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various: Improve error reporting if missing file server module on 0.12 If there is some error loading net.http.files then it would be swallowed by the pcall and then it would proceed to trying mod_http_files, which might cause unexpected behavior on 0.12 Ref #1765
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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_invites_api]
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18 - [mod_register_apps]
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20 This module manages the creation and consumption of invite codes for the
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21 host(s) it is loaded onto. It currently does not expose any admin/user-facing
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22 functionality (though in the future it will probably gain a way to view/manage
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23 pending invites).
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25 Instead, other modules can use the API from this module to create invite tokens
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26 which can be used to e.g. register accounts or create automatic subscription
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27 approvals.
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29 This module should not be confused with the similarly named mod_invite (note the
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30 missing 's'!). That module was a precursor to this one that helped test and prove
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31 the concept of invite-based registration, and is now deprecated.
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33 # Configuration
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35 This module exposes just one option - the length of time that a generated invite
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38 ``` {.lua}
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39 -- Configure the number of seconds a token is valid for (default 7 days)
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40 invite_expiry = 86400 * 7
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41 ```
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43 # Invites setup
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44
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45 For a fully-featured invite-based setup, the following provides an example
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46 configuration:
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48 ``` {.lua}
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49 -- Specify the external URL format of the invite links
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51 VirtualHost "example.com"
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52 invites_page = "https://example.com/invite?{invite.token}"
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53 http_external_url = "https://example.com/"
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54 http_paths = {
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55 invites_page = "/invite";
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56 invites_register_web = "/register";
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57 }
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58 modules_enabled = {
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59 "invites";
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60 "invites_adhoc";
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61 "invites_page";
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62 "invites_register";
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63 "invites_register_web";
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65 "http_libjs"; -- See 'external dependencies' below
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66 }
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67 ```
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68
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69 Restart Prosody and create a new invite using an ad-hoc command in an XMPP client connected
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70 to your admin account, or use the command line:
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72 prosodyctl mod_invites generate example.com
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74 ## External dependencies
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75
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76 The default HTML templates for the web-based modules depend on some CSS and Javascript
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77 libraries. They expect these to be available at `https://example.com/share`. An easy
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78 way of doing this if you are on Debian 10 (buster) is to enable mod_http_libjs and install
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79 the following packages:
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81 apt install libjs-bootstrap4 libjs-jquery
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83 On other systems you will need to manually put these libraries somewhere on the filesystem
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84 that Prosody can read, and serve them using mod_http_libjs with a custom `libjs_path`
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85 setting.
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87 # Compatibility
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89 0.11 and later.