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3 - 'Stage-Merged'
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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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10 ::: {.alert .alert-info}
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11 This module has been merged into Prosody as
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12 [mod_invites][doc:modules:mod_invites]. Users of Prosody **0.12**
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13 and later should not install this version.
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14 :::
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16 This module is part of the suite of modules that implement invite-based
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17 account registration for Prosody. The other modules are:
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19 - [mod_invites_adhoc][doc:modules:mod_invites_adhoc]
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20 - [mod_invites_register][doc:modules:mod_invites_register]
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21 - [mod_invites_page]
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22 - [mod_invites_register_web]
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23 - [mod_invites_api]
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24 - [mod_register_apps]
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26 This module manages the creation and consumption of invite codes for the
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27 host(s) it is loaded onto. It currently does not expose any admin/user-facing
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28 functionality (though in the future it will probably gain a way to view/manage
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29 pending invites).
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31 Instead, other modules can use the API from this module to create invite tokens
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32 which can be used to e.g. register accounts or create automatic subscription
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33 approvals.
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34
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35 This module should not be confused with the similarly named mod_invite (note the
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36 missing 's'!). That module was a precursor to this one that helped test and prove
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37 the concept of invite-based registration, and is now deprecated.
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39 # Configuration
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41 This module exposes just one option - the length of time that a generated invite
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42 should be valid for by default.
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44 ``` {.lua}
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45 -- Configure the number of seconds a token is valid for (default 7 days)
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46 invite_expiry = 86400 * 7
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47 ```
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49 # Invites setup
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51 For a fully-featured invite-based setup, the following provides an example
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52 configuration:
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54 ``` {.lua}
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55 -- Specify the external URL format of the invite links
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57 VirtualHost "example.com"
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58 invites_page = "https://example.com/invite?{invite.token}"
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59 http_external_url = "https://example.com/"
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60 http_paths = {
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61 invites_page = "/invite";
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62 invites_register_web = "/register";
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63 }
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64 modules_enabled = {
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65 "invites";
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66 "invites_adhoc";
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67 "invites_page";
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68 "invites_register";
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69 "invites_register_web";
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71 "http_libjs"; -- See 'external dependencies' below
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72 }
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73 ```
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75 Restart Prosody and create a new invite using an ad-hoc command in an XMPP client connected
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76 to your admin account, or use the command line:
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78 prosodyctl mod_invites generate example.com
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80 ## External dependencies
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81
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82 The default HTML templates for the web-based modules depend on some CSS and Javascript
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83 libraries. They expect these to be available at `https://example.com/share`. An easy
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84 way of doing this if you are on Debian 10 (buster) is to enable mod_http_libjs and install
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85 the following packages:
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86
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87 apt install libjs-bootstrap4 libjs-jquery
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89 On other systems you will need to manually put these libraries somewhere on the filesystem
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90 that Prosody can read, and serve them using mod_http_libjs with a custom `libjs_path`
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91 setting.
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93 # Compatibility
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95 0.11 and later.