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is replaced at start time with the real virtual host name.
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{\huge {\bf ejabberd \version\ }} \\
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{\huge Installation and Operation Guide}
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Examples:
\begin{itemize}
\item Domain \jid{example.net} is using the internal authentication method while
domain \jid{example.com} is using the \ind{LDAP}LDAP server running on the
domain \jid{localhost} to perform authentication:
\begin{verbatim}
{host_config, "example.net", [{auth_method, internal}]}.
{host_config, "example.com", [{auth_method, ldap},
{ldap_servers, ["localhost"]},
{ldap_uids, [{"uid"}]},
{ldap_rootdn, "dc=localdomain"},
{ldap_rootdn, "dc=example,dc=com"},
{ldap_password, ""}]}.
\end{verbatim}
\item Domain \jid{example.net} is using \ind{ODBC}ODBC to perform authentication
while domain \jid{example.com} is using the LDAP servers running on the domains
\jid{localhost} and \jid{otherhost}:
\begin{verbatim}
{host_config, "example.net", [{auth_method, odbc},
{odbc_server, "DSN=ejabberd;UID=ejabberd;PWD=ejabberd"}]}.
{host_config, "example.com", [{auth_method, ldap},
{ldap_servers, ["localhost", "otherhost"]},
{ldap_uids, [{"uid"}]},
{ldap_rootdn, "dc=localdomain"},
{ldap_rootdn, "dc=example,dc=com"},
{ldap_password, ""}]}.
\end{verbatim}
\end{itemize}
To define specific ejabberd modules in a virtual host,
you can define the global \term{modules} option with the common modules,
and later add specific modules to certain virtual hosts.
To accomplish that, instead of defining each option in \term{host\_config} with the syntax
\begin{verbatim}
{, }
\end{verbatim}
use this syntax:
\begin{verbatim}
{{add, }, }
\end{verbatim}
In this example three virtual hosts have some similar modules, but there are also
other different modules for some specific virtual hosts:
\begin{verbatim}
%% This ejabberd server has three vhosts:
{hosts, ["one.example.org", "two.example.org", "three.example.org"]}.
%% Configuration of modules that are common to all vhosts
{modules,
[
{mod_roster, []},
{mod_configure, []},
{mod_disco, []},
{mod_private, []},
{mod_time, []},
{mod_last, []},
{mod_version, []}
]}.
%% Add some modules to vhost one:
{host_config, "one.example.org",
[{{add, modules}, [
{mod_echo, [{host, "echo-service.one.example.org"}]}
{mod_http_bind, []},
{mod_logxml, []}
]
}
]}.
%% Add a module just to vhost two:
{host_config, "two.example.org",
[{{add, modules}, [
{mod_echo, [{host, "mirror.two.example.org"}]}
]
}
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsection{listened}{Listening Ports}
\ind{options!listen}
The option \option{listen} defines for which addresses and ports \ejabberd{}
will listen and what services will be run on them. Each element of the list is a
tuple with the following elements:
\begin{itemize}
\item Port number. Optionally also the IP address.
\item Listening module that serves this port.
\item Options for the TCP socket and for the listening module.
\end{itemize}
With the basic syntax the ports will listen on all IPv4 network addresses:
\begin{verbatim}
{listen, [
{, , []},
{, , []},
...
{, , []}
]}.
\end{verbatim}
It is possible to specify the IP address for a port using the full syntax:
\begin{verbatim}
{{, }, , []}
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsubsection{listened-port}{Port Number and IP Address}
The port number defines which port to listen for incoming connections.
It can be a Jabber/XMPP standard port
(see section \ref{firewall}) or any other valid port number.
The IP address can be represented with a string
or an Erlang tuple with decimal or hexadecimal numbers.
The socket will listen only in that network interface.
It is possible to specify a generic address,
so \ejabberd{} will listen in all addresses.
Depending in the type of the IP address, IPv4 or IPv6 will be used.
Some example values for IP address:
\begin{itemize}
\item \verb|"0.0.0.0"| to listen in all IPv4 network interfaces. This is the default value when no IP is specified.
\item \verb|"::"| to listen in all IPv6 network interfaces
\item \verb|"10.11.12.13"| is the IPv4 address \verb|10.11.12.13|
\item \verb|"::FFFF:127.0.0.1"| is the IPv6 address \verb|::FFFF:127.0.0.1/128|
\item \verb|{10, 11, 12, 13}| is the IPv4 address \verb|10.11.12.13|
\item \verb|{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 65535, 32512, 1}| is the IPv6 address \verb|::FFFF:127.0.0.1/128|
\item \verb|{16#fdca, 16#8ab6, 16#a243, 16#75ef, 0, 0, 0, 1}| is the IPv6 address \verb|FDCA:8AB6:A243:75EF::1/128|
\end{itemize}
\makesubsubsection{listened-module}{Listening Module}
\ind{modules!ejabberd\_c2s}\ind{modules!ejabberd\_s2s\_in}\ind{modules!ejabberd\_service}\ind{modules!ejabberd\_http}\ind{protocols!XEP-0114: Jabber Component Protocol}
The available modules, their purpose and the options allowed by each one are:
\begin{description}
\titem{\texttt{ejabberd\_c2s}}
Handles c2s connections.\\
Options: \texttt{access}, \texttt{certfile},
\texttt{max\_stanza\_size}, \texttt{shaper},
\texttt{starttls}, \texttt{starttls\_required}, \texttt{tls},
\texttt{zlib}
\titem{\texttt{ejabberd\_s2s\_in}}
Handles incoming s2s connections.\\
Options: \texttt{max\_stanza\_size}
\titem{\texttt{ejabberd\_service}}
Interacts with an \footahref{http://www.ejabberd.im/tutorials-transports}{external component}
(as defined in the Jabber Component Protocol (\xepref{0114}).\\
Options: \texttt{access}, \texttt{hosts},
\texttt{shaper}, \texttt{service\_check\_from}
\titem{\texttt{ejabberd\_http}}
Handles incoming HTTP connections.\\
Options: \texttt{captcha}, \texttt{certfile}, \texttt{http\_bind}, \texttt{http\_poll},
\texttt{request\_handlers}, \texttt{tls}, \texttt{web\_admin}\\
\end{description}
\makesubsubsection{listened-options}{Options}
This is a detailed description of each option allowed by the listening modules:
\begin{description}
\titem{\{access, \}} \ind{options!access}This option defines
access to the port. The default value is \term{all}.
\titem{\{certfile, Path\}} Full path to a file containing the default SSL certificate.
To define a certificate file specific for a given domain, use the global option \term{domain\_certfile}.
\titem{service\_check\_from} \ind{options!service\_check\_from}
This option can be used with \term{ejabberd\_service} only. It is
used to disable control on the from field on packets send by an
external components. The option can be either \term{true} or
\term{false}. The default value is \term{true} which conforms to \xepref{0114}.
\titem{\{hosts, [Hostnames], [HostOptions]\}} \ind{options!hosts}
The external Jabber component that connects to this \term{ejabberd\_service}
can serve one or more hostnames.
In \term{HostOptions} you can define options for the component;
currently the only allowed option is the password required to the component
when attempt to connect to ejabberd: \poption{\{password, Secret\}}.
Note that you cannot define in a single \term{ejabberd\_service} components of
different services: add an \term{ejabberd\_service} for each service,
as seen in an example below.
\titem{captcha} \ind{options!http-captcha}
Simple web page that allows a user to fill a CAPTCHA challenge (see section \ref{captcha}).
\titem{http\_bind} \ind{options!http\_bind}\ind{protocols!XEP-0206: HTTP Binding}\ind{JWChat}\ind{web-based Jabber client}
This option enables HTTP Binding (\xepref{0124} and \xepref{0206}) support. HTTP Bind
enables access via HTTP requests to \ejabberd{} from behind firewalls which
do not allow outgoing sockets on port 5222.
Remember that you must also install and enable the module mod\_http\_bind.
If HTTP Bind is enabled, it will be available at
\verb|http://server:port/http-bind/|. Be aware that support for HTTP Bind
is also needed in the \Jabber{} client. Remark also that HTTP Bind can be
interesting to host a web-based \Jabber{} client such as
\footahref{http://jwchat.sourceforge.net/}{JWChat}
(check the tutorials to install JWChat with ejabberd and an
\footahref{http://www.ejabberd.im/jwchat-localserver}{embedded local web server}
or \footahref{http://www.ejabberd.im/jwchat-apache}{Apache}).
\titem{http\_poll} \ind{options!http\_poll}\ind{protocols!XEP-0025: HTTP Polling}\ind{JWChat}\ind{web-based Jabber client}
This option enables HTTP Polling (\xepref{0025}) support. HTTP Polling
enables access via HTTP requests to \ejabberd{} from behind firewalls which
do not allow outgoing sockets on port 5222.
If HTTP Polling is enabled, it will be available at
\verb|http://server:port/http-poll/|. Be aware that support for HTTP Polling
is also needed in the \Jabber{} client. Remark also that HTTP Polling can be
interesting to host a web-based \Jabber{} client such as
\footahref{http://jwchat.sourceforge.net/}{JWChat}.
The maximum period of time to keep a client session active without
an incoming POST request can be configured with the global option
\term{http\_poll\_timeout}. The default value is five minutes.
The option can be defined in \term{ejabberd.cfg}, expressing the time
in seconds: \verb|{http_poll_timeout, 300}.|
\titem{\{max\_stanza\_size, Size\}}
\ind{options!max\_stanza\_size}This option specifies an
approximate maximum size in bytes of XML stanzas. Approximate,
because it is calculated with the precision of one block of readed
data. For example \verb|{max_stanza_size, 65536}|. The default
value is \term{infinity}. Recommended values are 65536 for c2s
connections and 131072 for s2s connections. s2s max stanza size
must always much higher than c2s limit. Change this value with
extreme care as it can cause unwanted disconnect if set too low.
\titem{\{request\_handlers, [\{Path, Module\}]\}} To define one or several handlers that will serve HTTP requests.
The Path is a list of strings; so the URIs that start with that Path will be served by Module.
For example, if you want \term{mod\_foo} to serve the URIs that start with \term{/a/b/},
and you also want \term{mod\_http\_bind} to serve the URIs \term{/http-bind/},
use this option: \term{\{request\_handlers, [\{["a", "b"], mod\_foo\}, \{["http-bind"], mod\_http\_bind\}]\}}
\titem{\{service\_check\_from, true|false\}}
By enabling this option, \ejabberd{} allows the component to send packets with any arbitrary domain in the 'from' attribute.
Note that \xepref{0114} requires that the domain must match the hostname of the component.
Only enable this option if you are completely sure you need to enable it.
Default value: false.
\titem{\{shaper, \}} \ind{options!shaper}This option defines a
shaper for the port (see section~\ref{shapers}). The default value
is \term{none}.
\titem{starttls} \ind{options!starttls}\ind{STARTTLS}This option
specifies that STARTTLS encryption is available on connections to the port.
You should also set the \option{certfile} option.
You can define a certificate file for a specific domain using the global option \option{domain\_certfile}.
\titem{starttls\_required} \ind{options!starttls\_required}This option
specifies that STARTTLS encryption is required on connections to the port.
No unencrypted connections will be allowed.
You should also set the \option{certfile} option.
You can define a certificate file for a specific domain using the global option \option{domain\_certfile}.
\titem{tls} \ind{options!tls}\ind{TLS}This option specifies that traffic on
the port will be encrypted using SSL immediately after connecting.
This was the traditional encryption method in the early Jabber software,
commonly on port 5223 for client-to-server communications.
But this method is nowadays deprecated and not recommended.
The preferable encryption method is STARTTLS on port 5222, as defined
\footahref{http://www.xmpp.org/specs/rfc3920.html\#tls}{RFC 3920: XMPP Core},
which can be enabled in \ejabberd{} with the option \term{starttls}.
If this option is set, you should also set the \option{certfile} option.
\titem{web\_admin} \ind{options!web\_admin}\ind{web admin}This option
enables the Web Admin for \ejabberd{} administration which is available
at \verb|http://server:port/admin/|. Login and password are the username and
password of one of the registered users who are granted access by the
`configure' access rule.
\titem{zlib} \ind{options!zlib}\ind{protocols!XEP-0138: Stream Compression}\ind{Zlib}This
option specifies that Zlib stream compression (as defined in \xepref{0138})
is available on connections to the port. Client connections cannot use
stream compression and stream encryption simultaneously. Hence, if you
specify both \option{starttls} (or \option{tls}) and \option{zlib}, the latter
option will not affect connections (there will be no stream compression).
\end{description}
There are some additional global options that can be specified in the ejabberd configuration file (outside \term{listen}):
\begin{description}
\titem{\{s2s\_use\_starttls, true|false\}}
\ind{options!s2s\_use\_starttls}\ind{STARTTLS}This option defines whether to
use STARTTLS for s2s connections.
\titem{\{s2s\_certfile, Path\}} \ind{options!s2s\_certificate}Full path to a
file containing a SSL certificate.
\titem{\{domain\_certfile, Domain, Path\}} \ind{options!domain\_certfile}
Full path to the file containing the SSL certificate for a specific domain.
\titem{\{outgoing\_s2s\_options, Methods, Timeout\}} \ind{options!outgoing\_s2s\_options}
Specify which address families to try, in what order, and connect timeout in milliseconds.
By default it first tries connecting with IPv4, if that fails it tries using IPv6,
with a timeout of 10000 milliseconds.
\titem{\{s2s\_default\_policy, allow|deny\}}
The default policy for incoming and outgoing s2s connections to other Jabber servers.
The default value is \term{allow}.
\titem{\{\{s2s\_host, Host\}, allow|deny\}}
Defines if incoming and outgoing s2s connections with a specific remote host are allowed or denied.
This allows to restrict ejabberd to only establish s2s connections
with a small list of trusted servers, or to block some specific servers.
\titem{\{s2s\_max\_retry\_delay, Seconds\}} \ind{options!s2s\_max\_retry\_delay}
The maximum allowed delay for retry to connect after a failed connection attempt.
Specified in seconds. The default value is 300 seconds (5 minutes).
\end{description}
\makesubsubsection{listened-examples}{Examples}
For example, the following simple configuration defines:
\begin{itemize}
\item There are three domains. The default certificate file is \term{server.pem}.
However, the c2s and s2s connections to the domain \term{example.com} use the file \term{example\_com.pem}.
\item Port 5222 listens for c2s connections with STARTTLS,
and also allows plain connections for old clients.
\item Port 5223 listens for c2s connections with the old SSL.
\item Port 5269 listens for s2s connections with STARTTLS. The socket is set for IPv6 instead of IPv4.
\item Port 5280 listens for HTTP requests, and serves the HTTP Poll service.
\item Port 5281 listens for HTTP requests, and serves the Web Admin using HTTPS as explained in
section~\ref{webadmin}. The socket only listens connections to the IP address 127.0.0.1.
\end{itemize}
\begin{verbatim}
{hosts, ["example.com", "example.org", "example.net"]}.
{listen,
[
{5222, ejabberd_c2s, [
{access, c2s},
{shaper, c2s_shaper},
starttls, {certfile, "/etc/ejabberd/server.pem"},
{max_stanza_size, 65536}
]},
{5223, ejabberd_c2s, [
{access, c2s},
{shaper, c2s_shaper},
tls, {certfile, "/etc/ejabberd/server.pem"},
{max_stanza_size, 65536}
]},
{{5269, "::"}, ejabberd_s2s_in, [
{shaper, s2s_shaper},
{max_stanza_size, 131072}
]},
{5280, ejabberd_http, [
http_poll
]},
{{5281, "127.0.0.1"}, ejabberd_http, [
web_admin,
tls, {certfile, "/etc/ejabberd/server.pem"},
]}
]
}.
{s2s_use_starttls, true}.
{s2s_certfile, "/etc/ejabberd/server.pem"}.
{domain_certfile, "example.com", "/etc/ejabberd/example_com.pem"}.
\end{verbatim}
In this example, the following configuration defines that:
\begin{itemize}
\item c2s connections are listened for on port 5222 (all IPv4 addresses) and
on port 5223 (SSL, IP 192.168.0.1 and fdca:8ab6:a243:75ef::1) and denied
for the user called `\term{bad}'.
\item s2s connections are listened for on port 5269 (all IPv4 addresses)
with STARTTLS for secured traffic enabled.
Incoming and outgoing connections of remote Jabber servers are denied,
only two servers can connect: "jabber.example.org" and "example.com".
\item Port 5280 is serving the Web Admin and the HTTP Polling service
in all the IPv4 addresses. Note
that it is also possible to serve them on different ports. The second
example in section~\ref{webadmin} shows how exactly this can be done.
\item All users except for the administrators have a traffic of limit
1,000\,Bytes/second
\item \ind{transports!AIM}The
\footahref{http://www.ejabberd.im/pyaimt}{AIM transport}
\jid{aim.example.org} is connected to port 5233 on localhost IP addresses
(127.0.0.1 and ::1) with password `\term{aimsecret}'.
\item \ind{transports!ICQ}The ICQ transport JIT (\jid{icq.example.org} and
\jid{sms.example.org}) is connected to port 5234 with password
`\term{jitsecret}'.
\item \ind{transports!MSN}The
\footahref{http://www.ejabberd.im/pymsnt}{MSN transport}
\jid{msn.example.org} is connected to port 5235 with password
`\term{msnsecret}'.
\item \ind{transports!Yahoo}The
\footahref{http://www.ejabberd.im/yahoo-transport-2}{Yahoo! transport}
\jid{yahoo.example.org} is connected to port 5236 with password
`\term{yahoosecret}'.
\item \ind{transports!Gadu-Gadu}The \footahref{http://www.ejabberd.im/jabber-gg-transport}{Gadu-Gadu transport} \jid{gg.example.org} is
connected to port 5237 with password `\term{ggsecret}'.
\item \ind{transports!email notifier}The
\footahref{http://www.ejabberd.im/jmc}{Jabber Mail Component}
\jid{jmc.example.org} is connected to port 5238 with password
`\term{jmcsecret}'.
\item The service custom has enabled the special option to avoiding checking the \term{from} attribute in the packets send by this component. The component can send packets in behalf of any users from the server, or even on behalf of any server.
\end{itemize}
\begin{verbatim}
{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, {192, 168, 0, 1}}, ejabberd_c2s, [
{access, c2s},
ssl, {certfile, "/path/to/ssl.pem"}
]},
{{5223, {16#fdca, 16#8ab6, 16#a243, 16#75ef, 0, 0, 0, 1}},
ejabberd_c2s, [
{access, c2s},
ssl, {certfile, "/path/to/ssl.pem"}
]},
{5269, ejabberd_s2s_in, []},
{{5280, {0, 0, 0, 0}}, ejabberd_http, [
http_poll,
web_admin
]},
{{5233, {127, 0, 0, 1}}, ejabberd_service, [
{hosts, ["aim.example.org"],
[{password, "aimsecret"}]}
]},
{{5233, "::1"}, ejabberd_service, [
{hosts, ["aim.example.org"],
[{password, "aimsecret"}]}
]},
{5234, ejabberd_service, [{hosts, ["icq.example.org", "sms.example.org"],
[{password, "jitsecret"}]}]},
{5235, ejabberd_service, [{hosts, ["msn.example.org"],
[{password, "msnsecret"}]}]},
{5236, ejabberd_service, [{hosts, ["yahoo.example.org"],
[{password, "yahoosecret"}]}]},
{5237, ejabberd_service, [{hosts, ["gg.example.org"],
[{password, "ggsecret"}]}]},
{5238, ejabberd_service, [{hosts, ["jmc.example.org"],
[{password, "jmcsecret"}]}]},
{5239, ejabberd_service, [{hosts, ["custom.example.org"],
[{password, "customsecret"}]},
{service_check_from, false}]}
]
}.
{s2s_use_starttls, true}.
{s2s_certfile, "/path/to/ssl.pem"}.
{s2s_default_policy, deny}.
{{s2s_host,"jabber.example.org"}, allow}.
{{s2s_host,"example.com"}, allow}.
\end{verbatim}
Note, that for services based in \ind{jabberd14}jabberd14 or \ind{WPJabber}WPJabber
you have to make the transports log and do \ind{XDB}XDB by themselves:
\begin{verbatim}
%d: [%t] (%h): %s
/var/log/jabber/service.log
/usr/lib/jabber/xdb_file.so
/var/spool/jabber
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsection{auth}{Authentication}
\ind{authentication}\ind{options!auth\_method}
The option \option{auth\_method} defines the authentication method that is used
for user authentication:
\begin{verbatim}
{auth_method, []}.
\end{verbatim}
The following authentication methods are supported by \ejabberd{}:
\begin{itemize}
\item internal (default) --- See section~\ref{internalauth}.
\item external --- There are \footahref{http://www.ejabberd.im/extauth}{some
example authentication scripts}.
\item ldap --- See section~\ref{ldap}.
\item odbc --- See section~\ref{mysql}, \ref{pgsql},
\ref{mssql} and \ref{odbc}.
\item anonymous --- See section~\ref{saslanonymous}.
\item pam --- See section~\ref{pam}.
\end{itemize}
Account creation is only supported by internal and odbc methods.
\makesubsubsection{internalauth}{Internal}
\ind{internal authentication}\ind{Mnesia}
\ejabberd{} uses its internal Mnesia database as the default authentication method.
\begin{itemize}
\item \term{auth\_method}: The value \term{internal} will enable the internal
authentication method.
\end{itemize}
Examples:
\begin{itemize}
\item To use internal authentication on \jid{example.org} and LDAP
authentication on \jid{example.net}:
\begin{verbatim}
{host_config, "example.org", [{auth_method, [internal]}]}.
{host_config, "example.net", [{auth_method, [ldap]}]}.
\end{verbatim}
\item To use internal authentication on all virtual hosts:
\begin{verbatim}
{auth_method, internal}.
\end{verbatim}
\end{itemize}
\makesubsubsection{saslanonymous}{SASL Anonymous and Anonymous Login}
\ind{sasl anonymous}\ind{anonymous login}
%TODO: introduction; tell what people can do with this
The anonymous authentication method can be configured with the following
options. Remember that you can use the \term{host\_config} option to set virtual
host specific options (see section~\ref{virtualhost}). Note that there also
is a detailed tutorial regarding \footahref{http://support.process-one.net/doc/display/MESSENGER/Anonymous+users+support}{SASL
Anonymous and anonymous login configuration}.
\begin{itemize}
\item \term{auth\_method}: The value \term{anonymous} will enable the anonymous
authentication method.
\item \term{allow\_multiple\_connections}: This value for this option can be
either \term{true} or \term{false} and is only used when the anonymous mode is
enabled. Setting it to \term{true} means that the same username can be taken
multiple times in anonymous login mode if different resource are used to
connect. This option is only useful in very special occasions. The default
value is \term{false}.
\item \term{anonymous\_protocol}: This option can take three values:
\term{sasl\_anon}, \term{login\_anon} or \term{both}. \term{sasl\_anon} means
that the SASL Anonymous method will be used. \term{login\_anon} means that the
anonymous login method will be used. \term{both} means that SASL Anonymous and
login anonymous are both enabled.
\end{itemize}
Those options are defined for each virtual host with the \term{host\_config}
parameter (see section~\ref{virtualhost}).
Examples:
\begin{itemize}
\item To enable anonymous login on all virtual hosts:
\begin{verbatim}
{auth_method, [anonymous]}.
{anonymous_protocol, login_anon}.
\end{verbatim}
\item Similar as previous example, but limited to \jid{public.example.org}:
\begin{verbatim}
{host_config, "public.example.org", [{auth_method, [anonymous]},
{anonymous_protocol, login_anon}]}.
\end{verbatim}
\item To enable anonymous login and internal authentication on a virtual host:
\begin{verbatim}
{host_config, "public.example.org", [{auth_method, [internal,anonymous]},
{anonymous_protocol, login_anon}]}.
\end{verbatim}
\item To enable SASL Anonymous on a virtual host:
\begin{verbatim}
{host_config, "public.example.org", [{auth_method, [anonymous]},
{anonymous_protocol, sasl_anon}]}.
\end{verbatim}
\item To enable SASL Anonymous and anonymous login on a virtual host:
\begin{verbatim}
{host_config, "public.example.org", [{auth_method, [anonymous]},
{anonymous_protocol, both}]}.
\end{verbatim}
\item To enable SASL Anonymous, anonymous login, and internal authentication on
a virtual host:
\begin{verbatim}
{host_config, "public.example.org", [{auth_method, [internal,anonymous]},
{anonymous_protocol, both}]}.
\end{verbatim}
\end{itemize}
\makesubsubsection{pam}{PAM Authentication}
\ind{PAM authentication}\ind{Pluggable Authentication Modules}
\ejabberd{} supports authentication via Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM).
PAM is currently supported in AIX, FreeBSD, HP-UX, Linux, Mac OS X, NetBSD and Solaris.
PAM authentication is disabled by default, so you have to configure and compile
\ejabberd{} with PAM support enabled:
\begin{verbatim}
./configure --enable-pam && make install
\end{verbatim}
Options:
\begin{description}
\titem{pam\_service}\ind{options!pam\_service}This option defines the PAM service name.
Default is \term{"ejabberd"}. Refer to the PAM documentation of your operation system
for more information.
\end{description}
Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{auth_method, [pam]}.
{pam_service, "ejabberd"}.
\end{verbatim}
Though it is quite easy to set up PAM support in \ejabberd{}, PAM itself introduces some
security issues:
\begin{itemize}
\item To perform PAM authentication \ejabberd{} uses external C-program called
\term{epam}. By default, it is located in \verb|/var/lib/ejabberd/priv/bin/|
directory. You have to set it root on execution in the case when your PAM module
requires root privileges (\term{pam\_unix.so} for example). Also you have to grant access
for \ejabberd{} to this file and remove all other permissions from it.
Execute with root privileges:
\begin{verbatim}
chown root:ejabberd /var/lib/ejabberd/priv/bin/epam
chmod 4750 /var/lib/ejabberd/priv/bin/epam
\end{verbatim}
\item Make sure you have the latest version of PAM installed on your system.
Some old versions of PAM modules cause memory leaks. If you are not able to use the latest
version, you can \term{kill(1)} \term{epam} process periodically to reduce its memory
consumption: \ejabberd{} will restart this process immediately.
\item \term{epam} program tries to turn off delays on authentication failures.
However, some PAM modules ignore this behavior and rely on their own configuration options.
You can create a configuration file \term{ejabberd.pam}.
This example shows how to turn off delays in \term{pam\_unix.so} module:
\begin{verbatim}
#%PAM-1.0
auth sufficient pam_unix.so likeauth nullok nodelay
account sufficient pam_unix.so
\end{verbatim}
That is not a ready to use configuration file: you must use it
as a hint when building your own PAM configuration instead. Note that if you want to disable
delays on authentication failures in the PAM configuration file, you have to restrict access
to this file, so a malicious user can't use your configuration to perform brute-force
attacks.
\item You may want to allow login access only for certain users. \term{pam\_listfile.so}
module provides such functionality.
\item If you use \term{pam\_winbind} to authorise against a Windows Active Directory,
then \term{/etc/nssswitch.conf} must be configured to use \term{winbind} as well.
\end{itemize}
\makesubsection{accessrules}{Access Rules}
\ind{access rules}\ind{ACL}\ind{Access Control List}
\makesubsubsection{ACLDefinition}{ACL Definition}
\ind{ACL}\ind{options!acl}\ind{ACL}\ind{Access Control List}
Access control in \ejabberd{} is performed via Access Control Lists (ACLs). The
declarations of ACLs in the configuration file have the following syntax:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, , {, ...}}.
\end{verbatim}
\term{} can be one of the following:
\begin{description}
\titem{all} Matches all JIDs. Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, all, all}.
\end{verbatim}
\titem{\{user, \}} Matches the user with the name
\term{} at the first virtual host. Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, admin, {user, "yozhik"}}.
\end{verbatim}
\titem{\{user, , \}} Matches the user with the JID
\term{@} and any resource. Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, admin, {user, "yozhik", "example.org"}}.
\end{verbatim}
\titem{\{server, \}} Matches any JID from server
\term{}. Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, exampleorg, {server, "example.org"}}.
\end{verbatim}
\titem{\{resource, \}} Matches any JID with a resource
\term{}. Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, mucklres, {resource, "muckl"}}.
\end{verbatim}
\titem{\{shared\_group, \}} Matches any member of a Shared Roster Group with name \term{} in the virtual host. Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, techgroupmembers, {shared_group, "techteam"}}.
\end{verbatim}
\titem{\{shared\_group, , \}} Matches any member of a Shared Roster Group with name \term{} in the virtual host \term{}. Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, techgroupmembers, {shared_group, "techteam", "example.org"}}.
\end{verbatim}
\titem{\{user\_regexp, \}} Matches any local user with a name that
matches \term{} on local virtual hosts. Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, tests, {user_regexp, "^test[0-9]*$"}}.
\end{verbatim}
%$
\titem{\{user\_regexp, , \}} Matches any user with a name
that matches \term{} at server \term{}. Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, tests, {user_regexp, "^test", "example.org"}}.
\end{verbatim}
\titem{\{server\_regexp, \}} Matches any JID from the server that
matches \term{}. Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, icq, {server_regexp, "^icq\\."}}.
\end{verbatim}
\titem{\{resource\_regexp, \}} Matches any JID with a resource that
matches \term{}. Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, icq, {resource_regexp, "^laptop\\."}}.
\end{verbatim}
\titem{\{node\_regexp, , \}} Matches any user
with a name that matches \term{} at any server that matches
\term{}. Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, yohzik, {node_regexp, "^yohzik$", "^example.(com|org)$"}}.
\end{verbatim}
\titem{\{user\_glob, \}}
\titem{\{user\_glob, , \}}
\titem{\{server\_glob, \}}
\titem{\{resource\_glob, \}}
\titem{\{node\_glob, , \}} This is the same as
above. However, it uses shell glob patterns instead of regexp. These patterns
can have the following special characters:
\begin{description}
\titem{*} matches any string including the null string.
\titem{?} matches any single character.
\titem{[...]} matches any of the enclosed characters. Character
ranges are specified by a pair of characters separated by a \term{`-'}.
If the first character after \term{`['} is a \term{`!'}, any
character not enclosed is matched.
\end{description}
\end{description}
The following ACLs are pre-defined:
\begin{description}
\titem{all} Matches any JID.
\titem{none} Matches no JID.
\end{description}
\makesubsubsection{AccessRights}{Access Rights}
\ind{access}\ind{ACL}\ind{options!acl}\ind{ACL}\ind{Access Control List}
An entry allowing or denying access to different services looks similar to
this:
\begin{verbatim}
{access, , [{allow, },
{deny, },
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
When a JID is checked to have access to \term{}, the server
sequentially checks if that JID matches any of the ACLs that are named in the
second elements of the tuples in the list. If it matches, the first element of
the first matched tuple is returned, otherwise the value `\term{deny}' is
returned.
Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{access, configure, [{allow, admin}]}.
{access, something, [{deny, badmans},
{allow, all}]}.
\end{verbatim}
The following access rules are pre-defined:
\begin{description}
\titem{all} Always returns the value `\term{allow}'.
\titem{none} Always returns the value `\term{deny}'.
\end{description}
\makesubsubsection{configmaxsessions}{Limiting Opened Sessions with ACL}
\ind{options!max\_user\_sessions}
The special access \term{max\_user\_sessions} specifies the maximum
number of sessions (authenticated connections) per user. If a user
tries to open more sessions by using different resources, the first
opened session will be disconnected. The error \term{session replaced}
will be sent to the disconnected session. The value for this option
can be either a number, or \term{infinity}. The default value is
\term{infinity}.
The syntax is:
\begin{verbatim}
{access, max_user_sessions, [{, },
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
Examples:
\begin{itemize}
\item To limit the number of sessions per user to 10 for all users:
\begin{verbatim}
{access, max_user_sessions, [{10, all}]}.
\end{verbatim}
\end{itemize}
\makesubsubsection{configmaxs2sconns}{Several connections to a remote Jabber server with ACL}
\ind{options!max\_s2s\_connections}
The special access \term{max\_s2s\_connections} specifies how many
simultaneus S2S connections can be established to a specific remote Jabber server.
The default value is \term{1}.
There's also available the access \term{max\_s2s\_connections\_per\_node}.
The syntax is:
\begin{verbatim}
{access, max_s2s_connections, [{, },
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
Examples:
\begin{itemize}
\item Allow up to 3 connections with each remote server:
\begin{verbatim}
{access, max_s2s_connections, [{3, all}]}.
\end{verbatim}
\end{itemize}
\makesubsection{shapers}{Shapers}
\ind{options!shaper}\ind{options!maxrate}\ind{shapers}\ind{maxrate}\ind{traffic speed}
Shapers enable you to limit connection traffic. The syntax of
shapers is like this:
\begin{verbatim}
{shaper, , }.
\end{verbatim}
Currently only one kind of shaper called \term{maxrate} is available. It has the
following syntax:
\begin{verbatim}
{maxrate, }
\end{verbatim}
where \term{} stands for the maximum allowed incoming rate in bytes per
second.
When a connection exceeds this limit, \ejabberd{} stops reading from the socket
until the average rate is again below the allowed maximum.
Examples:
\begin{itemize}
\item To define a shaper named `\term{normal}' with traffic speed limited to
1,000\,bytes/second:
\begin{verbatim}
{shaper, normal, {maxrate, 1000}}.
\end{verbatim}
\item To define a shaper named `\term{fast}' with traffic speed limited to
50,000\,bytes/second:
\begin{verbatim}
{shaper, fast, {maxrate, 50000}}.
\end{verbatim}
\end{itemize}
\makesubsection{language}{Default Language}
\ind{options!language}\ind{language}
The option \option{language} defines the default language of server strings that
can be seen by \Jabber{} clients. If a \Jabber{} client does not support
\option{xml:lang}, the specified language is used. The default value is
\term{en}. In order to take effect there must be a translation file
\term{.msg} in \ejabberd{}'s \term{msgs} directory.
For example, to set Russian as default language:
\begin{verbatim}
{language, "ru"}.
\end{verbatim}
Appendix \ref{i18ni10n} provides more details about internationalization and localization.
\makesubsection{captcha}{CAPTCHA}
\ind{options!captcha}\ind{captcha}
Some \ejabberd{} modules can be configured to require a CAPTCHA challenge on certain actions.
If the client does not support CAPTCHA Forms (\xepref{0158}),
a web link is provided so the user can fill the challenge in a web browser.
An example script is provided that generates the image
using ImageMagick's Convert program.
The configurable options are:
\begin{description}
\titem{\{captcha\_cmd, Path\}}
Full path to a script that generates the image.
The default value is an empty string: \term{""}
\titem{\{captcha\_host, Host\}}
Host part of the URL sent to the user.
You can include the port number.
The URL sent to the user is formed by: \term{http://Host/captcha/}
The default value is the first hostname configured.
\end{description}
Additionally, an \term{ejabberd\_http} listener must be enabled with the \term{captcha} option.
See section \ref{listened-module}.
Example configuration:
\begin{verbatim}
{hosts, ["example.org"]}.
{captcha_cmd, "/lib/ejabberd/priv/bin/captcha.sh"}.
{captcha_host, "example.org:5280"}.
{listen,
[
...
{5280, ejabberd_http, [
captcha,
...
]
}
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsection{includeconfigfile}{Include Additional Configuration Files}
\ind{options!includeconfigfile}\ind{includeconfigfile}
The option \option{include\_config\_file} in a configuration file instructs \ejabberd{} to include other configuration files immediately.
The basic usage is:
\begin{verbatim}
{include_config_file, }.
\end{verbatim}
It is also possible to specify suboptions:
\begin{verbatim}
{include_config_file, , [, , ...]}.
\end{verbatim}
The filename can be indicated either as an absolute path,
or relative to the main \ejabberd{} configuration file.
It isn't possible to use wildcards.
The file must exist and be readable.
The allowed suboptions are:
\begin{description}
\titem{\{disallow, [, , ...]\}} Disallows the usage of those options in the included configuration file.
The options that match this criteria are not accepted.
The default value is an empty list: \term{[]}
\titem{\{allow\_only, [ , , ...]\}} Allows only the usage of those options in the included configuration file.
The options that do not match this criteria are not accepted.
The default value is: \term{all}
\end{description}
This is a basic example:
\begin{verbatim}
{include_config_file, "/etc/ejabberd/additional.cfg"}.
\end{verbatim}
In this example, the included file is not allowed to contain a \term{listen} option.
If such an option is present, the option will not be accepted.
The file is in a subdirectory from where the main configuration file is.
\begin{verbatim}
{include_config_file, "./example.org/additional_not_listen.cfg", [{disallow, [listen]}]}.
\end{verbatim}
In this example, \term{ejabberd.cfg} defines some ACL and Access rules,
and later includes another file with additional rules:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, admin, {user, "admin", "localhost"}}.
{access, announce, [{allow, admin}]}.
{include_config_file, "/etc/ejabberd/acl_and_access.cfg", [{allow_only, [acl, access]}]}.
\end{verbatim}
and content of the file \term{acl\_and\_access.cfg} can be, for example:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, admin, {user, "bob", "localhost"}}.
{acl, admin, {user, "jan", "localhost"}}.
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsection{optionmacros}{Option Macros in Configuration File}
\ind{options!optionmacros}\ind{optionmacros}
In the \ejabberd{} configuration file,
it is possible to define a macro for a value
and later use this macro when defining an option.
A macro is defined with this syntax:
\begin{verbatim}
{define_macro, '', }.
\end{verbatim}
The \term{MACRO} must be surrounded by single quotation marks,
and all letters in uppercase; check the examples bellow.
The \term{value} can be any valid arbitrary Erlang term.
The first definition of a macro is preserved,
and additional definitions of the same macro are forgotten.
Macros are processed after
additional configuration files have been included,
so it is possible to use macros that
are defined in configuration files included before the usage.
It isn't possible to use a macro in the definition
of another macro.
There are two ways to use a macro:
\begin{description}
\titem{''}
You can put this instead of a value in an \ejabberd{} option,
and will be replaced with the \term{value} previously defined.
If the macro is not defined previously,
the program will crash and report an error.
\titem{\{use\_macro, '', \}}
Use a macro even if it may not be defined.
If the macro is not defined previously,
the provided \term{defaultvalue} is used.
This usage behaves as if it were defined and used this way:
\begin{verbatim}
{define_macro, '', }.
''
\end{verbatim}
\end{description}
This example shows the basic usage of a macro:
\begin{verbatim}
{define_macro, 'LOG_LEVEL_NUMBER', 5}.
{loglevel, 'LOG_LEVEL_NUMBER'}.
\end{verbatim}
The resulting option interpreted by \ejabberd{} is: \term{\{loglevel, 5\}}.
This example shows that values can be any arbitrary Erlang term:
\begin{verbatim}
{define_macro, 'USERBOB', {user, "bob", "localhost"}}.
{acl, admin, 'USERBOB'}.
\end{verbatim}
The resulting option interpreted by \ejabberd{} is: \term{\{acl, admin, \{user, "bob", "localhost"\}\}}.
This complex example:
\begin{verbatim}
{define_macro, 'NUMBER_PORT_C2S', 5222}.
{define_macro, 'PORT_S2S_IN', {5269, ejabberd_s2s_in, []}}.
{listen,
[
{'NUMBER_PORT_C2S', ejabberd_c2s, []},
'PORT_S2S_IN',
{{use_macro, 'NUMBER_PORT_HTTP', 5280}, ejabberd_http, []}
]
}.
\end{verbatim}
produces this result after being interpreted:
\begin{verbatim}
{listen,
[
{5222, ejabberd_c2s, []},
{5269, ejabberd_s2s_in, []},
{5280, ejabberd_http, []}
]
}.
\end{verbatim}
\makesection{database}{Database and LDAP Configuration}
\ind{database}
%TODO: this whole section is not yet 100% optimized
\ejabberd{} uses its internal Mnesia database by default. However, it is
possible to use a relational database or an LDAP server to store persistent,
long-living data. \ejabberd{} is very flexible: you can configure different
authentication methods for different virtual hosts, you can configure different
authentication mechanisms for the same virtual host (fallback), you can set
different storage systems for modules, and so forth.
The following databases are supported by \ejabberd{}:
\begin{itemize}
\item \footahref{http://www.microsoft.com/sql/}{Microsoft SQL Server}
\item \footahref{http://www.erlang.org/doc/apps/mnesia/index.html}{Mnesia}
\item \footahref{http://www.mysql.com/}{MySQL}
\item \footahref{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open\_Database\_Connectivity}{Any ODBC compatible database}
\item \footahref{http://www.postgresql.org/}{PostgreSQL}
\end{itemize}
The following LDAP servers are tested with \ejabberd{}:
\begin{itemize}
\item \footahref{http://www.microsoft.com/activedirectory/}{Active Directory}
(see section~\ref{ad})
\item \footahref{http://www.openldap.org/}{OpenLDAP}
\item Normally any LDAP compatible server should work; inform us about your
success with a not-listed server so that we can list it here.
\end{itemize}
Important note about virtual hosting:
if you define several domains in ejabberd.cfg (see section \ref{hostnames}),
you probably want that each virtual host uses a different configuration of database, authentication and storage,
so that usernames do not conflict and mix between different virtual hosts.
For that purpose, the options described in the next sections
must be set inside a \term{host\_config} for each vhost (see section \ref{virtualhost}).
For example:
\begin{verbatim}
{host_config, "public.example.org", [
{odbc_server, {pgsql, "localhost", "database-public-example-org", "ejabberd", "password"}},
{auth_method, [odbc]}
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsection{mysql}{MySQL}
\ind{MySQL}\ind{MySQL!schema}
Although this section will describe \ejabberd{}'s configuration when you want to
use the native MySQL driver, it does not describe MySQL's installation and
database creation. Check the MySQL documentation and the tutorial \footahref{http://support.process-one.net/doc/display/MESSENGER/Using+ejabberd+with+MySQL+native+driver}{Using ejabberd with MySQL native driver} for information regarding these topics.
Note that the tutorial contains information about \ejabberd{}'s configuration
which is duplicate to this section.
Moreover, the file mysql.sql in the directory src/odbc might be interesting for
you. This file contains the \ejabberd{} schema for MySQL. At the end of the file
you can find information to update your database schema.
\makesubsubsection{compilemysql}{Driver Compilation}
\ind{MySQL!Driver Compilation}
You can skip this step if you installed \ejabberd{} using a binary installer or
if the binary packages of \ejabberd{} you are using include support for MySQL.
\begin{enumerate}
\item First, install the \footahref{http://support.process-one.net/doc/display/CONTRIBS/Yxa}{Erlang
MySQL library}. Make sure the compiled files are in your Erlang path; you can
put them for example in the same directory as your \ejabberd{} .beam files.
\item Then, configure and install \ejabberd{} with ODBC support enabled (this is
also needed for native MySQL support!). This can be done, by using next
commands:
\begin{verbatim}
./configure --enable-odbc && make install
\end{verbatim}
\end{enumerate}
\makesubsubsection{configuremysql}{Database Connection}
\ind{MySQL!Database Connection}
The actual database access is defined in the option \term{odbc\_server}. Its
value is used to define if we want to use ODBC, or one of the two native
interface available, PostgreSQL or MySQL.
To use the native MySQL interface, you can pass a tuple of the following form as
parameter:
\begin{verbatim}
{mysql, "Server", "Database", "Username", "Password"}
\end{verbatim}
\term{mysql} is a keyword that should be kept as is. For example:
\begin{verbatim}
{odbc_server, {mysql, "localhost", "test", "root", "password"}}.
\end{verbatim}
Optionally, it is possible to define the MySQL port to use. This
option is only useful, in very rare cases, when you are not running
MySQL with the default port setting. The \term{mysql} parameter
can thus take the following form:
\begin{verbatim}
{mysql, "Server", Port, "Database", "Username", "Password"}
\end{verbatim}
The \term{Port} value should be an integer, without quotes. For example:
\begin{verbatim}
{odbc_server, {mysql, "localhost", Port, "test", "root", "password"}}.
\end{verbatim}
By default \ejabberd{} opens 10 connections to the database for each virtual host.
Use this option to modify the value:
\begin{verbatim}
{odbc_pool_size, 10}.
\end{verbatim}
You can configure an interval to make a dummy SQL request
to keep alive the connections to the database.
The default value is 'undefined', so no keepalive requests are made.
Specify in seconds: for example 28800 means 8 hours.
\begin{verbatim}
{odbc_keepalive_interval, undefined}.
\end{verbatim}
If the connection to the database fails, \ejabberd{} waits 30 seconds before retrying.
You can modify this interval with this option:
\begin{verbatim}
{odbc_start_interval, 30}.
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsubsection{mysqlauth}{Authentication}
\ind{MySQL!authentication}
The option value name may be misleading, as the \term{auth\_method} name is used
for access to a relational database through ODBC, as well as through the native
MySQL interface. Anyway, the first configuration step is to define the odbc
\term{auth\_method}. For example:
\begin{verbatim}
{auth_method, [odbc]}.
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsubsection{mysqlstorage}{Storage}
\ind{MySQL!storage}
MySQL also can be used to store information into from several \ejabberd{}
modules. See section~\ref{modoverview} to see which modules have a version
with the `\_odbc'. This suffix indicates that the module can be used with
relational databases like MySQL. To enable storage to your database, just make
sure that your database is running well (see previous sections), and replace the
suffix-less or ldap module variant with the odbc module variant. Keep in mind
that you cannot have several variants of the same module loaded!
\makesubsection{mssql}{Microsoft SQL Server}
\ind{Microsoft SQL Server}\ind{Microsoft SQL Server!schema}
Although this section will describe \ejabberd{}'s configuration when you want to
use Microsoft SQL Server, it does not describe Microsoft SQL Server's
installation and database creation. Check the MySQL documentation and the
tutorial \footahref{http://support.process-one.net/doc/display/MESSENGER/Using+ejabberd+with+MySQL+native+driver}{Using ejabberd with MySQL native driver} for information regarding these topics.
Note that the tutorial contains information about \ejabberd{}'s configuration
which is duplicate to this section.
Moreover, the file mssql.sql in the directory src/odbc might be interesting for
you. This file contains the \ejabberd{} schema for Microsoft SQL Server. At the end
of the file you can find information to update your database schema.
\makesubsubsection{compilemssql}{Driver Compilation}
\ind{Microsoft SQL Server!Driver Compilation}
You can skip this step if you installed \ejabberd{} using a binary installer or
if the binary packages of \ejabberd{} you are using include support for ODBC.
If you want to use Microsoft SQL Server with ODBC, you need to configure,
compile and install \ejabberd{} with support for ODBC and Microsoft SQL Server
enabled. This can be done, by using next commands:
\begin{verbatim}
./configure --enable-odbc --enable-mssql && make install
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsubsection{configuremssql}{Database Connection}
\ind{Microsoft SQL Server!Database Connection}
By default \ejabberd{} opens 10 connections to the database for each virtual host.
Use this option to modify the value:
\begin{verbatim}
{odbc_pool_size, 10}.
\end{verbatim}
You can configure an interval to make a dummy SQL request
to keep alive the connections to the database.
The default value is 'undefined', so no keepalive requests are made.
Specify in seconds: for example 28800 means 8 hours.
\begin{verbatim}
{odbc_keepalive_interval, undefined}.
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsubsection{mssqlauth}{Authentication}
\ind{Microsoft SQL Server!authentication}
%TODO: not sure if this section is right!!!!!!
The configuration of Microsoft SQL Server is the same as the configuration of
ODBC compatible servers (see section~\ref{odbcauth}).
\makesubsubsection{mssqlstorage}{Storage}
\ind{Microsoft SQL Server!storage}
Microsoft SQL Server also can be used to store information into from several
\ejabberd{} modules. See section~\ref{modoverview} to see which modules have
a version with the `\_odbc'. This suffix indicates that the module can be used
with relational databases like Microsoft SQL Server. To enable storage to your
database, just make sure that your database is running well (see previous
sections), and replace the suffix-less or ldap module variant with the odbc
module variant. Keep in mind that you cannot have several variants of the same
module loaded!
\makesubsection{pgsql}{PostgreSQL}
\ind{PostgreSQL}\ind{PostgreSQL!schema}
Although this section will describe \ejabberd{}'s configuration when you want to
use the native PostgreSQL driver, it does not describe PostgreSQL's installation
and database creation. Check the PostgreSQL documentation and the tutorial \footahref{http://support.process-one.net/doc/display/MESSENGER/Using+ejabberd+with+MySQL+native+driver}{Using ejabberd with MySQL native driver} for information regarding these topics.
Note that the tutorial contains information about \ejabberd{}'s configuration
which is duplicate to this section.
Also the file pg.sql in the directory src/odbc might be interesting for you.
This file contains the \ejabberd{} schema for PostgreSQL. At the end of the file
you can find information to update your database schema.
\makesubsubsection{compilepgsql}{Driver Compilation}
\ind{PostgreSQL!Driver Compilation}
You can skip this step if you installed \ejabberd{} using a binary installer or
if the binary packages of \ejabberd{} you are using include support for
PostgreSQL.
\begin{enumerate}
\item First, install the Erlang pgsql library from
\footahref{http://www.ejabberd.im/ejabberd-modules/}{ejabberd-modules SVN repository}.
Make sure the compiled
files are in your Erlang path; you can put them for example in the same
directory as your \ejabberd{} .beam files.
\item Then, configure, compile and install \ejabberd{} with ODBC support enabled
(this is also needed for native PostgreSQL support!). This can be done, by
using next commands:
\begin{verbatim}
./configure --enable-odbc && make install
\end{verbatim}
\end{enumerate}
\makesubsubsection{configurepgsql}{Database Connection}
\ind{PostgreSQL!Database Connection}
The actual database access is defined in the option \term{odbc\_server}. Its
value is used to define if we want to use ODBC, or one of the two native
interface available, PostgreSQL or MySQL.
To use the native PostgreSQL interface, you can pass a tuple of the following
form as parameter:
\begin{verbatim}
{pgsql, "Server", "Database", "Username", "Password"}
\end{verbatim}
\term{pgsql} is a keyword that should be kept as is. For example:
\begin{verbatim}
{odbc_server, {pgsql, "localhost", "database", "ejabberd", "password"}}.
\end{verbatim}
Optionally, it is possible to define the PostgreSQL port to use. This
option is only useful, in very rare cases, when you are not running
PostgreSQL with the default port setting. The \term{pgsql} parameter
can thus take the following form:
\begin{verbatim}
{pgsql, "Server", Port, "Database", "Username", "Password"}
\end{verbatim}
The \term{Port} value should be an integer, without quotes. For example:
\begin{verbatim}
{odbc_server, {pgsql, "localhost", 5432, "database", "ejabberd", "password"}}.
\end{verbatim}
By default \ejabberd{} opens 10 connections to the database for each virtual host.
Use this option to modify the value:
\begin{verbatim}
{odbc_pool_size, 10}.
\end{verbatim}
You can configure an interval to make a dummy SQL request
to keep alive the connections to the database.
The default value is 'undefined', so no keepalive requests are made.
Specify in seconds: for example 28800 means 8 hours.
\begin{verbatim}
{odbc_keepalive_interval, undefined}.
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsubsection{pgsqlauth}{Authentication}
\ind{PostgreSQL!authentication}
The option value name may be misleading, as the \term{auth\_method} name is used
for access to a relational database through ODBC, as well as through the native
PostgreSQL interface. Anyway, the first configuration step is to define the odbc
\term{auth\_method}. For example:
\begin{verbatim}
{auth_method, [odbc]}.
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsubsection{pgsqlstorage}{Storage}
\ind{PostgreSQL!storage}
PostgreSQL also can be used to store information into from several \ejabberd{}
modules. See section~\ref{modoverview} to see which modules have a version
with the `\_odbc'. This suffix indicates that the module can be used with
relational databases like PostgreSQL. To enable storage to your database, just
make sure that your database is running well (see previous sections), and
replace the suffix-less or ldap module variant with the odbc module variant.
Keep in mind that you cannot have several variants of the same module loaded!
\makesubsection{odbc}{ODBC Compatible}
\ind{databases!ODBC}
Although this section will describe \ejabberd{}'s configuration when you want to
use the ODBC driver, it does not describe the installation and database creation
of your database. Check the documentation of your database. The tutorial \footahref{http://support.process-one.net/doc/display/MESSENGER/Using+ejabberd+with+MySQL+native+driver}{Using ejabberd with MySQL native driver} also can help you. Note that the tutorial
contains information about \ejabberd{}'s configuration which is duplicate to
this section.
\makesubsubsection{compileodbc}{Driver Compilation}
You can skip this step if you installed \ejabberd{} using a binary installer or
if the binary packages of \ejabberd{} you are using include support for
ODBC.
\begin{enumerate}
\item First, install the \footahref{http://support.process-one.net/doc/display/CONTRIBS/Yxa}{Erlang
MySQL library}. Make sure the compiled files are in your Erlang path; you can
put them for example in the same directory as your \ejabberd{} .beam files.
\item Then, configure, compile and install \ejabberd{} with ODBC support
enabled. This can be done, by using next commands:
\begin{verbatim}
./configure --enable-odbc && make install
\end{verbatim}
\end{enumerate}
\makesubsubsection{configureodbc}{Database Connection}
\ind{ODBC!Database Connection}
The actual database access is defined in the option \term{odbc\_server}. Its
value is used to defined if we want to use ODBC, or one of the two native
interface available, PostgreSQL or MySQL.
To use a relational database through ODBC, you can pass the ODBC connection
string as \term{odbc\_server} parameter. For example:
\begin{verbatim}
{odbc_server, "DSN=database;UID=ejabberd;PWD=password"}.
\end{verbatim}
By default \ejabberd{} opens 10 connections to the database for each virtual host.
Use this option to modify the value:
\begin{verbatim}
{odbc_pool_size, 10}.
\end{verbatim}
You can configure an interval to make a dummy SQL request
to keep alive the connections to the database.
The default value is 'undefined', so no keepalive requests are made.
Specify in seconds: for example 28800 means 8 hours.
\begin{verbatim}
{odbc_keepalive_interval, undefined}.
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsubsection{odbcauth}{Authentication}
\ind{ODBC!authentication}
The first configuration step is to define the odbc \term{auth\_method}. For
example:
\begin{verbatim}
{auth_method, [odbc]}.
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsubsection{odbcstorage}{Storage}
\ind{ODBC!storage}
An ODBC compatible database also can be used to store information into from
several \ejabberd{} modules. See section~\ref{modoverview} to see which
modules have a version with the `\_odbc'. This suffix indicates that the module
can be used with ODBC compatible relational databases. To enable storage to your
database, just make sure that your database is running well (see previous
sections), and replace the suffix-less or ldap module variant with the odbc
module variant. Keep in mind that you cannot have several variants of the same
module loaded!
\makesubsection{ldap}{LDAP}
\ind{databases!LDAP}
\ejabberd{} has built-in LDAP support. You can authenticate users against LDAP
server and use LDAP directory as vCard storage. Shared rosters are not supported
yet.
Note that \ejabberd{} treats LDAP as a read-only storage:
it is possible to consult data, but not possible to
create accounts, change password or edit vCard that is stored in LDAP.
\makesubsubsection{ldapconnection}{Connection}
Parameters:
\begin{description}
\titem{ldap\_servers} \ind{options!ldap\_server}List of IP addresses or DNS names of your
LDAP servers. This option is required.
\titem{ldap\_encrypt} \ind{options!ldap\_encrypt}Type of connection encryption to the LDAP server.
Allowed values are: \term{none}, \term{tls}.
Note that STARTTLS is not supported.
The default value is: \term{none}.
\titem{ldap\_port} \ind{options!ldap\_port}Port to connect to your LDAP server.
The default port is~389 if encryption is disabled; and 636 if encryption is enabled.
If you configure a value, it is stored in \ejabberd{}'s database.
Then, if you remove that value from the configuration file,
the value previously stored in the database will be used instead of the default port.
\titem{ldap\_rootdn} \ind{options!ldap\_rootdn}Bind DN. The default value
is~\term{""} which means `anonymous connection'.
\titem{ldap\_password} \ind{options!ldap\_password}Bind password. The default
value is \term{""}.
\end{description}
Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{auth_method, ldap}.
{ldap_servers, ["ldap.example.org"]}.
{ldap_port, 389}.
{ldap_rootdn, "cn=Manager,dc=domain,dc=org"}.
{ldap_password, "secret"}.
\end{verbatim}
Note that current LDAP implementation does not support SSL secured communication
and SASL authentication.
\makesubsubsection{ldapauth}{Authentication}
You can authenticate users against an LDAP directory. Available options are:
\begin{description}
\titem{ldap\_base}\ind{options!ldap\_base}LDAP base directory which stores
users accounts. This option is required.
\titem{ldap\_uids}\ind{options!ldap\_uids}LDAP attribute which holds a list
of attributes to use as alternatives for getting the JID. The value is of
the form: \term{[\{ldap\_uidattr\}]} or \term{[\{ldap\_uidattr,
ldap\_uidattr\_format\}]}. You can use as many comma separated tuples
\term{\{ldap\_uidattr, ldap\_uidattr\_format\}} that is needed. The default
value is \term{[\{"uid", "\%u"\}]}. The defaut \term{ldap\_uidattr\_format}
is \term{"\%u"}. The values for \term{ldap\_uidattr} and
\term{ldap\_uidattr\_format} are described as follow:
\begin{description}
\titem{ldap\_uidattr}\ind{options!ldap\_uidattr}LDAP attribute which holds
the user's part of a JID. The default value is \term{"uid"}.
\titem{ldap\_uidattr\_format}\ind{options!ldap\_uidattr\_format}Format of
the \term{ldap\_uidattr} variable. The format \emph{must} contain one and
only one pattern variable \term{"\%u"} which will be replaced by the
user's part of a JID. For example, \term{"\%u@example.org"}. The default
value is \term{"\%u"}.
\end{description}
\titem{ldap\_filter}\ind{options!ldap\_filter}\ind{protocols!RFC 2254: The
String Representation of LDAP Search Filters}
\footahref{http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2254.html}{RFC 2254} LDAP filter. The
default is \term{none}. Example:
\term{"(\&(objectClass=shadowAccount)(memberOf=Jabber Users))"}. Please, do
not forget to close brackets and do not use superfluous whitespaces. Also you
\emph{must not} use \option{ldap\_uidattr} attribute in filter because this
attribute will be substituted in LDAP filter automatically.
\titem{ldap\_local\_filter}\ind{options!ldap\_local\_filter}
If you can't use \term{ldap\_filter} due to performance reasons
(the LDAP server has many users registered),
you can use this local filter.
The local filter checks an attribute in ejabberd,
not in LDAP, so this limits the load on the LDAP directory.
The default filter is: \term{undefined}.
Example values:
\begin{verbatim}
{ldap_local_filter, {notequal, {"accountStatus",["disabled"]}}}.
{ldap_local_filter, {equal, {"accountStatus",["enabled"]}}}.
{ldap_local_filter, undefined}.
\end{verbatim}
\end{description}
\makesubsubsection{ldapexamples}{Examples}
\makeparagraph{ldapcommonexample}{Common example}
Let's say \term{ldap.example.org} is the name of our LDAP server. We have
users with their passwords in \term{"ou=Users,dc=example,dc=org"} directory.
Also we have addressbook, which contains users emails and their additional
infos in \term{"ou=AddressBook,dc=example,dc=org"} directory.
The connection to the LDAP server is encrypted using TLS,
and using the custom port 6123.
Corresponding authentication section should looks like this:
\begin{verbatim}
%% Authentication method
{auth_method, ldap}.
%% DNS name of our LDAP server
{ldap_servers, ["ldap.example.org"]}.
%% Bind to LDAP server as "cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=org" with password "secret"
{ldap_rootdn, "cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=org"}.
{ldap_password, "secret"}.
{ldap_encrypt, tls}.
{ldap_port, 6123}.
%% Define the user's base
{ldap_base, "ou=Users,dc=example,dc=org"}.
%% We want to authorize users from 'shadowAccount' object class only
{ldap_filter, "(objectClass=shadowAccount)"}.
\end{verbatim}
Now we want to use users LDAP-info as their vCards. We have four attributes
defined in our LDAP schema: \term{"mail"} --- email address, \term{"givenName"}
--- first name, \term{"sn"} --- second name, \term{"birthDay"} --- birthday.
Also we want users to search each other. Let's see how we can set it up:
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
[
...
{mod_vcard_ldap,
[
%% We use the same server and port, but want to bind anonymously because
%% our LDAP server accepts anonymous requests to
%% "ou=AddressBook,dc=example,dc=org" subtree.
{ldap_rootdn, ""},
{ldap_password, ""},
%% define the addressbook's base
{ldap_base, "ou=AddressBook,dc=example,dc=org"},
%% uidattr: user's part of JID is located in the "mail" attribute
%% uidattr_format: common format for our emails
{ldap_uids, [{"mail", "%u@mail.example.org"}]},
%% We have to define empty filter here, because entries in addressbook does not
%% belong to shadowAccount object class
{ldap_filter, ""},
%% Now we want to define vCard pattern
{ldap_vcard_map,
[{"NICKNAME", "%u", []}, % just use user's part of JID as his nickname
{"GIVEN", "%s", ["givenName"]},
{"FAMILY", "%s", ["sn"]},
{"FN", "%s, %s", ["sn", "givenName"]}, % example: "Smith, John"
{"EMAIL", "%s", ["mail"]},
{"BDAY", "%s", ["birthDay"]}]},
%% Search form
{ldap_search_fields,
[{"User", "%u"},
{"Name", "givenName"},
{"Family Name", "sn"},
{"Email", "mail"},
{"Birthday", "birthDay"}]},
%% vCard fields to be reported
%% Note that JID is always returned with search results
{ldap_search_reported,
[{"Full Name", "FN"},
{"Nickname", "NICKNAME"},
{"Birthday", "BDAY"}]}
]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
Note that \modvcardldap{} module checks for the existence of the user before
searching in his information in LDAP.
\makeparagraph{ad}{Active Directory}
\ind{databases!Active Directory}
Active Directory is just an LDAP-server with predefined attributes. A sample
configuration is shown below:
\begin{verbatim}
{auth_method, ldap}.
{ldap_servers, ["office.org"]}. % List of LDAP servers
{ldap_base, "DC=office,DC=org"}. % Search base of LDAP directory
{ldap_rootdn, "CN=Administrator,CN=Users,DC=office,DC=org"}. % LDAP manager
{ldap_password, "*******"}. % Password to LDAP manager
{ldap_uids, [{"sAMAccountName"}]}.
{ldap_filter, "(memberOf=*)"}.
{modules,
[
...
{mod_vcard_ldap,
[{ldap_vcard_map,
[{"NICKNAME", "%u", []},
{"GIVEN", "%s", ["givenName"]},
{"MIDDLE", "%s", ["initials"]},
{"FAMILY", "%s", ["sn"]},
{"FN", "%s", ["displayName"]},
{"EMAIL", "%s", ["mail"]},
{"ORGNAME", "%s", ["company"]},
{"ORGUNIT", "%s", ["department"]},
{"CTRY", "%s", ["c"]},
{"LOCALITY", "%s", ["l"]},
{"STREET", "%s", ["streetAddress"]},
{"REGION", "%s", ["st"]},
{"PCODE", "%s", ["postalCode"]},
{"TITLE", "%s", ["title"]},
{"URL", "%s", ["wWWHomePage"]},
{"DESC", "%s", ["description"]},
{"TEL", "%s", ["telephoneNumber"]}]},
{ldap_search_fields,
[{"User", "%u"},
{"Name", "givenName"},
{"Family Name", "sn"},
{"Email", "mail"},
{"Company", "company"},
{"Department", "department"},
{"Role", "title"},
{"Description", "description"},
{"Phone", "telephoneNumber"}]},
{ldap_search_reported,
[{"Full Name", "FN"},
{"Nickname", "NICKNAME"},
{"Email", "EMAIL"}]}
]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\makesection{modules}{Modules Configuration}
\ind{modules}
The option \term{modules} defines the list of modules that will be loaded after
\ejabberd{}'s startup. Each entry in the list is a tuple in which the first
element is the name of a module and the second is a list of options for that
module.
Examples:
\begin{itemize}
\item In this example only the module \modecho{} is loaded and no module
options are specified between the square brackets:
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
[
{mod_echo, []}
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\item In the second example the modules \modecho{}, \modtime{}, and
\modversion{} are loaded without options. Remark that, besides the last entry,
all entries end with a comma:
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
[
{mod_echo, []},
{mod_time, []},
{mod_version, []}
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\end{itemize}
\makesubsection{modoverview}{Modules Overview}
\ind{modules!overview}\ind{XMPP compliancy}
The following table lists all modules included in \ejabberd{}.
\begin{table}[H]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|}
\hline {\bf Module} & {\bf Feature} & {\bf Dependencies} \\
\hline
\hline \modadhoc{} & Ad-Hoc Commands (\xepref{0050}) & \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modannounce}{\modannounce{}} & Manage announcements & recommends \modadhoc{} \\
\hline \modcaps{} & Entity Capabilities (\xepref{0115}) & \\
\hline \modconfigure{} & Server configuration using Ad-Hoc & \modadhoc{} \\
\hline \ahrefloc{moddisco}{\moddisco{}} & Service Discovery (\xepref{0030}) & \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modecho}{\modecho{}} & Echoes Jabber packets & \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modlast}{\modlast{}} & Last Activity (\xepref{0012}) & \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modlast}{\modlastodbc{}} & Last Activity (\xepref{0012}) & supported DB (*) \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modmuc}{\modmuc{}} & Multi-User Chat (\xepref{0045}) & \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modmuclog}{\modmuclog{}} & Multi-User Chat room logging & \modmuc{} \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modoffline}{\modoffline{}} & Offline message storage (\xepref{0160}) & \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modoffline}{\modofflineodbc{}} & Offline message storage (\xepref{0160}) & supported DB (*) \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modprivacy}{\modprivacy{}} & Blocking Communication (XMPP IM) & \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modprivacy}{\modprivacyodbc{}} & Blocking Communication (XMPP IM) & supported DB (*) \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modprivate}{\modprivate{}} & Private XML Storage (\xepref{0049}) & \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modprivate}{\modprivateodbc{}} & Private XML Storage (\xepref{0049}) & supported DB (*) \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modproxy}{\modproxy{}} & SOCKS5 Bytestreams (\xepref{0065}) & \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modpubsub}{\modpubsub{}} & Pub-Sub (\xepref{0060}), PEP (\xepref{0163}) & \modcaps{} \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modregister}{\modregister{}} & In-Band Registration (\xepref{0077}) & \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modroster}{\modroster{}} & Roster management (XMPP IM) & \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modroster}{\modrosterodbc{}} & Roster management (XMPP IM) & supported DB (*) \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modservicelog}{\modservicelog{}} & Copy user messages to logger service & \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modsharedroster}{\modsharedroster{}} & Shared roster management & \modroster{} or \\
& & \modrosterodbc\\
\hline \ahrefloc{modstats}{\modstats{}} & Statistics Gathering (\xepref{0039}) & \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modtime}{\modtime{}} & Entity Time (\xepref{0202}) & \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modvcard}{\modvcard{}} & vcard-temp (\xepref{0054}) & \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modvcardldap}{\modvcardldap{}} & vcard-temp (\xepref{0054}) & LDAP server \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modvcard}{\modvcardodbc{}} & vcard-temp (\xepref{0054}) & supported DB (*) \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modversion}{\modversion{}} & Software Version (\xepref{0092}) & \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\begin{itemize}
\item (*) This module requires a supported database. For a list of supported databases, see section~\ref{database}.
\end{itemize}
You can see which database backend each module needs by looking at the suffix:
\begin{itemize}
\item No suffix, this means that the modules uses Erlang's built-in database
Mnesia as backend.
\item `\_odbc', this means that the module needs a supported database
(see~\ref{database}) as backend.
\item `\_ldap', this means that the module needs an LDAP server as backend.
\end{itemize}
If you want to,
it is possible to use a relational database to store pieces of
information. You can do this by changing the module name to a name with an
\term{\_odbc} suffix in \ejabberd{} config file. You can use a relational
database for the following data:
\begin{itemize}
\item Last connection date and time: Use \term{mod\_last\_odbc} instead of
\term{mod\_last}.
\item Offline messages: Use \term{mod\_offline\_odbc} instead of
\term{mod\_offline}.
\item Rosters: Use \term{mod\_roster\_odbc} instead of \term{mod\_roster}.
\item Users' VCARD: Use \term{mod\_vcard\_odbc} instead of \term{mod\_vcard}.
\item Private XML storage: Use \term{mod\_private\_odbc} instead of \term{mod\_private}.
\item User rules for blocking communications: Use \term{mod\_privacy\_odbc} instead of \term{mod\_privacy}.
\end{itemize}
You can find more
\footahref{http://www.ejabberd.im/contributions}{contributed modules} on the
\ejabberd{} website. Please remember that these contributions might not work or
that they can contain severe bugs and security leaks. Therefore, use them at
your own risk!
\makesubsection{modcommonoptions}{Common Options}
The following options are used by many modules. Therefore, they are described in
this separate section.
\makesubsubsection{modiqdiscoption}{\option{iqdisc}}
\ind{options!iqdisc}
Many modules define handlers for processing IQ queries of different namespaces
to this server or to a user (e.\,g.\ to \jid{example.org} or to
\jid{user@example.org}). This option defines processing discipline for
these queries. Possible values are:
\begin{description}
\titem{no\_queue} All queries of a namespace with this processing discipline are
processed immediately. This also means that no other packets can be processed
until this one has been completely processed. Hence this discipline is not
recommended if the processing of a query can take a relatively long time.
\titem{one\_queue} In this case a separate queue is created for the processing
of IQ queries of a namespace with this discipline. In addition, the processing
of this queue is done in parallel with that of other packets. This discipline
is most recommended.
\titem{\{queues, N\}} N separate queues are created to process the
queries. The queries are thus process in parallel, but in a
controlled way.
\titem{parallel} For every packet with this discipline a separate Erlang process
is spawned. Consequently, all these packets are processed in parallel.
Although spawning of Erlang process has a relatively low cost, this can break
the server's normal work, because the Erlang emulator has a limit on the
number of processes (32000 by default).
\end{description}
Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
[
...
{mod_time, [{iqdisc, no_queue}]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsubsection{modhostoption}{\option{host}}
\ind{options!host}
This option defines the Jabber ID of a service provided by an \ejabberd{} module.
The keyword "@HOST@" is replaced at start time with the real virtual host string.
This example configures
the \ind{modules!\modecho{}}echo module to provide its echoing service
in the Jabber ID \jid{mirror.example.org}:
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
[
...
{mod_echo, [{host, "mirror.example.org"}]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
However, if there are several virtual hosts and this module is enabled in all of them,
the "@HOST@" keyword must be used:
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
[
...
{mod_echo, [{host, "mirror.@HOST@"}]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsection{modannounce}{\modannounce{}}
\ind{modules!\modannounce{}}\ind{MOTD}\ind{message of the day}\ind{announcements}
This module enables configured users to broadcast announcements and to set
the message of the day (MOTD).
Configured users can perform these actions with a
\Jabber{} client either using Ad-hoc commands
or sending messages to specific JIDs.
The Ad-hoc commands are listed in the Server Discovery.
For this feature to work, \modadhoc{} must be enabled.
The specific JIDs where messages can be sent are listed bellow.
The first JID in each entry will apply only to the specified virtual host
\jid{example.org}, while the JID between brackets will apply to all virtual
hosts in ejabberd.
\begin{description}
\titem{example.org/announce/all (example.org/announce/all-hosts/all)} The
message is sent to all registered users. If the user is online and connected
to several resources, only the resource with the highest priority will receive
the message. If the registered user is not connected, the message will be
stored offline in assumption that \ind{modules!\modoffline{}}offline storage
(see section~\ref{modoffline}) is enabled.
\titem{example.org/announce/online (example.org/announce/all-hosts/online)}The
message is sent to all connected users. If the user is online and connected
to several resources, all resources will receive the message.
\titem{example.org/announce/motd (example.org/announce/all-hosts/motd)}The
message is set as the message of the day (MOTD) and is sent to users when they
login. In addition the message is sent to all connected users (similar to
\term{announce/online}).
\titem{example.org/announce/motd/update (example.org/announce/all-hosts/motd/update)}
The message is set as message of the day (MOTD) and is sent to users when they
login. The message is \emph{not sent} to any currently connected user.
\titem{example.org/announce/motd/delete (example.org/announce/all-hosts/motd/delete)}
Any message sent to this JID removes the existing message of the day (MOTD).
\end{description}
Options:
\begin{description}
\titem{access} \ind{options!access}This option specifies who is allowed to
send announcements and to set the message of the day (by default, nobody is
able to send such messages).
\end{description}
Examples:
\begin{itemize}
\item Only administrators can send announcements:
\begin{verbatim}
{access, announce, [{allow, admins}]}.
{modules,
[
...
{mod_adhoc, []},
{mod_announce, [{access, announce}]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\item Administrators as well as the direction can send announcements:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, direction, {user, "big_boss", "example.org"}}.
{acl, direction, {user, "assistant", "example.org"}}.
{acl, admins, {user, "admin", "example.org"}}.
{access, announce, [{allow, admins},
{allow, direction}]}.
{modules,
[
...
{mod_adhoc, []},
{mod_announce, [{access, announce}]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\end{itemize}
Note that \modannounce{} can be resource intensive on large
deployments as it can broadcast lot of messages. This module should be
disabled for instances of \ejabberd{} with hundreds of thousands users.
\makesubsection{moddisco}{\moddisco{}}
\ind{modules!\moddisco{}}
\ind{protocols!XEP-0030: Service Discovery}
\ind{protocols!XEP-0011: Jabber Browsing}
\ind{protocols!XEP-0094: Agent Information}
\ind{protocols!XEP-0157: Contact Addresses for XMPP Services}
This module adds support for Service Discovery (\xepref{0030}). With
this module enabled, services on your server can be discovered by
\Jabber{} clients. Note that \ejabberd{} has no modules with support
for the superseded Jabber Browsing (\xepref{0011}) and Agent Information
(\xepref{0094}). Accordingly, \Jabber{} clients need to have support for
the newer Service Discovery protocol if you want them be able to discover
the services you offer.
Options:
\begin{description}
\iqdiscitem{Service Discovery (\ns{http://jabber.org/protocol/disco\#items} and
\ns{http://jabber.org/protocol/disco\#info})}
\titem{\{extra\_domains, [ Domain ]\}} \ind{options!extra\_domains}With this option,
you can specify a list of extra domains that are added to the Service Discovery item list.
\titem{\{server\_info, [ \{Modules, Field, [Value]\} ]\}} \ind{options!server\_info}
Specify additional information about the server,
as described in Contact Addresses for XMPP Services (\xepref{0157}).
\term{Modules} can be the keyword `all',
in which case the information is reported in all the services;
or a list of \ejabberd{} modules,
in which case the information is only specified for the services provided by those modules.
Any arbitrary \term{Field} and \term{Value} can be specified, not only contact addresses.
\end{description}
Examples:
\begin{itemize}
\item To serve a link to the Jabber User Directory on \jid{jabber.org}:
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
[
...
{mod_disco, [{extra_domains, ["users.jabber.org"]}]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\item To serve a link to the transports on another server:
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
[
...
{mod_disco, [{extra_domains, ["icq.example.com",
"msn.example.com"]}]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\item To serve a link to a few friendly servers:
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
[
...
{mod_disco, [{extra_domains, ["example.org",
"example.com"]}]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\item With this configuration, all services show abuse addresses,
feedback address on the main server,
and admin addresses for both the main server and the vJUD service:
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
[
...
{mod_disco, [{server_info, [
{all,
"abuse-addresses",
["mailto:abuse@shakespeare.lit"]},
{[mod_muc],
"Web chatroom logs",
["http://www.example.org/muc-logs"]},
{[mod_disco],
"feedback-addresses",
["http://shakespeare.lit/feedback.php", "mailto:feedback@shakespeare.lit", "xmpp:feedback@shakespeare.lit"]},
{[mod_disco, mod_vcard],
"admin-addresses",
["mailto:xmpp@shakespeare.lit", "xmpp:admins@shakespeare.lit"]}
]}]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\end{itemize}
\makesubsection{modecho}{\modecho{}}
\ind{modules!\modecho{}}\ind{debugging}
This module simply echoes any \Jabber{}
packet back to the sender. This mirror can be of interest for
\ejabberd{} and \Jabber{} client debugging.
Options:
\begin{description}
\hostitem{echo}
\end{description}
Example: Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the most beautiful
of them all?
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
[
...
{mod_echo, [{host, "mirror.example.org"}]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsection{modhttpbind}{\modhttpbind{}}
\ind{modules!\modhttpbind{}}\ind{modhttpbind}
This module implements XMPP over Bosh (formerly known as HTTP Binding)
as defined in \xepref{0124} and \xepref{0206}.
It extends ejabberd's built in HTTP service with a configurable
resource at which this service will be hosted.
To use HTTP-Binding, enable the module:
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
[
...
{mod_http_bind, []},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
and add \verb|http_bind| in the HTTP service. For example:
\begin{verbatim}
{listen,
[
...
{5280, ejabberd_http, [
http_bind,
http_poll,
web_admin
]
},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
With this configuration, the module will serve the requests sent to
\verb|http://example.org:5280/http-bind/|
Remember that this page is not designed to be used by web browsers,
it is used by Jabber clients that support XMPP over Bosh.
If you want to set the service in a different URI path or use a different module,
you can configure it manually using the option \verb|request_handlers|.
For example:
\begin{verbatim}
{listen,
[
...
{5280, ejabberd_http, [
{request_handlers, [{["http-bind"], mod_http_bind}]},
http_poll,
web_admin
]
},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
The maximum inactivity period is by default 30 seconds.
This can be configured with the module option \term{max\_inactivity}.
For example, to set 50 seconds:
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
[
...
{mod_http_bind, [ {max_inactivity, 50} ]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsection{modhttpfileserver}{\modhttpfileserver{}}
\ind{modules!\modhttpfileserver{}}\ind{modhttpfileserver}
This simple module serves files from the local disk over HTTP.
Options:
\begin{description}
\titem{docroot} \ind{options!docroot}
Directory to serve the files.
\titem{accesslog} \ind{options!accesslog}
File to log accesses using an Apache-like format.
No log will be recorded if this option is not specified.
\titem{directory\_indices} \ind{options!directoryindices}
Indicate one or more directory index files, similarly to Apache's
DirectoryIndex variable. When a web request hits a directory
instead of a regular file, those directory indices are looked in
order, and the first one found is returned.
\titem{content\_types} \ind{options!contenttypes}
Specify a mapping of extensions to content types.
There are several content types already defined,
with this option you can add new definitions, modify or delete existing ones.
To delete an existing definition, simply define it with a value: `undefined'.
\titem{default\_content\_type} \ind{options!defaultcontenttype}
Specify the content type to use for unknown extensions.
Default value is `application/octet-stream'.
\end{description}
This example configuration will serve the files from
the local directory \verb|/var/www|
in the address \verb|http://example.org:5280/pub/archive/|.
In this example a new content type \term{ogg} is defined,
\term{png} is redefined, and \term{jpg} definition is deleted.
To use this module you must enable it:
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
[
...
{mod_http_fileserver, [
{docroot, "/var/www"},
{accesslog, "/var/log/ejabberd/access.log"},
{directory_indices, ["index.html", "main.htm"]},
{content_types, [{".ogg", "audio/ogg"},
{".png", "image/png"},
{".jpg", undefined}
]},
{default_content_type, "text/html"}
]
},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
And define it as a handler in the HTTP service:
\begin{verbatim}
{listen,
[
...
{5280, ejabberd_http, [
...
{request_handlers, [
...
{["pub", "archive"], mod_http_fileserver},
...
]
},
...
]
},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsection{modlast}{\modlast{}}
\ind{modules!\modlast{}}\ind{protocols!XEP-0012: Last Activity}
This module adds support for Last Activity (\xepref{0012}). It can be used to
discover when a disconnected user last accessed the server, to know when a
connected user was last active on the server, or to query the uptime of the
\ejabberd{} server.
Options:
\begin{description}
\iqdiscitem{Last activity (\ns{jabber:iq:last})}
\end{description}
\makesubsection{modmuc}{\modmuc{}}
\ind{modules!\modmuc{}}\ind{protocols!XEP-0045: Multi-User Chat}\ind{conferencing}
This module provides a Multi-User Chat (\xepref{0045}) service.
Users can discover existing rooms, join or create them.
Occupants of a room can chat in public or have private chats.
Some of the features of Multi-User Chat:
\begin{itemize}
\item Sending public and private messages to room occupants.
\item Inviting other users to a room.
\item Setting a room subject.
\item Creating password protected rooms.
\item Kicking and banning occupants.
\end{itemize}
The MUC service allows any Jabber ID to register a nickname,
so nobody else can use that nickname in any room in the MUC service.
To register a nickname, open the Service Discovery in your
Jabber client and register in the MUC service.
This module supports clustering and load
balancing. One module can be started per cluster node. Rooms are
distributed at creation time on all available MUC module
instances. The multi-user chat module is clustered but the rooms
themselves are not clustered nor fault-tolerant: if the node managing a
set of rooms goes down, the rooms disappear and they will be recreated
on an available node on first connection attempt.
Module options:
\begin{description}
\hostitem{conference}
\titem{access} \ind{options!access}You can specify who is allowed to use
the Multi-User Chat service. By default everyone is allowed to use it.
\titem{access\_create} \ind{options!access\_create}To configure who is
allowed to create new rooms at the Multi-User Chat service, this option
can be used. By default everybody is allowed to create rooms.
\titem{access\_persistent} \ind{options!access\_persistent}To configure who is
allowed to modify the 'persistent' room option.
By default everybody is allowed to modify that option.
\titem{access\_admin} \ind{options!access\_admin}This option specifies
who is allowed to administrate the Multi-User Chat service. The default
value is \term{none}, which means that only the room creator can
administer his room.
The administrators can send a normal message to the service JID,
and it will be shown in all active rooms as a service message.
The administrators can send a groupchat message to the JID of an active room,
and the message will be shown in the room as a service message.
\titem{history\_size} \ind{options!history\_size}A small history of
the current discussion is sent to users when they enter the
room. With this option you can define the number of history messages
to keep and send to users joining the room. The value is an
integer. Setting the value to \term{0} disables the history feature
and, as a result, nothing is kept in memory. The default value is
\term{20}. This value is global and thus affects all rooms on the
service.
\titem{max\_users} \ind{options!max\_users} This option defines at
the service level, the maximum number of users allowed per
room. It can be lowered in each room configuration but cannot be
increased in individual room configuration. The default value is
200.
\titem{max\_users\_admin\_threshold}
\ind{options!max\_users\_admin\_threshold} This option defines the
number of service admins or room owners allowed to enter the room when
the maximum number of allowed occupants was reached. The default limit
is 5.
\titem{max\_user\_conferences}
\ind{options!max\_user\_conferences} This option defines the maximum
number of rooms that any given user can join. The default value
is 10. This option is used to prevent possible abuses. Note that
this is a soft limit: some users can sometimes join more conferences
in cluster configurations.
\titem{max\_room\_id} \ind{options!max\_room\_id}
This option defines the maximum number of characters that Room ID
can have when creating a new room.
The default value is to not limit: infinite.
\titem{max\_room\_name} \ind{options!max\_room\_name}
This option defines the maximum number of characters that Room Name
can have when configuring the room.
The default value is to not limit: infinite.
\titem{max\_room\_desc} \ind{options!max\_room\_desc}
This option defines the maximum number of characters that Room Description
can have when configuring the room.
The default value is to not limit: infinite.
\titem{min\_message\_interval} \ind{options!min\_message\_interval}
This option defines the minimum interval between two messages send
by an occupant in seconds. This option is global and valid for all
rooms. A decimal value can be used. When this option is not defined,
message rate is not limited. This feature can be used to protect a
MUC service from occupant abuses and limit number of messages that will
be broadcasted by the service. A good value for this minimum message
interval is 0.4 second. If an occupant tries to send messages faster, an
error is send back explaining that the message has been discarded
and describing the reason why the message is not acceptable.
\titem{min\_presence\_interval}
\ind{options!min\_presence\_interval} This option defines the
minimum of time between presence changes coming from a given occupant in
seconds. This option is global and valid for all rooms. A
decimal value can be used. When this option is not defined, no
restriction is applied. This option can be used to protect a MUC
service for occupants abuses. If an occupant tries
to change its presence more often than the specified interval, the
presence is cached by \ejabberd{} and only the last presence is
broadcasted to all occupants in the room after expiration of the
interval delay. Intermediate presence packets are silently
discarded. A good value for this option is 4 seconds.
\titem{default\_room\_options} \ind{options!default\_room\_options}
This module option allows to define the desired default room options.
Note that the creator of a room can modify the options of his room
at any time using a Jabber client with MUC capability.
The available room options and the default values are:
\begin{description}
\titem{\{allow\_change\_subj, true\}} Allow occupants to change the subject.
\titem{\{allow\_private\_messages, true\}} Occupants can send private messages to other occupants.
\titem{\{allow\_query\_users, true\}} Occupants can send IQ queries to other occupants.
\titem{\{allow\_user\_invites, false\}} Allow occupants to send invitations.
\titem{\{allow\_visitor\_nickchange, true\}} Allow visitors to
change nickname.
\titem{\{allow\_visitor\_status, true\}} Allow visitors to send
status text in presence updates. If disallowed, the \term{status}
text is stripped before broadcasting the presence update to all
the room occupants.
\titem{\{anonymous, true\}} The room is anonymous:
occupants don't see the real JIDs of other occupants.
Note that the room moderators can always see the real JIDs of the occupants.
\titem{\{logging, false\}} The public messages are logged using \term{mod\_muc\_log}.
\titem{\{max\_users, 200\}} Maximum number of occupants in the room.
\titem{\{members\_by\_default, true\}} The occupants that enter the room are participants by default, so they have 'voice'.
\titem{\{members\_only, false\}} Only members of the room can enter.
\titem{\{moderated, true\}} Only occupants with 'voice' can send public messages.
\titem{\{password, ""\}} Password of the room. You may want to enable the next option too.
\titem{\{password\_protected, false\}} The password is required to enter the room.
\titem{\{persistent, false\}} The room persists even if the last participant leaves.
\titem{\{public, true\}} The room is public in the list of the MUC service, so it can be discovered.
\titem{\{public\_list, true\}} The list of participants is public, without requiring to enter the room.
\titem{\{title, ""\}} A human-readable title of the room.
\end{description}
All of those room options can be set to \term{true} or \term{false},
except \term{password} and \term{title} which are strings,
and \term{max\_users} that is integer.
\end{description}
Examples:
\begin{itemize}
\item In the first example everyone is allowed to use the Multi-User Chat
service. Everyone will also be able to create new rooms but only the user
\jid{admin@example.org} is allowed to administrate any room. In this
example he is also a global administrator. When \jid{admin@example.org}
sends a message such as `Tomorrow, the \Jabber{} server will be moved
to new hardware. This will involve service breakdowns around 23:00 UMT.
We apologise for this inconvenience.' to \jid{conference.example.org},
it will be displayed in all active rooms. In this example the history
feature is disabled.
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, admin, {user, "admin", "example.org"}}.
{access, muc_admin, [{allow, admin}]}.
{modules,
[
...
{mod_muc, [{access, all},
{access_create, all},
{access_admin, muc_admin},
{history_size, 0}]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\item In the second example the Multi-User Chat service is only accessible by
paying customers registered on our domains and on other servers. Of course
the administrator is also allowed to access rooms. In addition, he is the
only authority able to create and administer rooms. When
\jid{admin@example.org} sends a message such as `Tomorrow, the \Jabber{}
server will be moved to new hardware. This will involve service breakdowns
around 23:00 UMT. We apologise for this inconvenience.' to
\jid{conference.example.org}, it will be displayed in all active rooms. No
\term{history\_size} option is used, this means that the feature is enabled
and the default value of 20 history messages will be send to the users.
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, paying_customers, {user, "customer1", "example.net"}}.
{acl, paying_customers, {user, "customer2", "example.com"}}.
{acl, paying_customers, {user, "customer3", "example.org"}}.
{acl, admin, {user, "admin", "example.org"}}.
{access, muc_admin, [{allow, admin},
{deny, all}]}.
{access, muc_access, [{allow, paying_customers},
{allow, admin},
{deny, all}]}.
{modules,
[
...
{mod_muc, [{access, muc_access},
{access_create, muc_admin},
{access_admin, muc_admin}]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\item In the following example, MUC anti abuse options are used. An
occupant cannot send more than one message every 0.4 seconds and cannot
change its presence more than once every 4 seconds.
The length of Room IDs and Room Names are limited to 20 characters,
and Room Description to 300 characters. No ACLs are
defined, but some user restriction could be added as well:
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
[
...
{mod_muc, [{min_message_interval, 0.4},
{min_presence_interval, 4},
{max_room_id, 20},
{max_room_name, 20},
{max_room_desc, 300}]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\item This example shows how to use \option{default\_room\_options} to make sure
the newly created rooms have by default those options.
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
[
...
{mod_muc, [{access, muc_access},
{access_create, muc_admin},
{default_room_options,
[
{allow_change_subj, false},
{allow_query_users, true},
{allow_private_messages, true},
{members_by_default, false},
{title, "New chatroom"},
{anonymous, false}
]},
{access_admin, muc_admin}]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\end{itemize}
\makesubsection{modmuclog}{\modmuclog{}}
\ind{modules!\modmuclog{}}
This module enables optional logging of Multi-User Chat (MUC) public conversations to
HTML. Once you enable this module, users can join a room using a MUC capable
Jabber client, and if they have enough privileges, they can request the
configuration form in which they can set the option to enable room logging.
Features:
\begin{itemize}
\item Room details are added on top of each page: room title, JID,
author, subject and configuration.
\item \ind{protocols!RFC 5122: Internationalized Resource Identifiers (IRIs) and Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) for the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP)}
The room JID in the generated HTML is a link to join the room (using
\footahref{http://www.xmpp.org/rfcs/rfc5122.html}{XMPP URI}).
\item Subject and room configuration changes are tracked and displayed.
\item Joins, leaves, nick changes, kicks, bans and `/me' are tracked and
displayed, including the reason if available.
\item Generated HTML files are XHTML 1.0 Transitional and CSS compliant.
\item Timestamps are self-referencing links.
\item Links on top for quicker navigation: Previous day, Next day, Up.
\item CSS is used for style definition, and a custom CSS file can be used.
\item URLs on messages and subjects are converted to hyperlinks.
\item Timezone used on timestamps is shown on the log files.
\item A custom link can be added on top of each page.
\end{itemize}
Options:
\begin{description}
\titem{access\_log}\ind{options!access\_log}
This option restricts which occupants are allowed to enable or disable room
logging. The default value is \term{muc\_admin}. Note for this default setting
you need to have an access rule for \term{muc\_admin} in order to take effect.
\titem{cssfile}\ind{options!cssfile}
With this option you can set whether the HTML files should have a custom CSS
file or if they need to use the embedded CSS file. Allowed values are
\term{false} and an URL to a CSS file. With the first value, HTML files will
include the embedded CSS code. With the latter, you can specify the URL of the
custom CSS file (for example: `http://example.com/my.css'). The default value
is \term{false}.
\titem{dirname}\ind{options!dirname}
Allows to configure the name of the room directory.
Allowed values are \term{room\_jid} and \term{room\_name}.
With the first value, the room directory name will be the full room JID.
With the latter, the room directory name will be only the room name,
not including the MUC service name.
The default value is \term{room\_jid}.
\titem{dirtype}\ind{options!dirtype}
The type of the created directories can be specified with this option. Allowed
values are \term{subdirs} and \term{plain}. With the first value,
subdirectories are created for each year and month. With the latter, the
names of the log files contain the full date, and there are no subdirectories.
The default value is \term{subdirs}.
\titem{file\_format}\ind{options!file\_format}
Define the format of the log files:
\term{html} stores in HTML format,
\term{plaintext} stores in plain text.
The default value is \term{html}.
\titem{outdir}\ind{options!outdir}
This option sets the full path to the directory in which the HTML files should
be stored. Make sure the \ejabberd{} daemon user has write access on that
directory. The default value is \term{"www/muc"}.
\titem{spam\_prevention}\ind{options!spam\_prevention}
To prevent spam, the \term{spam\_prevention} option adds a special attribute
to links that prevent their indexation by search engines. The default value
is \term{true}, which mean that nofollow attributes will be added to user
submitted links.
\titem{timezone}\ind{options!timezone}
The time zone for the logs is configurable with this option. Allowed values
are \term{local} and \term{universal}. With the first value, the local time,
as reported to Erlang by the operating system, will be used. With the latter,
GMT/UTC time will be used. The default value is \term{local}.
\titem{top\_link}\ind{options!top\_link}
With this option you can customize the link on the top right corner of each
log file. The syntax of this option is \term{\{"URL", "Text"\}}. The default
value is \term{\{"/", "Home"\}}.
\end{description}
Examples:
\begin{itemize}
\item In the first example any room owner can enable logging, and a
custom CSS file will be used (http://example.com/my.css). The names
of the log files will contain the full date, and there will be no
subdirectories. The log files will be stored in /var/www/muclogs, and the
time zone will be GMT/UTC. Finally, the top link will be
\verb|Jabber.ru |.
\begin{verbatim}
{access, muc, [{allow, all}]}.
{modules,
[
...
{mod_muc_log, [
{access_log, muc},
{cssfile, "http://example.com/my.css"},
{dirtype, plain},
{dirname, room_jid},
{outdir, "/var/www/muclogs"},
{timezone, universal},
{spam_prevention, true},
{top_link, {"http://www.jabber.ru/", "Jabber.ru"}}
]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\item In the second example only \jid{admin1@example.org} and
\jid{admin2@example.net} can enable logging, and the embedded CSS file will be
used. The names of the log files will only contain the day (number),
and there will be subdirectories for each year and month. The log files will
be stored in /var/www/muclogs, and the local time will be used. Finally, the
top link will be the default \verb|Home |.
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, admins, {user, "admin1", "example.org"}}.
{acl, admins, {user, "admin2", "example.net"}}.
{access, muc_log, [{allow, admins},
{deny, all}]}.
{modules,
[
...
{mod_muc_log, [
{access_log, muc_log},
{cssfile, false},
{dirtype, subdirs},
{outdir, "/var/www/muclogs"},
{timezone, local}
]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\end{itemize}
\makesubsection{modoffline}{\modoffline{}}
\ind{modules!\modoffline{}}
This module implements offline message storage. This means that all messages
sent to an offline user will be stored on the server until that user comes
online again. Thus it is very similar to how email works. Note that
\term{ejabberdctl}\ind{ejabberdctl} has a command to delete expired messages
(see section~\ref{ejabberdctl}).
\begin{description}
\titem{access\_max\_user\_messages}\ind{options!access\_max\_user\_messages}
This option defines which access rule will be enforced to limit
the maximum number of offline messages that a user can have (quota).
When a user has too many offline messages, any new messages that he receive are discarded,
and a resource-constraint error is returned to the sender.
The default value is \term{max\_user\_offline\_messages}.
Then you can define an access rule with a syntax similar to
\term{max\_user\_sessions} (see \ref{configmaxsessions}).
\end{description}
This example allows power users to have as much as 5000 offline messages,
administrators up to 2000,
and all the other users up to 100.
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, admin, {user, "admin1", "localhost"}}.
{acl, admin, {user, "admin2", "example.org"}}.
{acl, poweruser, {user, "bob", "example.org"}}.
{acl, poweruser, {user, "jane", "example.org"}}.
{access, max_user_offline_messages, [ {5000, poweruser}, {2000, admin}, {100, all} ]}.
{modules,
[
...
{mod_offline, [ {access_max_user_messages, max_user_offline_messages} ]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsection{modprivacy}{\modprivacy{}}
\ind{modules!\modprivacy{}}\ind{Blocking Communication}\ind{Privacy Rules}\ind{protocols!RFC 3921: XMPP IM}
This module implements Blocking Communication (also known as Privacy Rules)
as defined in section 10 from XMPP IM. If end users have support for it in
their \Jabber{} client, they will be able to:
\begin{quote}
\begin{itemize}
\item Retrieving one's privacy lists.
\item Adding, removing, and editing one's privacy lists.
\item Setting, changing, or declining active lists.
\item Setting, changing, or declining the default list (i.e., the list that
is active by default).
\item Allowing or blocking messages based on JID, group, or subscription type
(or globally).
\item Allowing or blocking inbound presence notifications based on JID, group,
or subscription type (or globally).
\item Allowing or blocking outbound presence notifications based on JID, group,
or subscription type (or globally).
\item Allowing or blocking IQ stanzas based on JID, group, or subscription type
(or globally).
\item Allowing or blocking all communications based on JID, group, or
subscription type (or globally).
\end{itemize}
(from \ahrefurl{http://www.xmpp.org/specs/rfc3921.html\#privacy})
\end{quote}
Options:
\begin{description}
\iqdiscitem{Blocking Communication (\ns{jabber:iq:privacy})}
\end{description}
\makesubsection{modprivate}{\modprivate{}}
\ind{modules!\modprivate{}}\ind{protocols!XEP-0049: Private XML Storage}\ind{protocols!XEP-0048: Bookmark Storage}
This module adds support for Private XML Storage (\xepref{0049}):
\begin{quote}
Using this method, Jabber entities can store private data on the server and
retrieve it whenever necessary. The data stored might be anything, as long as
it is valid XML. One typical usage for this namespace is the server-side storage
of client-specific preferences; another is Bookmark Storage (\xepref{0048}).
\end{quote}
Options:
\begin{description}
\iqdiscitem{Private XML Storage (\ns{jabber:iq:private})}
\end{description}
\makesubsection{modproxy}{\modproxy{}}
\ind{modules!\modversion{}}\ind{protocols!XEP-0065: SOCKS5 Bytestreams}
This module implements SOCKS5 Bytestreams (\xepref{0065}).
It allows \ejabberd{} to act as a file transfer proxy between two
XMPP clients.
Options:
\begin{description}
\titem{host}\ind{options!host}This option defines the hostname of the service.
If this option is not set, the prefix `\jid{proxy.}' is added to \ejabberd{}
hostname.
\titem{name}\ind{options!name}Defines Service Discovery name of the service.
Default is \term{"SOCKS5 Bytestreams"}.
\titem{ip}\ind{options!ip}This option specifies which network interface
to listen for. Default is an IP address of the service's DNS name, or,
if fails, \verb|{127,0,0,1}|.
\titem{port}\ind{options!port}This option defines port to listen for
incoming connections. Default is~7777.
\titem{auth\_type}\ind{options!auth\_type}SOCKS5 authentication type.
Possible values are \term{anonymous} and \term{plain}. Default is
\term{anonymous}.
\titem{access}\ind{options!access}Defines ACL for file transfer initiators.
Default is \term{all}.
\titem{max\_connections}\ind{options!max\_connections}Maximum number of
active connections per file transfer initiator. No limit by default.
\titem{shaper}\ind{options!shaper}This option defines shaper for
the file transfer peers. Shaper with the maximum bandwidth will be selected.
Default is \term{none}.
\end{description}
Examples:
\begin{itemize}
\item The simpliest configuration of the module:
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
[
...
{mod_proxy65, []},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\item More complicated configuration.
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, proxy_users, {server, "example.org"}}.
{access, proxy65_access, [{allow, proxy_users}, {deny, all}]}.
{acl, admin, {user, "admin", "example.org"}}.
{shaper, proxyrate, {maxrate, 10240}}. %% 10 Kbytes/sec
{access, proxy65_shaper, [{none, admin}, {proxyrate, proxy_users}]}.
{modules,
[
...
{mod_proxy65, [{host, "proxy1.example.org"},
{name, "File Transfer Proxy"},
{ip, {200,150,100,1}},
{port, 7778},
{max_connections, 5},
{access, proxy65_access},
{shaper, proxy65_shaper}]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\end{itemize}
\makesubsection{modpubsub}{\modpubsub{}}
\ind{modules!\modpubsub{}}\ind{protocols!XEP-0060: Publish-Subscribe}
This module offers a Publish-Subscribe Service (\xepref{0060}).
The functionality in \modpubsub{} can be extended using plugins.
The plugin that implements PEP (Personal Eventing via Pubsub) (\xepref{0163})
is enabled in the default ejabberd configuration file,
and it requires \modcaps{}.
Options:
\begin{description}
\hostitem{pubsub}
\titem{access\_createnode} \ind{options!access\_createnode}
This option restricts which users are allowed to create pubsub nodes using
ACL and ACCESS. The default value is \term{pubsub\_createnode}. % Not clear enough + do not use abbreviations.
\titem{plugins} \ind{options!plugins}
To specify which pubsub node plugins to use. If not defined, the default
pubsub plugin is always used.
\titem{nodetree} \ind{options!nodetree}
To specify which nodetree to use. If not defined, the default pubsub
nodetree is used. Only one nodetree can be used per host,
and is shared by all node plugins.
\titem{pep\_sendlast\_offline} \ind{options!pep\_sendlast\_offline}
To specify whether or not we should get last published PEP items
from users in our roster which are offline when we connect. Value is true or false.
If not defined, pubsub assumes false so we only get last items of online contacts.
\titem{last\_item\_cache} \ind{options!last\_item\_cache}
To specify whether or not pubsub should cache last items. Value is true
or false. If not defined, pubsub do not cache last items. On systems with not so many nodes,
caching last items speeds up pubsub and allows to raise user connection rate. The cost is memory
usage, as every item is stored in memory.
\titem{pep\_mapping} \ind{pep\_mapping}
This allow to define a Key-Value list to choose defined node plugins on given PEP namespace.
The following example will use node\_tune instead of node\_pep for every PEP node with tune namespace:
\begin{verbatim}
{mod_pubsub, [{pep_mapping, [{"http://jabber.org/protocol/tune", "tune"}]}]}
\end{verbatim}
%\titem{served\_hosts} \ind{options!served\_hosts}
% This option allows to create additional pubsub virtual hosts in a single module instance.
\end{description}
Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
[
...
{mod_pubsub, [
{access_createnode, pubsub_createnode},
{plugins, ["default", "pep"]}
]}
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
% {served_hosts, ["example.com", "example.org"]}
\makesubsection{modregister}{\modregister{}}
\ind{modules!\modregister{}}\ind{protocols!XEP-0077: In-Band Registration}\ind{public registration}
This module adds support for In-Band Registration (\xepref{0077}). This protocol
enables end users to use a \Jabber{} client to:
\begin{itemize}
\item Register a new account on the server.
\item Change the password from an existing account on the server.
\item Delete an existing account on the server.
\end{itemize}
Options:
\begin{description}
\titem{access} \ind{options!access}This option can be configured to specify
rules to restrict registration. If a rule returns `deny' on the requested
user name, registration for that user name is denied. (there are no
restrictions by default).
\titem{welcome\_message} \ind{options!welcomem}Set a welcome message that
is sent to each newly registered account. The first string is the subject, and
the second string is the message body.
In the body you can set a newline with the characters: \verb|\n|
\titem{registration\_watchers} \ind{options!rwatchers}This option defines a
list of JIDs which will be notified each time a new account is registered.
\iqdiscitem{In-Band Registration (\ns{jabber:iq:register})}
\end{description}
This module reads also another option defined globally for the server:
\term{\{registration\_timeout, Timeout\}}. \ind{options!registratimeout}
This option limits the frequency of registration from a given IP or username.
So, a user can't register a new account from the same IP address or JID during
this number of seconds after previous registration.
Timeout is expressed in seconds, and must be an integer.
To disable this limitation,
instead of an integer put a word like: \term{infinity}.
Default value: 600 seconds.
Examples:
\begin{itemize}
\item Next example prohibits the registration of too short account names:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, shortname, {user_glob, "?"}}.
{acl, shortname, {user_glob, "??"}}.
%% The same using regexp:
%%{acl, shortname, {user_regexp, "^..?$"}}.
{access, register, [{deny, shortname},
{allow, all}]}.
{modules,
[
...
{mod_register, [{access, register}]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\item The in-band registration of new accounts can be prohibited by changing the
\option{access} option. If you really want to disable all In-Band Registration
functionality, that is changing passwords in-band and deleting accounts
in-band, you have to remove \modregister{} from the modules list. In this
example all In-Band Registration functionality is disabled:
\begin{verbatim}
{access, register, [{deny, all}]}.
{modules,
[
...
%% {mod_register, [{access, register}]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\item Define the welcome message and two registration watchers.
Also define a registration timeout of one hour:
\begin{verbatim}
{registration_timeout, 3600}.
{modules,
[
...
{mod_register,
[
{welcome_message, {"Welcome!", "Hi.\nWelcome to this Jabber server.\n Check http://www.jabber.org\n\nBye"}},
{registration_watchers, ["admin1@example.org", "boss@example.net"]}
]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\end{itemize}
\makesubsection{modroster}{\modroster{}}
\ind{modules!\modroster{}}\ind{roster management}\ind{protocols!RFC 3921: XMPP IM}
This module implements roster management as defined in \footahref{http://www.xmpp.org/specs/rfc3921.html\#roster}{RFC 3921: XMPP IM}.
Options:
\begin{description}
\iqdiscitem{Roster Management (\ns{jabber:iq:roster})}
\end{description}
\makesubsection{modservicelog}{\modservicelog{}}
\ind{modules!\modservicelog{}}\ind{message auditing}\ind{Bandersnatch}
This module adds support for logging end user packets via a \Jabber{} message
auditing service such as
\footahref{http://www.funkypenguin.info/project/bandersnatch/}{Bandersnatch}. All user
packets are encapsulated in a \verb|
\end{verbatim}
\item You can request the total number of registered users on all virtual hosts
by sending:
\begin{verbatim}
\end{verbatim}
\end{itemize}
\makesubsection{modtime}{\modtime{}}
\ind{modules!\modtime{}}\ind{protocols!XEP-0202: Entity Time}
This module features support for Entity Time (\xepref{0202}). By using this XEP,
you are able to discover the time at another entity's location.
Options:
\begin{description}
\iqdiscitem{Entity Time (\ns{jabber:iq:time})}
\end{description}
\makesubsection{modvcard}{\modvcard{}}
\ind{modules!\modvcard{}}\ind{JUD}\ind{Jabber User Directory}\ind{vCard}\ind{protocols!XEP-0054: vcard-temp}
This module allows end users to store and retrieve their vCard, and to retrieve
other users vCards, as defined in vcard-temp (\xepref{0054}). The module also
implements an uncomplicated \Jabber{} User Directory based on the vCards of
these users. Moreover, it enables the server to send its vCard when queried.
Options:
\begin{description}
\hostitem{vjud}
\iqdiscitem{\ns{vcard-temp}}
\titem{search}\ind{options!search}This option specifies whether the search
functionality is enabled (value: \term{true}) or disabled (value:
\term{false}). If disabled, the option \term{host} will be ignored and the
\Jabber{} User Directory service will not appear in the Service Discovery item
list. The default value is \term{true}.
\titem{matches}\ind{options!matches}With this option, the number of reported
search results can be limited. If the option's value is set to \term{infinity},
all search results are reported. The default value is \term{30}.
\titem{allow\_return\_all}\ind{options!allow\_return\_all}This option enables
you to specify if search operations with empty input fields should return all
users who added some information to their vCard. The default value is
\term{false}.
\titem{search\_all\_hosts}\ind{options!search\_all\_hosts}If this option is set
to \term{true}, search operations will apply to all virtual hosts. Otherwise
only the current host will be searched. The default value is \term{true}.
This option is available in \modvcard, but not available in \modvcardodbc.
\end{description}
Examples:
\begin{itemize}
\item In this first situation, search results are limited to twenty items,
every user who added information to their vCard will be listed when people
do an empty search, and only users from the current host will be returned:
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
[
...
{mod_vcard, [{search, true},
{matches, 20},
{allow_return_all, true},
{search_all_hosts, false}]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\item The second situation differs in a way that search results are not limited,
and that all virtual hosts will be searched instead of only the current one:
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
[
...
{mod_vcard, [{search, true},
{matches, infinity},
{allow_return_all, true}]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\end{itemize}
\makesubsection{modvcardldap}{\modvcardldap{}}
\ind{modules!\modvcardldap{}}\ind{JUD}\ind{Jabber User Directory}\ind{vCard}\ind{protocols!XEP-0054: vcard-temp}
%TODO: verify if the referers to the LDAP section are still correct
\ejabberd{} can map LDAP attributes to vCard fields. This behaviour is
implemented in the \modvcardldap{} module. This module does not depend on the
authentication method (see~\ref{ldapauth}).
Note that \ejabberd{} treats LDAP as a read-only storage:
it is possible to consult data, but not possible to
create accounts, change password or edit vCard that is stored in LDAP.
The \modvcardldap{} module has
its own optional parameters. The first group of parameters has the same
meaning as the top-level LDAP parameters to set the authentication method:
\option{ldap\_servers}, \option{ldap\_port}, \option{ldap\_rootdn},
\option{ldap\_password}, \option{ldap\_base}, \option{ldap\_uids}, and
\option{ldap\_filter}. See section~\ref{ldapauth} for detailed information
about these options. If one of these options is not set, \ejabberd{} will look
for the top-level option with the same name.
The second group of parameters
consists of the following \modvcardldap{}-specific options:
\begin{description}
\hostitem{vjud}
\iqdiscitem{\ns{vcard-temp}}
\titem{search}\ind{options!search}This option specifies whether the search
functionality is enabled (value: \term{true}) or disabled (value:
\term{false}). If disabled, the option \term{host} will be ignored and the
\Jabber{} User Directory service will not appear in the Service Discovery item
list. The default value is \term{true}.
\titem{matches}\ind{options!matches}With this option, the number of reported
search results can be limited. If the option's value is set to \term{infinity},
all search results are reported. The default value is \term{30}.
\titem{ldap\_vcard\_map}\ind{options!ldap\_vcard\_map}With this option you can
set the table that maps LDAP attributes to vCard fields. The format is:
\term{[{Name\_of\_vCard\_field, Pattern, List\_of\_LDAP\_attributes}, ...]}.\ind{protocols!RFC 2426: vCard MIME Directory Profile}
\term{Name\_of\_vcard\_field} is the type name of the vCard as defined in
\footahref{http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2426.txt}{RFC 2426}. \term{Pattern} is a
string which contains pattern variables \term{"\%u"}, \term{"\%d"} or
\term{"\%s"}. \term{List\_of\_LDAP\_attributes} is the list containing LDAP
attributes. The pattern variables \term{"\%s"} will be sequentially replaced
with the values of LDAP attributes from \term{List\_of\_LDAP\_attributes},
\term{"\%u"} will be replaced with the user part of a JID, and \term{"\%d"}
will be replaced with the domain part of a JID. The default is:
\begin{verbatim}
[{"NICKNAME", "%u", []},
{"FN", "%s", ["displayName"]},
{"LAST", "%s", ["sn"]},
{"FIRST", "%s", ["givenName"]},
{"MIDDLE", "%s", ["initials"]},
{"ORGNAME", "%s", ["o"]},
{"ORGUNIT", "%s", ["ou"]},
{"CTRY", "%s", ["c"]},
{"LOCALITY", "%s", ["l"]},
{"STREET", "%s", ["street"]},
{"REGION", "%s", ["st"]},
{"PCODE", "%s", ["postalCode"]},
{"TITLE", "%s", ["title"]},
{"URL", "%s", ["labeleduri"]},
{"DESC", "%s", ["description"]},
{"TEL", "%s", ["telephoneNumber"]},
{"EMAIL", "%s", ["mail"]},
{"BDAY", "%s", ["birthDay"]},
{"ROLE", "%s", ["employeeType"]},
{"PHOTO", "%s", ["jpegPhoto"]}]
\end{verbatim}
\titem{ldap\_search\_fields}\ind{options!ldap\_search\_fields}This option
defines the search form and the LDAP attributes to search within. The format
is: \term{[{Name, Attribute}, ...]}. \term{Name} is the name of a search form
field which will be automatically translated by using the translation
files (see \term{msgs/*.msg} for available words). \term{Attribute} is the
LDAP attribute or the pattern \term{"\%u"}. The default is:
\begin{verbatim}
[{"User", "%u"},
{"Full Name", "displayName"},
{"Given Name", "givenName"},
{"Middle Name", "initials"},
{"Family Name", "sn"},
{"Nickname", "%u"},
{"Birthday", "birthDay"},
{"Country", "c"},
{"City", "l"},
{"Email", "mail"},
{"Organization Name", "o"},
{"Organization Unit", "ou"}]
\end{verbatim}
\titem{ldap\_search\_reported}\ind{options!ldap\_search\_reported}This option
defines which search fields should be reported. The format is:
\term{[{Name, vCard\_Name}, ...]}. \term{Name} is the name of a search form
field which will be automatically translated by using the translation
files (see \term{msgs/*.msg} for available words). \term{vCard\_Name} is the
vCard field name defined in the \option{ldap\_vcard\_map} option. The default
is:
\begin{verbatim}
[{"Full Name", "FN"},
{"Given Name", "FIRST"},
{"Middle Name", "MIDDLE"},
{"Family Name", "LAST"},
{"Nickname", "NICKNAME"},
{"Birthday", "BDAY"},
{"Country", "CTRY"},
{"City", "LOCALITY"},
{"Email", "EMAIL"},
{"Organization Name", "ORGNAME"},
{"Organization Unit", "ORGUNIT"}]
\end{verbatim}
\end{description}
%TODO: this examples still should be organised better
Examples:
\begin{itemize}
\item
Let's say \term{ldap.example.org} is the name of our LDAP server. We have
users with their passwords in \term{"ou=Users,dc=example,dc=org"} directory.
Also we have addressbook, which contains users emails and their additional
infos in \term{"ou=AddressBook,dc=example,dc=org"} directory. Corresponding
authentication section should looks like this:
\begin{verbatim}
%% authentication method
{auth_method, ldap}.
%% DNS name of our LDAP server
{ldap_servers, ["ldap.example.org"]}.
%% We want to authorize users from 'shadowAccount' object class only
{ldap_filter, "(objectClass=shadowAccount)"}.
\end{verbatim}
Now we want to use users LDAP-info as their vCards. We have four attributes
defined in our LDAP schema: \term{"mail"} --- email address, \term{"givenName"}
--- first name, \term{"sn"} --- second name, \term{"birthDay"} --- birthday.
Also we want users to search each other. Let's see how we can set it up:
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
...
{mod_vcard_ldap,
[
%% We use the same server and port, but want to bind anonymously because
%% our LDAP server accepts anonymous requests to
%% "ou=AddressBook,dc=example,dc=org" subtree.
{ldap_rootdn, ""},
{ldap_password, ""},
%% define the addressbook's base
{ldap_base, "ou=AddressBook,dc=example,dc=org"},
%% uidattr: user's part of JID is located in the "mail" attribute
%% uidattr_format: common format for our emails
{ldap_uids, [{"mail","%u@mail.example.org"}]},
%% We have to define empty filter here, because entries in addressbook does not
%% belong to shadowAccount object class
{ldap_filter, ""},
%% Now we want to define vCard pattern
{ldap_vcard_map,
[{"NICKNAME", "%u", []}, % just use user's part of JID as his nickname
{"FIRST", "%s", ["givenName"]},
{"LAST", "%s", ["sn"]},
{"FN", "%s, %s", ["sn", "givenName"]}, % example: "Smith, John"
{"EMAIL", "%s", ["mail"]},
{"BDAY", "%s", ["birthDay"]}]},
%% Search form
{ldap_search_fields,
[{"User", "%u"},
{"Name", "givenName"},
{"Family Name", "sn"},
{"Email", "mail"},
{"Birthday", "birthDay"}]},
%% vCard fields to be reported
%% Note that JID is always returned with search results
{ldap_search_reported,
[{"Full Name", "FN"},
{"Nickname", "NICKNAME"},
{"Birthday", "BDAY"}]}
]}
...
}.
\end{verbatim}
Note that \modvcardldap{} module checks an existence of the user before
searching his info in LDAP.
\item \term{ldap\_vcard\_map} example:
\begin{verbatim}
{ldap_vcard_map,
[{"NICKNAME", "%u", []},
{"FN", "%s", ["displayName"]},
{"CTRY", "Russia", []},
{"EMAIL", "%u@%d", []},
{"DESC", "%s\n%s", ["title", "description"]}
]},
\end{verbatim}
\item \term{ldap\_search\_fields} example:
\begin{verbatim}
{ldap_search_fields,
[{"User", "uid"},
{"Full Name", "displayName"},
{"Email", "mail"}
]},
\end{verbatim}
\item \term{ldap\_search\_reported} example:
\begin{verbatim}
{ldap_search_reported,
[{"Full Name", "FN"},
{"Email", "EMAIL"},
{"Birthday", "BDAY"},
{"Nickname", "NICKNAME"}
]},
\end{verbatim}
\end{itemize}
\makesubsection{modversion}{\modversion{}}
\ind{modules!\modversion{}}\ind{protocols!XEP-0092: Software Version}
This module implements Software Version (\xepref{0092}). Consequently, it
answers \ejabberd{}'s version when queried.
Options:
\begin{description}
\titem{show\_os}\ind{options!showos}Should the operating system be revealed or not.
The default value is \term{true}.
\iqdiscitem{Software Version (\ns{jabber:iq:version})}
\end{description}
\makechapter{manage}{Managing an \ejabberd{} Server}
\makesection{ejabberdctl}{\term{ejabberdctl}}
With the \term{ejabberdctl} command line administration script
you can execute \term{ejabberdctl commands} (described in the next section, \ref{ectl-commands})
and also many general \term{ejabberd commands} (described in section \ref{eja-commands}).
This means you can start, stop and perform many other administrative tasks
in a local or remote \ejabberd{} server (by providing the argument \term{--node NODENAME}).
The \term{ejabberdctl} script can be configured in the file \term{ejabberdctl.cfg}.
This file includes detailed information about each configurable option. See section \ref{erlangconfiguration}.
The \term{ejabberdctl} script returns a numerical status code.
Success is represented by \term{0},
error is represented by \term{1},
and other codes may be used for specific results.
This can be used by other scripts to determine automatically
if a command succeeded or failed,
for example using: \term{echo \$?}
\makesubsection{ectl-commands}{ejabberdctl Commands}
When \term{ejabberdctl} is executed without any parameter,
it displays the available options. If there isn't an \ejabberd{} server running,
the available parameters are:
\begin{description}
\titem{start} Start \ejabberd{} in background mode. This is the default method.
\titem{debug} Attach an Erlang shell to an already existing \ejabberd{} server. This allows to execute commands interactively in the \ejabberd{} server.
\titem{live} Start \ejabberd{} in live mode: the shell keeps attached to the started server, showing log messages and allowing to execute interactive commands.
\end{description}
If there is an \ejabberd{} server running in the system,
\term{ejabberdctl} shows the \term{ejabberdctl commands} described bellow
and all the \term{ejabberd commands} available in that server (see \ref{list-eja-commands}).
The \term{ejabberdctl commands} are:
\begin{description}
\titem{help} Get help about ejabberdctl or any available command. Try \term{ejabberdctl help help}.
\titem{status} Check the status of the \ejabberd{} server.
\titem{stop} Stop the \ejabberd{} server.
\titem{restart} Restart the \ejabberd{} server.
\titem{mnesia} Get information about the Mnesia database.
\end{description}
The \term{ejabberdctl} script can be restricted to require authentication
and execute some \term{ejabberd commands}; see \ref{accesscommands}.
Add the option to the file \term{ejabberd.cfg}.
In this example there is no restriction:
\begin{verbatim}
{ejabberdctl_access_commands, []}.
\end{verbatim}
If account \term{robot1@example.org} is registered in \ejabberd{} with password \term{abcdef}
(which MD5 is E8B501798950FC58AAD83C8C14978E),
and \term{ejabberd.cfg} contains this setting:
\begin{verbatim}
{hosts, ["example.org"]}.
{acl, bots, {user, "robot1", "example.org"}}.
{access, ctlaccess, [{allow, bots}]}.
{ejabberdctl_access_commands, [ {ctlaccess, [registered_users, register], []} ]}.
\end{verbatim}
then you can do this in the shell:
\begin{verbatim}
$ ejabberdctl registered_users example.org
Error: no_auth_provided
$ ejabberdctl --auth robot1 example.org E8B501798950FC58AAD83C8C14978E registered_users example.org
robot1
testuser1
testuser2
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsection{erlangconfiguration}{Erlang Runtime System}
\ejabberd{} is an Erlang/OTP application that runs inside an Erlang runtime system.
This system is configured using environment variables and command line parameters.
The \term{ejabberdctl} administration script uses many of those possibilities.
You can configure some of them with the file \term{ejabberdctl.cfg},
which includes detailed description about them.
This section describes for reference purposes
all the environment variables and command line parameters.
The environment variables:
\begin{description}
\titem{EJABBERD\_CONFIG\_PATH}
Path to the ejabberd configuration file.
\titem{EJABBERD\_MSGS\_PATH}
Path to the directory with translated strings.
\titem{EJABBERD\_LOG\_PATH}
Path to the ejabberd service log file.
\titem{EJABBERD\_SO\_PATH}
Path to the directory with binary system libraries.
\titem{EJABBERD\_DOC\_PATH}
Path to the directory with ejabberd documentation.
\titem{HOME}
Path to the directory that is considered \ejabberd{}'s home.
This path is used to read the file \term{.erlang.cookie}.
\titem{ERL\_CRASH\_DUMP}
Path to the file where crash reports will be dumped.
\titem{ERL\_INETRC}
Indicates which IP name resolution to use.
If using \term{-sname}, specify either this option or \term{-kernel inetrc filepath}.
\titem{ERL\_MAX\_PORTS}
Maximum number of simultaneously open Erlang ports.
\titem{ERL\_MAX\_ETS\_TABLES}
Maximum number of ETS and Mnesia tables.
\end{description}
The command line parameters:
\begin{description}
\titem{-sname ejabberd}
The Erlang node will be identified using only the first part
of the host name, i.\,e. other Erlang nodes outside this domain cannot contact
this node. This is the preferable option in most cases.
\titem{-name ejabberd}
The Erlang node will be fully identified.
This is only useful if you plan to setup an \ejabberd{} cluster with nodes in different networks.
\titem{-kernel inetrc "/etc/ejabberd/inetrc"}
Indicates which IP name resolution to use.
If using \term{-sname}, specify either this option or \term{ERL\_INETRC}.
\titem{-kernel inet\_dist\_listen\_min 4200 inet\_dist\_listen\_min 4210}
Define the first and last ports that \term{epmd} (section \ref{epmd}) can listen to.
\titem{-detached}
Starts the Erlang system detached from the system console.
Useful for running daemons and backgrounds processes.
\titem{-noinput}
Ensures that the Erlang system never tries to read any input.
Useful for running daemons and backgrounds processes.
\titem{-pa /var/lib/ejabberd/ebin}
Specify the directory where Erlang binary files (*.beam) are located.
\titem{-s ejabberd}
Tell Erlang runtime system to start the \ejabberd{} application.
\titem{-mnesia dir "/var/lib/ejabberd/"}
Specify the Mnesia database directory.
\titem{-sasl sasl\_error\_logger \{file, "/var/log/ejabberd/sasl.log"\}}
Path to the Erlang/OTP system log file.
\titem{+K [true|false]}
Kernel polling.
\titem{-smp [auto|enable|disable]}
SMP support.
\titem{+P 250000}
Maximum number of Erlang processes.
\titem{-remsh ejabberd@localhost}
Open an Erlang shell in a remote Erlang node.
\titem{-hidden}
The connections to other nodes are hidden (not published).
The result is that this node is not considered part of the cluster.
This is important when starting a temporary \term{ctl} or \term{debug} node.
\end{description}
Note that some characters need to be escaped when used in shell scripts, for instance \verb|"| and \verb|{}|.
You can find other options in the Erlang manual page (\shell{erl -man erl}).
\makesection{eja-commands}{\ejabberd{} Commands}
An \term{ejabberd command} is an abstract function identified by a name,
with a defined number and type of calling arguments and type of result
that is registered in the \term{ejabberd\_commands} service.
Those commands can be defined in any Erlang module and executed using any valid frontend.
\ejabberd{} includes a frontend to execute \term{ejabberd commands}: the script \term{ejabberdctl}.
Other known frontends that can be installed to execute ejabberd commands in different ways are:
\term{ejabberd\_xmlrpc} (XML-RPC service),
\term{mod\_rest} (HTTP POST service),
\term{mod\_shcommands} (ejabberd WebAdmin page).
\makesubsection{list-eja-commands}{List of ejabberd Commands}
\ejabberd{} includes a few ejabberd Commands by default.
When more modules are installed, new commands may be available in the frontends.
The easiest way to get a list of the available commands, and get help for them is to use
the ejabberdctl script:
\begin{verbatim}
$ ejabberdctl help
Usage: ejabberdctl [--node nodename] [--auth user host password] command [options]
Available commands in this ejabberd node:
backup file Store the database to backup file
connected_users List all established sessions
connected_users_number Get the number of established sessions
delete_expired_messages Delete expired offline messages from database
delete_old_messages days Delete offline messages older than DAYS
...
\end{verbatim}
The more interesting ones are:
\begin{description}
\titem{reopen-log} Reopen the log files after they were renamed.
If the old files were not renamed before calling this command,
they are automatically renamed to \term{"*-old.log"}. See section \ref{logfiles}.
\titem {backup ejabberd.backup}
Store internal Mnesia database to a binary backup file.
\titem {restore ejabberd.backup}
Restore immediately from a binary backup file the internal Mnesia database.
This will consume quite some memory for big servers.
\titem {install-fallback ejabberd.backup}
The binary backup file is installed as fallback:
it will be used to restore the database at the next ejabberd start.
Similar to \term{restore}, but requires less memory.
\titem {dump ejabberd.dump}
Dump internal Mnesia database to a text file dump.
\titem {load ejabberd.dump}
Restore immediately from a text file dump.
This is not recommended for big databases, as it will consume much time,
memory and processor. In that case it's preferable to use \term{backup} and \term{install-fallback}.
%%More information about backuping can
%% be found in section~\ref{backup}.
\titem{import-file, import-dir} \ind{migration from other software}
These options can be used to migrate from other \Jabber{}/XMPP servers. There
exist tutorials to \footahref{http://www.ejabberd.im/migrate-to-ejabberd}{migrate from other software to ejabberd}.
\titem{delete-expired-messages} This option can be used to delete old messages
in offline storage. This might be useful when the number of offline messages
is very high.
\end{description}
\makesubsection{accesscommands}{Restrict Execution with AccessCommands}
The frontends can be configured to restrict access to certain commands.
In that case, authentication information must be provided.
In each frontend the \term{AccessCommands} option is defined
in a different place. But in all cases the option syntax is the same:
\begin{verbatim}
AccessCommands = [ {Access, CommandNames, Arguments} ]
Access = atom()
CommandNames = all | [CommandName]
CommandName = atom()
Arguments = [{ArgumentName, ArgumentValue}]
ArgumentName = atom()
ArgumentValue = any()
\end{verbatim}
The default value is to not define any restriction: \term{[]}.
If at least one restriction is defined, then the frontend expects
that authentication information is provided when executing a command.
The authentication information is Username, Hostname and Password of a local Jabber account
that has permission to execute the corresponding command.
This means that the account must be registered in the local ejabberd,
because the information will be verified.
It is possible to provide the plaintext password or its MD5 sum.
When one or several access restrictions are defined and the
authentication information is provided,
each restriction is verified until one matches completely:
the account matches the Access rule,
the command name is listed in CommandNames,
and the provided arguments do not contradict Arguments.
As an example to understand the syntax, let's suppose those options:
\begin{verbatim}
{hosts, ["example.org"]}.
{acl, bots, {user, "robot1", "example.org"}}.
{access, commaccess, [{allow, bots}]}.
\end{verbatim}
This list of access restrictions allows only \term{robot1@example.org} to execute all commands:
\begin{verbatim}
[{commaccess, all, []}]
\end{verbatim}
See another list of restrictions (the corresponding ACL and ACCESS are not shown):
\begin{verbatim}
[
%% This bot can execute all commands:
{bot, all, []},
%% This bot can only execute the command 'dump'. No argument restriction:
{bot_backups, [dump], []}
%% This bot can execute all commands,
%% but if a 'host' argument is provided, it must be "example.org":
{bot_all_example, all, [{host, "example.org"}]},
%% This bot can only execute the command 'register',
%% and if argument 'host' is provided, it must be "example.org":
{bot_reg_example, [register], [{host, "example.org"}]},
%% This bot can execute the commands 'register' and 'unregister',
%% if argument host is provided, it must be "test.org":
{_bot_reg_test, [register, unregister], [{host, "test.org"}]}
]
\end{verbatim}
\makesection{webadmin}{Web Admin}
\ind{web admin}
The \ejabberd{} Web Admin allows to administer most of \ejabberd{} using a web browser.
This feature is enabled by default:
a \term{ejabberd\_http} listener with the option \term{web\_admin} (see
section~\ref{listened}) is included in the listening ports. Then you can open
\verb|http://server:port/admin/| in your favourite web browser. You
will be asked to enter the username (the \emph{full} \Jabber{} ID) and password
of an \ejabberd{} user with administrator rights. After authentication
you will see a page similar to figure~\ref{fig:webadmmain}.
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\insimg{webadmmain.png}
\caption{Top page from the Web Admin}
\label{fig:webadmmain}
\end{figure}
Here you can edit access restrictions, manage users, create backups,
manage the database, enable/disable ports listened for, view server
statistics,\ldots
Examples:
\begin{itemize}
\item You can serve the Web Admin on the same port as the
\ind{protocols!XEP-0025: HTTP Polling}HTTP Polling interface. In this example
you should point your web browser to \verb|http://example.org:5280/admin/| to
administer all virtual hosts or to
\verb|http://example.org:5280/admin/server/example.com/| to administer only
the virtual host \jid{example.com}. Before you get access to the Web Admin
you need to enter as username, the JID and password from a registered user
that is allowed to configure \ejabberd{}. In this example you can enter as
username `\jid{admin@example.net}' to administer all virtual hosts (first
URL). If you log in with `\jid{admin@example.com}' on \\
\verb|http://example.org:5280/admin/server/example.com/| you can only
administer the virtual host \jid{example.com}.
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, admins, {user, "admin", "example.net"}}.
{host_config, "example.com", [{acl, admins, {user, "admin", "example.com"}}]}.
{access, configure, [{allow, admins}]}.
{hosts, ["example.org"]}.
{listen,
[
...
{5280, ejabberd_http, [http_poll, web_admin]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\item For security reasons, you can serve the Web Admin on a secured
connection, on a port differing from the HTTP Polling interface, and bind it
to the internal LAN IP. The Web Admin will be accessible by pointing your
web browser to \verb|https://192.168.1.1:5282/admin/|:
\begin{verbatim}
{hosts, ["example.org"]}.
{listen,
[
...
{5280, ejabberd_http, [
http_poll
]},
{{5282, "192.168.1.1"}, ejabberd_http, [
web_admin,
tls, {certfile, "/usr/local/etc/server.pem"}
]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\end{itemize}
Certain pages in the ejabberd Web Admin contain a link to a related
section in the ejabberd Installation and Operation Guide.
In order to view such links, a copy in HTML format of the Guide must
be installed in the system.
The file is searched by default in
\term{"/share/doc/ejabberd/guide.html"}.
The directory of the documentation can be specified in
the environment variable \term{EJABBERD\_DOC\_PATH}.
See section \ref{erlangconfiguration}.
\makesection{adhoccommands}{Ad-hoc Commands}
If you enable \modconfigure\ and \modadhoc,
you can perform several administrative tasks in \ejabberd{}
with a Jabber client.
The client must support Ad-Hoc Commands (\xepref{0050}),
and you must login in the Jabber server with
an account with proper privileges.
\makesection{changeerlangnodename}{Change Computer Hostname}
\ejabberd{} uses the distributed Mnesia database.
Being distributed, Mnesia enforces consistency of its file,
so it stores the name of the Erlang node in it (see section \ref{nodename}).
The name of an Erlang node includes the hostname of the computer.
So, the name of the Erlang node changes
if you change the name of the machine in which \ejabberd{} runs,
or when you move \ejabberd{} to a different machine.
You have two ways to use the old Mnesia database in an ejabberd with new node name:
put the old node name in \term{ejabberdctl.cfg},
or convert the database to the new node name.
Those example steps will backup, convert and load the Mnesia database.
You need to have either the old Mnesia spool dir or a backup of Mnesia.
If you already have a backup file of the old database, you can go directly to step 5.
You also need to know the old node name and the new node name.
If you don't know them, look for them by executing \term{ejabberdctl}
or in the ejabberd log files.
Before starting, setup some variables:
\begin{verbatim}
OLDNODE=ejabberd@oldmachine
NEWNODE=ejabberd@newmachine
OLDFILE=/tmp/old.backup
NEWFILE=/tmp/new.backup
\end{verbatim}
\begin{enumerate}
\item Start ejabberd enforcing the old node name:
\begin{verbatim}
ejabberdctl --node $OLDNODE start
\end{verbatim}
\item Generate a backup file:
\begin{verbatim}
ejabberdctl --node $OLDNODE backup $OLDFILE
\end{verbatim}
\item Stop the old node:
\begin{verbatim}
ejabberdctl --node $OLDNODE stop
\end{verbatim}
\item Make sure there aren't files in the Mnesia spool dir. For example:
\begin{verbatim}
mkdir /var/lib/ejabberd/oldfiles
mv /var/lib/ejabberd/*.* /var/lib/ejabberd/oldfiles/
\end{verbatim}
\item Start ejabberd. There isn't any need to specify the node name anymore:
\begin{verbatim}
ejabberdctl start
\end{verbatim}
\item Convert the backup to new node name:
\begin{verbatim}
ejabberdctl mnesia_change_nodename $OLDNODE $NEWNODE $OLDFILE $NEWFILE
\end{verbatim}
\item Import the new backup:
\begin{verbatim}
ejabberdctl restore $NEWFILE
\end{verbatim}
\item Check that the information of the old database is available: accounts, rosters...
After you finish, remember to delete the temporary backup files from public directories.
\end{enumerate}
\makechapter{secure}{Securing \ejabberd{}}
\makesection{firewall}{Firewall Settings}
\ind{firewall}\ind{ports}\ind{SASL}\ind{TLS}\ind{clustering!ports}
You need to take the following TCP ports in mind when configuring your firewall:
\begin{table}[H]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|}
\hline {\bf Port} & {\bf Description} \\
\hline \hline 5222& Standard port for Jabber/XMPP client connections, plain or STARTTLS.\\
\hline 5223& Standard port for Jabber client connections using the old SSL method.\\
\hline 5269& Standard port for Jabber/XMPP server connections.\\
\hline 4369& EPMD (section \ref{epmd}) listens for Erlang node name requests.\\
\hline port range& Used for connections between Erlang nodes. This range is configurable (see section \ref{epmd}).\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\makesection{epmd}{epmd}
\footahref{http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/epmd.html}{epmd (Erlang Port Mapper Daemon)}
is a small name server included in Erlang/OTP
and used by Erlang programs when establishing distributed Erlang communications.
\ejabberd{} needs \term{epmd} to use \term{ejabberdctl} and also when clustering \ejabberd{} nodes.
This small program is automatically started by Erlang, and is never stopped.
If \ejabberd{} is stopped, and there aren't any other Erlang programs
running in the system, you can safely stop \term{epmd} if you want.
\ejabberd{} runs inside an Erlang node.
To communicate with \ejabberd{}, the script \term{ejabberdctl} starts a new Erlang node
and connects to the Erlang node that holds \ejabberd{}.
In order for this communication to work,
\term{epmd} must be running and listening for name requests in the port 4369.
You should block the port 4369 in the firewall in such a way that
only the programs in your machine can access it.
If you build a cluster of several \ejabberd{} instances,
each \ejabberd{} instance is called an \ejabberd{} node.
Those \ejabberd{} nodes use a special Erlang communication method to
build the cluster, and EPMD is again needed listening in the port 4369.
So, if you plan to build a cluster of \ejabberd{} nodes
you must open the port 4369 for the machines involved in the cluster.
Remember to block the port so Internet doesn't have access to it.
Once an Erlang node solved the node name of another Erlang node using EPMD and port 4369,
the nodes communicate directly.
The ports used in this case by default are random,
but can be configured in the file \term{ejabberdctl.cfg}.
The Erlang command-line parameter used internally is, for example:
\begin{verbatim}
erl ... -kernel inet_dist_listen_min 4370 inet_dist_listen_max 4375
\end{verbatim}
\makesection{cookie}{Erlang Cookie}
The Erlang cookie is a string with numbers and letters.
An Erlang node reads the cookie at startup from the command-line parameter \term{-setcookie}.
If not indicated, the cookie is read from the cookie file \term{\$HOME/.erlang.cookie}.
If this file does not exist, it is created immediately with a random cookie.
Two Erlang nodes communicate only if they have the same cookie.
Setting a cookie on the Erlang node allows you to structure your Erlang network
and define which nodes are allowed to connect to which.
Thanks to Erlang cookies, you can prevent access to the Erlang node by mistake,
for example when there are several Erlang nodes running different programs in the same machine.
Setting a secret cookie is a simple method
to difficult unauthorized access to your Erlang node.
However, the cookie system is not ultimately effective
to prevent unauthorized access or intrusion to an Erlang node.
The communication between Erlang nodes are not encrypted,
so the cookie could be read sniffing the traffic on the network.
The recommended way to secure the Erlang node is to block the port 4369.
\makesection{nodename}{Erlang Node Name}
An Erlang node may have a node name.
The name can be short (if indicated with the command-line parameter \term{-sname})
or long (if indicated with the parameter \term{-name}).
Starting an Erlang node with -sname limits the communication between Erlang nodes to the LAN.
Using the option \term{-sname} instead of \term{-name} is a simple method
to difficult unauthorized access to your Erlang node.
However, it is not ultimately effective to prevent access to the Erlang node,
because it may be possible to fake the fact that you are on another network
using a modified version of Erlang \term{epmd}.
The recommended way to secure the Erlang node is to block the port 4369.
\makesection{secure-files}{Securing Sensible Files}
\ejabberd{} stores sensible data in the file system either in plain text or binary files.
The file system permissions should be set to only allow the proper user to read,
write and execute those files and directories.
\begin{description}
\titem{ejabberd configuration file: /etc/ejabberd/ejabberd.cfg}
Contains the JID of administrators
and passwords of external components.
The backup files probably contain also this information,
so it is preferable to secure the whole \term{/etc/ejabberd/} directory.
\titem{ejabberd service log: /var/log/ejabberd/ejabberd.log}
Contains IP addresses of clients.
If the loglevel is set to 5, it contains whole conversations and passwords.
If a logrotate system is used, there may be several log files with similar information,
so it is preferable to secure the whole \term{/var/log/ejabberd/} directory.
\titem{Mnesia database spool files in /var/lib/ejabberd/}
The files store binary data, but some parts are still readable.
The files are generated by Mnesia and their permissions cannot be set directly,
so it is preferable to secure the whole \term{/var/lib/ejabberd/} directory.
\titem{Erlang cookie file: /var/lib/ejabberd/.erlang.cookie}
See section \ref{cookie}.
\end{description}
\makechapter{clustering}{Clustering}
\ind{clustering}
\makesection{howitworks}{How it Works}
\ind{clustering!how it works}
A \Jabber{} 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 \term{\~{}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 has the following modules:
\begin{itemize}
\item router,
\item local router,
\item session manager,
\item s2s manager.
\end{itemize}
\makesubsection{router}{Router}
\ind{clustering!router}
This module is the main router of \Jabber{} packets on each node. It
routes them based on their destination's domains. It uses a global
routing table. The domain of the packet's destination is searched in the
routing table, and if it is found, the packet is routed to the
appropriate process. If not, it is sent to the s2s manager.
\makesubsection{localrouter}{Local Router}
\ind{clustering!local router}
This module routes packets which have a destination domain equal to
one of this server's host names. If the destination JID has a non-empty user
part, it is routed to the session manager, otherwise it is processed depending
on its content.
\makesubsection{sessionmanager}{Session Manager}
\ind{clustering!session manager}
This module routes packets to local users. It looks up to which user
resource a packet must be sent via a presence table. Then the packet is
either routed to the appropriate c2s process, or stored in offline
storage, or bounced back.
\makesubsection{s2smanager}{s2s Manager}
\ind{clustering!s2s manager}
This module routes packets to other \Jabber{} servers. First, it
checks if an opened s2s connection from the domain of the packet's
source to the domain of the packet's destination exists. If that is the case,
the s2s manager routes the packet to the process
serving this connection, otherwise a new connection is opened.
\makesection{cluster}{Clustering Setup}
\ind{clustering!setup}
Suppose you already configured \ejabberd{} on one machine named (\term{first}),
and you need to setup another one to make an \ejabberd{} cluster. Then do
following steps:
\begin{enumerate}
\item Copy \verb|~ejabberd/.erlang.cookie| file from \term{first} to
\term{second}.
(alt) You can also add `\verb|-cookie content_of_.erlang.cookie|'
option to all `\shell{erl}' commands below.
\item On \term{second} run the following command as the \ejabberd{} daemon user,
in the working directory of \ejabberd{}:
\begin{verbatim}
erl -sname ejabberd \
-mnesia dir "/var/lib/ejabberd/" \
-mnesia extra_db_nodes "['ejabberd@first']" \
-s mnesia
\end{verbatim}
This will start Mnesia serving the same database as \node{ejabberd@first}.
You can check this by running the command `\verb|mnesia:info().|'. You
should see a lot of remote tables and a line like the following:
Note: the Mnesia directory may be different in your system.
To know where does ejabberd expect Mnesia to be installed by default,
call \ref{ejabberdctl} without options and it will show some help,
including the Mnesia database spool dir.
\begin{verbatim}
running db nodes = [ejabberd@first, ejabberd@second]
\end{verbatim}
\item Now run the following in the same `\shell{erl}' session:
\begin{verbatim}
mnesia:change_table_copy_type(schema, node(), disc_copies).
\end{verbatim}
This will create local disc storage for the database.
(alt) Change storage type of the \term{scheme} table to `RAM and disc
copy' on the second node via the Web Admin.
\item Now you can add replicas of various tables to this node with
`\verb|mnesia:add_table_copy|' or
`\verb|mnesia:change_table_copy_type|' as above (just replace
`\verb|schema|' with another table name and `\verb|disc_copies|'
can be replaced with `\verb|ram_copies|' or
`\verb|disc_only_copies|').
Which tables to replicate is very dependant on your needs, you can get
some hints from the command `\verb|mnesia:info().|', by looking at the
size of tables and the default storage type for each table on 'first'.
Replicating a table makes lookups in this table faster on this node.
Writing, on the other hand, will be slower. And of course if machine with one
of the replicas is down, other replicas will be used.
Also \footahref{http://www.erlang.org/doc/apps/mnesia/Mnesia\_chap5.html\#5.3}
{section 5.3 (Table Fragmentation) of Mnesia User's Guide} can be helpful.
% The above URL needs update every Erlang release!
(alt) Same as in previous item, but for other tables.
\item Run `\verb|init:stop().|' or just `\verb|q().|' to exit from
the Erlang shell. This probably can take some time if Mnesia has not yet
transfered and processed all data it needed from \term{first}.
\item Now run \ejabberd{} on \term{second} with a configuration similar as
on \term{first}: you probably do not need to duplicate `\verb|acl|'
and `\verb|access|' options because they will be taken from
\term{first}. If you installed \verb|mod_irc|, notice that it should be
enabled only on one machine in the cluster.
\end{enumerate}
You can repeat these steps for other machines supposed to serve this
domain.
\makesection{servicelb}{Service Load-Balancing}
\ind{component load-balancing}
\makesubsection{componentlb}{Components Load-Balancing}
\makesubsection{domainlb}{Domain Load-Balancing Algorithm}
\ind{options!domain\_balancing}
\ejabberd{} includes an algorithm to load balance the components that are plugged on an \ejabberd{} cluster. It means that you can plug one or several instances of the same component on each \ejabberd{} cluster and that the traffic will be automatically distributed.
The default distribution algorithm try to deliver to a local instance of a component. If several local instances are available, one instance is chosen randomly. If no instance is available locally, one instance is chosen randomly among the remote component instances.
If you need a different behaviour, you can change the load balancing behaviour with the option \option{domain\_balancing}. The syntax of the option is the following:
\begin{verbatim}
{domain_balancing, "component.example.com", }.
\end{verbatim}
Several balancing criteria are available:
\begin{itemize}
\item \term{destination}: the full JID of the packet \term{to} attribute is used.
\item \term{source}: the full JID of the packet \term{from} attribute is used.
\item \term{bare\_destination}: the bare JID (without resource) of the packet \term{to} attribute is used.
\item \term{bare\_source}: the bare JID (without resource) of the packet \term{from} attribute is used.
\end{itemize}
If the value corresponding to the criteria is the same, the same component instance in the cluster will be used.
\makesubsection{lbbuckets}{Load-Balancing Buckets}
\ind{options!domain\_balancing\_component\_number}
When there is a risk of failure for a given component, domain balancing can cause service trouble. If one component is failing the service will not work correctly unless the sessions are rebalanced.
In this case, it is best to limit the problem to the sessions handled by the failing component. This is what the \term{domain\_balancing\_component\_number} option does, making the load balancing algorithm not dynamic, but sticky on a fix number of component instances.
The syntax is the following:
\begin{verbatim}
{domain_balancing_component_number, "component.example.com", N}
\end{verbatim}
% TODO
% See also the section about ejabberdctl!!!!
%\section{Backup and Restore}
%\label{backup}
%\ind{backup}
\makechapter{debugging}{Debugging}
\ind{debugging}
\makesection{logfiles}{Log Files}
An \ejabberd{} node writes two log files:
\begin{description}
\titem{ejabberd.log} is the ejabberd service log, with the messages reported by \ejabberd{} code
\titem{sasl.log} is the Erlang/OTP system log, with the messages reported by Erlang/OTP using SASL (System Architecture Support Libraries)
\end{description}
The option \term{loglevel} modifies the verbosity of the file ejabberd.log.
The possible levels are:
\begin{description}
\titem{0} No ejabberd log at all (not recommended)
\titem{1} Critical
\titem{2} Error
\titem{3} Warning
\titem{4} Info
\titem{5} Debug
\end{description}
For example, the default configuration is:
\begin{verbatim}
{loglevel, 4}.
\end{verbatim}
The log files grow continually, so it is recommended to rotate them periodically.
To rotate the log files, rename the files and then reopen them.
The ejabberdctl command \term{reopen-log}
(please refer to section \ref{ectl-commands})
reopens the log files,
and also renames the old ones if you didn't rename them.
\makesection{debugconsole}{Debug Console}
The Debug Console is an Erlang shell attached to an already running \ejabberd{} server.
With this Erlang shell, an experienced administrator can perform complex tasks.
This shell gives complete control over the \ejabberd{} server,
so it is important to use it with extremely care.
There are some simple and safe examples in the article
\footahref{http://www.ejabberd.im/interconnect-erl-nodes}{Interconnecting Erlang Nodes}
To exit the shell, close the window or press the keys: control+c control+c.
\makesection{watchdog}{Watchdog Alerts}
\ind{debugging!watchdog}
\ejabberd{} includes a watchdog mechanism that may be useful to developers
when troubleshooting a problem related to memory usage.
If a process in the \ejabberd{} server consumes more memory than the configured threshold,
a message is sent to the Jabber accounts defined with the option
\term{watchdog\_admins}
\ind{options!watchdog\_admins} in the \ejabberd{} configuration file.
The memory consumed is measured in \term{words}:
a word on 32-bit architecture is 4 bytes,
and a word on 64-bit architecture is 8 bytes.
The threshold by default is 1000000 words.
This value can be configured with the option \term{watchdog\_large\_heap},
or in a conversation with the watchdog alert bot.
Example configuration:
\begin{verbatim}
{watchdog_admins, ["admin2@localhost", "admin2@example.org"]}.
{watchdog_large_heap, 30000000}.
\end{verbatim}
To remove watchdog admins, remove them in the option.
To remove all watchdog admins, set the option with an empty list:
\begin{verbatim}
{watchdog_admins, []}.
\end{verbatim}
\appendix{}
\makechapter{i18ni10n}{Internationalization and Localization}
\ind{xml:lang}\ind{internationalization}\ind{localization}\ind{i18n}\ind{l10n}
The source code of \ejabberd{} supports localization.
The translators can edit the
\footahref{http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/}{gettext} .po files
using any capable program (KBabel, Lokalize, Poedit...) or a simple text editor.
Then gettext
is used to extract, update and export those .po files to the .msg format read by \ejabberd{}.
To perform those management tasks, in the \term{src/} directory execute \term{make translations}.
The translatable strings are extracted from source code to generate the file \term{ejabberd.pot}.
This file is merged with each .po file to produce updated .po files.
Finally those .po files are exported to .msg files, that have a format easily readable by \ejabberd{}.
All built-in modules support the \texttt{xml:lang} attribute inside IQ queries.
Figure~\ref{fig:discorus}, for example, shows the reply to the following query:
\begin{verbatim}
\end{verbatim}
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\insimg{discorus.png}
\caption{Service Discovery when \texttt{xml:lang='ru'}}
\label{fig:discorus}
\end{figure}
The Web Admin also supports the \verb|Accept-Language| HTTP header.
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\insimg{webadmmainru.png}
\caption{Web Admin showing a virtual host when the web browser provides the
HTTP header `Accept-Language: ru'}
\label{fig:webadmmainru}
\end{figure}
%\section{Ultra Complex Example}
%\label{ultracomplexexample}
%TODO: a very big example covering the whole guide, with a good explanation before the example: different authenticaton mechanisms, transports, ACLs, multple virtual hosts, virtual host specific settings and general settings, modules,...
\makechapter{releasenotes}{Release Notes}
\ind{release notes}
Release notes are available from \footahref{http://www.process-one.net/en/ejabberd/release\_notes/}{ejabberd Home Page}
\makechapter{acknowledgements}{Acknowledgements}
Thanks to all people who contributed to this guide:
\begin{itemize}
\item Alexey Shchepin (\ahrefurl{xmpp:aleksey@jabber.ru})
\item Badlop (\ahrefurl{xmpp:badlop@jabberes.org})
\item Evgeniy Khramtsov (\ahrefurl{xmpp:xram@jabber.ru})
\item Florian Zumbiehl (\ahrefurl{xmpp:florz@florz.de})
\item Michael Grigutsch (\ahrefurl{xmpp:migri@jabber.i-pobox.net})
\item Mickael Remond (\ahrefurl{xmpp:mremond@process-one.net})
\item Sander Devrieze (\ahrefurl{xmpp:s.devrieze@gmail.com})
\item Sergei Golovan (\ahrefurl{xmpp:sgolovan@nes.ru})
\item Vsevolod Pelipas (\ahrefurl{xmpp:vsevoload@jabber.ru})
\end{itemize}
\makechapter{copyright}{Copyright Information}
Ejabberd Installation and Operation Guide.\\
Copyright \copyright{} 2003 --- 2009 ProcessOne
This document is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This document is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
this document; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin
Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
%TODO: a glossary describing common terms
%\makesection{glossary}{Glossary}
%\ind{glossary}
%\begin{description}
%\titem{c2s}
%\titem{s2s}
%\titem{STARTTLS}
%\titem{XEP} (\XMPP{} Extension Protocol)
%\titem{Resource}
%\titem{Roster}
%\titem{Transport}
%\titem{JID} (\Jabber{} ID)
%\titem{JUD} (\Jabber{} User Directory)
%\titem{vCard}
%\titem{Publish-Subscribe}
%\titem{Namespace}
%\titem{Erlang}
%\titem{Fault-tolerant}
%\titem{Distributed}
%\titem{Node}
%\titem{Tuple}
%\titem{Regular Expression}
%\titem{ACL} (Access Control List)
%\titem{IPv6}
%\titem{Jabber}
%\titem{LDAP} (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)
%\titem{ODBC} (Open Database Connectivity)
%\titem{Virtual Hosting}
%\end{description}
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