Install eJabberd XMPP Server on Ubuntu 14¶

Install eJabberd¶

sudo apt-get -y install ejabberd

Setup Admin User¶

sudo ejabberdctl register admin localhost password

Give Admin Privileges¶

sudo subl /etc/ejabberd/ejabberd.cfg

%% Admin user
{acl, admin, {user, "admin", "localhost"}}.

%% Hostname
{hosts, ["localhost"]}.

Change Admin Password¶

sudo ejabberdctl change_password admin localhost iFPQzkH5PF1Yl3V3

Restart eJabberd¶

sudo service ejabberd restart

Now you can navigate to your eJabberd Web Admin interface on droplet’s IP address port 5280

http://198.199.90.115:5280/admin

Enable the multi user chat history¶

mod_muc

[
    {access, muc},
    {access_create, muc},
    {access_persistent, muc},
    {access_admin, muc_admin},
    {max_users, 500},
    {history_size, 9999},
    {default_room_options,
                    [
                        {logging, true},
                        {allow_private_messages, true}
                    ]
    }
]

mod_muc_log

[
    {access_log, muc_log},
    {cssfile, false}, {dirtype, subdirs},
    {outdir, "/var/www/html/chat-room"},
    {timezone, universal}
]

Enable the host name¶

sudo subl /etc/hosts

127.0.0.1   localhost
127.0.1.1   latitude-3470
127.0.1.1   ls-summit.dev
127.0.1.1   gmovies-web.dev

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1     ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters