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Am trying to setup Strophe with Ejabberd on Ubuntu 12 (Linode latest version) using the internal Ejabberd webserver to serve the chat.
The test urls (http-bind and admin) both work.
JWChat works.
Strophe throws an error:
In Strophe:
RECV: <body xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/httpbind' type='terminate' condition='internal-server-error'>BOSH module not started</body>
In ejabberd.log:
E(<0.468.0>:ejabberd_http_bind:1236) :
You are trying to use BOSH (HTTP Bind) in host "admin", but the module mod_http_bind is not started in that host.
Configure your BOSH client to connect to the correct host, or add your desired host`
Setup has been straightforward (though it took quite a while to work this out):
Changes to ejabberd.cfg:
%% In listening ports, amended the following lines:
{ request_handlers, [
{["pub"], mod_http_fileserver},
{["http-bind"], mod_http_bind}
]},
%% In modules, added the following:
{ mod_http_fileserver, [
{docroot, "/var/lib/ejabberd/www"},
{accesslog, "/var/log/ejabberd/access.log"}
]},
{mod_http_bind, []},
Any help would be much appreciated.
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The answer is rather obvious.
Strophe requires the username in the following format:
username@host
eg. [email protected]
It otherwise assumes that the username is really the host, and since such a host doesn't exist, it throws an error that mod_http_bind is not started in that host
This error is misleading at best, but it does technically explain the issue.
I was trying to login with just the username [which worked fine in JWChat], hence the issue.
In case this doesn't work, a checklist of some of the other things to verify:
Make sure that your domain is added to /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
12.34.56.78 squire.example.com squire
Make sure that your domain is added to /etc/ejabberd/ejabberd.cfg
%% Hostname
Hostname {hosts, ["example.com","98.765.43.21","localhost"]}.
Ensure that your username exists and is registered:
ejabberdctl register username example.com password
And if user is an admin, is included in ejabberd.cfg [Note: it must also be registered!]
%% Admin user
{acl, admin, {user, "", "localhost"}}.
{acl, admin, {user, "admin", "example.com"}}.
Check that the server is running:
a. sudo ejabberdctl status
b. http://example.com:5280/admin
c. http://example.com:5280/http-bind
If there are issues, restart using both (I know you don't need both in theory. In practice, sometimes using one or the other would not work right.)
sudo /etc/init.d/ejabberd restart
sudo ejabberdctl restart
Check the logs - /var/log/ejabberd/ejabberd.log (see here).
Install JWChat and try that (or, if you have JWChat, install Strophe).
The following short tutorial is invaluable, follow it exactly: http://www.ejabberd.im/jwchat-localserver
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