You need MySQL, PostgreSQL and Redis up and running. MySQL should be accepting TCP connections on localhost:3306. PostgreSQL should be accepting TCP connections on localhost:5432. Redis should be accepting TCP connections on localhost:6379. MySQL and PostgreSQL should grant full access to user 'ejabberd_test' with password 'ejabberd_test' on database 'ejabberd_test'. Here is a quick setup example: ------------------ PostgreSQL ------------------ $ psql template1 template1=# CREATE USER ejabberd_test WITH PASSWORD 'ejabberd_test'; template1=# CREATE DATABASE ejabberd_test; template1=# GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE ejabberd_test TO ejabberd_test; $ psql ejabberd_test -f sql/pg.sql ------------------- MySQL ------------------- $ mysql mysql> CREATE USER 'ejabberd_test'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'ejabberd_test'; mysql> CREATE DATABASE ejabberd_test; mysql> GRANT ALL ON ejabberd_test.* TO 'ejabberd_test'@'localhost'; $ mysql ejabberd_test < sql/mysql.sql