ejabberd Appliance

An instant messaging server that combines ejabberd with Speeqe to create a live chat server that supports strong encryption and works with any web browser or dedicated XMPP client (e.g., Pidgin). ejabberd is a powerful XMPP server that supports clustering, live upgrades, shared roster groups and provides support for virtual hosts.

This appliance includes all the standard features in TurnKey Core, and on top of that:

• ejabberd configurations:
  • Preconfigured with exemplary domain (example.com).
  • Configured admin@example.com as registration watcher.
  • Includes custom ejabberd-config script to change domain and set admin password (set during installation).
  • Enabled in-band user registration (usability, convenience).
  • Enabled legacy SSL connection method (still required by some clients).
  • Set erlang node: ejabberd@localhost (workaround mnesia hostname changes).
  • Binded admin console to port 12322 - uses SSL.
• Speeqe configurations:
  • Installed and configured to provide web chat interface.
  • Configured ejabberd with anonymous access for speeqe to connect.
  • Created ejabberd robot XMPP user for speeqe to list active rooms.
  • Includes local JQuery library (internal deployment).
• SSL support out of the box.
• Postfix MTA (bound to localhost) to allow sending of email from speeqe.
• Webmin modules for configuring Apache2 and Postfix.
• No auto-updates for: speeqe (installed from upstream git repo).

/usr/local/bin/ejabberd-config XMPP_DOMAIN ADMIN_PASS
# ejabberd admin interface user will be: admin@XMPP_DOMAIN

_jabber._tcp.example.com.      0 5269 example.com.    SRV
_xmpp-client._tcp.example.com. 0 5222 example.com.    SRV
_xmpp-server._tcp.example.com. 0 5269 example.com.    SRV

/etc/hosts : appliance_ip chat.example.com example.com