Does Ejabberd use WebSockets?

Does Ejabberd use WebSockets?

WebSocket API listener is present in every latest version of ejabberd installation. If you followed my earlier tutorials, WebSocket API is available on the same port as the admin console, wss://example.com/5443/ws .

What port are WebSockets on?

By default the WebSocket protocol uses port 80 for regular WebSocket connections and port 443 for WebSocket connections tunneled over TLS [RFC2818].

Are WebSockets TCP or UDP?

The WebSockets protocol is over TCP only as currently defined. You could do UDP with Flash if you are willing to use a RTMFP (Real Time Messaging Flow Protocol) server.

How do I add a user to Ejabberd?

Here are the steps to create it:

1. Register an XMPP account on your ejabberd server, for example [email protected] .
2. Edit the ejabberd configuration file to give administration rights to the XMPP account you created: acl: admin: user: [email protected] access_rules: configure: allow: admin Select Code.

Can Firewalls block WebSockets?

Any firewall that does statefull packet inspection will drop WebSocket traffic. After the upgrade – it’s not HTTP anymore.

Can WebSocket and HTTP on same port?

Yes it can run on the same port, in fact it must run on the same port; the raison d’etre of websocket handshake is so that the websocket can run on the same connection without confusing intermediaries that doesn’t understand websocket.

Is WebSocket a layer 4?

WebSocket is a computer communications protocol, providing full-duplex communication channels over a single TCP connection. Both protocols are located at layer 7 in the OSI model and depend on TCP at layer 4.

What IP addresses does ejabberd listen to?

The IP address can be represented as a string. The socket will listen only in that network interface. It is possible to specify a generic address (“0.0.0.0” for IPv4 or “::” for IPv6), so ejabberd will listen in all addresses.

What is the default configuration file format for ejabberd?

Yaml Configuration File Format. The configuration file will be loaded the first time you start ejabberd. The configuration file name MUST have “.yml” or “.yaml” extension. This helps ejabberd to differentiate between the new and legacy file formats (see section Legacy Configuration File).

What is ejabberd used for?

In that role ejabberd helps clients with ICE ( RFC 5245 or Jingle ICE ( XEP-0176 support to discover their external addresses and ports and to relay media traffic when it is impossible to establish direct peer-to-peer connection. The specific configurable options are:

How does ejabberd handle external authentication?

In this authentication method, when ejabberd starts, it start a script, and calls it to perform authentication tasks. The server administrator can write the external authentication script in any language. The details on the interface between ejabberd and the script are described in the ejabberd Developers Guide.