This software provides communication through instant messaging and web chat using the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP). The application supports multiple protocols, chat rooms, group chats, file transfers, and video and voice calls. It is available for desktop and mobile devices.
Ejabberd is a powerful XMPP server that supports clustering, live upgrades, shared roster groups, and provides support for virtual hosts. The TurnKey ejabberd Live CD appliance includes all the standard features in TurnKey Core and offers many benefits, such as preconfigured exemplary domain, configured [email protected] as registration watcher, enabled in-band user registration, and enabled legacy SSL connection method.
The software comes with a custom ejabberd-config script to change domain and set admin password, as well as Speeqe configurations that provide a web chat interface. The appliace also includes SSL support out of the box, a Postfix MTA to allow sending of email from speeqe, and additional features like Webmin modules for configuring Apache2 and Postfix.
The TurnKey ejabberd Live CD appliance offers additional benefits like no auto-updates for speeqe, which is installed from upstream tarball. It also includes a custom zimbra-conf script to change hostname, domain, and regenerate Zimbra related secrets.
To ensure security, all secrets will be regenerated during installation or firstboot. Additionally, the software comes with recommended XMPP chat clients like pidgin and gajim. The appliance also provides details about default credentials, like root username for Webmin, Webshell, and SSH, or admin username and turnkey password for regular login.
Overall, TurnKey ejabberd Live CD appliance is an excellent instant messaging server that provides a comprehensive set of features wrapped in a user-friendly interface. The software is easy to use and has consistently received positive reviews from many satisfied customers.
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