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2 labels:
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3 - 'Stage-Alpha'
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4 summary: 'Proxy multiple client resources behind a single component'
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5 ...
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7 What it does
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8 ============
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10 This module must be used as a component. For example:
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12 Component "proxy.domain.example" "client_proxy"
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13 target_address = "some-user@some-domain.example"
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15 All IQ requests against the proxy host (in the above example:
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16 proxy.domain.example) are sent to a random resource of the target address (in
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17 the above example: some-user@some-domain.example). The entity behind the
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18 target address is called the "implementing client".
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20 The IQ requests are JAT-ed (JAT: Jabber Address Translation) so that when the
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21 implementing client answers the IQ request, it is sent back to the component,
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22 which reverts the translation and routes the reply back to the user.
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24 Let us assume that user@some-domain.exmaple sends a request. The
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25 proxy.domain.example component has the client_proxy module loaded and proxies to
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26 some-user@some-domain.example. some-user@some-domain.example has two resources,
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27 /a and /b.
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29 user -> component:
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30 <iq type='get' id='1234' to='proxy.domain.example' from='user@some-domain.example/abc'>
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31 component -> implementing client:
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32 <iq type='get' id='1234' to='some-user@some-domain.example/a' from='proxy.domain.example/encoded-from'>
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33 implementing client -> component:
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34 <iq type='result' id='1234' to='proxy.domain.example/encoded-from' from='some-user@some-domain.example/a'>
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35 component -> user:
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36 <iq type='result' id='1234' to='user@some-domain.example/abc' from='proxy.domain.example'>
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38 The encoded-from resource used in the exchange between the proxy component
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39 and the implementing client is an implementation-defined string which allows
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40 the proxy component to revert the JAT.
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43 Use cases
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44 =========
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46 * Implementation of services within clients instead of components, thus making
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47 use of the more advanced authentication features.
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48 * Load-balancing requests to different client resources.
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49 * General evilness
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52 Configuration
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53 =============
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55 To use this module, it needs to be loaded on a component:
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57 Component "proxy.yourdomain.example" "client_proxy"
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58 target_address = "implementation@yourdomain.example"
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60 It will then send a subscription request to implementation@yourdomain.example
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61 which MUST be accepted: this is required so that the component can detect the
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62 resources to which IQ requests can be dispatched.
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65 Limitations
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66 ===========
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68 * It does not handle presence or message stanzas.
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69 * It does not allow the implementing client to initiate IQ requests