[jdev] Re: Installing/Testing Jabberd2

[Tijl Houtbeckers]

This is a complete guess here, since I have no experience setting up 
jabberd2, but I have the feeling it could be true anyway. You probably 
need the mySQL-devel package. (the lib often used to connect to a MySQL 
server).

On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 14:54:18 -0500, Sonic98 <raymondcox at redlasertech.com> 
wrote:

> Well I know that I can set my DB host to whatever I want other than
> localhost, but how do I configure it that way? When I run ./configure I 
> get
> an error "mysql not found." I thought I could just install jabberd2 and
> setup the DB location in the configuration, but I have to get past that 
> step
> first.
> "Ido Rosen" <ido at cs.uchicago.edu> wrote in message
> news:20040410132611.11536c88.ido at cs.uchicago.edu...
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>> It is possible to setup Jabberd2 on a machine that is not the DB server,
>> you just need to specify the DB server's hostname other than localhost.
>> You should, however, be weary of doing this across any open network
>> (i.e.: from one of your machines to the host), where the data crossing
>> the Internet may be sniffed.
>>
>> If I had to setup such a beast, I would probably use one of the
>> following configurations:
>>
>> * IPsec VPN tunnel to the subnet/network where the DB server is sitting
>> on, to make sure plaintext sensitive data is not exposed to the
>> Internet.
>>
>> * SSL or SSH encapsulate (stunnel tunneling or ssh port forwarding) the
>> DB connection.
>>
>> * Use MySQL/SSL if the host supports it.
>>
>> ...if you don't care about the security of data crossing your Jabberd2
>> server (i.e.: you are not using the same login credentials for Jabberd2
>> as you are for other things, and you don't care about messages being
>> possibly read by sniffers), then ignore the above.
>>
>> When you're ready to install Jabberd2, you can simply follow the
>> instructions for installing it on whatever machine/network you choose to
>> install it (i.e.: your home machine), except for all the mysql-related
>> setup portions, remember that you are using mysql on your host's
>> database server (mysql -h hosts.db.server.com ...) and not on localhost.
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> Ido
>>
>> On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 13:16:55 -0500
>> "Sonic98" <raymondcox at redlasertech.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I already have a website that I use with a membership DB already
>> > setup. I just switched host from a host that didn't allow SSH
>> > connection or running your own owns to one that does allow it,
>> > unfortunately I found out this host is just as usless as my other host
>> > because you can SSH but you can't run any real apps like Jabber. I'm
>> > not quite ready to switch hosts again to one who allows running chat
>> > scripts or get dedicated hosting. I'm gonna get a shell hosting
>> > account. I just have a simple couple questions.
>> >
>> > What is the simplest way to install Jabberd 2 if I already have a
>> > webserver with a functioing mysql database already installed and
>> > working, and can I do it if Jabberd2 and the DB are not on the same
>> > server?
>> >
>> >
>> > I'm looking over the Jabberd2 Installation instructions. Some things
>> > make sense and some don't, especially considering most of the
>> > instructions seem to be geared toward people starting completely from
>> > scratch.
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