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2 author:
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3 - 'Dwayne Bent <dbb.1@liqd.org>'
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5 date: '2015-12-23'
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6 section: 1
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7 title: PROSODYCTL
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8 ...
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10 NAME
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11 ====
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13 prosodyctl - Manage a Prosody XMPP server
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15 SYNOPSIS
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16 ========
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18 prosodyctl command [--help]
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20 DESCRIPTION
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21 ===========
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23 prosodyctl is the control tool for the Prosody XMPP server. It may be
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24 used to control the server daemon and manage users.
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26 prosodyctl needs to be executed with sufficient privileges to perform
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27 its commands. This typically means executing prosodyctl as the root
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28 user. If a user named "prosody" is found then prosodyctl will change to
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29 that user before executing its commands.
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31 COMMANDS
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32 ========
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34 User Management
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35 ---------------
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37 In the following commands users are identified by a Jabber ID, jid, of
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38 the usual form: user@domain.
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40 adduser jid
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41 : Adds a user with Jabber ID, jid, to the server. You will be prompted
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42 to enter the user's password.
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44 passwd jid
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45 : Changes the password of an existing user with Jabber ID, jid. You
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46 will be prompted to enter the user's new password.
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48 deluser jid
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49 : Deletes an existing user with Jabber ID, jid, from the server.
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51 Daemon Management
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52 -----------------
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54 Although prosodyctl has commands to manage the prosody daemon it is
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55 recommended that you utilize your distributions daemon management
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56 features if you attained Prosody through a package.
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58 To perform daemon control commands prosodyctl needs a pidfile value
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59 specified in `/etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua`. Failure to do so will cause
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60 prosodyctl to complain.
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62 start
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63 : Starts the prosody server daemon. If run as root prosodyctl will
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64 attempt to change to a user named "prosody" before executing. This
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65 operation will block for up to five seconds to wait for the server
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66 to execute.
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68 stop
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69 : Stops the prosody server daemon. This operation will block for up to
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70 five seconds to wait for the server to stop executing.
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72 restart
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73 : Restarts the prosody server daemon. Equivalent to running prosodyctl
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74 stop followed by prosodyctl start.
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76 reload
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77 : Signals the prosody server daemon to reload configuration and reopen
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78 log files.
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80 status
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81 : Prints the current execution status of the prosody server daemon.
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83 Debugging
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84 ---------
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86 prosodyctl can also show some information about the environment,
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87 dependencies and such to aid in debugging.
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89 about
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90 : Shows environment, various paths used by Prosody and
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91 installed dependencies.
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93 check \[what\]
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94 : Performs various sanity checks on the configuration, DNS setup and
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95 configured TLS certificates. `what` can be one of `config`, `dns`
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96 and `certs` to run only that check.
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98 Ejabberd Compatibility
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100
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101 ejabberd is another XMPP server which provides a comparable control
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102 tool, ejabberdctl, to control its server's operations. prosodyctl
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103 implements some commands which are compatible with ejabberdctl. For
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104 details of how these commands work you should see ejabberdctl(8).
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106 register user server password
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108 unregister user server
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110 OPTIONS
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111 =======
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113 `--help`
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114 : Display help text for the specified command.
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116 FILES
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117 =====
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119 `/etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua`
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120 : The main prosody configuration file. prosodyctl reads this to
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121 determine the process ID file of the prosody server daemon and to
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122 determine if a host has been configured.
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124 ONLINE
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125 ======
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127 More information may be found online at: <https://prosody.im/>