Chat¶

The chat service uses the standard protocol Jabber/XMPP and support TLS on standard ports (5222 or 5223).

The main features are:

Messages between users of the system
Possibility to divide the users into groups, according to the company or department / office
Chat server’s administrators
Broadcast messages
Group chat
Offline messages
Transfer files over LAN

All system users can access the chat using their own credentials.

Client¶

Jabber clients are available for all desktop and mobile platforms.

Some widespread clients:

Pidgin is available for Windows and Linux
Adium for Mac OS X
BeejibelIM for Android and iOS, Xabber only for Android

When you configure the client, make sure TLS (or SSL) is enabled. Enter the user name and the domain of the machine.

If NethServer Enterprise is also the DNS server of the network, the client should automatically find the server’s address through special pre-configured DNS records. Otherwise, specify the server address in the advanced options.

Administrators¶

All users within the group jabberadmins are considered administrators of the chat server.

Administrators can:

Send broadcast messages
Check the status of connected users

The group jabberadmins is configurable from Groups page.