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Improve UX by providing defaults users expect
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2 labels:
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3 - 'Stage-Beta'
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4 summary: Prevent communication between hosts
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5 ...
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7 Introduction
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8 ============
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10 In some environments it is desirable to isolate one or more hosts, and
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11 prevent communication with external, or even other internal domains.
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13 Loading mod\_isolate\_host on a host will prevent all communication with
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14 JIDs outside of the current domain, though it is possible to configure
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15 exceptions.
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17 **Note:** if you just want to prevent communication with external
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18 domains, this is possible without a plugin. See [Prosody: Disabling
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19 s2s](http://prosody.im/doc/s2s#disabling) for more information.
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21 This module was sponsored by [Exa Networks](http://exa-networks.co.uk/).
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23 Configuration
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24 =============
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26 To isolate all hosts by default, add the module to your global
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27 modules\_enabled:
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29 ``` {.lua}
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30 modules_enabled = {
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31 ...
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32 "isolate_host";
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34 }
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35 ```
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37 Alternatively you can isolate a single host by putting a
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38 modules\_enabled line under the VirtualHost directive:
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40 ``` {.lua}
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41 VirtualHost "example.com"
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42 modules_enabled = { "isolate_host" }
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43 ```
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45 After enabling the module, you can add further options to add exceptions
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46 for the isolation:
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48 Option Description
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49 -------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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50 isolate\_except\_domains A list of domains to allow communication with.
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51 isolate\_except\_users A list of user JIDs allowed to bypass the isolation and communicate with other domains.
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53 **Note:** Admins of hosts are always allowed to communicate with other
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54 domains
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56 Compatibility
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57 =============
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60 0.9 Works
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