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Release Notes
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ejabberd 1.1.2
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27 September 2006
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This document describes the main changes in ejabberd 1.1.2.
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This version is a major improvement over ejabberd 1.1.1, improving the
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overall behaviour of the server in many areas. Users of ejabberd 1.1.1
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should upgrade to this new release for improved robustness and compliance.
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ejabberd can be downloaded from the Process-one website:
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http://www.process-one.net/en/projects/ejabberd/
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Detailed information can be found in the Feature Sheet and in the
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Installation and Operation Guide which are both available on the
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Process-one website:
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http://www.process-one.net/en/projects/ejabberd/docs.html
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ejabberd includes 44 improvements. A complete list of changes can be
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retrieved from:
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http://redir.process-one.net/ejabberd-1.1.2
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Recent changes include:
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LDAP Improvements
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- Major improvements have been made on the LDAP module. It is now more
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flexible and more robust.
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HTTP Polling Fixes
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- The HTTP polling modules have been fixed and improved: the connections are
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closed properly and polled messages cannot be lost anymore.
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Roster Management Improvement
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- Roster management improvements increase reliability, especially in cases
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where users are on different servers.
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- Shared rosters are more reliable.
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Improved Robustness
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- It is now possible to limit the number of opened connections for a single
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user.
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Relational databases
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- Database support: Microsoft SQL Server is now officially supported in ODBC
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mode.
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Publish-Subscribe Improvement
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- Restricting node creation with a dedicated ACL rule is now possible.
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Localization
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- A Czech translation has been added.
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- Translations have been updated.
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Binary Installer
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- New binary installer for Windows including all requirements.
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- Improved installers for Linux and MacOSX (PowerPC)
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XMPP Compliancy
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- Some protocol compliance fix have been added, after the Portland XMPP
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Interop Meeting in July.
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Miscelanous
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- MUC have been improved (logging rendering).
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- The command line tool ejabberdctl has been improved.
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- The build chain has been improved, including MacOSX support.
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- The documentation has been improved and updated to describe the new
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features.
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Bugfixes
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- Anonymous login bugfixes.
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- Please refer to the ChangeLog file supplied with this release regarding
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all improvements in ejabberd.
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Installation Notes
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Supported Erlang Version
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- You need at least Erlang/OTP R9C-2 to run ejabberd 1.1.2.
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- The recommanded version is Erlang/OTP R10B-10.
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- Erlang/OTP R11B has not yet been fully certified for ejabberd.
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Installation
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Installers are provided for Microsoft Windows, Linux/x86 and MacOSX/PPC.
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They can be retrieved from:
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http://www.process-one.net/en/projects/ejabberd/download.html
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Migration Notes
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- Before any migration, ejabberd system and database must be properly
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backed up.
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- The relational database schema has changed between version 1.1.1 and
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1.1.2. An "askmessage" column needs to be added in the "rosterusers" table
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to perform the migration.
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References
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Contributed tutorials and documents of interest are:
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- Migration from other XMPP servers to ejabberd:
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http://ejabberd.jabber.ru/migrate-to-ejabberd
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- Transport configuration for connecting to other networks:
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http://ejabberd.jabber.ru/tutorials-transports
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- Frequently Asked Questions:
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http://ejabberd.jabber.ru/faq
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