Prosody is a cross-platform and open-source communication server that provides instant messaging (IM) and chat services. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Prosody on EndeavourOS Latest.
Before installing any new software, it is recommended to update your system packages to the latest version. To do this, open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
Type your password if prompted and wait for the system to update.
To install Prosody on EndeavourOS, run the following command in the terminal:
sudo pacman -S prosody
The pacman package manager will download and install Prosody along with all its dependencies.
Prosody comes with a default configuration file located at /etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua. You can modify this file depending on your requirements.
To open the configuration file, run the following command in the terminal:
sudo nano /etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua
You can modify the settings as per your requirements.
By default, Prosody allows only local users to connect to the server. If you want to allow remote users, you need to modify the following line:
-- consider turning off anonymous_login_enable if you don't want random people
-- connecting and disturbing your users
anonymous_login_enable = false
Change anonymous_login_enable to true to allow remote users to connect.
To start Prosody, run the following command in the terminal:
sudo systemctl start prosody
To verify if the service is running, run the following command:
sudo systemctl status prosody
If Prosody is running, you will see the following output:
● prosody.service - Prosody XMPP Server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/prosody.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2022-08-08 16:59:11 IST; 5s ago
Main PID: 1115 (lua5.2)
Tasks: 6 (limit: 18918)
Memory: 11.1M
CGroup: /system.slice/prosody.service
├─1115 lua5.2 /usr/bin/prosody
└─1131 lua5.2 /usr/bin/prosody
Aug 08 16:59:11 <hostname> systemd[1]: Started Prosody XMPP Server.
To enable Prosody to start automatically at system boot, run the following command:
sudo systemctl enable prosody
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Prosody IM on EndeavourOS Latest. You can now use Prosody to provide instant messaging and chat services to your users.
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