[AG-TECH] Jabber Server Install [nclassified]

[Christoph Willing]

On 26/11/2007, at 11:34 AM, Kivshar, Boris (Contractor) wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I know this topic has been covered before but I was unable to find  
> a solution anywhere…
>
> I know there are lots of jabber server software packages found at:  
> http://www.jabber.org/software/servers.shtml
> But I’m wondering, has anyone come upon any guides/tutorials for  
> any the above and how to configure them to work with AG3 specifically?
> Windows OS preferred but Linux is fine too!


I've just been looking into this and have some working solutions but  
no tutorials yet. However as a quick summary - I have used both  
Debian & Slackware distros with:
	jabberd-1.4.3 and jabber-muc-0.6.0
and
	jabberd14-1.6.11 and mu-conference-0.7

Probably the latter combination will be a better long term bet.

The jabberd component does the IM style stuff; mu-conference is what  
supports the chat rooms (AG venues).

Basically, compile the jabber & muc components. Then configure them -  
thats what took me the most time. Each component has its own xml  
configuration file; they know about each other via an additional  
<s2s> section in jabber.xml. You'll also need to enable ssl on port  
5223 in jabber.xml and provide a certificate location in there too (I  
used an AG server certificate I happened to have on hand which seems  
to work OK).


Feel free to email me directly for specific details as you need them.


chris



Christoph Willing                       +61 7 3365 8350
QCIF Access Grid Manager
University of Queensland