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annotate mod_http_rest/README.markdown @ 5648:c217f4edfc4f
misc/mtail: Start of an mtail config
Stashing it here in case anyone wants to continue working on it.
Currently it's only counting log messages by level.
Due to the permissions set by systemd on Prosody logs, mtail never
managed to start correctly until permissions were manually relaxed.
author | Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se> |
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date | Sun, 17 Sep 2023 13:36:30 +0200 |
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2 labels: |
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3 - 'Stage-Alpha' |
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4 summary: Send XMPP stanzas via REST/HTTP |
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7 This module provides a [REST](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_state_transfer)ful |
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8 method for sending XMPP stanzas. |
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10 This enables you to send stanzas by making HTTP requests to `http://${prosody-url}/rest`. |
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12 **DANGER/ACHTUNG!: This module does NOT enforce any authentication or user-checking. |
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13 This means that by default stanzas can be sent *anyone* on behalf of *any* user.** |
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15 You should enable [mod_http_authentication](https://modules.prosody.im/mod_http_authentication.html), |
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16 to require authentication for calls made to this module, or alternatively, you |
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17 could use a reverse proxy like Nginx. |
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19 # To enable this module |
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21 Add `"http_rest"` to `modules_enabled`, either globally or for a particular virtual |
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22 host. |
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24 # How to test: |
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26 You can use curl to make the HTTP request to Prosody, to test whether this |
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29 curl -k http://localhost:5280/rest -u username:password -H "Content-Type: text/xml" -d '<iq to="pubsub.localhost" type="set" id="4dd1a1e3-ef91-4017-a5aa-eaba0a82eb94-1" from="user@localhost"><pubsub xmlns="http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub"><publish node="Test mod_rest.lua"><item>Hello World!</item></publish></pubsub></iq>' |