Any server that supports XEP-0114 will do. For example, when initially developing this library, both ejabberd and openfire worked just fine.
Perform a basic installation and configuration of Openfire.
When logged in to the admin console, under the "Server" tab, under "Server Settings", there's an "External Components" option. Select that.
Enable the "External Components" service.
By default, the demo external component will use the following
settings to contact the main XMPP server. You can update the port
number and shared secret in the Openfire admin console, or override
the demo's defaults by editing the Makefile or supplying new values on
the make command-line.
| Setting | Makefile variable | Default value |
|---|---|---|
| Hostname to connect to | DEMOSERVER |
localhost |
| Port number to connect to | DEMOPORT |
8888 |
| Secret shared with server | DEMOSECRET |
secret |
| XMPP domain of component | DEMODOMAIN |
e.hostname |
The DEMODOMAIN setting needs some explanation. If your XMPP server
is responsible for managing JIDs ending in @xmpp.example.com, for
instance, then the extension should take responsibility for JIDs
ending in @e.xmpp.example.com. There's no good way of determining
the correct JID domain, so by default we guess that it is exactly the
output of hostname -f.
You will almost always need to supply DEMODOMAIN unless you are
developing against a non-production XMPP server running on localhost.
To start the demo external component, make sure the XMPP server is
running, and run make run. For example, to start the demo with
default settings,
make run
To start the demo, using port 5275 (Openfire's default) to contact the XMPP server,
make run DEMOPORT=5275
To start the demo component, making it claim responsibility for JIDs
ending in e.xmpp.example.com,
make run DEMODOMAIN=e.xmpp.example.com
The demo component is not much more than a simple echo service.
Assuming it is configured to use JID domain e.xmpp.example.com,
-
Try using service discovery on
e.xmpp.example.com. -
Try chatting to any JID in
e.xmpp.example.com; for example,bot@e.xmpp.example.com. -
Try adding any JID in the domain to your roster.
Copyright (C) 2012, 2014 Tony Garnock-Jones <tonygarnockjones@gmail.com>
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