Install an ejabberd with synchronized credentials ================================================= * [Home](help) [Ejabberd](https://www.ejabberd.im/) is a chat server that uses XMPP as messaging protocol that you can use with a large amount of clients. In conjunction with the "xmpp" addon it can be used for a web based chat solution for your users. Installation ------------ - Change it's owner to whichever user is running the server, ie. ejabberd $ chown ejabberd:ejabberd /path/to/friendica/bin/auth_ejabberd.php - Change the access mode so it is readable only to the user ejabberd and has exec $ chmod 700 /path/to/friendica/bin/auth_ejabberd.php - Edit your ejabberd.cfg file, comment out your auth_method and add: {auth_method, external}. {extauth_program, "/path/to/friendica/bin/auth_ejabberd.php"}. - Disable the module "mod_register" and disable the registration: {access, register, [{deny, all}]}. - Enable BOSH: - Enable the module "mod_http_bind" - Edit this line: {5280, ejabberd_http, [captcha, http_poll, http_bind]} - In your apache configuration for your site add this line: ProxyPass /http-bind http://127.0.0.1:5280/http-bind retry=0 - Restart your ejabberd service, you should be able to login with your friendica credentials Other hints ----------- - if a user has a space or a @ in the nickname, the user has to replace these characters: - " " (space) is replaced with "%20" - "@" is replaced with "(a)"