From 56e0b737c037f157c634bc68d05d1a3986a3e0e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rra Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 13:15:36 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] updated to reflect new debian stable --- raw/configuring_an_xmpp_server.md | 24 +++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/raw/configuring_an_xmpp_server.md b/raw/configuring_an_xmpp_server.md index f0010c4..ac1ecce 100644 --- a/raw/configuring_an_xmpp_server.md +++ b/raw/configuring_an_xmpp_server.md @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Tags: xmpp, chat, guide, instant messaging, prosody Slug: configuring-a-modern-xmpp-server Description: Hands-on step-by-step guide that shows how to configure Prosody for security, mobile messaging and ease of use. -This is a guide to set up a modern XMPP server focused on security and mobile messaging. The whole guide assumes Debian running on the server, the fact that you will end up hosting a few of your friends and that you have some basic skills working on a linux command line. +This is a guide to set up a modern XMPP server focused on security and mobile messaging. The whole guide assumes Debian stable running on the server, the fact that you will end up hosting a few of your friends and that you have some basic skills working on a linux command line. To make your server communicate make sure following ports are open in your firewall: @@ -25,15 +25,14 @@ This is among others required for Gajim plugins to work properly; self-generated Install Certbot and get new certificates for your domain (replace myserver.org with your own): :::console - wget https://dl.eff.org/certbot-auto - chmod a+x certbot-auto - certbot-auto certonly -d muc.placeholderdomain.org -d dump.placeholderdomain.org -d placeholderdomain.org + sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install certbot + certbot certonly -d muc.myserver.org -d dump.myserver.org -d myserver.org Should you succeed, you will be able to read something like: :::console Congratulations! Your certificate and chain have been saved at - /etc/letsencrypt/live/placeholderdomain.org/fullchain.pem. Your cert will + /etc/letsencrypt/live/myserver.org/fullchain.pem. Your cert will expire on 2017-02-13. To obtain a new or tweaked version of this certificate in the future, simply run certbot-auto again. To non-interactively renew *all* of your certificates, run @@ -119,7 +118,7 @@ Install the newest prosody plugins: cd /usr/src hg clone https://hg.prosody.im/prosody-modules/ prosody-modules -Make a backup of the default prosody configuration and install [the one by the homebrewserver.club]({filename}/downloads/prosody.cfg.lua) +Make a backup of the default prosody configuration and install [the one by the homebrewserver.club](https://homebrewserver.club/downloads/prosody.cfg.lua) :::console cd /etc/prosody @@ -196,13 +195,13 @@ The homebrewserver.club prosody config: "*syslog"; } - VirtualHost "placeholderdomain.org" + VirtualHost "myserver.org" -- Enable http_upload to allow image sharing across multiple devices and clients - Component "dump.placeholderdomain.org" "http_upload" + Component "dump.myserver.org" "http_upload" ---Set up a MUC (multi-user chat) room server on conference.example.com: - Component "muc.placeholderdomain.org" "muc" + Component "muc.myserver.org" "muc" compression_level = 9 @@ -211,7 +210,7 @@ The homebrewserver.club prosody config: Replace all instances of the placeholder domain name and passwords in the config file with your own: :::console - sed -i 's/placeholderdomain.org/yourdomain.net/g' prosody.cfg.lua && sed -i 's/userPassword/yourownpassword/g' prosody.cfg.lua + sed -i 's/myserver.org/yourdomain.net/g' prosody.cfg.lua && sed -i 's/userPassword/yourownpassword/g' prosody.cfg.lua Alternatively you can change them by hand. They are on line 61, 69, 72, 75 of prosody.cfg.lua @@ -226,7 +225,7 @@ After you've set up all of the above it is time to start the server: Users can be added from the command line, you will also be prompted for a password: :::console - prosodyctl adduser me@placeholderdomain.org + prosodyctl adduser me@myserver.org Alternatively you can change "allow_registration = false;" to "allow_registration = true;" in the config (line 35) to allow users to register accounts on your server via their clients. @@ -235,3 +234,6 @@ Now you can try connecting to your own server by using a client like Gajim or Co If you have questions about Prosody, the project's [documentation](http://prosody.im/doc) is quite good. If you can't find answers there, try contacting prosody developers and users directly via [the Prosody XMPP chatroom](xmpp://prosody.conference.prosody.im?join) This guide is a companion to our article [Have You Considered The Alternative?](http://homebrewserver.club/have-you-considered-the-alternative.html) on instant messaging. Also check out our guide on [XMPP clients](http://homebrewserver.club/picking-modern-xmpp-clients.html). + +**edit 10th of december 2017** +updated instructions for new debian stable \ No newline at end of file