How To Install prosody on CentOS 8

prosody is Flexible communications server for Jabber/XMPP

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install prosody on CentOS 8.

What is prosody

Prosody is a flexible communications server for Jabber/XMPP written in Lua. It aims to be easy to use, and light on resources. For developers it aims to be easy to extend and give a flexible system on which to rapidly develop added functionality, or prototype new protocols.

We can use yum or dnf to install prosody on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install prosody.

Install prosody on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install prosody using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install prosody

Install prosody on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install prosody using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install prosody

How To Uninstall prosody on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the prosody package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove prosody

prosody Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/logrotate.d/prosody
/etc/pki/prosody
/etc/pki/prosody/GNUmakefile
/etc/pki/prosody/localhost.cnf
/etc/pki/prosody/makefile
/etc/pki/prosody/openssl.cnf
/etc/prosody
/etc/prosody/certs
/etc/prosody/conf.d
/etc/prosody/conf.d/example.com.cfg.lua
/etc/prosody/conf.d/localhost.cfg.lua
/etc/prosody/migrator.cfg.lua
/etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua
/run/prosody
/usr/bin/ejabberd2prosody
/usr/bin/prosody
/usr/bin/prosody-migrator
/usr/bin/prosodyctl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/a7f18aae719872b2ce989675456a063c53e58c
/usr/lib/.build-id/15
/usr/lib/.build-id/15/a48a490044256ed19bdd6a52f873e1d923bfe4
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/1fe6612a1ccb5f06a4b3721c89f85c5061e678
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/a8cfb113fe2f83832db6dbd8b56a039d683ed1
/usr/lib/.build-id/80
/usr/lib/.build-id/80/b094404559886f84b6a708ad4b4ac8fc1f184b
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e/13a28afb80f67f8a409245b162102a0ea20041
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8/1acc4e112edc2288305ffc6925342c437c865d
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4/0851cc42ec2e0cb3841b9638979dcfc702b500
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4/986be74f17ffdc824cb484f66d98221c1fa852
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba/7f4fcbbcd0059a109366a54eab4139561c57df
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2/15276f9efe6347b9b2a84a38c51bf3b04bb45b
/usr/lib/systemd/system/prosody.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/prosody.conf
/usr/lib64/prosody
/usr/lib64/prosody/core
/usr/lib64/prosody/core/certmanager.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/core/configmanager.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/core/hostmanager.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/core/loggingmanager.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/core/moduleapi.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/core/modulemanager.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/core/portmanager.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/core/rostermanager.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/core/s2smanager.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/core/sessionmanager.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/core/stanza_router.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/core/statsmanager.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/core/storagemanager.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/core/usermanager.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/migrator
/usr/lib64/prosody/migrator/jabberd14.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/migrator/mtools.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/migrator/prosody_files.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/migrator/prosody_sql.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/adhoc
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/adhoc/adhoc.lib.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/adhoc/mod_adhoc.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_admin_adhoc.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_admin_telnet.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_announce.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_auth_anonymous.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_auth_cyrus.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_auth_insecure.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_auth_internal_hashed.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_auth_internal_plain.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_blocklist.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_bosh.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_c2s.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_carbons.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_component.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_csi.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_csi_simple.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_debug_sql.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_dialback.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_disco.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_groups.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_http.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_http_errors.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_http_files.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_iq.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_lastactivity.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_legacyauth.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_limits.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_mam
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_mam/mamprefs.lib.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_mam/mamprefsxml.lib.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_mam/mod_mam.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_message.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_motd.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_muc_mam.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_muc_unique.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_net_multiplex.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_offline.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_pep.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_pep_plus.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_pep_simple.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_ping.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_posix.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_presence.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_private.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_proxy65.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_pubsub
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_pubsub/mod_pubsub.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_pubsub/pubsub.lib.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_register.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_register_ibr.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_register_limits.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_roster.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_s2s
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_s2s/mod_s2s.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_s2s/s2sout.lib.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_s2s_auth_certs.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_saslauth.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_scansion_record.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_server_contact_info.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_stanza_debug.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_storage_internal.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_storage_memory.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_storage_none.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_storage_sql.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_storage_xep0227.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_time.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_tls.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_unknown.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_uptime.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_user_account_management.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_vcard.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_vcard4.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_vcard_legacy.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_version.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_watchregistrations.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_websocket.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_welcome.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/mod_windows.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/muc
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/muc/config_form_sections.lib.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/muc/description.lib.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/muc/hidden.lib.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/muc/history.lib.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/muc/language.lib.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/muc/lock.lib.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/muc/members_only.lib.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/muc/mod_muc.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/muc/moderated.lib.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/muc/muc.lib.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/muc/name.lib.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/muc/occupant.lib.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/muc/password.lib.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/muc/persistent.lib.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/muc/register.lib.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/muc/request.lib.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/muc/subject.lib.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/muc/util.lib.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/modules/muc/whois.lib.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/net
/usr/lib64/prosody/net/adns.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/net/connect.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/net/connlisteners.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/net/cqueues.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/net/dns.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/net/http
/usr/lib64/prosody/net/http.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/net/http/codes.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/net/http/parser.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/net/http/server.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/net/httpserver.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/net/resolvers
/usr/lib64/prosody/net/resolvers/basic.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/net/resolvers/manual.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/net/resolvers/service.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/net/server.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/net/server_epoll.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/net/server_event.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/net/server_select.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/net/websocket
/usr/lib64/prosody/net/websocket.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/net/websocket/frames.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/prosody.version
/usr/lib64/prosody/util
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/adhoc.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/array.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/async.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/bit53.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/bitcompat.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/cache.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/caps.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/compat.so
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/dataforms.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/datamanager.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/datetime.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/dbuffer.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/debug.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/dependencies.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/encodings.so
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/envload.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/erlparse.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/events.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/filters.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/format.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/gc.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/hashes.so
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/helpers.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/hex.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/hmac.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/http.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/id.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/import.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/indexedbheap.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/interpolation.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/ip.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/iterators.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/jid.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/json.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/logger.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/mercurial.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/multitable.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/net.so
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/openssl.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/paths.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/pluginloader.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/poll.so
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/pposix.so
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/presence.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/promise.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/prosodyctl.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/pubsub.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/queue.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/random.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/rfc6724.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/ringbuffer.so
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/rsm.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/sasl
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/sasl.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/sasl/anonymous.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/sasl/digest-md5.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/sasl/external.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/sasl/plain.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/sasl/scram.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/sasl_cyrus.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/serialization.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/session.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/set.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/signal.so
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/sql.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/sslconfig.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/stanza.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/startup.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/statistics.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/statsd.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/strbitop.so
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/table.so
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/template.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/termcolours.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/throttle.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/time.so
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/timer.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/uuid.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/vcard.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/watchdog.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/x509.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/xml.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/xmppstream.lua
/usr/lib64/prosody/util/xpcall.lua
/usr/share/doc/prosody
/usr/share/doc/prosody/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/prosody/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/prosody/HACKERS
/usr/share/doc/prosody/README
/usr/share/doc/prosody/coding_style.txt
/usr/share/doc/prosody/names.txt
/usr/share/doc/prosody/net.server.lua
/usr/share/doc/prosody/roster_format.txt
/usr/share/doc/prosody/session.txt
/usr/share/doc/prosody/stanza.txt
/usr/share/doc/prosody/stanza_routing.txt
/usr/share/doc/prosody/storage.tld
/usr/share/licenses/prosody
/usr/share/licenses/prosody/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/prosodyctl.1.gz
/var/lib/prosody
/var/log/prosody

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install prosody on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.