Hi friends, I’m continuing to dive into the world of the Small Web and alternatives to big tech. I’ve slowly come up with a goal, or at least intention, of setting up an XMPP server for my neighborhood friends to use as an alternative to Discord. After chasing a few rabbit holes, I’ve found myself here: https://apps.yunohost.org/app/prosody

I like the words “easy to set up” but frankly I’m baffled from there. I assume I need some kind of dedicated PC for this? And phrases like “BOSH” “LDAP” and “coturn” are all (so far) meaningless to me. (Don’t worry, I’m googling like crazy.)

So my question is, do I need to go to college for developers to be able to understand all this, or is there somewhere else I can start? 'Cause I’m pretty sure this isn’t the beginner level XD Should I just focus on setting up my own personal website before I start thinking about a big project like this one, or is this not as complex as it looks, or like I said, do I need specialized training?

  • poVoq@slrpnk.net
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    2 months ago

    Yunohost should take care of most of the config automatically including LDAP. If you already run Yunohost then just try it.

    Bosh and coturn are optional and you can worry about that later when you actually need it.

      • poVoq@slrpnk.net
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        2 months ago

        Yes you can try Yunohost on an old laptop but it will replace the existing OS.

        Prosody (xmpp) specifically is meant to be used with a domain name etc, and the setup to run it on a local network only isn’t so easy (and relatively pointless as it is a communication tool).