Need guidance configuring the client with a Prosody serve

[anrj]

I am trying to setup xmpp-web through docker on AWS. Right now I am running the docker process on an EC2 instance but get "Error during login" message when trying to login, I can connect to the server just fine with other clients (Gajim, psi, chatsecure..). I have a suspicion that I'm not setting something right.

Here is the dockerfile I used to build the image, running it with docker run -it -p 80:80 --rm --name xmpp-web2 anrij/xmpp-web:

# build stage
FROM node:lts-alpine as build-stage
RUN apk add git
# copy package
WORKDIR /app
COPY package*.json ./
# install dependencies
RUN npm ci
# copy src and assets
COPY . .
# build
RUN npm run build

# production stage
FROM nginx:stable-alpine as production-stage
# copy html files
COPY --from=build-stage /app/dist /usr/share/nginx/html
# copy nginx conf
COPY ./docs/docker/998-update-local.js.sh /docker-entrypoint.d/998-update-local.js.sh
COPY ./docs/docker/default.conf.template /etc/nginx/templates/default.conf.template
# set environment variables
ENV APP_NAME=TBC-Chat
ENV APP_WS=ws://chat.anrj.site/xmpp-websocket
ENV APP_REGISTERED_ACCESS=1
ENV APP_GUEST_ACCESS=1
ENV XMPP_ANON_HOST=
ENV APP_IS_TRANSPORTS_USER_ALLOWED=0
ENV APP_HTTP_AUTODISCOVERY=0
ENV APP_RESOURCE=
ENV APP_DEFAULT_DOMAIN=xmpp.anrj.site
ENV APP_DEFAULT_MUC=muc.anrj.site
ENV APP_IS_STYLING_DISABLED=0
ENV APP_HAS_SENDING_ENTER_KEY=0
ENV APP_PINNED_MUCS=
ENV APP_LOGO_URL=https://i.postimg.cc/kG4QqVTL/url.png
ENV APP_GUEST_DESCRIPTION=
ENV XMPP_CONNECT_TIMEOUT=
ENV XMPP_WS=http://xmpp.anrj.site:5281/xmpp-websocket
EXPOSE 80/tcp

# Tag image
ARG GIT_COMMIT=unspecified
ARG BUILD_DATE
ARG VERSION=unspecified
LABEL org.label-schema.name="xmpp-web"
LABEL org.label-schema.vendor="nioc"
LABEL org.label-schema.license="AGPL-3.0-or-later"
LABEL org.label-schema.vcs-url="https://github.com/nioc/xmpp-web"
LABEL org.label-schema.vcs-ref=$GIT_COMMIT
LABEL org.label-schema.build-date=$BUILD_DATE
LABEL org.label-schema.version=$VERSION
LABEL maintainer="nioc <[email protected]>"

I was a bit confused about if APP_WS is correctly inputted

My prosody configuration file:

-- Prosody XMPP Server Configuration
--
-- Information on configuring Prosody can be found on our
-- website at https://prosody.im/doc/configure
--
-- Tip: You can check that the syntax of this file is correct
-- when you have finished by running this command:
--     prosodyctl check config
-- If there are any errors, it will let you know what and where
-- they are, otherwise it will keep quiet.
--
-- Good luck, and happy Jabbering!


---------- Server-wide settings ----------
-- Settings in this section apply to the whole server and are the default settings
-- for any virtual hosts

-- This is a (by default, empty) list of accounts that are admins
-- for the server. Note that you must create the accounts separately
-- (see https://prosody.im/doc/creating_accounts for info)
-- Example: admins = { "[email protected]", "[email protected]" }
admins = { "[email protected]" }

-- This option allows you to specify additional locations where Prosody
-- will search first for modules. For additional modules you can install, see
-- the community module repository at https://modules.prosody.im/
--plugin_paths = {}

-- This is the list of modules Prosody will load on startup.
-- Documentation for bundled modules can be found at: https://prosody.im/doc/modules
modules_enabled = {

        -- Generally required
                "disco"; -- Service discovery
                "roster"; -- Allow users to have a roster. Recommended ;)
                "saslauth"; -- Authentication for clients and servers. Recommended if you want to log in.
                "tls"; -- Add support for secure TLS on c2s/s2s connections

        -- Not essential, but recommended
                "blocklist"; -- Allow users to block communications with other users
                "bookmarks"; -- Synchronise the list of open rooms between clients
                "carbons"; -- Keep multiple online clients in sync
                "dialback"; -- Support for verifying remote servers using DNS
                "limits"; -- Enable bandwidth limiting for XMPP connections
                "pep"; -- Allow users to store public and private data in their account
                "private"; -- Legacy account storage mechanism (XEP-0049)
                "smacks"; -- Stream management and resumption (XEP-0198)
                "vcard4"; -- User profiles (stored in PEP)
                "vcard_legacy"; -- Conversion between legacy vCard and PEP Avatar, vcard

        -- Nice to have
                "csi_simple"; -- Simple but effective traffic optimizations for mobile devices
                "invites"; -- Create and manage invites
                "invites_adhoc"; -- Allow admins/users to create invitations via their client
                "invites_register"; -- Allows invited users to create accounts
                "ping"; -- Replies to XMPP pings with pongs
                "register"; -- Allow users to register on this server using a client and change passwords
                "time"; -- Let others know the time here on this server
                "uptime"; -- Report how long server has been running
                "version"; -- Replies to server version requests
                "mam"; -- Store recent messages to allow multi-device synchronization
                --"turn_external"; -- Provide external STUN/TURN service for e.g. audio/video calls

        -- Admin interfaces
                "admin_adhoc"; -- Allows administration via an XMPP client that supports ad-hoc commands
                "admin_shell"; -- Allow secure administration via 'prosodyctl shell'

        -- HTTP modules
                "bosh"; -- Enable BOSH clients, aka "Jabber over HTTP"
                "http_openmetrics"; -- for exposing metrics to stats collectors
                "websocket"; -- XMPP over WebSockets

        -- Other specific functionality
                --"announce"; -- Send announcement to all online users
                --"groups"; -- Shared roster support
                --"legacyauth"; -- Legacy authentication. Only used by some old clients and bots.
                --"mimicking"; -- Prevent address spoofing
                --"motd"; -- Send a message to users when they log in
                --"proxy65"; -- Enables a file transfer proxy service which clients behind NAT can use
                --"s2s_bidi"; -- Bi-directional server-to-server (XEP-0288)
                --"server_contact_info"; -- Publish contact information for this service
                --"tombstones"; -- Prevent registration of deleted accounts
                --"watchregistrations"; -- Alert admins of registrations
                --"welcome"; -- Welcome users who register accounts
}

-- These modules are auto-loaded, but should you want
-- to disable them then uncomment them here:
modules_disabled = {
        -- "offline"; -- Store offline messages
        -- "c2s"; -- Handle client connections
        -- "s2s"; -- Handle server-to-server connections
        -- "posix"; -- POSIX functionality, sends server to background, etc.
}


-- Server-to-server authentication
-- Require valid certificates for server-to-server connections?
-- If false, other methods such as dialback (DNS) may be used instead.

s2s_secure_auth = true

-- Some servers have invalid or self-signed certificates. You can list
-- remote domains here that will not be required to authenticate using
-- certificates. They will be authenticated using other methods instead,
-- even when s2s_secure_auth is enabled.

--s2s_insecure_domains = { "insecure.example" }

-- Even if you disable s2s_secure_auth, you can still require valid
-- certificates for some domains by specifying a list here.

--s2s_secure_domains = { "jabber.org" }


-- Rate limits
-- Enable rate limits for incoming client and server connections. These help
-- protect from excessive resource consumption and denial-of-service attacks.

limits = {
        c2s = {
                rate = "10kb/s";
        };
        s2sin = {
                rate = "30kb/s";
        };
}

-- Required for init scripts and prosodyctl
pidfile = "/var/run/prosody/prosody.pid"

-- Authentication
-- Select the authentication backend to use. The 'internal' providers
-- use Prosody's configured data storage to store the authentication data.
-- For more information see https://prosody.im/doc/authentication

authentication = "internal_hashed"

-- Many authentication providers, including the default one, allow you to
-- create user accounts via Prosody's admin interfaces. For details, see the
-- documentation at https://prosody.im/doc/creating_accounts


-- Storage
-- Select the storage backend to use. By default Prosody uses flat files
-- in its configured data directory, but it also supports more backends
-- through modules. An "sql" backend is included by default, but requires
-- additional dependencies. See https://prosody.im/doc/storage for more info.

--storage = "sql" -- Default is "internal"

-- For the "sql" backend, you can uncomment *one* of the below to configure:
--sql = { driver = "SQLite3", database = "prosody.sqlite" } -- Default. 'database' is the filename.
--sql = { driver = "MySQL", database = "prosody", username = "prosody", password = "secret", host = "localhost" }
--sql = { driver = "PostgreSQL", database = "prosody", username = "prosody", password = "secret", host = "localhost" }


-- Archiving configuration
-- If mod_mam is enabled, Prosody will store a copy of every message. This
-- is used to synchronize conversations between multiple clients, even if
-- they are offline. This setting controls how long Prosody will keep
-- messages in the archive before removing them.

archive_expires_after = "1w" -- Remove archived messages after 1 week

-- You can also configure messages to be stored in-memory only. For more
-- archiving options, see https://prosody.im/doc/modules/mod_mam


-- Audio/video call relay (STUN/TURN)
-- To ensure clients connected to the server can establish connections for
-- low-latency media streaming (such as audio and video calls), it is
-- recommended to run a STUN/TURN server for clients to use. If you do this,
-- specify the details here so clients can discover it.
-- Find more information at https://prosody.im/doc/turn

-- Specify the address of the TURN service (you may use the same domain as XMPP)
--turn_external_host = "turn.example.com"

-- This secret must be set to the same value in both Prosody and the TURN server
--turn_external_secret = "your-secret-turn-access-token"


-- Logging configuration
-- For advanced logging see https://prosody.im/doc/logging
log = {
        info = "/var/log/prosody/prosody.log"; -- Change 'info' to 'debug' for verbose logging
        error = "/var/log/prosody/prosody.err";
        -- "*syslog"; -- Uncomment this for logging to syslog
        -- "*console"; -- Log to the console, useful for debugging when running in the foreground
}


-- Uncomment to enable statistics
-- For more info see https://prosody.im/doc/statistics
-- statistics = "internal"


-- Certificates
-- Every virtual host and component needs a certificate so that clients and
-- servers can securely verify its identity. Prosody will automatically load
-- certificates/keys from the directory specified here.
-- For more information, including how to use 'prosodyctl' to auto-import certificates
-- (from e.g. Let's Encrypt) see https://prosody.im/doc/certificates

-- Location of directory to find certificates in (relative to main config file):
certificates = "certs"

----------- Virtual hosts -----------
-- You need to add a VirtualHost entry for each domain you wish Prosody to serve.
-- Settings under each VirtualHost entry apply *only* to that host.

VirtualHost "xmpp.anrj.site"
-- Prosody requires at least one enabled VirtualHost to function. You can
-- safely remove or disable 'localhost' once you have added another.


--VirtualHost "example.com"

------ Components ------
-- You can specify components to add hosts that provide special services,
-- like multi-user conferences, and transports.
-- For more information on components, see https://prosody.im/doc/components

---Set up a MUC (multi-user chat) room server on conference.example.com:
Component "muc.anrj.site" "muc"
--- Store MUC messages in an archive and allow users to access it
modules_enabled = { "muc_mam" }

---Set up a file sharing component
Component "share.anrj.site" "http_file_share"
http_file_share_size_limit = 20 * 1024 * 1024
http_file_share_expire_after = 60 * 60 * 24 * 7

---Set up an external component (default component port is 5347)
--
-- External components allow adding various services, such as gateways/
-- bridges to non-XMPP networks and services. For more info
-- see: https://prosody.im/doc/components#adding_an_external_component
--
--Component "gateway.example.com"
--      component_secret = "password"


---------- End of the Prosody Configuration file ----------
-- You usually **DO NOT** want to add settings here at the end, as they would
-- only apply to the last defined VirtualHost or Component.
--
-- Settings for the global section should go higher up, before the first
-- VirtualHost or Component line, while settings intended for specific hosts
-- should go under the corresponding VirtualHost or Component line.
--
-- For more information see https://prosody.im/doc/configure

Also here's the error I get in the terminal:

Is it a certification issue? I don't have the certificate setup for chat.anrj.site (domain for xmpp-web client)

Sorry for the long post, I really need some help

[nioc]

Hello @anrj.

First, you don't have to build your own docker image, it is hosted on docker hub.

For your issue, I think this variable is invalid:
ENV XMPP_WS=http://xmpp.anrj.site:5281/xmpp-websocket
Because Prosody uses port 5281 for https (Bosh) but you set the http scheme (which is listened on 5280), can you try
ENV XMPP_WS=https://xmpp.anrj.site:5281/xmpp-websocket
Or with http/5280 if it does not work:
ENV XMPP_WS=http://xmpp.anrj.site:5280/xmpp-websocket

[anrj]

https was it, thank you

[anrj]

Sorry to bother but I've got another question.

I used SSL certification on aws side with ACM certificate. On https would just changing ws:// to wss:// work? Or do I have to do something entirely else?

[nioc]

The two application endpoints must have the same security context:

• app exposed on https -> proxy websocket (APP_WS) must use wss
• app exposed on http -> proxy websocket must use ws

So if you expose your app on https, you have to set wss:// in the APP_WS