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1 ========
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2 Overview
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5 To have a better understanding of Libervia, this page gives a global view of what it is
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6 and what are the important concepts linked to it. You don't need to read this to use it, but you
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7 can if you wish to understand "who is doing what".
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9 Libervia is a XMPP client. `XMPP`_ is an open standard used for communication (notably
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10 instant messaging but not only). XMPP is a solid standard, which is decentralised and
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11 federated.
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13 Libervia is not only focusing on instant messaging, and aims to be a universal communication
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14 tools. In other words, you can use Libervia to chat, but also to blog publicly or privately, to
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15 share file, photo albums, to create events, to have discussion forum, etc.
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17 Libervia is actually a whole ecosystem, and is made in a way that you can use it with many
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18 different interfaces (or "frontends"). There is a common central part which is called the
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19 "backend", it handles most of the work, while frontends are mostly about the interactions
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20 with user(s).
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22 To work, as Libervia is a XMPP **client**, a XMPP **server** is needed. You can either run your
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23 own, or use an existing one (either public, or run by an organisation you belong to, like
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24 family server, run by a friend, your company, university, association, etc.). If you want
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25 to run your own server, there are already plenty of them and happily most of which are
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26 `libre <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software>`_, you can check an `up-to-date list
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27 on the XSF website <https://xmpp.org/software/servers.html>`_ (the XSF or *XMPP Standards
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28 Foundation* being the non-profit organisation taking care of the XMPP standard).
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30 So to summarise, Libervia is a communication ecosystem. Technically, it is a **XMPP
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31 client** which connect to an **XMPP server**. Libervia itself works with a **backend** and
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32 one or many **frontends**.
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34 .. _XMPP: https://xmpp.org
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37 Backend
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38 =======
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40 The backend is a daemon, that means that it's a service running in the background.
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41 It takes its main configuration from a file named ``libervia.conf`` and can be in different
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42 locations (see below). It uses data in a directory called ``local_dir``, and which
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43 default, on suitable platforms, to the corresponding `XDG directory`_, which is most of
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44 time ``~/.local/share/libervia``. In this directory, you'll find the main database in the
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45 ``libervia.db`` file, which is a `SQLite`_ database.
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47 The backend is run and stopped with the ``libervia-backend`` executable. Running it
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48 without argument launch the backend in the background, with ``libervia-backend fg`` you
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49 run it in the foreground (you'll see log directly and can stop the backend with
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50 ``Ctrl + c``). The ``libervia-backend status`` commands help you discover if the backend
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51 is running or stopped.
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53 .. _XDG directory: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs/
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54 .. _SQLite: https://sqlite.org
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56 Frontends
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59 Frontends are used to make the interface between user and the backend. Frontends are
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60 adapted to different use cases, and must be started after the backend (if the backend is
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61 not started, you'll see a message telling you so). In most installations, the backend
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62 should be started automatically when you want to use a frontend.
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64 Bellow you'll see a list of the official frontends currently maintained:
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66 Libervia Deskop/Mobile (Cagou)
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69 Libervia Desktop (alias ``Libervia Mobile`` or ``Cagou``) is the desktop/mobile frontend.
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70 It's probably the main interface for most users. It is based on the `Kivy`_ framework and
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71 should run on most platforms (for now it is officially tested only on GNU/Linux and
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72 Android phones and tablets).
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74 .. _Kivy: https://kivy.org
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76 Libervia Web
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77 ------------
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80 particularity to be in 2 parts: a server which serves HTTP content, and a client which
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81 runs in the browser. So you have Libervia Web server which connect to Libervia backend which itself
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82 connect to the XMPP server, and your browser will connect to Libervia Web server.
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85 # NOTE: currently not relevant as there is no Web APP anymore, may come back in the
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86 future though
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87 In the browser, you can access the server in two ways: either directly with what we call
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88 **Libervia pages**, or with a JavaScript code in `single-page application`_ which is the
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89 **Libervia client** (or **Libervia web app**) that we have mentioned above.
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91 The **Libervia Web Pages** are web pages managing a single feature. They can work without
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92 JavaScript when it's possible (it's not the case for instant messaging or similar highly
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93 dynamic contents). They aims to be simple and straightforward to use. That what you're
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94 accessing when you're using Libervia Web.
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98 The **Libervia Web Client** is a highly dynamic web application, used to access more features.
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99 It's more complete and may be well adapted if you want to let Libervia running in a browser tab
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100 for an extended period.
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102 Libervia Web is also the central part of the **Web Framework**. Indeed, in addition of
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103 being a frontend to Libervia features (which is built with this framework), you can create
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104 totally different websites which are integrated in Libervia (and so XMPP) ecosystem. This
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105 framework uses Libervia template engine (based on `Jinja2`_) and makes the creation of
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106 decentralised and federated websites simple. Thanks to this framework, it's easy to
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107 experiment new ideas/features, or to change completely the look and feel of the Libervia
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108 frontend.
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112 .. _single-page application: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-page_application
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116 Libervia TUI (Primitivus)
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160 When you connect to a Libervia frontend, you need to specify a profile and the associated password. The profile password is not the same as the password of the XMPP account. While this may sounds confusing, there are several reason why we use this notion of profile instead of directly the XMPP account/password:
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163 The profile password is used to encrypt/decrypt it, this way only a `password hash`_ is
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203 `Perspective Broker`_ is a part of `Twisted`_ (the framework used by the backend and some
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218 Most of the frontends use images or other media. To avoid duplication and to make the code
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228 Libervia embeds a `Jinja2`_ template engine (see `Libervia Web`_ above). "Libervia templates" refers to
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229 the default templates (i.e. the official templates, the ones used in default Libervia pages). Those template may also be used by other frontends than Libervia (jp can use them with the :ref:`libervia-cli_output` arguments).
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241 Libervia PubSub
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244 Numerous features of Libervia are taking profit of `PubSub`_ functionalities of XMPP.
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246 experimental features are sometimes explored, a PubSub service as been written
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247 specifically for the needs of Libervia (but it's not depending on Libervia and any XMPP software can
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248 use it).
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250 Libervia PubSub aims to be a feature complete, server-independent PubSub implementation, and
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251 try to be up-to-date with latest XMPP PubSub extensions. It is the privileged service to
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252 use with Libervia because it supports everything needed (but Libervia can work with any XMPP PubSub
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253 service, it will adapt itself to available features).
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255 Libervia PubSub can also be used as a `PEP`_ service, if some XMPP extensions are supported by
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256 your server (see below).
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258 .. _PubSub: https://xmpp.org/about/technology-overview.html#pubsub
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259 .. _PEP: https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0163.html
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261 XMPP Extension Protocols
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262 ------------------------
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264 For the needs of Libervia or Libervia PubSub, some `XMPP Extension Protocols`_ (or XEP) have been
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265 proposed and got an official number. The current list of extensions is:
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267 `XEP-0355`_: Namespace Delegation
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268 This has been proposed for the needs of Libervia PubSub, and allows the XMPP server to
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269 "delegate" some features management to a third party service. It is needed to use Libervia
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270 Pubsub as a PEP service.
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272 `XEP-0356`_: Privileged Entity
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273 In the same spirit as previous one, this has been done so Libervia PubSub could be used as a
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274 PEP service. This extensions allows a "component" (which is more or less a server
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275 generic plugin) to gain some privileged access to data such as presence information,
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276 roster or to send a message like if it was sent by the server.
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278 `XEP-0413`_: Order-By
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279 This extension is used to specify the sorting order in which a client wishes to retrieve
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280 some results. It is notably used by Libervia and Libervia PubSub to retrieve items like blog posts
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281 or tickets in creation order or order of last modification.
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283 .. _XEP-0355: https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0355.html
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284 .. _XEP-0356: https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0356.html
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285 .. _XEP-0413: https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0413.html
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289 Prosody's `mod_delegation`_ and `mod_privilege`_
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292 Prosody modules have been created to implement the *Namespace Delegation* and *Privileged
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293 Entity* extensions mentioned above. If you use Prosody, you'll have to activate those 2
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294 modules to use Libervia PubSub as a PEP service.
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299 Libervia official website
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302 The official website is made with Libervia web framework. You'll find it at https://repos.goffi.org/sat_web_site
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304 Salut
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306 Probably the smaller side project used by Libervia, it is a simple users directory (registration must be done explicitly by users) using `XEP-0055`_ (Jabber Search).
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