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mod_invites_page: Apply fixes from invite page to client URI page
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2 labels:
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3 - 'Stage-Beta'
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4 summary: 'Invite management module for Prosody'
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5 ...
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7 Introduction
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8 ============
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9
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10 This module is part of the suite of modules that implement invite-based
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11 account registration for Prosody. The other modules are:
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13 - mod_invites_adhoc
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14 - mod_invites_page
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15 - mod_invites_register
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16 - mod_invites_register_web
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17 - mod_register_apps
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19 This module manages the creation and consumption of invite codes for the
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20 host(s) it is loaded onto. It currently does not expose any admin/user-facing
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21 functionality (though in the future it will probably gain a way to view/manage
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22 pending invites).
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24 Instead, other modules can use the API from this module to create invite tokens
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25 which can be used to e.g. register accounts or create automatic subscription
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26 approvals.
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27
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28 This module should not be confused with the similarly named mod_invite (note the
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29 missing 's'!). That module was a precursor to this one that helped test and prove
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30 the concept of invite-based registration, and is now deprecated.
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32 # Configuration
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34 This module exposes just one option - the length of time that a generated invite
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35 should be valid for by default.
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37 ``` {.lua}
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38 -- Configure the number of seconds a token is valid for (default 7 days)
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39 invite_expiry = 86400 * 7
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40 ```
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42 # Invites setup
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43
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44 For a fully-featured invite-based setup, the following provides an example
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45 configuration:
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47 ``` {.lua}
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48 -- Specify the external URL format of the invite links
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50 VirtualHost "example.com"
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51 invites_page = "https://example.com/invite?{invite.token}"
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52 http_external_url = "https://example.com/"
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53 http_paths = {
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54 invites_page = "/invite";
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55 invites_register_web = "/register";
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56 }
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57 modules_enabled = {
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58 "invites";
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59 "invites_adhoc";
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60 "invites_page";
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61 "invites_register";
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62 "invites_register_web";
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64 "http_libjs"; -- See 'external dependencies' below
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65 }
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66 ```
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67
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68 Restart Prosody and create a new invite using an ad-hoc command in an XMPP client connected
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69 to your admin account, or use the command line:
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71 prosodyctl mod_invites generate example.com
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73 ## External dependencies
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74
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75 The default HTML templates for the web-based modules depend on some CSS and Javascript
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76 libraries. They expect these to be available at `https://example.com/share`. An easy
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77 way of doing this if you are on Debian 10 (buster) is to enable mod_http_libjs and install
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78 the following packages:
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80 apt install libjs-bootstrap4 libjs-jquery
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82 On other systems you will need to manually put these libraries somewhere on the filesystem
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83 that Prosody can read, and serve them using mod_http_libjs with a custom `libjs_path`
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84 setting.
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86 # Compatibility
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88 0.11 and later.