Release Notes ejabberd 1.1.2 27 September 2006 This document describes the main changes in ejabberd 1.1.2. This version is a major improvement over ejabberd 1.1.1, improving the overall behaviour of the server in many areas. Users of ejabberd 1.1.1 should upgrade to this new release. ejabberd can be downloaded from the Process-one website: http://www.process-one.net/en/projects/ejabberd/ Detailed information can be found in the ejabberd Feature Sheet and User Guide which are available on the Process-one website: http://www.process-one.net/en/projects/ejabberd/docs.html A complete list of changes is available from: https://support.process-one.net/secure/ConfigureReport.jspa?filterid=10110&mapper=components&selectedProjectId=10011&reportKey=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.reports%3Asinglelevelgroupby&Next=Next Recent changes include: LDAP Support - Major improvements have been made on the LDAP module. It is now more flexible and more robust. HTTP Polling fixes - The HTTP poll modules have been fixed and improved: The connection are closed properly and polled messages can no more be lost. Roster management improvement - Roster management improvements make it more reliable, especially in cases where users are on different servers. - Shared rosters are now more reliable. Improved Robustness - It is now possible to limit the number of opened connections for a single user. Relational database support - Database support: Microsoft SQL Server is now officially supported (ODBC mode). Pubsub improvements - Nodes creation can now be prevented with a dedicated ACL rule. Localization - A Czech translation has been added. - Translations have been updated. Binary installer - The same completly packaged binary installer is now available on Windows, Linux and MacOSX PPC. - Anonymous login bugfixes. XMPP compliance - Some protocol compliance fix have been added, after the Portland XMPP Interop Meeting in July. Various improvements - MUC have been improved (logging rendering). - The command line tool ejabberdctl has been improved. - The build chain has been improved, including MacOSX support. - A Czech translation has been added. Bugfixes - Please refer to the ChangeLog file supplied with this release regarding all improvements in ejabberd. Installation Notes Supported Erlang Version - You need at least Erlang/OTP R9C-2 to run ejabberd 1.1.2. Installation Installers are provided for Microsoft Windows, Linux/x86 and MacOSX/PPC. Installers can be retrieved from: http://www.process-one.net/en/projects/ejabberd/download.html Migration Notes - Before any migration, ejabberd system and database must be properly backed up. - The relational database schema has changed between version 1.1.1 and 1.1.2. A "askmessage" column need to be added in the "rosterusers" table to perform the migration. References Contributed tutorials and documents of interest are: - Migration from Jabberd1.4, Jabberd2 and WPJabber to ejabberd: http://ejabberd.jabber.ru/migrate-to-ejabberd - Transport configuration for connecting to other networks: http://ejabberd.jabber.ru/tutorials-transports - Using ejabberd with MySQL native driver: http://support.process-one.net/doc/display/MESSENGER/Using+ejabberd+with+MySQL+native+driver - Anonymous User Support: http://support.process-one.net/doc/display/MESSENGER/Anonymous+users+support - Frequently Asked Questions: http://ejabberd.jabber.ru/faq END