Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (previously known as Jabber) is a layer 7 networking protocol for realtime text messaging. It is an open standard with a decentralised architecture, allowing anyone to run their own server. It is used as the underlying protocol by Google Talk.
Questions tagged [xmpp]
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Openfire Installation Issue - Can't Login to admin panel
I am trying to get Openfire to install on an Ubuntu virtual machine, however upon completing the web based installer, I am unable to login to the admin panel.
So far I:
downloaded Debian installer
Installed using stock options
Added database and…
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What is the best Jabber server (software)?
What is the best, mature and feature rich Jabber / XMPP server?
Requirements:
- opensource (not must but preferably)
- runs under linux
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What Prosody modules do I need to support Conversations?
I am configuring a Prosody server for use with mobile clients supporting OMEMO. I've picked Conversations as a reference client since I'm familiar with it. What Prosody modules do I need to install to support it?
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Getting SSL certificate chain from jabber server
trying to connect my jabber client (pidgin) to a jabber server with self signed certificate, I am getting an "unable to validate certificate" error.
As it is not possible to tell the client not to validate the chain, I would like to get the…
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Open source jabber based website "live chat" / "live help" system?
I don't know if this belongs on SF, SU or SO... let's try SF first.
I'm looking for a "live help" system for website which uses Jabber/XMPP as a backend... so that website visitors could click a "Chat Now" button, and using AJAX, chat with operators…
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Tail server logs into XMPP?
So I have two files, and if a new line appears on either of these files, I'd like to receive an IM (preferably jabber or gTalk) containing the contents of that line. Do you guys have any suggestions for a Linux daemon or something that could do…
icco
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Which is the best Jabber server regarding performance?
I'm currently using Openfire and got about 400 concurrent users every evening. My Problem is: 1gb of Memory and two Xeon cores with 1.8ghz each are not enough for it and I'm pretty sure more power would not really eliminate the problems as it's…
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configuring ejabberd for multi-user chat?
I'm trying to configure multi-user chat for ejabberd on Centos 5. I just can't get it working.
I can use Psi to create a group chat room, but don't seem able to join it from another account.
I installed ejabberd from an rpm and have basically just…
Andy
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How to "bounce" or proxy XMPP accounts?
I think I'm looking for an XMPP bouncer. But XMPP federation is a confusing thing for someone who's never dug into it before, so I'm having trouble evaluating solutions or even searching for the right things. I know that I don't need a full…
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How to setup redundant ejabberd servers?
I currently have an ejabberd server running at domain A. It has a bunch of users with accounts like xyz@A. I want to setup alternative servers so that if A is down, clients can transparently use alternative servers B and C (thus, while still using…
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Should I specify the SRV record "_jabber._tcp"?
I’m running an XMPP server and have specified the SRV records
_xmpp-client._tcp, and
_xmpp-server._tcp.
I often see that people also specify _jabber._tcp (for example, in Alnitak’s answer), but I can’t find this value in RFC 6120.
What is…
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ejabberd starttls_required in c2s/s2s and disable SSLv3 + unsecure Ciphers
I'm using ejabberd on Ubuntu.
My configuration looks like this:
{5269, ejabberd_s2s_in, [
{shaper, s2s_shaper},
{max_stanza_size, 131072},
starttls_required
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Unable to get ejabberd prebind to work
I'm trying to get the prebind of BOSH sessions to work.
I want to be able to authenticate a user in my CMS and then log him in when he accesses the chat, for this I found https://github.com/smokeclouds/http_prebind, it all works find and I was able…
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How to check if a server support xmpp protocol?
I'm looking for a way to check if a server is support xmpp protocol, i.e. xmpp-server is running on this domain.
Maybe special DNS check or something like that?
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XMPP Server on EC2 Amazon Web Service (AWS)
My company uses OpenFire for server-side and smack for client-side in its XMPP Android application.
AWS seems like a good and scalable service for what we need.
We use it for testing our app, but I'm afraid that the server will crash with 20k-50k…
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