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\makechapter{installing}{Installing \ejabberd{}}
\makesection{install.binary}{Installing \ejabberd{} with Binary Installer}
Probably the easiest way to install an \ejabberd{} instant messaging server
is using the binary installer published by ProcessOne.
The binary installers of released \ejabberd{} versions
are available in the ProcessOne \ejabberd{} downloads page:
\ahrefurl{http://www.process-one.net/en/ejabberd/downloads}
The installer will deploy and configure a full featured \ejabberd{}
server and does not require any extra dependencies.
In *nix systems, remember to set executable the binary installer before starting it. For example:
\begin{verbatim}
chmod +x ejabberd-2.0.0_1-linux-x86-installer.bin
./ejabberd-2.0.0_1-linux-x86-installer.bin
\end{verbatim}
\ejabberd{} can be started manually at any time,
or automatically by the operating system at system boot time.
To start and stop \ejabberd{} manually,
use the desktop shortcuts created by the installer.
If the machine doesn't have a graphical system, use the scripts 'start'
and 'stop' in the 'bin' directory where \ejabberd{} is installed.
The Windows installer also adds ejabberd as a system service,
and a shortcut to a debug console for experienced administrators.
If you want ejabberd to be started automatically at boot time,
go to the Windows service settings and set ejabberd to be automatically started.
Note that the Windows service is a feature still in development,
and for example it doesn't read the file ejabberdctl.cfg.
On a *nix system, if you want ejabberd to be started as daemon at boot time,
copy \term{ejabberd.init} from the 'bin' directory to something like \term{/etc/init.d/ejabberd}
(depending on your distribution).
Create a system user called \term{ejabberd},
give it write access to the directories \term{database/} and \term{logs/}, and set that as home;
the script will start the server with that user.
Then you can call \term{/etc/inid.d/ejabberd start} as root to start the server.
If \term{ejabberd} doesn't start correctly in Windows,
try to start it using the shortcut in desktop or start menu.
If the window shows error 14001, the solution is to install:
"Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package".
You can download it from
\footahref{http://www.microsoft.com/}{www.microsoft.com}.
Then uninstall \ejabberd{} and install it again.
If \term{ejabberd} doesn't start correctly and a crash dump is generated,
there was a severe problem.
You can try starting \term{ejabberd} with
the script \term{bin/live.bat} in Windows,
or with the command \term{bin/ejabberdctl live} in other Operating Systems.
This way you see the error message provided by Erlang
and can identify what is exactly the problem.
The \term{ejabberdctl} administration script is included in the \term{bin} directory.
Please refer to the section~\ref{ejabberdctl} for details about \term{ejabberdctl},
and configurable options to fine tune the Erlang runtime system.
\makesection{install.os}{Installing \ejabberd{} with Operating System Specific Packages}
Some Operating Systems provide a specific \ejabberd{} package adapted to
the system architecture and libraries.
It usually also checks dependencies
and performs basic configuration tasks like creating the initial
administrator account. Some examples are Debian and Gentoo. Consult the
resources provided by your Operating System for more information.
Usually those packages create a script like \term{/etc/init.d/ejabberd}
to start and stop \ejabberd{} as a service at boot time.
\makesection{install.cean}{Installing \ejabberd{} with CEAN}
\footahref{http://cean.process-one.net/}{CEAN}
(Comprehensive Erlang Archive Network) is a repository that hosts binary
packages from many Erlang programs, including \ejabberd{} and all its dependencies.
The binaries are available for many different system architectures, so this is an
alternative to the binary installer and Operating System's \ejabberd{} packages.
You will have to create your own \ejabberd{} start
script depending of how you handle your CEAN installation.
The default \term{ejabberdctl} script is located
into \ejabberd{}'s priv directory and can be used as an example.
\makesection{installation}{Installing \ejabberd{} from Source Code}
\ind{install}
The canonical form for distribution of \ejabberd{} stable releases is the source code package.
Compiling \ejabberd{} from source code is quite easy in *nix systems,
as long as your system have all the dependencies.
\makesubsection{installreq}{Requirements}
\ind{installation!requirements}
To compile \ejabberd{} on a `Unix-like' operating system, you need:
\begin{itemize}
\item GNU Make
\item GCC
\item Libexpat 1.95 or higher
\item Erlang/OTP R15B or higher.
\item OpenSSL 0.9.8 or higher, for STARTTLS, SASL and SSL encryption.
\item Zlib 1.2.3 or higher, for Stream Compression support (\xepref{0138}). Optional.
\item Erlang mysql library. Optional. For MySQL authentication or storage. See section \ref{compilemysql}.
\item Erlang pgsql library. Optional. For PostgreSQL authentication or storage. See section \ref{compilepgsql}.
\item PAM library. Optional. For Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM). See section \ref{pam}.
\item GNU Iconv 1.8 or higher, for the IRC Transport (mod\_irc). Optional. Not needed on systems with GNU Libc. See section \ref{modirc}.
\item ImageMagick's Convert program. Optional. For CAPTCHA challenges. See section \ref{captcha}.
\item exmpp 0.9.6 or higher. Optional. For import/export user data with \xepref{0227} XML files.
\end{itemize}
\makesubsection{download}{Download Source Code}
\ind{install!download}
Released versions of \ejabberd{} are available in the ProcessOne \ejabberd{} downloads page:
\ahrefurl{http://www.process-one.net/en/ejabberd/downloads}
\ind{Git repository}
Alternatively, the latest development source code can be retrieved from the Git repository using the commands:
\begin{verbatim}
git clone git://github.com/processone/ejabberd.git ejabberd
cd ejabberd
git checkout -b 2.1.x origin/2.1.x
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsection{compile}{Compile}
\ind{install!compile}
To compile \ejabberd{} execute the commands:
\begin{verbatim}
./configure
make
\end{verbatim}
The build configuration script allows several options.
To get the full list run the command:
\begin{verbatim}
./configure --help
\end{verbatim}
Some options that you may be interested in modifying:
\begin{description}
\titem{--prefix=/}
Specify the path prefix where the files will be copied when running
the \term{make install} command.
\titem{--enable-user[=USER]}
Allow this normal system user to execute the ejabberdctl script
(see section~\ref{ejabberdctl}),
read the configuration files,
read and write in the spool directory,
read and write in the log directory.
The account user and group must exist in the machine
before running \term{make install}.
This account doesn't need an explicit HOME directory, because
\term{/var/lib/ejabberd/} will be used by default.
\titem{--enable-pam}
Enable the PAM authentication method (see section \ref{pam}).
\titem{--enable-mssql}
Required if you want to use an external database.
See section~\ref{database} for more information.
\titem{--enable-tools}
Enable the use of development tools.
\titem{--enable-mysql}
Enable MySQL support (see section \ref{mysql}).
\titem{--enable-pgsql}
Enable PostgreSQL support (see section \ref{pgsql}).
\titem{--enable-zlib}
Enable Stream Compression (XEP-0138) using zlib.
\titem{--enable-stun}
Enable STUN support (see section \ref{stun}).
\titem{--enable-iconv}
Enable iconv support. This is needed for \term{mod\_irc} (see seciont \ref{modirc}).
\titem{--enable-debug}
Compile with \term{+debug\_info} enabled.
\titem{--enable-full-xml}
Enable the use of XML based optimisations.
It will for example use CDATA to escape characters in the XMPP stream.
Use this option only if you are sure your XMPP clients include a fully compliant XML parser.
\titem{--disable-transient-supervisors}
Disable the use of Erlang/OTP supervision for transient processes.
\titem{--enable-nif}
Replaces some critical Erlang functions with equivalents written in C to improve performance.
\end{description}
\makesubsection{install}{Install}
\ind{install!install}
To install \ejabberd{} in the destination directories, run the command:
\begin{verbatim}
make install
\end{verbatim}
Note that you probably need administrative privileges in the system
to install \term{ejabberd}.
The files and directories created are, by default:
\begin{description}
\titem{/etc/ejabberd/} Configuration directory:
\begin{description}
\titem{ejabberd.cfg} ejabberd configuration file
\titem{ejabberdctl.cfg} Configuration file of the administration script
\titem{inetrc} Network DNS configuration file
\end{description}
\titem{/lib/ejabberd/}
\begin{description}
\titem{ebin/} Erlang binary files (*.beam)
\titem{include/} Erlang header files (*.hrl)
\titem{priv/} Additional files required at runtime
\begin{description}
\titem{bin/} Executable programs
\titem{lib/} Binary system libraries (*.so)
\titem{msgs/} Translation files (*.msgs)
\end{description}
\end{description}
\titem{/sbin/ejabberdctl} Administration script (see section~\ref{ejabberdctl})
\titem{/share/doc/ejabberd/} Documentation of ejabberd
\titem{/var/lib/ejabberd/} Spool directory:
\begin{description}
\titem{.erlang.cookie} Erlang cookie file (see section \ref{cookie})
\titem{acl.DCD, ...} Mnesia database spool files (*.DCD, *.DCL, *.DAT)
\end{description}
\titem{/var/log/ejabberd/} Log directory (see section~\ref{logfiles}):
\begin{description}
\titem{ejabberd.log} ejabberd service log
\titem{erlang.log} Erlang/OTP system log
\end{description}
\end{description}
\makesubsection{start}{Start}
\ind{install!start}
You can use the \term{ejabberdctl} command line administration script to start and stop \ejabberd{}.
If you provided the configure option \term{--enable-user=USER} (see \ref{compile}),
you can execute \term{ejabberdctl} with either that system account or root.
Usage example:
\begin{verbatim}
ejabberdctl start
ejabberdctl status
The node ejabberd@localhost is started with status: started
ejabberd is running in that node
ejabberdctl stop
\end{verbatim}
If \term{ejabberd} doesn't start correctly and a crash dump is generated,
there was a severe problem.
You can try starting \term{ejabberd} with
the command \term{ejabberdctl live}
to see the error message provided by Erlang
and can identify what is exactly the problem.
Please refer to the section~\ref{ejabberdctl} for details about \term{ejabberdctl},
and configurable options to fine tune the Erlang runtime system.
If you want ejabberd to be started as daemon at boot time,
copy \term{ejabberd.init} to something like \term{/etc/init.d/ejabberd}
(depending on your distribution).
Create a system user called \term{ejabberd};
it will be used by the script to start the server.
Then you can call \term{/etc/inid.d/ejabberd start} as root to start the server.
\makesubsection{bsd}{Specific Notes for BSD}
\ind{install!bsd}
The command to compile \ejabberd{} in BSD systems is:
\begin{verbatim}
gmake
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsection{solaris}{Specific Notes for Sun Solaris}
\ind{install!solaris}
You need to have \term{GNU install},
but it isn't included in Solaris.
It can be easily installed if your Solaris system
is set up for \footahref{http://www.blastwave.org/}{blastwave.org}
package repository.
Make sure \term{/opt/csw/bin} is in your \term{PATH} and run:
\begin{verbatim}
pkg-get -i fileutils
\end{verbatim}
If that program is called \term{ginstall},
modify the \ejabberd{} \term{Makefile} script to suit your system,
for example:
\begin{verbatim}
cat Makefile | sed s/install/ginstall/ > Makefile.gi
\end{verbatim}
And finally install \ejabberd{} with:
\begin{verbatim}
gmake -f Makefile.gi ginstall
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsection{windows}{Specific Notes for Microsoft Windows}
\ind{install!windows}
\makesubsubsection{windowsreq}{Requirements}
To compile \ejabberd{} on a Microsoft Windows system, you need:
\begin{itemize}
\item MS Visual C++ 6.0 Compiler
\item \footahref{http://www.erlang.org/download.html}{Erlang/OTP R11B-5}
\item \footahref{http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group\_id=10127\&package\_id=11277}{Expat 2.0.0 or higher}
\item
\footahref{http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/}{GNU Iconv 1.9.2}
(optional)
\item \footahref{http://www.slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html}{Shining Light OpenSSL 0.9.8d or higher}
(to enable SSL connections)
\item \footahref{http://www.zlib.net/}{Zlib 1.2.3 or higher}
\end{itemize}
\makesubsubsection{windowscom}{Compilation}
We assume that we will try to put as much library as possible into \verb|C:\sdk\| to make it easier to track what is install for \ejabberd{}.
\begin{enumerate}
\item Install Erlang emulator (for example, into \verb|C:\sdk\erl5.5.5|).
\item Install Expat library into \verb|C:\sdk\Expat-2.0.0|
directory.
Copy file \verb|C:\sdk\Expat-2.0.0\Libs\libexpat.dll|
to your Windows system directory (for example, \verb|C:\WINNT| or
\verb|C:\WINNT\System32|)
\item Build and install the Iconv library into the directory
\verb|C:\sdk\GnuWin32|.
Copy file \verb|C:\sdk\GnuWin32\bin\lib*.dll| to your
Windows system directory (more installation instructions can be found in the
file README.woe32 in the iconv distribution).
Note: instead of copying libexpat.dll and iconv.dll to the Windows
directory, you can add the directories
\verb|C:\sdk\Expat-2.0.0\Libs| and
\verb|C:\sdk\GnuWin32\bin| to the \verb|PATH| environment
variable.
\item Install OpenSSL in \verb|C:\sdk\OpenSSL| and add \verb|C:\sdk\OpenSSL\lib\VC| to your path or copy the binaries to your system directory.
\item Install ZLib in \verb|C:\sdk\gnuWin32|. Copy
\verb|C:\sdk\GnuWin32\bin\zlib1.dll| to your system directory. If you change your path it should already be set after libiconv install.
\item Make sure the you can access Erlang binaries from your path. For example: \verb|set PATH=%PATH%;"C:\sdk\erl5.6.5\bin"|
\item Depending on how you end up actually installing the library you might need to check and tweak the paths in the file configure.erl.
\item While in the directory \verb|ejabberd\src| run:
\begin{verbatim}
configure.bat
nmake -f Makefile.win32
\end{verbatim}
\item Edit the file \verb|ejabberd\src\ejabberd.cfg| and run
\begin{verbatim}
werl -s ejabberd -name ejabberd
\end{verbatim}
\end{enumerate}
%TODO: how to compile database support on windows?
\makesection{initialadmin}{Create an XMPP Account for Administration}
You need an XMPP account and grant him administrative privileges
to enter the \ejabberd{} Web Admin:
\begin{enumerate}
\item Register an XMPP account on your \ejabberd{} server, for example \term{admin1@example.org}.
There are two ways to register an XMPP account:
\begin{enumerate}
\item Using \term{ejabberdctl}\ind{ejabberdctl} (see section~\ref{ejabberdctl}):
\begin{verbatim}
ejabberdctl register admin1 example.org FgT5bk3
\end{verbatim}
\item Using an XMPP client and In-Band Registration (see section~\ref{modregister}).
\end{enumerate}
\item Edit the \ejabberd{} configuration file to give administration rights to the XMPP account you created:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, admin, {user, "admin1", "example.org"}}.
{access, configure, [{allow, admin}]}.
\end{verbatim}
You can grant administrative privileges to many XMPP accounts,
and also to accounts in other XMPP servers.
\item Restart \ejabberd{} to load the new configuration.
\item Open the Web Admin (\verb|http://server:port/admin/|) in your
favourite browser. Make sure to enter the \emph{full} JID as username (in this
example: \jid{admin1@example.org}. The reason that you also need to enter the
suffix, is because \ejabberd{}'s virtual hosting support.
\end{enumerate}
\makesection{upgrade}{Upgrading \ejabberd{}}
To upgrade an ejabberd installation to a new version,
simply uninstall the old version, and then install the new one.
Of course, it is important that the configuration file
and Mnesia database spool directory are not removed.
\ejabberd{} automatically updates the Mnesia table definitions at startup when needed.
If you also use an external database for storage of some modules,
check if the release notes of the new ejabberd version
indicates you need to also update those tables.
\makechapter{configure}{Configuring \ejabberd{}}
\ind{configuration file}
\makesection{basicconfig}{Basic Configuration}
The configuration file will be loaded the first time you start \ejabberd{}. The
content from this file will be parsed and stored in the internal \ejabberd{} database. Subsequently the
configuration will be loaded from the database and any commands in the
configuration file are appended to the entries in the database.
Note that \ejabberd{} never edits the configuration file.
So, the configuration changes done using the Web Admin
are stored in the database, but are not reflected in the configuration file.
If you want those changes to be use after \ejabberd{} restart, you can either
edit the configuration file, or remove all its content.
The configuration file contains a sequence of Erlang terms. Lines beginning with a
\term{`\%'} sign are ignored. Each term is a tuple of which the first element is
the name of an option, and any further elements are that option's values. If the
configuration file do not contain for instance the `hosts' option, the old
host name(s) stored in the database will be used.
You can override the old values stored in the database by adding next lines to
the beginning of the configuration file:
\begin{verbatim}
override_global.
override_local.
override_acls.
\end{verbatim}
With these lines the old global options (shared between all \ejabberd{} nodes in a
cluster), local options (which are specific for this particular \ejabberd{} node)
and ACLs will be removed before new ones are added.
\makesubsection{hostnames}{Host Names}
\ind{options!hosts}\ind{host names}
The option \option{hosts} defines a list containing one or more domains that
\ejabberd{} will serve.
The syntax is:
\esyntax{\{hosts, [HostName, ...]\}.}
Examples:
\begin{itemize}
\item Serving one domain:
\begin{verbatim}
{hosts, ["example.org"]}.
\end{verbatim}
\item Serving three domains:
\begin{verbatim}
{hosts, ["example.net", "example.com", "jabber.somesite.org"]}.
\end{verbatim}
\end{itemize}
\makesubsection{virtualhost}{Virtual Hosting}
\ind{virtual hosting}\ind{virtual hosts}\ind{virtual domains}
Options can be defined separately for every virtual host using the
\term{host\_config} option.
The syntax is: \ind{options!host\_config}
\esyntax{\{host\_config, HostName, [Option, ...]\}}
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 general syntax
\esyntax{\{OptionName, OptionValue\}}
use this syntax:
\esyntax{\{\{add, OptionName\}, OptionValue\}}
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 ports, addresses and network protocols \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 and/or a transport protocol.
\item Listening module that serves this port.
\item Options for the TCP socket and for the listening module.
\end{itemize}
The option syntax is:
\esyntax{\{listen, [Listener, ...]\}.}
To define a listener there are several syntax.
\esyntax{\{PortNumber, Module, [Option, ...]\}}
\esyntax{\{\{PortNumber, IPaddress\}, Module, [Option, ...]\}}
\esyntax{\{\{PortNumber, TransportProtocol\}, Module, [Option, ...]\}}
\esyntax{\{\{PortNumber, IPaddress, TransportProtocol\}, Module, [Option, ...]\}}
\makesubsubsection{listened-port}{Port Number, IP Address and Transport Protocol}
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.
When not specified the IP address, it will listen on all IPv4 network addresses.
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}
The transport protocol can be \term{tcp} or \term{udp}.
Default is \term{tcp}.
\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\_fsm\_queue},
\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}, \texttt{shaper}
\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{max\_fsm\_queue},
\texttt{service\_check\_from}, \texttt{shaper\_rule}
\titem{\texttt{ejabberd\_stun}}
Handles STUN Binding requests as defined in
\footahref{http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5389}{RFC 5389}.\\
Options: \texttt{certfile}
\titem{\texttt{ejabberd\_http}}
Handles incoming HTTP connections.\\
Options: \texttt{captcha}, \texttt{certfile}, \texttt{default\_host}, \texttt{http\_bind}, \texttt{http\_poll},
\texttt{request\_handlers}, \texttt{tls}, \texttt{trusted\_proxies}, \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, AccessName\}} \ind{options!access}This option defines
access to the port. The default value is \term{all}.
\titem{\{backlog, Value\}} \ind{options!backlog}The backlog value
defines the maximum length that the queue of pending connections may
grow to. This should be increased if the server is going to handle
lots of new incoming connections as they may be dropped if there is
no space in the queue (and ejabberd was not able to accept them
immediately). Default value is 5.
\titem{captcha} \ind{options!http-captcha}
Simple web page that allows a user to fill a CAPTCHA challenge (see section \ref{captcha}).
\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{\{default\_host, undefined|HostName\}}
If the HTTP request received by ejabberd contains the HTTP header \term{Host}
with an ambiguous virtual host that doesn't match any one defined in ejabberd (see \ref{hostnames}),
then this configured HostName is set as the request Host.
The default value of this option is: \term{undefined}.
\titem{\{hosts, [Hostname, ...], [HostOption, ...]\}} \ind{options!hosts}
The external Jabber component that connects to this \term{ejabberd\_service}
can serve one or more hostnames.
As \term{HostOption} 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{http\_bind} \ind{options!http\_bind}\ind{protocols!XEP-0206: HTTP Binding}\ind{JWChat}\ind{web-based XMPP 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 \XMPP{} client. Remark also that HTTP Bind can be
interesting to host a web-based \XMPP{} 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 XMPP 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 \XMPP{} client. Remark also that HTTP Polling can be
interesting to host a web-based \XMPP{} 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\_fsm\_queue, Size\}}
This option specifies the maximum number of elements in the queue of the FSM
(Finite State Machine).
Roughly speaking, each message in such queues represents one XML
stanza queued to be sent into its relevant outgoing stream. If queue size
reaches the limit (because, for example, the receiver of stanzas is too slow),
the FSM and the corresponding connection (if any) will be terminated
and error message will be logged.
The reasonable value for this option depends on your hardware configuration.
However, there is no much sense to set the size above 1000 elements.
This option can be specified for \term{ejabberd\_service} and
\term{ejabberd\_c2s} listeners,
or also globally for \term{ejabberd\_s2s\_out}.
If the option is not specified for \term{ejabberd\_service} or
\term{ejabberd\_c2s} listeners,
the globally configured value is used.
The allowed values are integers and 'undefined'.
Default value: 'undefined'.
\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 read
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\}}
\ind{options!service\_check\_from}
This option can be used with \term{ejabberd\_service} only.
\xepref{0114} requires that the domain must match the hostname of the component.
If this option is set to \term{false}, \ejabberd{} will allow the component
to send stanzas with any arbitrary domain in the 'from' attribute.
Only use this option if you are completely sure about it.
The default value is \term{true}, to be compliant with \xepref{0114}.
\titem{\{shaper, none|ShaperName\}} \ind{options!shaper}This option defines a
shaper for the port (see section~\ref{shapers}). The default value
is \term{none}.
\titem{\{shaper\_rule, none|ShaperRule\}} \ind{options!shaperrule}This option defines a
shaper rule for the \term{ejabberd\_service} (see section~\ref{shapers}). The recommended value
is \term{fast}.
\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://xmpp.org/rfcs/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.
The option \term{tls} can also be used in \term{ejabberd\_http} to support HTTPS.
\titem{\{trusted\_proxies, all | [IpString]\}} \ind{options!trusted\_proxies}
Specify what proxies are trusted when an HTTP request contains the header \term{X-Forwarded-For}
You can specify \term{all} to allow all proxies, or specify a list of IPs in string format.
The default value is: \term{["127.0.0.1"]}
\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.
\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, false|optional|required|required\_trusted\}}
\ind{options!s2s\_use\_starttls}\ind{STARTTLS}This option defines if
s2s connections don't use STARTTLS encryption; if STARTTLS can be used optionally;
if STARTTLS is required to establish the connection;
or if STARTTLS is required and the remote certificate must be valid and trusted.
The default value is to not use STARTTLS: \term{false}.
\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, [Family, ...], 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\_dns\_options, [ \{Property, Value\}, ...]\}}
\ind{options!s2s\_dns\_options}Define properties to use for DNS resolving.
Allowed Properties are: \term{timeout} in seconds which default value is \term{10}
and \term{retries} which default value is \term{2}.
\titem{\{s2s\_default\_policy, allow|deny\}}
The default policy for incoming and outgoing s2s connections to other XMPP 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).
\titem{\{max\_fsm\_queue, Size\}}
This option specifies the maximum number of elements in the queue of the FSM
(Finite State Machine).
Roughly speaking, each message in such queues represents one XML
stanza queued to be sent into its relevant outgoing stream. If queue size
reaches the limit (because, for example, the receiver of stanzas is too slow),
the FSM and the corresponding connection (if any) will be terminated
and error message will be logged.
The reasonable value for this option depends on your hardware configuration.
However, there is no much sense to set the size above 1000 elements.
This option can be specified for \term{ejabberd\_service} and
\term{ejabberd\_c2s} listeners,
or also globally for \term{ejabberd\_s2s\_out}.
If the option is not specified for \term{ejabberd\_service} or
\term{ejabberd\_c2s} listeners,
the globally configured value is used.
The allowed values are integers and 'undefined'.
Default value: 'undefined'.
\titem{\{route\_subdomains, local|s2s\}}
Defines if ejabberd must route stanzas directed to subdomains locally (compliant with
\footahref{http://xmpp.org/rfcs/rfc3920.html\#rules.subdomain}{RFC 3920: XMPP Core}),
or to foreign server using S2S (compliant with
\footahref{http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-saintandre-rfc3920bis-09\#section-11.3}{RFC 3920 bis}).
\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 3478 listens for STUN requests over UDP.
\item Port 5280 listens for HTTP requests, and serves the HTTP Poll service.
\item Port 5281 listens for HTTP requests, using HTTPS to serve HTTP-Bind (BOSH) and the Web Admin 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}
]},
{{3478, udp}, ejabberd_stun, []},
{5280, ejabberd_http, [
http_poll
]},
{{5281, "127.0.0.1"}, ejabberd_http, [
web_admin,
http_bind,
tls, {certfile, "/etc/ejabberd/server.pem"},
]}
]
}.
{s2s_use_starttls, optional}.
{s2s_certfile, "/etc/ejabberd/server.pem"}.
{domain_certfile, "example.com", "/etc/ejabberd/example_com.pem"}.
{outgoing_s2s_options, [ipv4, ipv6], 10000}.
\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 strictly required, and the certificates are verified.
Incoming and outgoing connections of remote XMPP 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, required_trusted}.
{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}
<!--
You have to add elogger and rlogger entries here when using ejabberd.
In this case the transport will do the logging.
-->
<log id='logger'>
<host/>
<logtype/>
<format>%d: [%t] (%h): %s</format>
<file>/var/log/jabber/service.log</file>
</log>
<!--
Some XMPP server implementations do not provide
XDB services (for example, jabberd2 and ejabberd).
xdb_file.so is loaded in to handle all XDB requests.
-->
<xdb id="xdb">
<host/>
<load>
<!-- this is a lib of wpjabber or jabberd14 -->
<xdb_file>/usr/lib/jabber/xdb_file.so</xdb_file>
</load>
<xdb_file xmlns="jabber:config:xdb_file">
<spool><jabberd:cmdline flag='s'>/var/spool/jabber</jabberd:cmdline></spool>
</xdb_file>
</xdb>
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsection{auth}{Authentication}
\ind{authentication}\ind{options!auth\_method}
The option \option{auth\_method} defines the authentication methods that are used
for user authentication. The syntax is:
\esyntax{\{auth\_method, [Method, ...]\}.}
The following authentication methods are supported by \ejabberd{}:
\begin{itemize}
\item internal (default) --- See section~\ref{internalauth}.
\item external --- See section~\ref{extauth}.
\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, external and odbc methods.
The option \option{resource\_conflict} defines the action when a client attempts to
login to an account with a resource that is already connected.
The option syntax is:
\esyntax{\{resource\_conflict, setresource|closenew|closeold\}.}
The possible values match exactly the three possibilities described in
\footahref{http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6120\#section-7.7.2.2}{XMPP Core: section 7.7.2.2}.
The default value is \term{closeold}.
If the client uses old Jabber Non-SASL authentication (\xepref{0078}),
then this option is not respected, and the action performed is \term{closeold}.
The option \option{fqdn} allows you to define the Fully Qualified Domain Name
of the machine, in case it isn't detected automatically.
The FQDN is used to authenticate some clients that use the DIGEST-MD5 SASL mechanism.
The option syntax is:
\esyntax{\{fqdn, undefined|FqdnString|[FqdnString]\}.}
\makesubsubsection{internalauth}{Internal}
\ind{internal authentication}\ind{Mnesia}
\ejabberd{} uses its internal Mnesia database as the default authentication method.
The value \term{internal} will enable the internal authentication method.
The option \term{\{auth\_password\_format, plain|scram\}}
defines in what format the users passwords are stored:
\begin{description}
\titem{plain}
The password is stored as plain text in the database.
This is risky because the passwords can be read if your database gets compromised.
This is the default value.
This format allows clients to authenticate using:
the old Jabber Non-SASL (\xepref{0078}), \term{SASL PLAIN},
\term{SASL DIGEST-MD5}, and \term{SASL SCRAM-SHA-1}.
\titem{scram}
The password is not stored, only some information that allows to verify the hash provided by the client.
It is impossible to obtain the original plain password from the stored information;
for this reason, when this value is configured it cannot be changed to \term{plain} anymore.
This format allows clients to authenticate using: \term{SASL PLAIN} and \term{SASL SCRAM-SHA-1}.
\end{description}
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 with hashed passwords on all virtual hosts:
\begin{verbatim}
{auth_method, internal}.
{auth_password_format, scram}.
\end{verbatim}
\end{itemize}
\makesubsubsection{extauth}{External Script}
\ind{external authentication}
In this authentication method, when \ejabberd{} starts,
it start a script, and calls it to perform authentication tasks.
The server administrator can write the external authentication script
in any language.
The details on the interface between ejabberd and the script are described
in the \term{ejabberd Developers Guide}.
There are also \footahref{http://www.ejabberd.im/extauth}{several example authentication scripts}.
These are the specific options:
\begin{description}
\titem{\{extauth\_program, PathToScript\}}
Indicate in this option the full path to the external authentication script.
The script must be executable by ejabberd.
\titem{\{extauth\_instances, Integer\}}
Indicate how many instances of the script to run simultaneously to serve authentication in the virtual host.
The default value is the minimum number: 1.
\titem{\{extauth\_cache, false|CacheTimeInteger\}}
The value \term{false} disables the caching feature, this is the default.
The integer \term{0} (zero) enables caching for statistics, but doesn't use that cached information to authenticate users.
If another integer value is set, caching is enabled both for statistics and for authentication:
the CacheTimeInteger indicates the number of seconds that ejabberd can reuse
the authentication information since the user last disconnected,
to verify again the user authentication without querying again the extauth script.
Note: caching should not be enabled in a host if internal auth is also enabled.
If caching is enabled, \term{mod\_last} must be enabled also in that vhost.
\end{description}
This example sets external authentication, the extauth script, enables caching for 10 minutes,
and starts three instances of the script for each virtual host defined in ejabberd:
\begin{verbatim}
{auth_method, [external]}.
{extauth_program, "/etc/ejabberd/JabberAuth.class.php"}.
{extauth_cache, 600}.
{extauth_instances, 3}.
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsubsection{saslanonymous}{Anonymous Login and SASL Anonymous}
\ind{sasl anonymous}\ind{anonymous login}
The \term{anonymous} authentication method enables two modes for anonymous authentication:
\begin{description}
\titem{Anonymous login:} This is a standard login, that use the
classical login and password mechanisms, but where password is
accepted or preconfigured for all anonymous users. This login is
compliant with SASL authentication, password and digest non-SASL
authentication, so this option will work with almost all XMPP
clients
\titem{SASL Anonymous:} This is a special SASL authentication
mechanism that allows to login without providing username or
password (see \xepref{0175}). The main advantage of SASL Anonymous
is that the protocol was designed to give the user a login. This is
useful to avoid in some case, where the server has many users
already logged or registered and when it is hard to find a free
username. The main disavantage is that you need a client that
specifically supports the SASL Anonymous protocol.
\end{description}
%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}).
\begin{description}
\titem{\{allow\_multiple\_connections, false|true\}} This option 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}.
\titem{\{anonymous\_protocol, login\_anon | sasl\_anon | both\}}
\term{login\_anon} means that the anonymous login method will be used.
\term{sasl\_anon} means that the SASL Anonymous method will be used.
\term{both} means that SASL Anonymous and login anonymous are both enabled.
\end{description}
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}
There are more configuration examples and XMPP client example stanzas in
\footahref{http://www.ejabberd.im/Anonymous-users-support}{Anonymous users support}.
\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, Name\}}\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.
\titem{\{pam\_userinfotype, username|jid\}}\ind{options!pam\_userinfotype}
This option defines what type of information about the user ejabberd
provides to the PAM service: only the username, or the user JID.
Default is \term{username}.
\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/nsswitch.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:
\esyntax{\{acl, ACLName, ACLValue\}.}
\term{ACLValue} can be one of the following:
\begin{description}
\titem{all} Matches all JIDs. Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, all, all}.
\end{verbatim}
\titem{\{user, Username\}} Matches the user with the name
\term{Username} at the first virtual host. Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, admin, {user, "yozhik"}}.
\end{verbatim}
\titem{\{user, Username, Server\}} Matches the user with the JID
\term{Username@Server} and any resource. Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, admin, {user, "yozhik", "example.org"}}.
\end{verbatim}
\titem{\{server, Server\}} Matches any JID from server
\term{Server}. Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, exampleorg, {server, "example.org"}}.
\end{verbatim}
\titem{\{resource, Resource\}} Matches any JID with a resource
\term{Resource}. Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, mucklres, {resource, "muckl"}}.
\end{verbatim}
\titem{\{shared\_group, Groupname\}} Matches any member of a Shared Roster Group with name \term{Groupname} in the virtual host. Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, techgroupmembers, {shared_group, "techteam"}}.
\end{verbatim}
\titem{\{shared\_group, Groupname, Server\}} Matches any member of a Shared Roster Group with name \term{Groupname} in the virtual host \term{Server}. Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, techgroupmembers, {shared_group, "techteam", "example.org"}}.
\end{verbatim}
\titem{\{user\_regexp, Regexp\}} Matches any local user with a name that
matches \term{Regexp} on local virtual hosts. Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, tests, {user_regexp, "^test[0-9]*$"}}.
\end{verbatim}
%$
\titem{\{user\_regexp, Regexp, Server\}} Matches any user with a name
that matches \term{Regexp} at server \term{Server}. Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, tests, {user_regexp, "^test", "example.org"}}.
\end{verbatim}
\titem{\{server\_regexp, Regexp\}} Matches any JID from the server that
matches \term{Regexp}. Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, icq, {server_regexp, "^icq\\."}}.
\end{verbatim}
\titem{\{resource\_regexp, Regexp\}} Matches any JID with a resource that
matches \term{Regexp}. Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, icq, {resource_regexp, "^laptop\\."}}.
\end{verbatim}
\titem{\{node\_regexp, UserRegexp, ServerRegexp\}} Matches any user
with a name that matches \term{UserRegexp} at any server that matches
\term{ServerRegexp}. Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, yozhik, {node_regexp, "^yozhik$", "^example.(com|org)$"}}.
\end{verbatim}
\titem{\{user\_glob, Glob\}}
\titem{\{user\_glob, Glob, Server\}}
\titem{\{server\_glob, Glob\}}
\titem{\{resource\_glob, Glob\}}
\titem{\{node\_glob, UserGlob, ServerGlob\}} 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 \term{ACLName} 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.
The syntax is:
\esyntax{\{access, AccessName, [ \{allow|deny, ACLName\}, ...]\}.}
When a JID is checked to have access to \term{Accessname}, 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.
If you define specific Access rights in a virtual host,
remember that the globally defined Access rights have precedence over those.
This means that, in case of conflict, the Access granted or denied in the global server is used
and the Access of a virtual host doesn't have effect.
Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{access, configure, [{allow, admin}]}.
{access, something, [{deny, badmans},
{allow, all}]}.
\end{verbatim}
The following \term{AccessName} 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:
\esyntax{\{access, max\_user\_sessions, [ \{MaxNumber, ACLName\}, ...]\}.}
This example limits the number of sessions per user to 5 for all users, and to 10 for admins:
\begin{verbatim}
{access, max_user_sessions, [{10, admin}, {5, all}]}.
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsubsection{configmaxs2sconns}{Several connections to a remote XMPP server with ACL}
\ind{options!max\_s2s\_connections}
The special access \term{max\_s2s\_connections} specifies how many
simultaneous S2S connections can be established to a specific remote XMPP server.
The default value is \term{1}.
There's also available the access \term{max\_s2s\_connections\_per\_node}.
The syntax is:
\esyntax{\{access, max\_s2s\_connections, [ \{MaxNumber, ACLName\}, ...]\}.}
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 is:
\esyntax{\{shaper, ShaperName, Kind\}.}
Currently only one kind of shaper called \term{maxrate} is available. It has the
following syntax:
\esyntax{\{maxrate, Rate\}}
where \term{Rate} 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 \XMPP{} clients. If a \XMPP{} client does not support
\option{xml:lang}, the specified language is used.
The option syntax is:
\esyntax{\{language, Language\}.}
The default value is \term{en}.
In order to take effect there must be a translation file
\term{Language.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 disables the feature: \term{undefined}
\titem{\{captcha\_host, ProtocolHostPort\}}
ProtocolHostPort is a string with the host, and optionally the Protocol and Port number.
It must identify where ejabberd listens for CAPTCHA requests.
The URL sent to the user is formed by: \term{Protocol://Host:Port/captcha/}
The default value is: protocol \term{http}, the first hostname configured, and port \term{80}.
If you specify a port number that does not match exactly an ejabberd listener
(because you are using a reverse proxy or other port-forwarding tool),
then you must specify the transfer protocol, as seen in the example below.
\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"}.
%% {captcha_host, "https://example.org:443"}.
%% {captcha_host, "http://example.com"}.
{listen,
[
...
{5280, ejabberd_http, [
captcha,
...
]
}
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsection{stun}{STUN}
\ind{options!stun}\ind{stun}
\ejabberd{} is able to act as a stand-alone STUN server
(\footahref{http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5389}{RFC 5389}). Currently only Binding usage
is supported. In that role \ejabberd{} helps clients with Jingle ICE (\xepref{0176}) support to discover their external addresses and ports.
You should configure \term{ejabberd\_stun} listening module as described in \ref{listened} section.
If \option{certfile} option is defined, \ejabberd{} multiplexes TCP and
TLS over TCP connections on the same port. Obviously, \option{certfile} option
is defined for \term{tcp} only. Note however that TCP or TLS over TCP
support is not required for Binding usage and is reserved for
\footahref{http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-behave-turn-16}{TURN}
functionality. Feel free to configure \term{udp} transport only.
Example configuration:
\begin{verbatim}
{listen,
[
...
{{3478, udp}, ejabberd_stun, []},
{3478, ejabberd_stun, []},
{5349, ejabberd_stun, [{certfile, "/etc/ejabberd/server.pem"}]},
...
]
}.
\end{verbatim}
You also need to configure DNS SRV records properly so clients can easily discover a
STUN server serving your XMPP domain. Refer to section
\footahref{http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5389\#section-9}{DNS Discovery of a Server}
of \footahref{http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5389}{RFC 5389} for details.
Example DNS SRV configuration:
\begin{verbatim}
_stun._udp IN SRV 0 0 3478 stun.example.com.
_stun._tcp IN SRV 0 0 3478 stun.example.com.
_stuns._tcp IN SRV 0 0 5349 stun.example.com.
\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 syntax is:
\esyntax{\{include\_config\_file, Filename\}.}
It is possible to specify suboptions using the full syntax:
\esyntax{\{include\_config\_file, Filename, [Suboption, ...]\}.}
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, [Optionname, ...]\}} 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, [Optionname, ...]\}} 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:
\esyntax{\{define\_macro, 'MACRO', Value\}.}
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{'MACRO'}
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, 'MACRO', Defaultvalue\}}
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, 'MACRO', Defaultvalue}.
'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 \footahref{http://www.communigate.com/}{CommuniGate Pro}
\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}
There is a file \term{mysql.sql} in the directory \term{odbc}.
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 ODBC.
Use \term{--enable-mysql} configure option in order to build \ejabberd{} with
MySQL support:
\begin{verbatim}
./configure --enable-mysql && make install
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsubsection{mysqlcreatedb}{Create MySQL database}
\ind{MySQL!Create database}
Before starting ejabberd, you need to create an ejabberd database in MySQL.
This assumes the MySQL server is already installed and you have root access to it.
\begin{enumerate}
\item Create a new user 'ejabberd':
\begin{verbatim}
> mysql -h localhost -p -u root -S /tmp/mysql.sock
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 2 to server version: 4.1.16-max
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
mysql> GRANT ALL ON ejabberd.* TO 'ejabberd'@'localhost'IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
\end{verbatim}
\item Create a new database 'ejabberd':
\begin{verbatim}
> mysql -h localhost -p -u ejabberd -S /tmp/mysql.sock
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 4 to server version: 4.1.16-max
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
mysql> CREATE DATABASE ejabberd;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
\end{verbatim}
\item Get the MySQL ejabberd schema file, usually called 'mysql.sql',
that you can find somewhere where ejabberd is installed. At the end
of the file you can find information to update your database schema.
\item Import ejabberd database schema into the ejabberd database:
\begin{verbatim}
> mysql -D ejabberd -h localhost -p -u ejabberd -S /tmp/mysql.sock < mysql.sql
\end{verbatim}
\item Check that the database structure has been correctly created:
\begin{verbatim}
> echo "show tables;" | mysql -D ejabberd -h localhost -p -u ejabberd -S /tmp/mysql.sock
Tables_in_ejabberd
last
privacy_default_list
privacy_list
privacy_list_data
private_storage
pubsub_item
pubsub_node
pubsub_node_option
pubsub_node_owner
pubsub_state
pubsub_subscription_opt
rostergroups
rosterusers
roster_version
spool
users
vcard
vcard_search
\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:
\esyntax{\{mysql, "Server", "Database", "Username", "Password"\}}
\term{mysql} is a keyword that should be kept as is. For example:
\esyntax{\{odbc\_server, \{mysql, "localhost", "test", "root", "password"\}\}.}
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:
\esyntax{\{mysql, "Server", Port, "Database", "Username", "Password"\}}
The \term{Port} value should be an integer, without quotes. For example:
\esyntax{\{odbc\_server, \{mysql, "localhost", Port, "test", "root", "password"\}\}.}
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 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 add the
module option \term{\{db\_type, odbc\}}.
\makesubsection{mssql}{Microsoft SQL Server}
\ind{Microsoft SQL Server}\ind{Microsoft SQL Server!schema}
There is a file \term{mssql.sql} in the directory \term{odbc}.
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.
Use \term{--enable-mssql} configure option in order to build \ejabberd{} with
Microsoft SQL Server support:
\begin{verbatim}
./configure --enable-mssql && make install
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsubsection{configuremssql}{Database Connection}
\ind{Microsoft SQL Server!Database Connection}
The configuration of Database Connection for a Microsoft SQL Server
is the same as the configuration for
ODBC compatible servers (see section~\ref{configureodbc}).
\begin{enumerate}
\item Install Microsoft SQL Server 2000.
\item Open "SQL Server Enterprise Manager" to create and setup the database. Create a new database called 'ejabberd'.
\item Use the "Query Analyzer" tool to run the database creation script.
\item Create an ODBC datasource (from "Config Panel" -> "Data source (ODBC)"). The new ODBC datasource can be named ejabberd.
\item Modify the config file to use your newly created MSSQL database:
The configuration of Authentication for a Microsoft SQL Server
is the same as the configuration for ODBC compatible servers (see section~\ref{odbcauth}).
\begin{verbatim}
% Comment Internal Authentication:
%{auth_method, internal}.
% Define ODBC authentication:
{auth_method, odbc}.
{odbc_server, "DSN=ejabberd;UID=sa;PWD=nimda"}.
Start ejabberd (from the "Start" menu, and from the console try creating a new user:
(ejabberd@home-68006dc09b)2> ejabberd_auth:try_register("admin", "localhost", "nimda").
{atomic,ok}
\end{verbatim}
\item Try connecting from a Jabber client, with your newly connected user.
\item Check that the newly created user has been correctly added to your database using the MSSQL "Query Analyzer":
\begin{verbatim}
select * from [dbo].[users];
\end{verbatim}
\item Modify the config file to enable odbc storage in the modules you want.
See section~\ref{modoverview} to see which modules 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 add the
module option \term{\{db\_type, odbc\}}.
\item Restart ejabberd
\end{enumerate}
\makesubsection{pgsql}{PostgreSQL}
\ind{PostgreSQL}\ind{PostgreSQL!schema}
There is a file \term{pg.sql} in the directory \term{odbc}.
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.
Use \term{--enable-pgsql} configure option in order to build \ejabberd{} with
PostgreSQL support:
\begin{verbatim}
./configure --enable-pgsql && make install
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsubsection{pgsqlcreatedb}{Create PostgreSQL database}
\ind{PgSQL!Create database}
Before starting ejabberd, you need to create an ejabberd database in your PostgreSQL database.
\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:
\esyntax{\{pgsql, "Server", "Database", "Username", "Password"\}}
\term{pgsql} is a keyword that should be kept as is. For example:
\esyntax{\{odbc\_server, \{pgsql, "localhost", "database", "ejabberd", "password"\}\}.}
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:
\esyntax{\{pgsql, "Server", Port, "Database", "Username", "Password"\}}
The \term{Port} value should be an integer, without quotes. For example:
\esyntax{\{odbc\_server, \{pgsql, "localhost", 5432, "database", "ejabberd", "password"\}\}.}
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 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 add the
module option \term{\{db\_type, odbc\}}.
\makesubsection{odbc}{ODBC Compatible}
\ind{databases!ODBC}
\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 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 add the
module option \term{\{db\_type, odbc\}}.
\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.
Usually \ejabberd{} treats LDAP as a read-only storage:
it is possible to consult data, but not possible to
create accounts or edit vCard that is stored in LDAP.
However, it is possible to change passwords if \module{mod\_register} module is enabled
and LDAP server supports
\footahref{http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3062}{RFC 3062}.
\makesubsubsection{ldapconnection}{Connection}
Two connections are established to the LDAP server per vhost,
one for authentication and other for regular calls.
Parameters:
\begin{description}
\titem{\{ldap\_servers, [Servers, ...]\}} \ind{options!ldap\_server}List of IP addresses or DNS names of your
LDAP servers. This option is required.
\titem{\{ldap\_encrypt, none|tls\}} \ind{options!ldap\_encrypt}Type of connection encryption to the LDAP server.
Allowed values are: \term{none}, \term{tls}.
The value \term{tls} enables encryption by using LDAP over SSL.
Note that STARTTLS encryption is not supported.
The default value is: \term{none}.
\titem{\{ldap\_tls\_verify, false|soft|hard\}} \ind{options!ldap\_tls\_verify}
This option specifies whether to verify LDAP server certificate or not when TLS is enabled.
When \term{hard} is enabled \ejabberd{} doesn't proceed if a certificate is invalid.
When \term{soft} is enabled \ejabberd{} proceeds even if check fails.
The default is \term{false} which means no checks are performed.
\titem{\{ldap\_tls\_cacertfile, Path\}} \ind{options!ldap\_tls\_cacertfile}
Path to file containing PEM encoded CA certificates. This option is needed
(and required) when TLS verification is enabled.
\titem{\{ldap\_tls\_depth, Number\}} \ind{options!ldap\_tls\_depth}
Specifies the maximum verification depth when TLS verification is enabled,
i.e. how far in a chain of certificates the verification process can proceed
before the verification is considered to fail.
Peer certificate = 0, CA certificate = 1, higher level CA certificate = 2, etc.
The value 2 thus means that a chain can at most contain peer cert,
CA cert, next CA cert, and an additional CA cert. The default value is 1.
\titem{\{ldap\_port, Number\}} \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, RootDN\}} \ind{options!ldap\_rootdn}Bind DN. The default value
is~\term{""} which means `anonymous connection'.
\titem{\{ldap\_password, Password\}} \ind{options!ldap\_password}Bind password. The default
value is \term{""}.
\titem{\{ldap\_deref\_aliases, never|always|finding|searching\}} \ind{options!ldap\_deref\_aliases} Whether or not to dereference aliases. The default is \term{never}.
\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}
\makesubsubsection{ldapauth}{Authentication}
You can authenticate users against an LDAP directory.
Note that current LDAP implementation does not support SASL authentication.
Available options are:
\begin{description}
\titem{\{ldap\_base, Base\}}\ind{options!ldap\_base}LDAP base directory which stores
users accounts. This option is required.
\titem{\{ldap\_uids, [ \{ldap\_uidattr\} | \{ldap\_uidattr, ldap\_uidattr\_format\}, ...]\}}\ind{options!ldap\_uids}
LDAP attribute which holds a list of attributes to use as alternatives for getting the JID.
The default attributes are \term{[\{"uid", "\%u"\}]}.
The attributes are of the form:
\term{[\{ldap\_uidattr\}]} or \term{[\{ldap\_uidattr, ldap\_uidattr\_format\}]}.
You can use as many comma separated attributes as needed.
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, Filter\}}\ind{options!ldap\_filter}\ind{protocols!RFC 4515:
LDAP String Representation of Search Filters}
\footahref{http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4515}{RFC 4515} LDAP filter. The
default Filter value is: \term{undefined}. 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\_dn\_filter, \{ Filter, FilterAttrs \}\}}\ind{options!ldap\_dn\_filter}
This filter is applied on the results returned by the main filter. This filter
performs additional LDAP lookup to make the complete result. This is useful
when you are unable to define all filter rules in \term{ldap\_filter}. You
can define \term{"\%u"}, \term{"\%d"}, \term{"\%s"} and \term{"\%D"} pattern
variables in Filter: \term{"\%u"} is replaced by a user's part of a JID,
\term{"\%d"} is replaced by the corresponding domain (virtual host),
all \term{"\%s"} variables are consecutively replaced by values of FilterAttrs
attributes and \term{"\%D"} is replaced by Distinguished Name. By default
\term{ldap\_dn\_filter} is undefined.
Example:
\begin{verbatim}
{ldap_dn_filter, {"(&(name=%s)(owner=%D)(user=%u@%d))", ["sn"]}}.
\end{verbatim}
Since this filter makes additional LDAP lookups, use it only in the
last resort: try to define all filter rules in \term{ldap\_filter} if possible.
\titem{\{ldap\_local\_filter, 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.
The syntax is:
\esyntax{\{modules, [ \{ModuleName, ModuleOptions\}, ...]\}.}
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 \modblocking{} & Simple Communications Blocking (\xepref{0191}) & \modprivacy{} \\
\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 XMPP stanzas & \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modhttpbind}{\modhttpbind{}} & XMPP over Bosh service (HTTP Binding) & \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modhttpfileserver}{\modhttpfileserver{}} & Small HTTP file server & \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modirc}{\modirc{}} & IRC transport & \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modlast}{\modlast{}} & Last Activity (\xepref{0012}) & \\
\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{modping}{\modping{}} & XMPP Ping and periodic keepalives (\xepref{0199}) & \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modprescounter}{\modprescounter{}} & Detect presence subscription flood & \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modprivacy}{\modprivacy{}} & Blocking Communication (\xepref{0016}) & \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modprivate}{\modprivate{}} & Private XML Storage (\xepref{0049}) & \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modproxy}{\modproxy{}} & SOCKS5 Bytestreams (\xepref{0065}) & \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modpubsub}{\modpubsub{}} & Pub-Sub (\xepref{0060}), PEP (\xepref{0163}) & \modcaps{} \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modpubsub}{\modpubsubodbc{}} & Pub-Sub (\xepref{0060}), PEP (\xepref{0163}) & supported DB (*) and \modcaps{} \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modregister}{\modregister{}} & In-Band Registration (\xepref{0077}) & \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modregisterweb}{\modregisterweb{}} & Web for Account Registrations & \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modroster}{\modroster{}} & Roster management (XMPP IM) & \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modservicelog}{\modservicelog{}} & Copy user messages to logger service & \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modsharedroster}{\modsharedroster{}} & Shared roster management & \modroster{} \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modsharedrosterldap}{\modsharedrosterldap{}} & LDAP Shared roster management & \modroster{} \\
\hline \ahrefloc{modsic}{\modsic{}} & Server IP Check (\xepref{0279}) & \\
\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{modvcardxupdate}{\modvcardxupdate{}} & vCard-Based Avatars (\xepref{0153}) & \modvcard{} \\
\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 module uses Erlang's built-in database
Mnesia as backend, or a ODBC database in some cases (see~\ref{database}).
\item `\_ldap', this means that the module needs an LDAP server as backend.
\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.
The syntax is:
\esyntax{\{iqdisc, Value\}}
Possible \term{Value} are:
\begin{description}
\titem{no\_queue} All queries of a namespace with this processing discipline are
processed directly. This means that the XMPP connection that sends this IQ query gets blocked:
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 processed 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 syntax is:
\esyntax{\{host, HostName\}}
If you include the keyword "@HOST@" in the HostName,
it 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
\XMPP{} 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}
\dbtype
\titem{\{access, AccessName\}} \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, admin}]}.
{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, admin, {user, "admin", "example.org"}}.
{access, announce, [{allow, admin},
{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
\XMPP{} clients. Note that \ejabberd{} has no modules with support
for the superseded Jabber Browsing (\xepref{0011}) and Agent Information
(\xepref{0094}). Accordingly, \XMPP{} 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 \XMPP{}
packet back to the sender. This mirror can be of interest for
\ejabberd{} and \XMPP{} 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 XMPP 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}
Options:
\begin{description}
\titem{\{max\_inactivity, Seconds\}} \ind{options!max\_inactivity}
Define the maximum inactivity period in seconds.
Default value is 30 seconds.
For example, to set 50 seconds:
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
[
...
{mod_http_bind, [ {max_inactivity, 50} ]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\end{description}
\makesubsection{modhttpfileserver}{\modhttpfileserver{}}
\ind{modules!\modhttpfileserver{}}\ind{modhttpfileserver}
This simple module serves files from the local disk over HTTP.
Options:
\begin{description}
\titem{\{docroot, Path\}} \ind{options!docroot}
Directory to serve the files.
\titem{\{accesslog, Path\}} \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, [Index, ...]\}} \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{\{custom\_headers, [ \{Name, Value\}, ...]\}} \ind{options!customheaders}
Indicate custom HTTP headers to be included in all responses.
Default value is: \term{[]}
\titem{\{content\_types, [ \{Name, Type\}, ...]\}} \ind{options!contenttypes}
Specify mappings of extension to content type.
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, 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"]},
{custom_headers, [{"X-Powered-By", "Erlang/OTP"},
{"X-Fry", "It's a widely-believed fact!"}
]},
{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{modirc}{\modirc{}}
\ind{modules!\modirc{}}\ind{IRC}
This module is an IRC transport that can be used to join channels on IRC
servers.
End user information:
\ind{protocols!groupchat 1.0}\ind{protocols!XEP-0045: Multi-User Chat}
\begin{itemize}
\item A \XMPP{} client with `groupchat 1.0' support or Multi-User
Chat support (\xepref{0045}) is necessary to join IRC channels.
\item An IRC channel can be joined in nearly the same way as joining a
\XMPP{} Multi-User Chat room. The difference is that the room name will
be `channel\%\jid{irc.example.org}' in case \jid{irc.example.org} is
the IRC server hosting `channel'. And of course the host should point
to the IRC transport instead of the Multi-User Chat service.
\item You can register your nickame by sending `IDENTIFY password' to \\
\jid{nickserver!irc.example.org@irc.jabberserver.org}.
\item Entering your password is possible by sending `LOGIN nick password' \\
to \jid{nickserver!irc.example.org@irc.jabberserver.org}.
\item The IRC transport provides Ad-Hoc Commands (\xepref{0050})
to join a channel, and to set custom IRC username and encoding.
\item When using a popular \XMPP{} server, it can occur that no
connection can be achieved with some IRC servers because they limit the
number of connections from one IP.
\end{itemize}
Options:
\begin{description}
\hostitem{irc}
\dbtype
\titem{\{access, AccessName\}} \ind{options!access}This option can be used to specify who
may use the IRC transport (default value: \term{all}).
\titem{\{default\_encoding, Encoding\}} \ind{options!defaultencoding}Set the default IRC encoding.
Default value: \term{"iso8859-1"}
\end{description}
Examples:
\begin{itemize}
\item In the first example, the IRC transport is available on (all) your
virtual host(s) with the prefix `\jid{irc.}'. Furthermore, anyone is
able to use the transport. The default encoding is set to "iso8859-15".
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
[
...
{mod_irc, [{access, all}, {default_encoding, "iso8859-15"}]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\item In next example the IRC transport is available with JIDs with prefix \jid{irc-t.net}.
Moreover, the transport is only accessible to two users
of \term{example.org}, and any user of \term{example.com}:
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, paying_customers, {user, "customer1", "example.org"}}.
{acl, paying_customers, {user, "customer2", "example.org"}}.
{acl, paying_customers, {server, "example.com"}}.
{access, irc_users, [{allow, paying_customers}, {deny, all}]}.
{modules,
[
...
{mod_irc, [{access, irc_users},
{host, "irc.example.net"}]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\end{itemize}
\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})}
\dbtype
\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
XMPP 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}
\dbtype
\titem{\{access, AccessName\}} \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, AccessName\}} \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 any account in the local ejabberd server is allowed to create rooms.
\titem{\{access\_persistent, AccessName\}} \ind{options!access\_persistent}To configure who is
allowed to modify the 'persistent' room option.
By default any account in the local ejabberd server is allowed to modify that option.
\titem{\{access\_admin, AccessName\}} \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, 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, Number\}} \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, Number\}}
\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, Number\}}
\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, Number\}} \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, Number\}} \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, Number\}} \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, Number\}} \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, Number\}}
\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, [ \{OptionName, OptionValue\}, ...]\}} \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 an XMPP client with MUC capability.
The available room options and the default values are:
\begin{description}
\titem{\{allow\_change\_subj, true|false\}} Allow occupants to change the subject.
\titem{\{allow\_private\_messages, true|false\}} Occupants can send private messages to other occupants.
\titem{\{allow\_private\_messages\_from\_visitors, anyone|moderators|nobody\}} Visitors can send private messages to other occupants.
\titem{\{allow\_query\_users, true|false\}} Occupants can send IQ queries to other occupants.
\titem{\{allow\_user\_invites, false|true\}} Allow occupants to send invitations.
\titem{\{allow\_visitor\_nickchange, true|false\}} Allow visitors to
change nickname.
\titem{\{allow\_visitor\_status, true|false\}} 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|false\}} 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{\{captcha\_protected, false\}}
When a user tries to join a room where he has no affiliation (not owner, admin or member),
the room requires him to fill a CAPTCHA challenge (see section \ref{captcha})
in order to accept her join in the room.
\titem{\{logging, false|true\}} 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|false\}} The occupants that enter the room are participants by default, so they have 'voice'.
\titem{\{members\_only, false|true\}} Only members of the room can enter.
\titem{\{moderated, true|false\}} Only occupants with 'voice' can send public messages.
\titem{\{password, "roompass123"\}} Password of the room. You may want to enable the next option too.
\titem{\{password\_protected, false|true\}} The password is required to enter the room.
\titem{\{persistent, false|true\}} The room persists even if the last participant leaves.
\titem{\{public, true|false\}} The room is public in the list of the MUC service, so it can be discovered.
\titem{\{public\_list, true|false\}} The list of participants is public, without requiring to enter the room.
\titem{\{title, "Room 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 \XMPP{} 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
XMPP 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://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, AccessName\}}\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, false|URL\}}\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: \term{"http://example.com/my.css"}). The default value
is \term{false}.
\titem{\{dirname, room\_jid|room\_name\}}\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, subdirs|plain\}}\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, html|plaintext\}}\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{\{file\_permissions, \{Mode, Group\}\}}\ind{options!file\_permissions}
Define the permissions that must be used when creating the log files:
the number of the mode, and the numeric id of the group that will own the files.
The default value is \term{\{644, 33\}}.
\titem{\{outdir, Path\}}\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 true|false\}}\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, local|universal\}}\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, \{URL, Text\}\}}\ind{options!top\_link}
With this option you can customize the link on the top right corner of each
log file. 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|<a href="http://www.jabber.ru/">Jabber.ru</a>|.
\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|<a href="/">Home</a>|.
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, admin, {user, "admin1", "example.org"}}.
{acl, admin, {user, "admin2", "example.net"}}.
{access, muc_log, [{allow, admin},
{deny, all}]}.
{modules,
[
...
{mod_muc_log, [
{access_log, muc_log},
{cssfile, false},
{dirtype, subdirs},
{dirtype, subdirs},
{file_permissions, {644, 33}},
{outdir, "/var/www/muclogs"},
{timezone, local}
]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\end{itemize}
\makesubsection{modoffline}{\modoffline{}}
\ind{modules!\modoffline{}}
This module implements offline message storage (\xepref{0160}).
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}
\dbtype
\titem{\{access\_max\_user\_messages, AccessName\}}\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{modping}{\modping{}}
\ind{modules!\modping{}}
This module implements support for XMPP Ping (\xepref{0199}) and periodic keepalives.
When this module is enabled ejabberd responds correctly to
ping requests, as defined in the protocol.
Configuration options:
\begin{description}
\titem{\{send\_pings, true|false\}}\ind{options!send\_pings}
If this option is set to \term{true}, the server sends pings to connected clients
that are not active in a given interval \term{ping\_interval}.
This is useful to keep client connections alive or checking availability.
By default this option is disabled.
% because it is mostly not needed and consumes resources.
\titem{\{ping\_interval, Seconds\}}\ind{options!ping\_interval}
How often to send pings to connected clients, if the previous option is enabled.
If a client connection does not send or receive any stanza in this interval,
a ping request is sent to the client.
The default value is 60 seconds.
\titem{\{timeout\_action, none|kill\}}\ind{options!timeout\_action}
What to do when a client does not answer to a server ping request in less than 32 seconds.
% Those 32 seconds are defined in ejabberd_local.erl: -define(IQ_TIMEOUT, 32000).
The default is to do nothing.
\end{description}
This example enables Ping responses, configures the module to send pings
to client connections that are inactive for 4 minutes,
and if a client does not answer to the ping in less than 32 seconds, its connection is closed:
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
[
...
{mod_ping, [{send_pings, true}, {ping_interval, 240}, {timeout_action, kill}]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsection{modprescounter}{\modprescounter{}}
\ind{modules!\modprescounter{}}
This module detects flood/spam in presence subscription stanza traffic.
If a user sends or receives more of those stanzas in a time interval,
the exceeding stanzas are silently dropped, and warning is logged.
Configuration options:
\begin{description}
\titem{\{count, StanzaNumber\}}\ind{options!count}
The number of subscription presence stanzas
(subscribe, unsubscribe, subscribed, unsubscribed)
allowed for any direction (input or output)
per time interval.
Please note that two users subscribing to each other usually generate
4 stanzas, so the recommended value is 4 or more.
The default value is: 5.
\titem{\{interval, Seconds\}}\ind{options!interval}
The time interval defined in seconds.
The default value is 60.
\end{description}
This example enables the module, and allows up to 5 presence subscription stanzas
to be sent or received by the users in 60 seconds:
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
[
...
{mod_pres_counter, [{count, 5}, {interval, 60}]},
...
]}.
\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 \XMPP{} 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://xmpp.org/rfcs/rfc3921.html\#privacy})
\end{quote}
Options:
\begin{description}
\iqdiscitem{Blocking Communication (\ns{jabber:iq:privacy})}
\dbtype
\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, XMPP 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})}
\dbtype
\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}
\hostitem{proxy}
\titem{\{name, Text\}}\ind{options!name}Defines Service Discovery name of the service.
Default is \term{"SOCKS5 Bytestreams"}.
\titem{\{ip, IPTuple\}}\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, Number\}}\ind{options!port}This option defines port to listen for
incoming connections. Default is~7777.
\titem{\{hostname, HostName\}}\ind{options!hostname}Defines a hostname advertised
by the service when establishing a session with clients. This is useful when
you run the service behind a NAT. The default is the value of \term{ip} option.
Examples: \term{"proxy.mydomain.org"}, \term{"200.150.100.50"}. Note that
not all clients understand domain names in stream negotiation,
so you should think twice before setting domain name in this option.
\titem{\{auth\_type, anonymous|plain\}}\ind{options!auth\_type}SOCKS5 authentication type.
Possible values are \term{anonymous} and \term{plain}. Default is
\term{anonymous}.
\titem{\{access, AccessName\}}\ind{options!access}Defines ACL for file transfer initiators.
Default is \term{all}.
\titem{\{max\_connections, Number\}}\ind{options!max\_connections}Maximum number of
active connections per file transfer initiator. No limit by default.
\titem{\{shaper, none|ShaperName\}}\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}
If you use \modpubsubodbc, please ensure the prefix contains only one dot,
for example `\jid{pubsub.}', or `\jid{publish.}',.
\titem{\{access\_createnode, AccessName\}} \ind{options!access\_createnode}
This option restricts which users are allowed to create pubsub nodes using
ACL and ACCESS.
By default any account in the local ejabberd server is allowed to create pubsub nodes.
\titem{\{max\_items\_node, MaxItems\}} \ind{options!max\_items\_node}
Define the maximum number of items that can be stored in a node.
Default value is 10.
\titem{\{plugins, [ Plugin, ...]\}} \ind{options!plugins}
To specify which pubsub node plugins to use.
The first one in the list is used by default.
If this option is not defined, the default plugins list is: \term{["flat"]}.
PubSub clients can define which plugin to use when creating a node:
add \term{type='plugin-name'} attribute to the \term{create} stanza element.
\titem{\{nodetree, Nodetree\}} \ind{options!nodetree}
To specify which nodetree to use.
If not defined, the default pubsub nodetree is used: "tree".
Only one nodetree can be used per host, and is shared by all node plugins.
The "virtual" nodetree does not store nodes on database.
This saves resources on systems with tons of nodes.
If using the "virtual" nodetree,
you can only enable those node plugins:
["flat","pep"] or ["flat"];
any other plugins configuration will not work.
Also, all nodes will have the defaut configuration,
and this can not be changed.
Using "virtual" nodetree requires to start from a clean database,
it will not work if you used the default "tree" nodetree before.
The "dag" nodetree provides experimental support for PubSub Collection Nodes (\xepref{0248}).
In that case you should also add "dag" node plugin as default, for example:
\term{\{plugins, ["dag","flat","hometree","pep"]\}}
\titem{\{ignore\_pep\_from\_offline, false|true\}} \ind{options!ignore\_pep\_from\_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 true so we only get last items of online contacts.
\titem{\{last\_item\_cache, false|true\}} \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, [ \{Key, Value\}, ...]\}} \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 of configuration that uses flat nodes as default, and allows use of flat, nodetree and pep nodes:
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
[
...
{mod_pubsub, [
{access_createnode, pubsub_createnode},
{plugins, ["flat", "hometree", "pep"]}
]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
Using ODBC database requires use of dedicated plugins. The following example shows previous configuration
with ODBC usage:
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
[
...
{mod_pubsub_odbc, [
{access_createnode, pubsub_createnode},
{plugins, ["flat_odbc", "hometree_odbc", "pep_odbc"]}
]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\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 \XMPP{} 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, AccessName\}} \ind{options!access}
Specify rules to restrict what usernames can be registered and unregistered.
If a rule returns `deny' on the requested username,
registration and unregistration of that user name is denied.
There are no restrictions by default.
\titem{\{access\_from, AccessName\}} \ind{options!access\_from}By default, \ejabberd{}
doesn't allow to register new accounts from s2s or existing c2s sessions. You can
change it by defining access rule in this option. Use with care: allowing registration
from s2s leads to uncontrolled massive accounts creation by rogue users.
\titem{\{captcha\_protected, false|true\}} \ind{options!captcha\_protected}
Protect registrations with CAPTCHA (see section \ref{captcha}). The default is \term{false}.
\titem{\{ip\_access, [ \{allow|deny, IPaddress\}, ...]\}} \ind{options!ip\_access}
Define rules to allow or deny account registration depending
in the IP address of the XMPP client.
If there is no matching IP mask, the default rule is ``allow''.
IPv6 addresses are supported, but not tested.
The default option value is an empty list: \term{[]}.
\titem{\{password\_strength, Entropy\}} \ind{options!password\_strength}
This option sets the minimum informational entropy for passwords. The value \term{Entropy}
is a number of bits of entropy. The recommended minimum is 32 bits.
The default is 0, i.e. no checks are performed.
\titem{\{welcome\_message, \{Subject, Body\}\}} \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, [ JID, ...]\}} \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 that tries to register a new account from the same IP address or JID during
this number of seconds after his previous registration
will receive an error \term{resource-constraint} with the explanation:
``Users are not allowed to register accounts so quickly''.
The timeout is expressed in seconds, and it 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,
and allows to create accounts only to clients of the local network:
\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},
{ip_access, [{allow, "127.0.0.0/8"},
{deny, "0.0.0.0/0"}]}
]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\item This configuration prohibits usage of In-Band Registration
to create or delete accounts,
but allows existing accounts to change the password:
\begin{verbatim}
{access, register, [{deny, all}]}.
{modules,
[
...
{mod_register, [{access, register}]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\item
This configuration disables all In-Band Registration
functionality: create, delete accounts and change password:
\begin{verbatim}
{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{modregisterweb}{\modregisterweb{}}
\ind{modules!\modregisterweb{}}
This module provides a web page where people can:
\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}
This module supports CAPTCHA image to register a new account.
To enable this feature, configure the options captcha\_cmd and captcha\_host.
Options:
\begin{description}
\titem{\{registration\_watchers, [ JID, ...]\}} \ind{options!rwatchers}This option defines a
list of JIDs which will be notified each time a new account is registered.
\end{description}
This example configuration shows how to enable the module and the web handler:
\begin{verbatim}
{hosts, ["localhost", "example.org", "example.com"]}.
{listen, [
...
{5281, ejabberd_http, [
tls,
{certfile, "/etc/ejabberd/certificate.pem"},
register
]},
...
]}.
{modules,
[
...
{mod_register_web, []},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
For example, the users of the host \term{example.org} can visit the page:
\ns{https://example.org:5281/register/}
It is important to include the last / character in the URL,
otherwise the subpages URL will be incorrect.
\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://xmpp.org/rfcs/rfc3921.html\#roster}{RFC 3921: XMPP IM}.
It also supports Roster Versioning (\xepref{0237}).
Options:
\begin{description}
\iqdiscitem{Roster Management (\ns{jabber:iq:roster})}
\dbtype
\titem{\{versioning, false|true\}} \ind{options!versioning}Enables
Roster Versioning.
This option is disabled by default.
\titem{\{store\_current\_id, false|true\}} \ind{options!storecurrentid}
If this option is enabled, the current version number is stored on the database.
If disabled, the version number is calculated on the fly each time.
Enabling this option reduces the load for both ejabberd and the database.
This option does not affect the client in any way.
This option is only useful if Roster Versioning is enabled.
This option is disabled by default.
Important: if you use \modsharedroster{} or \modsharedrosterldap{},
you must disable this option.
\end{description}
This example configuration enables Roster Versioning with storage of current id:
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
[
...
{mod_roster, [{versioning, true}, {store_current_id, true}]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsection{modservicelog}{\modservicelog{}}
\ind{modules!\modservicelog{}}\ind{message auditing}\ind{Bandersnatch}
This module adds support for logging end user packets via a \XMPP{} message
auditing service such as
\footahref{http://www.funkypenguin.info/project/bandersnatch/}{Bandersnatch}. All user
packets are encapsulated in a \verb|<route/>| element and sent to the specified
service(s).
Options:
\begin{description}
\titem{\{loggers, [Names, ...]\}} \ind{options!loggers}With this option a (list of) service(s)
that will receive the packets can be specified.
\end{description}
Examples:
\begin{itemize}
\item To log all end user packets to the Bandersnatch service running on
\jid{bandersnatch.example.com}:
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
[
...
{mod_service_log, [{loggers, ["bandersnatch.example.com"]}]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\item To log all end user packets to the Bandersnatch service running on
\jid{bandersnatch.example.com} and the backup service on
\jid{bandersnatch.example.org}:
\begin{verbatim}
{modules,
[
...
{mod_service_log, [{loggers, ["bandersnatch.example.com",
"bandersnatch.example.org"]}]},
...
]}.
\end{verbatim}
\end{itemize}
\makesubsection{modsharedroster}{\modsharedroster{}}
\ind{modules!\modsharedroster{}}\ind{shared roster groups}
This module enables you to create shared roster groups. This means that you can
create groups of people that can see members from (other) groups in their
rosters. The big advantages of this feature are that end users do not need to
manually add all users to their rosters, and that they cannot permanently delete
users from the shared roster groups.
A shared roster group can have members from any XMPP server,
but the presence will only be available from and to members
of the same virtual host where the group is created.
Options:
\begin{description}
\dbtype
\end{description}
Shared roster groups can be edited \emph{only} via the Web Admin. Each group
has a unique identification and the following parameters:
\begin{description}
\item[Name] The name of the group, which will be displayed in the roster.
\item[Description] The description of the group. This parameter does not affect
anything.
\item[Members] A list of JIDs of group members, entered one per line in
the Web Admin.
The special member directive \term{@all@}
represents all the registered users in the virtual host;
which is only recommended for a small server with just a few hundred users.
The special member directive \term{@online@}
represents the online users in the virtual host.
\item[Displayed groups]
A list of groups that will be in the rosters of this group's members.
A group of other vhost can be identified with \term{groupid@vhost}
\end{description}
Examples:
\begin{itemize}
\item Take the case of a computer club that wants all its members seeing each
other in their rosters. To achieve this, they need to create a shared roster
group similar to next table:
\begin{table}[H]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|}
\hline Identification& Group `\texttt{club\_members}'\\
\hline Name& Club Members\\
\hline Description& Members from the computer club\\
\hline Members&
{\begin{tabular}{l}
\jid{member1@example.org}\\
\jid{member2@example.org}\\
\jid{member3@example.org}
\end{tabular}
}\\
\hline Displayed groups& \texttt{club\_members}\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\item In another case we have a company which has three divisions: Management,
Marketing and Sales. All group members should see all other members in their
rosters. Additionally, all managers should have all marketing and sales people
in their roster. Simultaneously, all marketeers and the whole sales team
should see all managers. This scenario can be achieved by creating shared
roster groups as shown in the following table:
\begin{table}[H]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|l|}
\hline Identification&
Group `\texttt{management}'&
Group `\texttt{marketing}'&
Group `\texttt{sales}'\\
\hline Name& Management& Marketing& Sales\\
\hline Description& \\
Members&
{\begin{tabular}{l}
\jid{manager1@example.org}\\
\jid{manager2@example.org}\\
\jid{manager3@example.org}\\
\jid{manager4@example.org}
\end{tabular}
}&
{\begin{tabular}{l}
\jid{marketeer1@example.org}\\
\jid{marketeer2@example.org}\\
\jid{marketeer3@example.org}\\
\jid{marketeer4@example.org}
\end{tabular}
}&
{\begin{tabular}{l}
\jid{saleswoman1@example.org}\\
\jid{salesman1@example.org}\\
\jid{saleswoman2@example.org}\\
\jid{salesman2@example.org}
\end{tabular}
}\\
\hline Displayed groups&
{\begin{tabular}{l}
\texttt{management}\\
\texttt{marketing}\\
\texttt{sales}
\end{tabular}
}&
{\begin{tabular}{l}
\texttt{management}\\
\texttt{marketing}
\end{tabular}
}&
{\begin{tabular}{l}
\texttt{management}\\
\texttt{sales}
\end{tabular}
}\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{itemize}
\makesubsection{modsharedrosterldap}{\modsharedrosterldap{}}
\ind{modules!\modsharedrosterldap{}}\ind{shared roster groups ldap}
This module lets the server administrator
automatically populate users' rosters (contact lists) with entries based on
users and groups defined in an LDAP-based directory.
\makesubsubsection{msrlconfigparams}{Configuration parameters}
The module accepts the following configuration parameters. Some of them, if
unspecified, default to the values specified for the top level of
configuration. This lets you avoid specifying, for example, the bind password,
in multiple places.
\makeparagraph{msrlfilters}{Filters}
These parameters specify LDAP filters used to query for shared roster information.
All of them are run against the \verb|ldap_base|.
\begin{description}
\titem{{\tt ldap\_rfilter}}
So called ``Roster Filter''. Used to find names of all ``shared roster'' groups.
See also the \verb|ldap_groupattr| parameter.
If unspecified, defaults to the top-level parameter of the same name.
You {\em must} specify it in some place in the configuration, there is no default.
\titem{{\tt ldap\_ufilter}}
``User Filter'' -- used for retrieving the human-readable name of roster
entries (usually full names of people in the roster).
See also the parameters \verb|ldap_userdesc| and \verb|ldap_useruid|.
If unspecified, defaults to the top-level parameter of the same name.
If that one also is unspecified, then the filter is assembled from values of
other parameters as follows (\verb|[ldap_SOMETHING]| is used to mean ``the
value of the configuration parameter {\tt ldap\_SOMETHING}''):
\begin{verbatim}
(&(&([ldap_memberattr]=[ldap_memberattr_format])([ldap_groupattr]=%g))[ldap_filter])
\end{verbatim}
Subsequently {\tt \%u} and {\tt \%g} are replaced with a {\tt *}. This means
that given the defaults, the filter sent to the LDAP server is would be
\verb|(&(memberUid=*)(cn=*))|. If however the {\tt ldap\_memberattr\_format}
is something like \verb|uid=%u,ou=People,o=org|, then the filter will be
\verb|(&(memberUid=uid=*,ou=People,o=org)(cn=*))|.
\titem{{\tt ldap\_gfilter}}
``Group Filter'' -- used when retrieving human-readable name (a.k.a.
``Display Name'') and the members of a group.
See also the parameters \verb|ldap_groupattr|, \verb|ldap_groupdesc| and \verb|ldap_memberattr|.
If unspecified, defaults to the top-level parameter of the same name.
If that one also is unspecified, then the filter is constructed exactly in the
same way as {\tt User Filter}.
\titem{{\tt ldap\_filter}}
Additional filter which is AND-ed together with {\tt User Filter} and {\tt
Group Filter}.
If unspecified, defaults to the top-level parameter of the same name. If that
one is also unspecified, then no additional filter is merged with the other
filters.
\end{description}
Note that you will probably need to manually define the {\tt User} and {\tt
Group Filter}s (since the auto-assembled ones will not work) if:
\begin{itemize}
\item your {\tt ldap\_memberattr\_format} is anything other than a simple {\tt \%u},
\item {\bf and} the attribute specified with {\tt ldap\_memberattr} does not support substring matches.
\end{itemize}
An example where it is the case is OpenLDAP and {\tt (unique)MemberName} attribute from the {\tt groupOf(Unique)Names} objectClass.
A symptom of this problem is that you will see messages such as the following in your {\tt slapd.log}:
\begin{verbatim}
get_filter: unknown filter type=130
filter="(&(?=undefined)(?=undefined)(something=else))"
\end{verbatim}
\makesubsubsection{msrlattrs}{Attributes}
These parameters specify the names of the attributes which hold interesting data
in the entries returned by running filters specified in
section~\ref{msrlfilters}.
\begin{description}
\titem{{\tt ldap\_groupattr}}
The name of the attribute that holds the group name, and that is used to differentiate between them.
Retrieved from results of the ``Roster Filter'' and ``Group Filter''.
Defaults to {\tt cn}.
\titem{{\tt ldap\_groupdesc}}
The name of the attribute which holds the human-readable group name in the
objects you use to represent groups.
Retrieved from results of the ``Group Filter''.
Defaults to whatever {\tt ldap\_groupattr} is set.
\titem{{\tt ldap\_memberattr}}
The name of the attribute which holds the IDs of the members of a group.
Retrieved from results of the ``Group Filter''.
Defaults to {\tt memberUid}.
The name of the attribute differs depending on the {\tt objectClass} you use
for your group objects, for example:
\begin{description}
\item{{\tt posixGroup}} $\rightarrow{}$ {\tt memberUid}
\item{{\tt groupOfNames}} $\rightarrow{}$ {\tt member}
\item{{\tt groupOfUniqueNames}} $\rightarrow{}$ {\tt uniqueMember}
\end{description}
\titem{{\tt ldap\_userdesc}}
The name of the attribute which holds the human-readable user name.
Retrieved from results of the ``User Filter''.
Defaults to {\tt cn}.
\titem{{\tt ldap\_useruid}}
The name of the attribute which holds the ID of a roster item. Value of this
attribute in the roster item objects needs to match the ID retrieved from the
{\tt ldap\_memberattr} attribute of a group object.
Retrieved from results of the ``User Filter''.
Defaults to {\tt cn}.
\end{description}
\makesubsubsection{msrlcontrolparams}{Control parameters}
These paramters control the behaviour of the module.
\begin{description}
\titem{{\tt ldap\_memberattr\_format}}
A globbing format for extracting user ID from the value of the attribute named by
\verb|ldap_memberattr|.
Defaults to {\tt \%u}, which means that the whole value is the member ID. If
you change it to something different, you may also need to specify the User
and Group Filters manually --- see section~\ref{msrlfilters}.
\titem{{\tt ldap\_memberattr\_format\_re}}
A regex for extracting user ID from the value of the attribute named by
\verb|ldap_memberattr|.
An example value {\tt "CN=($\backslash{}\backslash{}$w*),(OU=.*,)*DC=company,DC=com"} works for user IDs such as the following:
\begin{itemize}
\item \texttt{CN=Romeo,OU=Montague,DC=company,DC=com}
\item \texttt{CN=Abram,OU=Servants,OU=Montague,DC=company,DC=com}
\item \texttt{CN=Juliet,OU=Capulet,DC=company,DC=com}
\item \texttt{CN=Peter,OU=Servants,OU=Capulet,DC=company,DC=com}
\end{itemize}
In case:
\begin{itemize}
\item the option is unset,
\item or the {\tt re} module in unavailable in the current Erlang environment,
\item or the regular expression does not compile,
\end{itemize}
then instead of a regular expression, a simple format specified by {\tt
ldap\_memberattr\_format} is used. Also, in the last two cases an error
message is logged during the module initialization.
Also, note that in all cases {\tt ldap\_memberattr\_format} (and {\em not} the
regex version) is used for constructing the default ``User/Group Filter'' ---
see section~\ref{msrlfilters}.
\titem{{\tt ldap\_auth\_check}}
Whether the module should check (via the ejabberd authentication subsystem)
for existence of each user in the shared LDAP roster. See
section~\ref{msrlconfigroster} form more information. Set to {\tt off} if you
want to disable the check.
Defaults to {\tt on}.
\titem{{\tt ldap\_user\_cache\_validity}}
Number of seconds for which the cache for roster item full names is considered
fresh after retrieval. 300 by default. See section~\ref{msrlconfigroster} on
how it is used during roster retrieval.
\titem{{\tt ldap\_group\_cache\_validity}}
Number of seconds for which the cache for group membership is considered
fresh after retrieval. 300 by default. See section~\ref{msrlconfigroster} on
how it is used during roster retrieval.
\end{description}
\makesubsubsection{msrlconnparams}{Connection parameters}
The module also accepts the connection parameters, all of which default to the
top-level parameter of the same name, if unspecified. See~\ref{ldapconnection}
for more information about them.
\makesubsubsection{msrlconfigroster}{Retrieving the roster}
When the module is called to retrieve the shared roster for a user, the
following algorithm is used:
\begin{enumerate}
\item \label{step:rfilter} A list of names of groups to display is created: the {\tt Roster Filter}
is run against the base DN, retrieving the values of the attribute named by
{\tt ldap\_groupattr}.
\item Unless the group cache is fresh (see the {\tt
ldap\_group\_cache\_validity} option), it is refreshed:
\begin{enumerate}
\item Information for all groups is retrieved using a single query: the {\tt
Group Filter} is run against the Base DN, retrieving the values of attributes
named by {\tt ldap\_groupattr} (group ID), {\tt ldap\_groupdesc} (group
``Display Name'') and {\tt ldap\_memberattr} (IDs of group members).
\item group ``Display Name'', read from the attribute named by {\tt
ldap\_groupdesc}, is stored in the cache for the given group
\item the following processing takes place for each retrieved value of
attribute named by {\tt ldap\_memberattr}:
\begin{enumerate}
\item the user ID part of it is extracted using {\tt
ldap\_memberattr\_format(\_re)},
\item then (unless {\tt ldap\_auth\_check} is set to {\tt off}) for each
found user ID, the module checks (using the \ejabberd{} authentication
subsystem) whether such user exists in the given virtual host. It is
skipped if the check is enabled and fails.
This step is here for historical reasons. If you have a tidy DIT and
properly defined ``Roster Filter'' and ``Group Filter'', it is safe to
disable it by setting {\tt ldap\_auth\_check} to {\tt off} --- it will
speed up the roster retrieval.
\item the user ID is stored in the list of members in the cache for the
given group
\end{enumerate}
\end{enumerate}
\item For each item (group name) in the list of groups retrieved in step~\ref{step:rfilter}:
\begin{enumerate}
\item the display name of a shared roster group is retrieved from the group
cache
\item for each IDs of users which belong to the group, retrieved from the
group cache:
\begin{enumerate}
\item the ID is skipped if it's the same as the one for which we are
retrieving the roster. This is so that the user does not have himself in
the roster.
\item the display name of a shared roster user is retrieved:
\begin{enumerate}
\item first, unless the user name cache is fresh (see the {\tt
ldap\_user\_cache\_validity} option), it is refreshed by running the
{\tt User Filter}, against the Base DN, retrieving the values of
attributes named by {\tt ldap\_useruid} and {\tt ldap\_userdesc}.
\item then, the display name for the given user ID is retrieved from the
user name cache.
\end{enumerate}
\end{enumerate}
\end{enumerate}
\end{enumerate}
\makesubsubsection{msrlconfigexample}{Configuration examples}
Since there are many possible
\footahref{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directory\_Information\_Tree}{DIT}
layouts, it will probably be easiest to understand how to configure the module
by looking at an example for a given DIT (or one resembling it).
\makeparagraph{msrlconfigexampleflat}{Flat DIT}
This seems to be the kind of DIT for which this module was initially designed.
Basically there are just user objects, and group membership is stored in an
attribute individually for each user. For example in a layout shown in
figure~\ref{fig:msrl-dit-flat}, the group of each user is stored in its {\tt
ou} attribute.
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\insscaleimg{0.4}{msrl-dit-flat.png}
\caption{Flat DIT graph}
\label{fig:msrl-dit-flat}
\end{figure}
Such layout has a few downsides, including:
\begin{itemize}
\item information duplication -- the group name is repeated in every member object
\item difficult group management -- information about group members is not
centralized, but distributed between member objects
\item inefficiency -- the list of unique group names has to be computed by iterating over all users
\end{itemize}
This however seems to be a common DIT layout, so the module keeps supporting it.
You can use the following configuration\ldots
\begin{verbatim}
{mod_shared_roster_ldap,[
{ldap_base, "ou=flat,dc=nodomain"},
{ldap_rfilter, "(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)"},
{ldap_groupattr, "ou"},
{ldap_memberattr, "cn"},
{ldap_filter, "(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)"},
{ldap_userdesc, "displayName"}
]},
\end{verbatim}
\ldots to be provided with a roster as shown in figure~\ref{fig:msrl-roster-flat} upon connecting as user {\tt czesio}.
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\insscaleimg{1}{msrl-roster-flat.png}
\caption{Roster from flat DIT}
\label{fig:msrl-roster-flat}
\end{figure}
\makeparagraph{msrlconfigexampledeep}{Deep DIT}
This type of DIT contains distinctly typed objects for users and groups -- see figure~\ref{fig:msrl-dit-deep}.
They are shown separated into different subtrees, but it's not a requirement.
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\insscaleimg{0.35}{msrl-dit-deep.png}
\caption{Example ``deep'' DIT graph}
\label{fig:msrl-dit-deep}
\end{figure}
If you use the following example module configuration with it:
\begin{verbatim}
{mod_shared_roster_ldap,[
{ldap_base, "ou=deep,dc=nodomain"},
{ldap_rfilter, "(objectClass=groupOfUniqueNames)"},
{ldap_filter, ""},
{ldap_gfilter, "(&(objectClass=groupOfUniqueNames)(cn=%g))"},
{ldap_groupdesc, "description"},
{ldap_memberattr, "uniqueMember"},
{ldap_memberattr_format, "cn=%u,ou=people,ou=deep,dc=nodomain"},
{ldap_ufilter, "(&(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)(cn=%u))"},
{ldap_userdesc, "displayName"}
]},
\end{verbatim}
\ldots and connect as user {\tt czesio}, then \ejabberd{} will provide you with
the roster shown in figure~\ref{fig:msrl-roster-deep}.
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\insscaleimg{1}{msrl-roster-deep.png}
\caption{Example roster from ``deep'' DIT}
\label{fig:msrl-roster-deep}
\end{figure}
\makesubsection{modsic}{\modsic{}}
\ind{modules!\modstats{}}\ind{protocols!XEP-0279: Server IP Check}
This module adds support for Server IP Check (\xepref{0279}). This protocol
enables a client to discover its external IP address.
Options:
\begin{description}
\iqdiscitem{\ns{urn:xmpp:sic:0}}
\end{description}
\makesubsection{modstats}{\modstats{}}
\ind{modules!\modstats{}}\ind{protocols!XEP-0039: Statistics Gathering}\ind{statistics}
This module adds support for Statistics Gathering (\xepref{0039}). This protocol
allows you to retrieve next statistics from your \ejabberd{} deployment:
\begin{itemize}
\item Total number of registered users on the current virtual host (users/total).
\item Total number of registered users on all virtual hosts (users/all-hosts/total).
\item Total number of online users on the current virtual host (users/online).
\item Total number of online users on all virtual hosts (users/all-hosts/online).
\end{itemize}
Options:
\begin{description}
\iqdiscitem{Statistics Gathering (\ns{http://jabber.org/protocol/stats})}
\end{description}
As there are only a small amount of clients (for \ind{Tkabber}example
\footahref{http://tkabber.jabber.ru/}{Tkabber}) and software libraries with
support for this XEP, a few examples are given of the XML you need to send
in order to get the statistics. Here they are:
\begin{itemize}
\item You can request the number of online users on the current virtual host
(\jid{example.org}) by sending:
\begin{verbatim}
<iq to='example.org' type='get'>
<query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/stats'>
<stat name='users/online'/>
</query>
</iq>
\end{verbatim}
\item You can request the total number of registered users on all virtual hosts
by sending:
\begin{verbatim}
<iq to='example.org' type='get'>
<query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/stats'>
<stat name='users/all-hosts/total'/>
</query>
</iq>
\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}}
\dbtype
\titem{\{search, true|false\}}\ind{options!search}This option specifies whether the search
functionality is enabled or not
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, infinity|Number\}}\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, false|true\}}\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, true|false\}}\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 when using Mnesia, but not when using ODBC storage.
\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 referrers 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}).
Usually \ejabberd{} treats LDAP as a read-only storage:
it is possible to consult data, but not possible to
create accounts or edit vCard that is stored in LDAP.
However, it is possible to change passwords if \module{mod\_register} module is enabled
and LDAP server supports
\footahref{http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3062}{RFC 3062}.
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},
\option{ldap\_deref\_aliases} 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, true|false\}}\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, infinity|Number\}}\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, [ \{Name, Pattern, LDAPattributes\}, ...]\}} \ind{options!ldap\_vcard\_map}
With this option you can set the table that maps LDAP attributes to vCard fields.
\ind{protocols!RFC 2426: vCard MIME Directory Profile}
\term{Name} is the type name of the vCard as defined in
\footahref{http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2426}{RFC 2426}.
\term{Pattern} is a string which contains pattern variables
\term{"\%u"}, \term{"\%d"} or \term{"\%s"}.
\term{LDAPattributes} 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, [ \{Name, Attribute\}, ...]\}}\ind{options!ldap\_search\_fields}This option
defines the search form and the LDAP attributes to search within.
\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, [ \{SearchField, VcardField\}, ...]\}}\ind{options!ldap\_search\_reported}This option
defines which search fields should be reported.
\term{SearchField} 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{VcardField} 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{modvcardxupdate}{\modvcardxupdate{}}
\ind{modules!\modvcardxupdate{}}\ind{protocols!XEP-0153: vCard-Based Avatars}
The user's client can store an avatar in the user vCard.
The vCard-Based Avatars protocol (\xepref{0153})
provides a method for clients to inform the contacts what is the avatar hash value.
However, simple or small clients may not implement that protocol.
If this module is enabled, all the outgoing client presence stanzas get automatically
the avatar hash on behalf of the client.
So, the contacts receive the presence stanzas with the Update Data described
in \xepref{0153} as if the client would had inserted it itself.
If the client had already included such element in the presence stanza,
it is replaced with the element generated by ejabberd.
By enabling this module, each vCard modification produces a hash recalculation,
and each presence sent by a client produces hash retrieval and a
presence stanza rewrite.
For this reason, enabling this module will introduce a computational overhead
in servers with clients that change frequently their presence.
Options:
\begin{description}
\dbtype
\end{description}
\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, true|false\}}\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}
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 abcdef 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{EJABBERD\_PID\_PATH}
Path to the PID file that ejabberd can create when started.
\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\_EPMD\_ADDRESS}
IP address where epmd listens for connections (see section \ref{epmd}).
\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{-kernel inet\_dist\_use\_interface "\{ 127,0,0,1 \}"}
Define the IP address where this Erlang node listens for other nodes
connections (see section \ref{epmd}).
\titem{-detached}
Starts the Erlang system detached from the system console.
Useful for running daemons and background processes.
\titem{-noinput}
Ensures that the Erlang system never tries to read any input.
Useful for running daemons and background 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/erlang.log"\}}
Path to the Erlang/OTP system log file.
SASL here means ``System Architecture Support Libraries''
not ``Simple Authentication and Security Layer''.
\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
...
\end{verbatim}
The most 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 a lot of memory if you have a large database,
so better use \term{install\_fallback}.
\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.
This means that, after running this command, you have to restart ejabberd.
This command requires less memory than \term{restore}.
\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\_piefxis, export\_piefxis, export\_piefxis\_host} \ind{migrate between servers}
These options can be used to migrate accounts
using \xepref{0227} formatted XML files
from/to other Jabber/XMPP servers
or move users of a vhost to another ejabberd installation.
See also \footahref{https://support.process-one.net/doc/display/MESSENGER/ejabberd+migration+kit}{ejabberd migration kit}.
\titem{import\_file, import\_dir} \ind{migration from other software}
These options can be used to migrate accounts
using jabberd1.4 formatted XML files.
from other Jabber/XMPP servers
There exist tutorials to
\footahref{http://www.ejabberd.im/migrate-to-ejabberd}{migrate from other software to ejabberd}.
\titem{export2odbc virtualhost directory} \ind{export mnesia data to SQL files}
Export virtual host information from Mnesia tables to SQL files.
\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.
\titem{delete\_old\_messages days} Delete offline messages older than the given days.
\titem{register user host password} Register an account in that domain with the given password.
\titem{unregister user host} Unregister the given account.
\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{[]}.
The authentication information is provided when executing a command,
and is Username, Hostname and Password of a local XMPP 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.
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
The access rule \term{configure} determines what accounts can access the Web Admin and modify it.
The access rule \term{webadmin\_view} is to grant only view access: those accounts can browse the Web Admin with read-only access.
Example configurations:
\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}.
The account `\jid{reviewer@example.com}' can browse that vhost in read-only mode.
\begin{verbatim}
{acl, admin, {user, "admin", "example.net"}}.
{host_config, "example.com", [{acl, admin, {user, "admin", "example.com"}}]}.
{host_config, "example.com", [{acl, viewers, {user, "reviewer", "example.com"}}]}.
{access, configure, [{allow, admin}]}.
{access, webadmin_view, [{allow, viewers}]}.
{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 an XMPP client.
The client must support Ad-Hoc Commands (\xepref{0050}),
and you must login in the XMPP 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 Install the backup file as a fallback:
\begin{verbatim}
ejabberdctl install_fallback $NEWFILE
\end{verbatim}
\item Stop ejabberd:
\begin{verbatim}
ejabberdctl stop
\end{verbatim}
You may see an error message in the log files, it's normal, so don't worry:
\begin{verbatim}
Mnesia(ejabberd@newmachine):
** ERROR ** (ignoring core)
** FATAL ** A fallback is installed and Mnesia must be restarted.
Forcing shutdown after mnesia_down from ejabberd@newmachine...
\end{verbatim}
\item Now you can finally start ejabberd:
\begin{verbatim}
ejabberdctl start
\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.
or configure the option \term{ERL\_EPMD\_ADDRESS} in the file \term{ejabberdctl.cfg}.
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}
It is also possible to configure in \term{ejabberdctl.cfg}
the network interface where the Erlang node will listen and accept connections.
The Erlang command-line parameter used internally is, for example:
\begin{verbatim}
erl ... -kernel inet_dist_use_interface "{127,0,0,1}"
\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 Sensitive Files}
\ejabberd{} stores sensitive 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 \XMPP{} domain is served by one or more \ejabberd{} nodes. These nodes can
be run on different machines that are connected via a network. They all
must have the ability to connect to port 4369 of all another nodes, and must
have the same magic cookie (see Erlang/OTP documentation, in other words the
file \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 \XMPP{} 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 \XMPP{} 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|-setcookie 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}; and \verb|mod_irc| 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}
% This section never had content, should it?
% \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:
\esyntax{\{domain\_balancing, "component.example.com", BalancingCriteria\}.}
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:
\esyntax{\{domain\_balancing\_component\_number, "component.example.com", Number\}.}
% 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{erlang.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 syntax is one of:
\begin{description}
\titem{\{loglevel, Level\}.} The standard form to set a global log level.
\titem{\{loglevel, \{Level, [\{Module, Level\}, ...]\}\}.} The given Erlang modules will be logged with specific log levels, all others will use the default log level.
\end{description}
The possible \term{Level} 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 XMPP accounts defined with the option
\term{watchdog\_admins}
\ind{options!watchdog\_admins} in the \ejabberd{} configuration file.
The syntax is:
\esyntax{\{watchdog\_admins, [JID, ...]\}.}
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.
The syntax is:
\esyntax{\{watchdog\_large\_heap, Number\}.}
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}
<iq id='5'
to='example.org'
type='get'
xml:lang='ru'>
<query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#items'/>
</iq>
\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}
\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 Ludovic Bocquet (\ahrefurl{xmpp:lbocquet@jabber.org})
\item Marcin Owsiany (\ahrefurl{xmpp:marcin.owsiany@gmail.com})
\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 --- 2013 ProcessOne
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%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) <Wikipedia>
%\titem{JUD} (\Jabber{} User Directory)
%\titem{vCard} <Wikipedia>
%\titem{Publish-Subscribe}
%\titem{Namespace}
%\titem{Erlang} <Wikipedia>
%\titem{Fault-tolerant}
%\titem{Distributed} <Wikipedia>
%\titem{Node} <Wikipedia>
%\titem{Tuple} <Wikipedia>
%\titem{Regular Expression}
%\titem{ACL} (Access Control List) <Wikipedia>
%\titem{IPv6} <Wikipedia>
%\titem{XMPP}
%\titem{LDAP} (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) <Wikipedia>
%\titem{ODBC} (Open Database Connectivity) <Wikipedia>
%\titem{Virtual Hosting} <Wikipedia>
%\end{description}
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\begin{latexonly}
\printindex
\end{latexonly}
\end{document}
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