Jackal is an open-source XMPP server that is designed to be easy and lightweight. It is written in Go and is highly extensible. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Jackal on Debian Latest.
To follow this tutorial, you will need:
First, we need to install the required packages for building and running Jackal. Use the following command to install them:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install git build-essential
Jackal is written in Go, so we need to install Go on our system. Use the following command to download and install the latest version of Go:
wget https://golang.org/dl/go1.17.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.17.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
After installing Go, we need to set the environment variables. Add the following lines to /etc/profile:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
Then, run the following command to reload the environment variables:
source /etc/profile
Now, we are ready to install Jackal. Use the following commands to download and install Jackal:
git clone https://github.com/ortuman/jackal
cd jackal
go mod download
go build
After installing Jackal, we need to configure it. The configuration file is located at jackal.yaml. You can use the following command to create a default jackal.yaml file:
cp jackal.example.yaml jackal.yaml
Then, modify the jackal.yaml file according to your needs.
Finally, we can start Jackal by running the following command:
./jackal
By default, Jackal listens on port 5222 for clients to connect and on port 5269 for other servers to connect.
In this tutorial, we have learned how to install and configure Jackal on Debian Latest. Now you can explore the features of Jackal and start building your XMPP applications.
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