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+author:
+- 'Dwayne Bent <dbb.1@liqd.org>'
+date: '2015-12-23'
+section: 1
+title: PROSODYCTL
+...
+
+NAME
+====
+
+prosodyctl - Manage a Prosody XMPP server
+
+SYNOPSIS
+========
+
+    prosodyctl command [--help]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+===========
+
+prosodyctl is the control tool for the Prosody XMPP server. It may be
+used to control the server daemon and manage users.
+
+prosodyctl needs to be executed with sufficient privileges to perform
+its commands. This typically means executing prosodyctl as the root
+user. If a user named "prosody" is found then prosodyctl will change to
+that user before executing its commands.
+
+COMMANDS
+========
+
+User Management
+---------------
+
+In the following commands users are identified by a Jabber ID, jid, of
+the usual form: user@domain.
+
+adduser jid
+:   Adds a user with Jabber ID, jid, to the server. You will be prompted
+    to enter the user's password.
+
+passwd jid
+:   Changes the password of an existing user with Jabber ID, jid. You
+    will be prompted to enter the user's new password.
+
+deluser jid
+:   Deletes an existing user with Jabber ID, jid, from the server.
+
+Daemon Management
+-----------------
+
+Although prosodyctl has commands to manage the prosody daemon it is
+recommended that you utilize your distributions daemon management
+features if you attained Prosody through a package.
+
+To perform daemon control commands prosodyctl needs a pidfile value
+specified in `/etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua`. Failure to do so will cause
+prosodyctl to complain.
+
+start
+:   Starts the prosody server daemon. If run as root prosodyctl will
+    attempt to change to a user named "prosody" before executing. This
+    operation will block for up to five seconds to wait for the server
+    to execute.
+
+stop
+:   Stops the prosody server daemon. This operation will block for up to
+    five seconds to wait for the server to stop executing.
+
+restart
+:   Restarts the prosody server daemon. Equivalent to running prosodyctl
+    stop followed by prosodyctl start.
+
+status
+:   Prints the current execution status of the prosody server daemon.
+
+Ejabberd Compatibility
+----------------------
+
+ejabberd is another XMPP server which provides a comparable control
+tool, ejabberdctl, to control its server's operations. prosodyctl
+implements some commands which are compatible with ejabberdctl. For
+details of how these commands work you should see ejabberdctl(8).
+
+    register user server password
+
+    unregister user server
+
+OPTIONS
+=======
+
+`--help`
+:   Display help text for the specified command.
+
+FILES
+=====
+
+`/etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua`
+:   The main prosody configuration file. prosodyctl reads this to
+    determine the process ID file of the prosody server daemon and to
+    determine if a host has been configured.
+
+ONLINE
+======
+
+More information may be found online at: <https://prosody.im/>