i recently installed ejabberd on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I made the necessary configuration and am able to connect using a xmpp client PSI on a different computer using LAN ip. Now I want to allow my ejabberd server to be accessible from the public url, but have been unsuccessful. I have done the following:
Assuming my public domain is example.domain.com and the public IP is 123.123.10.210
opened port 5222 5269 and 5280.
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 5222 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 5269 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 5280 -j ACCEPT
added the following to my host file:
123.123.10.210 example.domain.com
Allow ubuntu firewall:
sudo ufw allow 5222
sudo ufw allow 5269
sudo ufw allow 5280
Here is my ejabberd.cfg:
%%%
%%% Debian ejabberd configuration file
%%% This config must be in UTF-8 encoding
%%%
%%% The parameters used in this configuration file are explained in more detail
%%% in the ejabberd Installation and Operation Guide.
%%% Please consult the Guide in case of doubts, it is available at
%%% /usr/share/doc/ejabberd/guide.html
%%% This configuration file contains Erlang terms.
%%% In case you want to understand the syntax, here are the concepts:
%%%
%%% - The character to comment a line is %
%%%
%%% - Each term ends in a dot, for example:
%%% override_global.
%%%
%%% - A tuple has a fixed definition, its elements are
%%% enclosed in {}, and separated with commas:
%%% {loglevel, 4}.
%%%
%%% - A list can have as many elements as you want,
%%% and is enclosed in [], for example:
%%% [http_poll, web_admin, tls]
%%%
%%% - A keyword of ejabberd is a word in lowercase.
%%% The strings are enclosed in "" and can have spaces, dots...
%%% {language, "en"}.
%%% {ldap_rootdn, "dc=example,dc=com"}.
%%%
%%% - This term includes a tuple, a keyword, a list and two strings:
%%% {hosts, ["jabber.example.net", "im.example.com"]}.
%%%
%%% ===================================
%%% OVERRIDE OPTIONS STORED IN DATABASE
%%
%% Override global options (shared by all ejabberd nodes in a cluster).
%%
%%override_global.
%%
%% Override local options (specific for this particular ejabberd node).
%%
%%override_local.
%%
%% Remove the Access Control Lists before new ones are added.
%%
%%override_acls.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% Options which are set by Debconf and managed by ucf
%% Admin user
{acl, admin, {user, "admin", "localhost"}}.
%% Hostname
{hosts, ["localhost", "example.domain.com"]}.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%% =========
%%% DEBUGGING
%%
%% loglevel: Verbosity of log files generated by ejabberd.
%% 0: No ejabberd log at all (not recommended)
%% 1: Critical
%% 2: Error
%% 3: Warning
%% 4: Info
%% 5: Debug
%%
{loglevel, 4}.
%%
%% watchdog_admins: If an ejabberd process consumes too much memory,
%% send live notifications to those Jabber accounts.
%%
%%{watchdog_admins, ["bob@example.com"]}.
%%% ================
%%% SERVED HOSTNAMES
%%
%% hosts: Domains served by ejabberd.
%% You can define one or several, for example:
%% {hosts, ["example.net", "example.com", "example.org"]}.
%%
%% (This option is defined by debconf earlier)
%% {hosts, ["localhost"]}.
%%
%% route_subdomains: Delegate subdomains to other Jabber server.
%% For example, if this ejabberd serves example.org and you want
%% to allow communication with a Jabber server called im.example.org.
%%
%%{route_subdomains, s2s}.
%%% ===============
%%% LISTENING PORTS
%%
%% listen: Which ports will ejabberd listen, which service handles it
%% and what options to start it with.
%%
%5222
{listen,
[
{5222, ejabberd_c2s, [
{access, c2s},
{access, register},
{shaper, c2s_shaper},
{max_stanza_size, 65536},
%%zlib,
starttls, {certfile, "/etc/ejabberd/ejabberd.pem"}
]},
%%
%% To enable the old SSL connection method (deprecated) in port 5223:
%%
%%{5223, ejabberd_c2s, [
%% {access, c2s},
%% {shaper, c2s_shaper},
%% {max_stanza_size, 65536},
%% zlib,
%% tls, {certfile, "/etc/ejabberd/ejabberd.pem"}
%% ]},
%5269
{5269, ejabberd_s2s_in, [
{shaper, s2s_shaper},
{max_stanza_size, 131072}
]},
%% External MUC jabber-muc
%%{5554, ejabberd_service, [
%% {ip, {127, 0, 0, 1}},
%% {access, all},
%% {shaper_rule, fast},
%% {host, "muc.localhost", [{password, "secret"}]}
%% ]},
%% Jabber ICQ Transport
%%{5555, ejabberd_service, [
%% {ip, {127, 0, 0, 1}},
%% {access, all},
%% {shaper_rule, fast},
%% {hosts, ["icq.localhost", "sms.localhost"],
%% [{password, "secret"}]}
%% ]},
%% AIM Transport
%%{5556, ejabberd_service, [
%% {ip, {127, 0, 0, 1}},
%% {access, all},
%% {shaper_rule, fast},
%% {host, "aim.localhost", [{password, "secret"}]}
%% ]},
%% MSN Transport
%%{5557, ejabberd_service, [
%% {ip, {127, 0, 0, 1}},
%% {access, all},
%% {shaper_rule, fast},
%% {host, "msn.localhost", [{password, "secret"}]}
%% ]},
%% Yahoo! Transport
%%{5558, ejabberd_service, [
%% {ip, {127, 0, 0, 1}},
%% {access, all},
%% {shaper_rule, fast},
%% {host, "yahoo.localhost", [{password, "secret"}]}
%% ]},
%% External JUD (internal is more powerful,
%% but doesn't allow to register users from other servers)
%%{5559, ejabberd_service, [
%% {ip, {127, 0, 0, 1}},
%% {access, all},
%% {shaper_rule, fast},
%% {host, "jud.localhost", [{password, "secret"}]}
%% ]},
%5280
{5280, ejabberd_http, [
%%{request_handlers,
%% [
%% {["pub", "archive"], mod_http_fileserver}
%% ]},
%%captcha,
http_bind,
http_poll,
web_admin
]}
]}.
%%
%% max_fsm_queue: Enable limiting of lengths of "message queues"
%% for outgoing connections. Roughly speaking, each message in such
%% queues represents one XML stanza queued to be sent into
%% an output stream it is serving.
%% The default value is an atom 'undefined' which specifies no limiting.
%%
%% When specified globally, this option limits the message queue lengths
%% for all ejabberd_c2s_in and ejabberd_service listeners,
%% as well as for outgoing s2s connections.
%%
%% This option can also be specified as an option for ejabberd_c2s_in
%% and ejabberd_service listeners, in wich case it will override
%% the value of the global option.
%%
{max_fsm_queue, 1000}.
%%
%% s2s_use_starttls: Enable STARTTLS + Dialback for S2S connections.
%% Allowed values are: true or false.
%% You must specify a certificate file.
%%
{s2s_use_starttls, true}.
%%
%% s2s_certfile: Specify a certificate file.
%%
{s2s_certfile, "/etc/ejabberd/ejabberd.pem"}.
%%
%% domain_certfile: Specify a different certificate for each served hostname.
%%
%%{domain_certfile, "example.org", "/path/to/example_org.pem"}.
%%{domain_certfile, "example.com", "/path/to/example_com.pem"}.
%%
%% S2S whitelist or blacklist
%%
%% Default s2s policy for undefined hosts.
%%
%%{s2s_default_policy, allow}.
%%
%% Allow or deny communication with specific servers.
%%
%%{{s2s_host, "goodhost.org"}, allow}.
%%{{s2s_host, "badhost.org"}, deny}.
%%
%% The maximum allowed delay for retry to connect
%% after a failed connection attempt to a remote server, in seconds.
%% The default value is 300 seconds (5 minutes).
%%
%% The reconnection algorythm works like this: if connection fails,
%% ejabberd makes an initial random delay between 1 and 15 seconds,
%% then retries, and if this attempt fails, makes another delay,
%% twice as long as previous. These attempts are performed either
%% until a successful connection is made or until the next calculated
%% delay is greated or equal than the value of s2s_max_retry_delay.
%%
%%{s2s_max_retry_delay, 300}.
%%
%% Outgoing S2S options
%%
%% Preferred address families (which to try first) and connect timeout
%% in milliseconds.
%%
%%{outgoing_s2s_options, [ipv4, ipv6], 10000}.
%%% ==============
%%% AUTHENTICATION
%%
%% auth_method: Method used to authenticate the users.
%% The default method is the internal.
%% If you want to use a different method,
%% comment this line and enable the correct ones.
%%
{auth_method, internal}.
%%
%% Authentication using external script
%% Make sure the script is executable by ejabberd.
%%
%%{auth_method, external}.
%%{extauth_program, "/path/to/authentication/script"}.
%%
%% Authentication using ODBC
%% Remember to setup a database in the next section.
%%
%%{auth_method, odbc}.
%%
%% Authentication using PAM
%%
%%{auth_method, pam}.
%%{pam_service, "pamservicename"}.
%%
%% Authentication using LDAP
%%
%%{auth_method, ldap}.
%%
%% List of LDAP servers:
%%{ldap_servers, ["localhost"]}.
%%
%% Encryption of connection to LDAP servers (LDAPS):
%%{ldap_encrypt, none}.
%%{ldap_encrypt, tls}.
%%
%% Port connect to LDAP server:
%%{ldap_port, 389}.
%%{ldap_port, 636}.
%%
%% LDAP manager:
%%{ldap_rootdn, "dc=example,dc=com"}.
%%
%% Password to LDAP manager:
%%{ldap_password, "******"}.
%%
%% Search base of LDAP directory:
%%{ldap_base, "dc=example,dc=com"}.
%%
%% LDAP attribute that holds user ID:
%%{ldap_uids, [{"mail", "%u@mail.example.org"}]}.
%%
%% LDAP filter:
%%{ldap_filter, "(objectClass=shadowAccount)"}.
%%
%% Anonymous login support:
%% auth_method: anonymous
%% anonymous_protocol: sasl_anon | login_anon | both
%% allow_multiple_connections: true | false
%%
%%{host_config, "public.example.org", [{auth_method, anonymous},
%% {allow_multiple_connections, false},
%% {anonymous_protocol, sasl_anon}]}.
%%
%% To use both anonymous and internal authentication:
%%
%%{host_config, "public.example.org", [{auth_method, [internal, anonymous]}]}.
%%% ==============
%%% DATABASE SETUP
%% ejabberd uses by default the internal Mnesia database,
%% so you can avoid this section.
%% This section provides configuration examples in case
%% you want to use other database backends.
%% Please consult the ejabberd Guide for details about database creation.
%% NOTE that ejabberd in Debian supports "out of the box"
%% only mnesia (default) and ODBC storage backends.
%% Working with MySQL and PostgreSQL DB backends requires
%% building and installation of the corresponding Erlang modules,
%% not distributed as a part of ejabberd.
%% Refer to /usr/share/doc/ejabberd/README.Debian for details.
%%
%% MySQL server:
%%
%%{odbc_server, {mysql, "server", "database", "username", "password"}}.
%%
%% If you want to specify the port:
%%{odbc_server, {mysql, "server", 1234, "database", "username", "password"}}.
%%
%% PostgreSQL server:
%%
%%{odbc_server, {pgsql, "server", "database", "username", "password"}}.
