Prosody is a lightweight and easy-to-use instant messaging server that supports the XMPP protocol. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to install Prosody IM on Debian Latest.
Before you begin, make sure that you have the following:
The first step is to update your Debian system to its latest version. To do this, run the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
To install Prosody IM, run the following command:
sudo apt install prosody
This command will install Prosody and all its dependencies.
After installing Prosody, you need to configure it. Open the Prosody configuration file located at /etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua using any text editor of your choice.
sudo nano /etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua
Next, add your domain name to the VirtualHost section of the configuration file like this:
VirtualHost "yourdomain.com"
Save and close the file.
To start Prosody, run the following command:
sudo systemctl start prosody
After starting Prosody, you can check its status using this command:
sudo systemctl status prosody
If everything is alright, you should see a message saying that Prosody is running.
To test if Prosody is working correctly, you can use an XMPP client like Gajim or Pidgin. In this tutorial, we'll use Pidgin.
Open Pidgin and click on the Accounts menu and select Manage Accounts.
Click on the Add button to add a new account.
Select XMPP as the account type.
In the Basic tab, enter your JID (Jabber ID) in the Username field like this:
yourusername@yourdomain.com
In the Advanced tab, enter the following details:
Connect server: yourdomain.comFile transfer proxies: proxy.eu.jabber.orgClick on the Save button to save the account details.
You should now be logged in to Prosody using Pidgin.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install and configure Prosody IM on Debian Latest. You also learned how to test Prosody using Pidgin as your XMPP client. Prosody is a great lightweight XMPP server that is easy to set up and configure.
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