Instant Messaging Service (Jabber/XMPP)¶

Introduction to instant messaging service¶

Zentyal uses Jabber/XMPP as its IM protocol and jabberd2 [2] XMPP server, integrating network users with Jabber accounts.

Configuring a Jabber/XMPP server with Zentyal¶

To configure the Jabber/XMPP server in Zentyal, first check in Module Status that the Users and Groups module is enabled, as Jabber depends on it. Then, mark the Jabber checkbox to enable the Jabber/XMPP Zentyal module.

To configure the service, go to Jabber in the left menu, setting the following parameters:

Jabber General Configuration

Domain Name:

Specifying the domain name of the server. User accounts will be user@domain.

SSL Support:

It specifies whether the communications (authentication and chat messages) with the server are encrypted or plain text. You can disable it, make it mandatory or leave it as optional. If you set it as optional, this setting will be selected from the Jabber client.

Connect to other servers:

If you want to allow our users to contact other users in external servers, and the other way around, check this box. Otherwise, if you want a private server for your internal network, leave it unchecked.

Enable Multi User Chat (MUC):

Enables conference rooms (chat for more than two users).

To create a Jabber/XMPP user account, go to Users ‣ Add User if you want to create a new user account, or to Users ‣ Edit User if you just want to enable the Jabber account for an already existing user.

Setting up a Jabber account

As you can see, a section called Jabber Account will appear, where you can select whether the account is enabled or disabled. Moreover, you can specify whether the user will have administrator privileges. Administrator privileges allow to see which users are connected to the server, send them messages, set the message displayed when connecting (MOTD, Message Of The Day) and send a notice to all users connected (broadcast).