example.org"}.
...
{listen,
[...
{5280, ejabberd_http, [web_admin]},
...
]
}.
you should enter URL http://example.org:5280/admin/
. After
authentication you should see something like in figure 1.
Figure 1: Web-administration top page
Here you can edit access restrictions, manage users, create backup files,
manage DB, enable/disable listened ports, and view statistics.
3.2.2 ejabberdctl tool
It is possible to do some administration operations using ejabberdctl
command-line tool. You can check available options running this command
without arguments:
% ejabberdctl
Usage: ejabberdctl node command
Available commands:
stop stop ejabberd
restart restart ejabberd
reopen-log reopen log file
register user password register a user
unregister user unregister a user
backup file store a database backup in file
restore file restore a database backup from file
install-fallback file install a database fallback from file
dump file dump a database in a text file
load file restore a database from a text file
registered-users list all registered users
Example:
ejabberdctl ejabberd@host restart
4 Clustering
4.1 How it works
A Jabber domain is served by one or more ejabberd nodes. These nodes can
be runned 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 ~ejabberd/.erlang.cookie must be the same on all nodes). This is
needed because all nodes exchange information about connected users, S2S
connections, registered services, etc...
Each ejabberd node have following modules:
-
router;
- local router.
- session manager;
- S2S manager;
This module is the main router of Jabber packets on each node. It
routes them based on their destinations domains. It uses a global
routing table. A domain of packet destination is searched in the
routing table, and if it is found, then the packet is routed to
appropriate process. If no, then it is sent to the S2S manager.
4.1.2 Local Router
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 is routed to the session manager, else it is processed depending on
its content.
4.1.3 Session Manager
This module routes packets to local users. It searches to what user
resource a packet must be sent via a presence table. Then packet is
either routed to appropriate C2S process, or stored in offline
storage, or bounced back.
4.1.4 S2S Manager
This module routes packets to other Jabber servers. First, it
checks if an opened S2S connection from the domain of the packet
source to the domain of packet destination is existing. If it is
existing, then the S2S manager routes the packet to the process
serving this connection, else a new connection is opened.
4.2 How to setup ejabberd cluster
Suppose you already setuped ejabberd on one of machines (first), and
you need to setup another one to make ejabberd cluster. Then do
following steps:
-
Copy
~ejabberd/.erlang.cookie
file from first to
second.
(alt) You can also add ``-cookie content_of_.erlang.cookie
''
option to all ``erl'' commands below.
- On second run under `ejabberd' user in a directory
where ejabberd will work later the following command:
erl -sname ejabberd \
-mnesia extra_db_nodes "['ejabberd@first']" \
-s mnesia
This will start mnesia serving same DB as ejabberd@first.
You can check this running ``mnesia:info().
'' command. You
should see a lot of remote tables and a line like the following:
running db nodes = [ejabberd@first, ejabberd@second]
- Now run the following in the same ``erl'' session:
mnesia:change_table_copy_type(schema, node(), disc_copies).
This will create local disc storage for DB.
(alt) Change storage type of `scheme' table to ``RAM and disc
copy'' on second node via web interface.
- Now you can add replicas of various tables to this node with
``
mnesia:add_table_copy
'' or
``mnesia:change_table_copy_type
'' as above (just replace
``schema
'' with another table name and ``disc_copies
''
can be replaced with ``ram_copies
'' or
``disc_only_copies
'').
What tables to replicate is very depend on your needs, you can get
some hints from ``mnesia:info().
'' command, by looking at
size of tables and default storage type for each table on 'first'.
Replicating of table makes lookup in this table faster on this node,
but writing will be slower. And of course if machine with one of
replicas is down, other replicas will be used.
Also section 5.3 (Table Fragmentation) of
Mnesia Reference Manual can be useful.
(alt) Same as in previous item, but for other tables.
- Run ``
init:stop().
'' or just ``q().
'' to exit from
erlang shell. This probably can take some time if mnesia is not yet
transfer and process all data it needed from first.
- Now run ejabberd on second with almost the same config as
on first (you probably don't need to duplicate ``
acl
''
and ``access
'' options --- they will be taken from
first, and mod_muc
and mod_irc
should be
enabled only on one machine in cluster).
You can repeat these steps for other machines supposed to serve this
domain.
A Built-in Modules
A.1 Common Options
The following options are used by many modules, so they are described in
separate section.
Many modules define handlers for processing IQ queries of different namespaces
to this server or to user (e. g. to example.org or to
user@example.org). This option defines processing discipline of
these queries. Possible values are:
-
no_queue
- All queries of namespace with this processing
discipline processed immediately. This also means that no other packets can
be processed until finished this. Hence this discipline is not recommended
if processing of query can take relatively long time.
- one_queue
- In this case created separate queue for processing
of IQ queries of namespace with this discipline, and processing of this queue
is done in parallel with processing of other packets. This discipline is most
recommended.
- parallel
- In this case for all packets with this discipline
spawned separate Erlang process, so all these packets processed in parallel.
Although spawning of Erlang process have relatively low cost, this can broke
server normal work, because Erlang emulator have limit on number of processes
(32000 by default).
Example:
{modules,
[
...
{mod_time, [{iqdisc, no_queue}]},
...
]}.
This option explicitly defines hostname for the module which acts as a service.
Example:
{modules,
[
...
{mod_echo, [{host, "echo.example.org"}]},
...
]}.
This option explicitly defines a list of hostnames for the module which acts as
a service.
Example:
{modules,
[
...
{mod_echo, [{hosts, ["echo.example.org", "echo.example.com"]}]},
...
]}.
A.2 mod_announce
This module adds support for broadcast announce messages and MOTD.
When the module is loaded, it handles messages sent to the following JID's
(suppose that main server has address example.org):
-
example.org/announce/all
- Message is sent to all registered users at
example.org. If the user is online and connected to several resources,
only resource with the highest priority will receive the message. If the
registered user is not connected, the message will be stored offline (if
oflline storage is available).
- example.org/announce/online
- Message is sent to all connected users at
example.org. If the user is online and connected to several resources,
all resources will receive the message.
- example.org/announce/all-hosts/online
- Message is sent to all connected
users at every virtual host. If the user is online and connected to several
resources, all resources will receive the message.
- example.org/announce/motd
- Message is set as MOTD (Message of the Day)
and is sent to users at example.org as they login. In addition the
message is sent to all connected users (similar to announce/online
resource).
- example.org/announce/motd/update
- Message is set as MOTD (Message of the
Day) and is sent to users at example.org as they login. The message
is not sent to all connected users.
- example.org/announce/motd/delete
- Any message sent to this JID
removes existing MOTD.
Options:
-
access
- Specifies who is allowed to send announce messages
and set MOTD (default value is none).
Example:
% Only admins can send announcement messages:
{access, announce, [{allow, admin}]}.
{modules,
[
...
{mod_announce, [{access, announce}]},
...
]}.
A.3 mod_configure
Options:
-
iqdisc
- ejabberd:config IQ queries processing
discipline (see A.1.1).
A.4 mod_disco
This module adds support for JEP-0030 (Service Discovery).
Options:
-
iqdisc
- http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#items and
http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info IQ queries processing
discipline (see A.1.1).
- extra_domains
- List of domains that will be added to server
items reply
Example:
{modules,
[
...
{mod_disco, [{extra_domains, ["jit.example.com",
"etc.example.com"]}]},
...
]}.
A.5 mod_echo
This module acts as a service and simply returns to sender any Jabber
packet. Module may be useful for debugging.
Options:
-
host
- Defines hostname of the service
(see A.1.2).
- hosts
- Defines hostnames of the service
(see A.1.3). If neither host nor hosts
are not present, then prefix echo. is added to all ejabberd hostnames.
A.6 mod_irc
This module implements IRC transport.
Options:
-
host
- Defines hostname of the service
(see A.1.2).
- hosts
- Defines hostnames of the service
(see A.1.3). If neither host nor hosts
are not present, then prefix irc. is added to all ejabberd hostnames.
- access
- Specifies who is allowed to use IRC transport (default value is all).
Example:
{modules,
[
...
{mod_irc, [{access, all}]},
...
]}.
A.7 mod_last
This module adds support for JEP-0012 (Last Activity)
Options:
-
iqdisc
- jabber:iq:last IQ queries processing
discipline (see A.1.1).
A.8 mod_muc
This module implements JEP-0045 (Multi-User Chat) service.
Options:
-
host
- Defines hostname of the service
(see A.1.2).
- hosts
- Defines hostnames of the service
(see A.1.3). If neither host nor hosts
are not present, then prefix conference. is added to all ejabberd hostnames.
- access
- Specifies who is allowed to use MUC service (default value is all).
- access_create
- Specifies who is allowed to create new rooms at
MUC service (default value is all).
- access_admin
- Specifies who is allowed to administrate MUC service
(default value is none, which means that only creator may administer her room).
Example:
% Define admin ACL
{acl, admin, {user, "admin"}}
% Define MUC admin access rule
{access, muc_admin, [{allow, admin}]}
{modules,
[
...
{mod_muc, [{access, all},
{access_create, all},
{access_admin, muc_admin}]},
...
]}.
A.9 mod_offline
This module implements offline message storage.
A.10 mod_privacy
This module implements Privacy Rules as defined in XMPP IM
(see http://www.jabber.org/ietf/).
Options:
-
iqdisc
- jabber:iq:privacy IQ queries processing
discipline (see A.1.1).
A.11 mod_private
This module adds support of JEP-0049 (Private XML Storage).
Options:
-
iqdisc
- jabber:iq:private IQ queries processing
discipline (see A.1.1).
A.12 mod_pubsub
This module implements JEP-0060 (Publish-Subscribe Service).
Options:
-
host
- Defines hostname of the service
(see A.1.2).
- hosts
- Defines hostnames of the service
(see A.1.3). If neither host nor hosts
are not present, then prefix pubsub. is added to all ejabberd hostnames.
- served_hosts
- Specifies which hosts are served by the service.
If absent then only main ejabberd host is served.
Example:
{modules,
[
...
{mod_pubsub, [{served_hosts, ["example.com",
"example.org"]}]}
...
]}.
A.13 mod_register
This module adds support for JEP-0077 (In-Band Registration).
Options:
-
access
- Specifies rule to restrict registration.
If this rule returns ``deny'' on requested user name, then
registration is not allowed for it. (default value is all, which means
no restrictions).
- iqdisc
- jabber:iq:register IQ queries processing
discipline (see A.1.1).
Example:
% Deny registration for users with too short name
{acl, shortname, {user_glob, "?"}}.
{acl, shortname, {user_glob, "??"}}.
% Another variant: {acl, shortname, {user_regexp, "^..?$"}}.
{access, register, [{deny, shortname},
{allow, all}]}.
{modules,
[
...
{mod_register, [{access, register}]},
...
]}.
A.14 mod_roster
This module implements roster management.
Options:
-
iqdisc
- jabber:iq:roster IQ queries processing
discipline (see A.1.1).
A.15 mod_service_log
This module adds support for logging of user packets via any jabber service.
These packets encapsulated in <route/> element and sended to specified
services.
Options:
-
loggers
- Specifies a list of services which will receive users
packets.
Example:
{modules,
[
...
{mod_service_log, [{loggers, ["bandersnatch.example.com"]}]},
...
]}.
A.16 mod_shared_roster
This module implements shared roster groups support.
You can edit shared roster groups via web-interface. Each group has an unique
ID and the following parameters:
-
Name
- The name of the group, which will be displayed in roster.
- Description
- Textual description of this group, doesn't affect anything.
- Members
- List of full JIDs of group members, entered one per line in
web-interface.
- Displayed groups
- List of IDs of groups which will be in rosters of this
group members.
For example, to have a group of users which can see each other in roster,
create a group like on table 1.
|
Group `users' |
Name |
Users |
Members |
user1@example.org |
user2@example.org |
user3@example.org |
|
Displayed groups |
users |
Table 1: Shared group example N1
To have 3 groups `managers', `workgroup1', and
`workgroup2', where group `managers' can see members of all
groups, and other two groups can see `managers' group and themselves,
create groups like on table 2.
|
Group `managers' |
Group `workgroup1' |
Group `workgroup2' |
Name |
Managers |
Workgroup1 |
Workgroup2 |
Members |
manager1@example.org |
manager2@example.org |
manager3@example.org |
|
user1@example.org |
user2@example.org |
user3@example.org |
|
user4@example.org |
user5@example.org |
user6@example.org |
|
Displayed groups |
managers |
workgroup1 |
workgroup2 |
|
|
|
Table 2: Shared group example N2
A.17 mod_stats
This module adds support for JEP-0039 (Statistics Gathering).
Options:
-
iqdisc
- http://jabber.org/protocol/stats IQ queries processing
discipline (see A.1.1).
A.18 mod_time
This module answers UTC time on jabber:iq:time queries.
Options:
-
iqdisc
- jabber:iq:time IQ queries processing
discipline (see A.1.1).
A.19 mod_vcard
This module implements simple Jabber User Directory (based on user vCards)
and answers server vCard on vcard-temp queries.
Options:
-
host
- Defines hostname of the service
(see A.1.2).
- hosts
- Defines hostnames of the service
(see A.1.3). If neither host nor hosts
are not present, then prefix vjud. is added to all ejabberd hostnames.
- iqdisc
- vcard-temp IQ queries processing
discipline (see A.1.1).
- search
- Specifies whether search is enabled (value is true, default) or
disabled (value is false) by the service. If search is set to false,
option host is ignored and service does not appear in Jabber Discovery items.
- matches
- Limits the number of reported search results. If value is set to
infinity then all search results are reported. Default value is 30.
- allow_return_all
- Specifies whether search with empty input fields can
return all known users. Default is false.
- search_all_hosts
- If set in true then search returns matched
items at all virtual hosts. Otherwise only current host items are returned.
Default is true.
Example:
{modules,
[
...
{mod_vcard, [{search, true},
{matches, 20},
{allow_return_all, true},
{search_all_hosts, false}]}
...
]}.
A.20 mod_version
This module answers ejabberd version on jabber:iq:version queries.
Options:
-
iqdisc
- jabber:iq:version IQ queries processing
discipline (see A.1.1).
B I18n/L10n
All built-in modules support xml:lang attribute inside IQ queries.
E. g. on figure 2 showed the reply on the following query:
<iq id='5'
to='example.org'
type='get'
xml:lang='ru'>
<query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#items'/>
</iq>
Figure 2: Discovery result when xml:lang='ru'
Also web-interface supports Accept-Language
HTTP header (see
figure 3, compare it with figure 1)
Figure 3: Web-administration top page with HTTP header
``Accept-Language: ru
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