Jackal is a lightweight, high-performance, and easy-to-use XMPP server written in Go. It's aimed at being fast and scalable while still being simple to set up and use.
Here's how you can install Jackal on the latest version of Fedora CoreOS:
Before we get started, you'll need to have these prerequisites:
Follow the steps below to install Jackal on Fedora CoreOS:
Open up your terminal and SSH into your Fedora CoreOS instance.
ssh core@<instance-ip>
Install Go programming language and some necessary dependencies.
sudo dnf install go git make gcc
Set up the Go environment.
echo 'export GOPATH="$HOME/go"' >> ~/.bash_profile
echo 'export PATH="$PATH:$GOPATH/bin"' >> ~/.bash_profile
source ~/.bash_profile
Clone the Jackal repository and navigate into the directory.
git clone https://github.com/ortuman/jackal
cd jackal
Build Jackal from the source code.
make build
Install Jackal as a systemd service.
sudo make install
This will create a systemd service file at /etc/systemd/system/jackal.service.
Start the Jackal service.
sudo systemctl start jackal
You should now have Jackal running on your Fedora CoreOS instance!
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Jackal on the latest version of Fedora CoreOS. Follow the steps above to install Jackal on your own instance, and explore the world of XMPP messaging.
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