Introduction
Client-2-Server connections
Authentication
Roster Management
Basic Server
Known Issues and Shortcomings

Introduction

The design of glooxd closely follows the design of its underlying library, gloox, and tries to re-use as much as possible from it.

Amongst others, the design features:

Stream encryption
Stream compression
Pluggable stream features
Pluggable client connections

Client-2-Server connections

Client-2-Server connections are handled by C2S instances. You need at least one C2S instance, which can handle as many domains as you like.

Authentication

When a client connects, it will be able to use SASL PLAIN only for authentication (for now). Use the AuthenticationHandler to check the credentials supplied by the client.

Roster Management

There is no Roster Management by means of XMPP implemented yet. However, by using the RosterProvider , you can send a custom roster to clients.

Basic Server

To set up a basic server, use code similar to this:

ConfigManager cm( m_log );
// Do not add domains just yet. They are pushed to components
// only once, so add them when all components are in place.
Router r( cm, m_log );
SM sm( r, cm, m_log, this );
sm.addPlugin( new RosterManager( sm, r, this ) );
sm.addPlugin( new PresenceManager( sm, r, this ) );
sm.addPlugin( new MessageManager( sm, r, this ) );
sm.addPlugin( new VCardManager( sm, r ) );
sm.addPlugin( new DiscoManager( sm, r ) );
C2S c2s( r, cm, m_log, sm );
c2s.registerStreamFeature( new FeatureSTARTTLS( true, this ) );
c2s.registerStreamFeature( new FeatureSASL( this ) );
c2s.registerStreamFeature( new FeatureCompression() );
c2s.registerStreamFeature( new FeatureResourceBind( sm ) );
c2s.registerStreamFeature( new FeatureSession() );
// It's ok to add domains and interfaces now.
cm.addC2SInterface( gloox::EmptyString, 6222 );
cm.bindDomain( "yourdomain.com", gloox::EmptyString, 6222 );

Known Issues and Shortcomings

Server-2-server connections are not supported,
Subscriptions are not handled at all,
Roster management (add, remove) is not available,
Presence priority is not taken into account at all,
Messages to bare JIDs are sent to all connected resources,