[Freedombox-discuss] Freedombox-discuss Digest, Vol 68, Issue 23

[Sean O'Brien]

DNS configuration for XMPP can be tricky.  I would create an A-record
identical to the domain name pointing to that machine, but here's a
quick guide to your options:

https://prosody.im/doc/dns

Cheers,
~ Sean


On 03/30/2016 08:00 AM,
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>    1. Re: ejabberd is not running (Strathy)
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> Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 07:42:13 -0500
> From: Strathy <strathgowan at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Freedombox-discuss] ejabberd is not running
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> Sorry ... I should have added more information.
> 
> I'm running Fbx on a Pi2.
> I downloaded the 'latest' version for Pi2 from here:
> http://ftp.skolelinux.org/pub/freedombox/latest/
> My Plinth version is 0.7.1 ... and does not seem to be updating. Manual
> update did not update it either.  Not sure why.
> 
> I've looked at the logs as suggested but don't understand everything I'm
> seeing there.  Will look at that more later to try to understand.
> 
> More on the XMPP problem:
> 
> I found out that ejabberd was running and available UNTIL I added a domain
> name in the Configuration.  That is when the dot turns red and says
> 'ejabberd is not running'.
> 
> Maybe the domain name needs to be set before installing the Chat Server?
> 
> On 27 March 2016 at 04:21, Mikkel Kirkgaard Nielsen <miki at mikini.dk> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Strathy.
>>
>> On 2016-03-27 03:59, Strathy wrote:
>>> Now ejabberd is not running and disabling and reenabling does not
>>> start it.
>>
>> Inspecting the log is always a good start.
>>
>> I can see from previous posts that you already got shell access to the
>> fbx. Try issuing "tail /var/log/plinth/status.log" which will give you
>> the last 10 lines from the plinth log. Maybe something there can help
>> you along. Using "less" you will be able to browse through it in its
>> entirety (shift+g to jump to the end).
>>
>> Also, it is a good idea to provide as much context as possible for the
>> people from who you request help, to avoid too much guesswork.
>> What is your platform? Which version of fbx are you using? Are you using
>> an official image? How did you install it?
>>
>> Regards
>> Mikkel
>>
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