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NAME
jabber.xml - jabberd daemon configuration file
SYNOPSIS
The jabber daemon jabberd is configured by an XML configuration file.
By default jabberd will read /usr/local/etc/jabber.xml. The -c command
line option can be used to specify an alternate configuration file.
FILE FORMAT
The configuration file has to be a valid XML document preferably in
the UTF-8 charset (ASCII is valid subset of UTF-8).
<jabber/>
This is the root element of the configuration file.
<service/>
This element is an immediate child element of the <jabber/> root
element. It defines a general purpose component in the jabber
daemon. The jabber daemon will route all stanzas to this
component that have a domain part in the destination JID that
equals the id attribute or any defined additional domains this
component is responsible for using the <host/> child element. An
implementation or relation to an other process is defined using
one of the following child elements: <accept/>, <connect/>,
<dynamic/>, <exec/>, <load/>, <null/>. Any child elements in own
namespaces are ignored by the core jabberd and can be used by
components to store their own configuration.
<xdb/>
This element is an immediate child element of the <jabber/> root
element. It defines a component in the jabber daemon, that is
responsible for XML data storage. This components internal
address is defined by the id attribute. The <host/> child
elements define for which domains this storage component is
managing the data. An empty <host/> element defines, that it is
responsible for all components. With the <ns/> child element you
can limit the responsibility to XML chunks in a given set of
namespaces. You can then for example define one storage component
that handles rosters and an other that handles offline message
storage. An implementation or relation to an other process is
defined using on of the following child elements: <accept/>,
<connect/>, <dynamic/>, <exec/>, <load/>, <null/>. Any child
elements in own namespaces are ignored by the core jabberd and
can be used by components to store their own configuration.
<log/>
This element is an immediate child element of the <jabber/> root
element. It defines a component in the jabber daemon, that acts
as a logging sink. This components internal address is defined
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by the id attribute. The <host/> child elements define for which
domains this logging sink is logging messages. An empty <host/>
element defines, that it is responsible for all components. With
the <logtype/> child element you can select the types of
messages, that are handled by this component. Where to write the
logging information is defined with one of the following child
elements: <file/>, <stderr/>, <stdout/>, <to/>. With the
<format/> child element you define the format of the logged
message.
<io/>
This element is an immediate child element of the <jabber/> root
element. In this section of the configuration file you can
define different settings that are related to the network I/O
layer. This includes bandwidth limitations (using the <karma/>
element), assigning X.509 certificates to sockets (using the
<ssl/> element), and to limit access to the server to specific IP
address ranges (using the <allow/> and <deny/> elements).
<pidfile/>
This element specifies to which file the server should write its
process ID. If this file already exists when the server is
started, it will fail. You have to remove stale pidfiles before
starting the server yourself. If you omit this element, the
server will not write nor check any pidfile.
<debug/>
This element contains configuration settings controlling the
output of debugging messages. These settings can be changed at
server runtime, the server will reread them on receiving a SIGHUP
signal.
The following elements are used inside the <service/>, <xdb/>, and <log/>
elements, that are defining components. They are used to provide
the jabberd process with information where it can find the
component's implementation.
<load/>
This element can be used inside any component definition. It
specifies, that the implementation of the component can be found
inside a shared object. Any child element of this element defines
a shared object file and a method in this object. jabberd will
load the shared object files which locations are defined in the
cdata elements inside the child elements, the names of the
elements are defining the functions that have to be called. An
optional main attribute in the <load/> element define the main
function in a component, that has to be used to initialize it.
<accept/>
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This element defines, that jabberd will wait for an incoming
connection using the jabber:component:accept protocol defined in
JEP-0114. With this it is possible to run components in their own
process, even on different hosts and connect it to the main
jabberd routing process. On the other end of the connection there
can be an instance of jabberd again that uses a section with
<connect/> to initiate the connection, but there are libraries in
many programming languages available, that implement JEP-0114 as
well. Inside this element you have to provide an <ip/> element,
that defines the IPv4 or IPv6 address to listen on, a <port/>
element that defines on which port the server will listen for the
connection, and a <secret/> element, that defines a shared secret
to authenticate the other peer.
<connect/>
This element is the opposite of the <accept/> element. Jabberd
will try to connect to an implementation of the
jabber:component:accept protocol defined in JEP-0114. Inside
this element you have to provide an <ip/> element, that defines
the IPv4 or IPv6 address where to connect to, a <port/> element,
that defines the destination port, and a <secret/> element, that
defines a shared secret to authenticate to the other peer.
<dynamic/>
This element defines a directory where components reside.
Incoming packets are routed to the components based on the node
or resource part of the JabberID. The files in this directory
can be shared objects or executables. This is rarely used and
badly tested.
<exec/>
This element is used to start an external component. Instead of
using a TCP socket to communicate with it, the jabberd process
will execute the component and communicate with it using pipes on
stdin and stdout.
<file/>
This element can only be used inside a <log/> section. It is used
to specify that log messages should be appended to a text file.
<null/>
This element specifies an empty component. Everything that is
sent to a JabberID with the domain part of this component is
silently discarded. It can be used to drop stanzas directed to
entities on the Jabber network, that have disappeared (e.g.
update.jabber.org).
<stderr/>
This element can only be used inside a <log/> section. It is used
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to specify that log messages should be written to the standard
error output stream.
<stdout/>
This element is used to define, that the jabberd process is
communicating with the process, that is implementing the
component. It is the opposite of <exec/>. A process that is
started by <exec/> in an other process can use <stdout/> to
implement the other end of the connecting pipe.
<syslog/>
This element can only be used inside a <log/> section. It is used
to specify that log messages should be written to the syslog.
<to/>
This element can only be used inside a <log/> section. It is used
to reformat log packets as messages and resend them to an entity
with the given JabberID. The JabberID is given as cdata child
element.
<unsubscribe/>
This element can only be used inside a <service/> section. It is
used to bounce messages and iq queries and send unsubscribes to
presences, that are received. It is intended to be used as a
replacement for transports, that are removed from a server. It
will remove the roster items of this transport from the users'
rosters.
AUTHOR
Jabber Software Foundation
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