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mod_measure_modules: Report module statuses via OpenMetrics Someone in the chat asked about a health check endpoint, which reminded me of mod_http_status, which provides access to module statuses with full details. After that, this idea came about, which seems natural. As noted in the README, it could be used to monitor that critical modules are in fact loaded correctly. As more modules use the status API, the more useful this module and mod_http_status becomes.
author Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
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3 summary: 'Test account credentials using HTTP'
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6 Introduction
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7 ------------
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9 This module lets you test whether a set of credentials are valid,
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10 using Prosody's configured authentication mechanism.
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12 This is useful as an easy way to allow other (e.g. non-XMPP) applications
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13 to authenticate users using their XMPP credentials.
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15 Syntax
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18 To test credentials, issue a simple GET request with HTTP basic auth:
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20 GET /auth_check HTTP/1.1
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21 Authorization: Basic <base64(jid:password)>
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23 Prosody will return a 2xx code on success (user exists and credentials are
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24 correct), or 401 if the credentials are invalid. Any other code may be returned
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25 if there is a problem handling the request.
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27 ### Example usage
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29 Here follows some example usage using `curl`.
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31 curl http://prosody.local:5280/auth_check -u user@example.com:secr1t