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Ejabberd Community Edition, by ProcessOne
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ejabberd is a distributed, fault-tolerant technology that allows the creation
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of large-scale instant messaging applications.
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The server can reliably support thousands of simultaneous users on a single
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node and has been designed to provide exceptional standards of fault
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tolerance.
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As an open source technology, based on industry-standards, ejabberd can be
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used to build bespoke solutions very cost effectively.
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Key Features:
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=============
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- Cross-platform: ejabberd runs under Microsoft Windows and Unix derived
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systems such as Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD.
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- Distributed: You can run ejabberd on a cluster of machines and all of them
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will serve the same Jabber domain(s). When you need more capacity you can
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simply add a new cheap node to your cluster. Accordingly, you do not need to
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buy an expensive high-end machine to support tens of thousands concurrent
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users.
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- Fault-tolerant: You can deploy an ejabberd cluster so that all the
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information required for a properly working service will be replicated
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permanently on all nodes. This means that if one of the nodes crashes, the
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others will continue working without disruption. In addition, nodes also can
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be added or replaced ‘on the fly’.
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- Administrator Friendly: ejabberd is built on top of the Open Source
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Erlang. As a result you do not need to install an external database, an
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external web server, amongst others because everything is already included,
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and ready to run out of the box. Other administrator benefits include:
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Comprehensive documentation.
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Straightforward installers for Linux, Mac OS X.
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Web Administration.
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Shared Roster Groups.
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Command line administration tool.
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Can integrate with existing authentication mechanisms.
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Capability to send announce messages._
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- Internationalized: ejabberd leads in internationalization. Hence it is
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very well suited in a globalized world. Related features are:
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Translated to 25 languages.
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Support for IDNA._
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- Open Standards: ejabberd is the first Open Source Jabber server claiming
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to fully comply to the XMPP standard.
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Fully XMPP compliant.
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XML-based protocol.
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Many protocols supported._
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Additional Features:
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====================
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Moreover, ejabberd comes with a wide range of other state-of-the-art features:
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- Modular
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Load only the modules you want.
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Extend ejabberd with your own custom modules.
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- Security
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SASL and STARTTLS for c2s and s2s connections.
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STARTTLS and Dialback s2s connections.
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Web Admin accessible via HTTPS secure access.
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- Databases
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Internal database for fast deployment (Mnesia).
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Native MySQL support.
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Native PostgreSQL support.
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ODBC data storage support.
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Microsoft SQL Server support.
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- Authentication
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Internal Authentication.
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PAM, LDAP and ODBC.
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External Authentication script.
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- Others
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Support for virtual hosting.
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Compressing XML streams with Stream Compression (XEP-0138).
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Statistics via Statistics Gathering (XEP-0039).
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IPv6 support both for c2s and s2s connections.
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Multi-User Chat module with support for clustering and HTML logging.
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Users Directory based on users vCards.
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Publish-Subscribe component with support for Personal Eventing.
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Support for web clients: HTTP Polling and HTTP Binding (BOSH).
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IRC transport.
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Component support: interface with networks such as AIM, ICQ and MSN
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Quickstart guide:
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=================
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0. Requirements
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---------------
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To compile ejabberd you need:
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- GNU Make
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- GCC
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- Libexpat 1.95 or higher
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- Libyaml 0.1.4 or higher
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- Erlang/OTP R15B or higher.
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- OpenSSL 0.9.8 or higher, for STARTTLS, SASL and SSL encryption.
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- Zlib 1.2.3 or higher, for Stream Compression support
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(XEP-0138). Optional.
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- PAM library. Optional. For Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM).
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- GNU Iconv 1.8 or higher, for the IRC Transport
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(mod_irc). Optional. Not needed on systems with GNU Libc.
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- ImageMagick's Convert program. Optional. For CAPTCHA challenges.
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1. Compile and install on *nix systems
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--------------------------------------
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To compile ejabberd execute the commands:
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./configure
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make
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To install ejabberd, run this command with system administrator rights
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(root user):
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sudo make install
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These commands will:
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- Install the configuration files in `/etc/ejabberd/`
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- Install ejabberd binary, header and runtime files in `/lib/ejabberd/`
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- Install the administration script: `/sbin/ejabberdctl`
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- Install ejabberd documentation in `/share/doc/ejabberd/`
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- Create a spool directory: `/var/lib/ejabberd/`
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- Create a directory for log files: `/var/log/ejabberd/`
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2. Start ejabberd
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-----------------
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You can use the `ejabberdctl` command line administration script to
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start and stop ejabberd. For example:
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ejabberdctl start
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For detailed information please refer to the ejabberd Installation and
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Operation Guide available online and in the doc directory of sources tarball.
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Links:
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======
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- Guide: http://www.process-one.net/docs/ejabberd/guide_en.html
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- Official site: https://www.process-one.net/en/ejabberd
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- Community site: http://www.ejabberd.im
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- Forum: http://www.process-one.net/en/forum
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