\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article} %% Packages \usepackage{graphics} \usepackage{hevea} \usepackage{makeidx} \usepackage{verbatim} %% Index \makeindex % Remove the index anchors from the HTML version to save size and bandwith. \newcommand{\ind}[1]{\begin{latexonly}\index{#1}\end{latexonly}} %% Images \newcommand{\logoscale}{0.7} \newcommand{\imgscale}{0.58} \newcommand{\insimg}[1]{\insscaleimg{\imgscale}{#1}} \newcommand{\insscaleimg}[2]{ \imgsrc{#2}{} \begin{latexonly} \scalebox{#1}{\includegraphics{#2}} \end{latexonly} } %% Various \newcommand{\ns}[1]{\texttt{#1}} \newcommand{\ejabberd}{\texttt{ejabberd}} \newcommand{\Jabber}{Jabber} \newcommand{\XMPP}{XMPP} %% Modules \newcommand{\module}[1]{\texttt{#1}} \newcommand{\modadhoc}{\module{mod\_adhoc}} \newcommand{\modannounce}{\module{mod\_announce}} \newcommand{\modconfigure}{\module{mod\_configure}} \newcommand{\moddisco}{\module{mod\_disco}} \newcommand{\modecho}{\module{mod\_echo}} \newcommand{\modirc}{\module{mod\_irc}} \newcommand{\modlast}{\module{mod\_last}} \newcommand{\modlastodbc}{\module{mod\_last\_odbc}} \newcommand{\modmuc}{\module{mod\_muc}} \newcommand{\modmuclog}{\module{mod\_muc\_log}} \newcommand{\modoffline}{\module{mod\_offline}} \newcommand{\modofflineodbc}{\module{mod\_offline\_odbc}} \newcommand{\modprivacy}{\module{mod\_privacy}} \newcommand{\modprivate}{\module{mod\_private}} \newcommand{\modpubsub}{\module{mod\_pubsub}} \newcommand{\modregister}{\module{mod\_register}} \newcommand{\modroster}{\module{mod\_roster}} \newcommand{\modrosterodbc}{\module{mod\_roster\_odbc}} \newcommand{\modservicelog}{\module{mod\_service\_log}} \newcommand{\modsharedroster}{\module{mod\_shared\_roster}} \newcommand{\modstats}{\module{mod\_stats}} \newcommand{\modtime}{\module{mod\_time}} \newcommand{\modvcard}{\module{mod\_vcard}} \newcommand{\modvcardldap}{\module{mod\_vcard\_ldap}} \newcommand{\modvcardodbc}{\module{mod\_vcard\_odbc}} \newcommand{\modversion}{\module{mod\_version}} %% Title page \include{version} \title{Ejabberd \version\ Developers Guide} \author{Alexey Shchepin \\ \ahrefurl{mailto:alexey@sevcom.net} \\ \ahrefurl{xmpp:aleksey@jabber.ru}} %% Options \newcommand{\marking}[1]{#1} % Marking disabled \newcommand{\quoting}[2][yozhik]{} % Quotes disabled \newcommand{\new}{\begin{latexonly}\marginpar{\textsc{new}}\end{latexonly}} % Highlight new features \newcommand{\improved}{\begin{latexonly}\marginpar{\textsc{improved}}\end{latexonly}} % Highlight improved features \newcommand{\moreinfo}[1]{} % Hide details %% Footnotes \newcommand{\txepref}[2]{\footahref{http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-#1.html}{#2}} \newcommand{\xepref}[1]{\txepref{#1}{XEP-#1}} \begin{document} \label{titlepage} \begin{titlepage} \maketitle{} \begin{center} {\insscaleimg{\logoscale}{logo.png} \par } \end{center} \begin{quotation}\textit{I can thoroughly recommend ejabberd for ease of setup -- Kevin Smith, Current maintainer of the Psi project}\end{quotation} \end{titlepage} \tableofcontents{} % Input introduction.tex \input{introduction} \section{How it Works} \label{howitworks} A \XMPP{} domain is served by one or more \ejabberd{} 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 \texttt{\~{}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\ldots Each \ejabberd{} node have following modules: \begin{itemize} \item router; \item local router. \item session manager; \item S2S manager; \end{itemize} \subsection{Router} This module is the main router of \XMPP{} 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 \ejabberd{} node or process. If it does not exists in either tables, then it sent to the S2S manager. \subsection{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 routed to the session manager, else it is processed depending on it's content. \subsection{Session Manager} 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. \subsection{S2S Manager} This module routes packets to other \XMPP{} 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. \section{Authentication} \subsubsection{External} \label{externalauth} \ind{external authentication} The external authentication script follows \footahref{http://www.erlang.org/doc/tutorial/c_portdriver.html}{the erlang port driver API}. That script is supposed to do theses actions, in an infinite loop: \begin{itemize} \item read from stdin: AABBBBBBBBB..... \begin{itemize} \item A: 2 bytes of length data (a short in network byte order) \item B: a string of length found in A that contains operation in plain text operation are as follows: \begin{itemize} \item auth:User:Server:Password (check if a username/password pair is correct) \item isuser:User:Server (check if it's a valid user) \item setpass:User:Server:Password (set user's password) \item tryregister:User:Server:Password (try to register an account) \item removeuser:User:Server (remove this account) \item removeuser3:User:Server:Password (remove this account if the password is correct) \end{itemize} \end{itemize} \item write to stdout: AABB \begin{itemize} \item A: the number 2 (coded as a short, which is bytes length of following result) \item B: the result code (coded as a short), should be 1 for success/valid, or 0 for failure/invalid \end{itemize} \end{itemize} Example python script \begin{verbatim} #!/usr/bin/python import sys from struct import * def from_ejabberd(): input_length = sys.stdin.read(2) (size,) = unpack('>h', input_length) return sys.stdin.read(size).split(':') def to_ejabberd(bool): answer = 0 if bool: answer = 1 token = pack('>hh', 2, answer) sys.stdout.write(token) sys.stdout.flush() def auth(username, server, password): return True def isuser(username, server): return True def setpass(username, server, password): return True while True: data = from_ejabberd() success = False if data[0] == "auth": success = auth(data[1], data[2], data[3]) elif data[0] == "isuser": success = isuser(data[1], data[2]) elif data[0] == "setpass": success = setpass(data[1], data[2], data[3]) to_ejabberd(success) \end{verbatim} \section{XML Representation} \label{xmlrepr} Each XML stanza is represented as the following tuple: \begin{verbatim} XMLElement = {xmlelement, Name, Attrs, [ElementOrCDATA]} Name = string() Attrs = [Attr] Attr = {Key, Val} Key = string() Val = string() ElementOrCDATA = XMLElement | CDATA CDATA = {xmlcdata, string()} \end{verbatim} E.\,g. this stanza: \begin{verbatim} test \end{verbatim} is represented as the following structure: \begin{verbatim} {xmlelement, "message", [{"to", "test@conference.example.org"}, {"type", "groupchat"}], [{xmlelement, "body", [], [{xmlcdata, "test"}]}]}} \end{verbatim} \section{Module \texttt{xml}} \label{xmlmod} \begin{description} \item{\verb|element_to_string(El) -> string()|} \begin{verbatim} El = XMLElement \end{verbatim} Returns string representation of XML stanza \texttt{El}. \item{\verb|crypt(S) -> string()|} \begin{verbatim} S = string() \end{verbatim} Returns string which correspond to \texttt{S} with encoded XML special characters. \item{\verb|remove_cdata(ECList) -> EList|} \begin{verbatim} ECList = [ElementOrCDATA] EList = [XMLElement] \end{verbatim} \texttt{EList} is a list of all non-CDATA elements of ECList. \item{\verb|get_path_s(El, Path) -> Res|} \begin{verbatim} El = XMLElement Path = [PathItem] PathItem = PathElem | PathAttr | PathCDATA PathElem = {elem, Name} PathAttr = {attr, Name} PathCDATA = cdata Name = string() Res = string() | XMLElement \end{verbatim} If \texttt{Path} is empty, then returns \texttt{El}. Else sequentially consider elements of \texttt{Path}. Each element is one of: \begin{description} \item{\verb|{elem, Name}|} \texttt{Name} is name of subelement of \texttt{El}, if such element exists, then this element considered in following steps, else returns empty string. \item{\verb|{attr, Name}|} If \texttt{El} have attribute \texttt{Name}, then returns value of this attribute, else returns empty string. \item{\verb|cdata|} Returns CDATA of \texttt{El}. \end{description} \item{TODO:} \begin{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 \end{verbatim} \end{description} \section{Module \texttt{xml\_stream}} \label{xmlstreammod} \begin{description} \item{\verb!parse_element(Str) -> XMLElement | {error, Err}!} \begin{verbatim} Str = string() Err = term() \end{verbatim} Parses \texttt{Str} using XML parser, returns either parsed element or error tuple. \end{description} \section{Modules} \label{emods} %\subsection{gen\_mod behaviour} %\label{genmod} %TBD \subsection{Module gen\_iq\_handler} \label{geniqhandl} The module \verb|gen_iq_handler| allows to easily write handlers for IQ packets of particular XML namespaces that addressed to server or to users bare JIDs. In this module the following functions are defined: \begin{description} \item{\verb|add_iq_handler(Component, Host, NS, Module, Function, Type)|} \begin{verbatim} Component = Module = Function = atom() Host = NS = string() Type = no_queue | one_queue | parallel \end{verbatim} Registers function \verb|Module:Function| as handler for IQ packets on virtual host \verb|Host| that contain child of namespace \verb|NS| in \verb|Component|. Queueing discipline is \verb|Type|. There are at least two components defined: \begin{description} \item{\verb|ejabberd_local|} Handles packets that addressed to server JID; \item{\verb|ejabberd_sm|} Handles packets that addressed to users bare JIDs. \end{description} \item{\verb|remove_iq_handler(Component, Host, NS)|} \begin{verbatim} Component = atom() Host = NS = string() \end{verbatim} Removes IQ handler on virtual host \verb|Host| for namespace \verb|NS| from \verb|Component|. \end{description} Handler function must have the following type: \begin{description} \item{\verb|Module:Function(From, To, IQ)|} \begin{verbatim} From = To = jid() \end{verbatim} \end{description} \begin{verbatim} -module(mod_cputime). -behaviour(gen_mod). -export([start/2, stop/1, process_local_iq/3]). -include("ejabberd.hrl"). -include("jlib.hrl"). -define(NS_CPUTIME, "ejabberd:cputime"). start(Host, Opts) -> IQDisc = gen_mod:get_opt(iqdisc, Opts, one_queue), gen_iq_handler:add_iq_handler(ejabberd_local, Host, ?NS_CPUTIME, ?MODULE, process_local_iq, IQDisc). stop(Host) -> gen_iq_handler:remove_iq_handler(ejabberd_local, Host, ?NS_CPUTIME). process_local_iq(From, To, {iq, ID, Type, XMLNS, SubEl}) -> case Type of set -> {iq, ID, error, XMLNS, [SubEl, ?ERR_NOT_ALLOWED]}; get -> CPUTime = element(1, erlang:statistics(runtime))/1000, SCPUTime = lists:flatten(io_lib:format("~.3f", CPUTime)), {iq, ID, result, XMLNS, [{xmlelement, "query", [{"xmlns", ?NS_CPUTIME}], [{xmlelement, "cputime", [], [{xmlcdata, SCPUTime}]}]}]} end. \end{verbatim} \subsection{Services} \label{services} %TBD %TODO: use \verb|proc_lib| \begin{verbatim} -module(mod_echo). -behaviour(gen_mod). -export([start/2, init/1, stop/1]). -include("ejabberd.hrl"). -include("jlib.hrl"). start(Host, Opts) -> MyHost = gen_mod:get_opt(host, Opts, "echo." ++ Host), register(gen_mod:get_module_proc(Host, ?PROCNAME), spawn(?MODULE, init, [MyHost])). init(Host) -> ejabberd_router:register_local_route(Host), loop(Host). loop(Host) -> receive {route, From, To, Packet} -> ejabberd_router:route(To, From, Packet), loop(Host); stop -> ejabberd_router:unregister_route(Host), ok; _ -> loop(Host) end. stop(Host) -> Proc = gen_mod:get_module_proc(Host, ?PROCNAME), Proc ! stop, {wait, Proc}. \end{verbatim} \end{document}