Jackal is a Jabber/XMPP server that is written in Go. It is designed to be easy to use, scalable, and high-performance. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Jackal on Alpine Linux Latest.
Before we can install Jackal, we need to install some necessary dependencies. The following commands will install the dependencies:
sudo apk add openssl-dev pkgconfig gnutls-dev sqlite-dev
sudo apk add --update go gcc musl-dev
Next, we need to clone the Jackal Git repository using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/ortuman/jackal.git
To build Jackal, navigate to the cloned repository, and execute the following:
cd jackal
go build ./cmd/jackal
Jackal is now built, and we can run it using the following command:
./jackal
By default, Jackal listens on port 5222 for incoming client connections.
To enable Jackal to start automatically when the system boots up, we can create a systemd service file. Execute the following command to create the file:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/jackal.service
Next, paste the following into the file:
[Unit]
Description=Jackal Jabber/XMPP server
[Service]
ExecStart=/path/to/jackal/cmd/jackal
Restart=always
User=root
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Replace /path/to/jackal/ with the actual path to where you cloned the Jackal repository. Save the file and close the editor.
Now we can start the Jackal service using the following commands:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start jackal.service
sudo systemctl enable jackal.service
You have successfully installed Jackal on Alpine Linux Latest. You can now use it to host your XMPP/Jabber server.
If you want to self-host in an easy, hands free way, need an external IP address, or simply want your data in your own hands, give IPv6.rs a try!
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