Prosody is a modern XMPP communication server. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Prosody on the latest version of NixOS.
Before installing Prosody on NixOS, you need to have:
It is always recommended to update your system to ensure that the latest packages are installed. To do that, run the following command:
sudo nixos-rebuild switch
To install Prosody on NixOS, use the following command:
sudo nix-env -iA nixos.prosody
Next, we can configure Prosody. You can do that by editing the /etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua
file using your preferred text editor as the root user:
sudo nano /etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua
This file contains all the server settings.
After configuring prosody, start the prosody service using the following command:
sudo systemctl start prosody
If you want to automatically start Prosody at boot time, run the following command:
sudo systemctl enable prosody
To check if Prosody is running, use the following command:
sudo systemctl status prosody
If it is running, you will see the status “active” in your terminal.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Prosody on the latest version of NixOS. You can now proceed to explore Prosody and configure your server settings according to your preferences.
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