XMPP service test using Pidgin

Question

Anyone here once tested Beehive XMPP service using Pidgin.
Every time I set the domain to default it always say unknow host name. Cause I install beehive in a non-domain enviroment.
I can't leave domain as blank cause it 's required field.
When I open the beekeeper to check the XMPP properties , the doaminName is example.com
How can I resolve it ?

Answer 1

Hi,
"Domain" is a required part of the JID which is the thing you use to login using xmpp. It isn't necessarily related to the domain names of your machines or organization (although it often is the same).
So, let's say your name is "Kyi Smith". Your email address might be something like "[email protected]" - i.e. it has a domain part (I won't use example.com because it'll be confusing).
Similarly, any xmpp server and client will need you to have an IM Address (or JID) that looks like [user]@[domain][resource].
So your IM Address might look like "[email protected]".
If that's the case, then you need to set the _xmppservice.domainName property to be "foo.com", and you'll need to make sure that your beehive user has an IM address that matches the domain, like:
modify_user user user=kyismith address business_1:im:[email protected]
Then (assuming you've set up TLS as per the install guide [XMPP requires TLS be working as part of the spec]) then you should be able to login using pidgin specifying your username (as kyismith), your domain (as foo.com) and set the connect server (in the advanced tab) as whatever the hostname of your beehive server is - you should be good to go.
Of course, if you're just kicking the tyres then you could just set your users up with IM addresses of example.com domain:
beectl modify_user ... --address business_1:im:[email protected]
and not change the _xmppserver:DomainName property.
hope that helps,
richard