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diff --git a/man/prosodyctl.man b/man/prosodyctl.man index 6dcb04cd..4854a0a7 100644 --- a/man/prosodyctl.man +++ b/man/prosodyctl.man @@ -1,83 +1,177 @@ -.TH PROSODYCTL 1 "2009-07-02" - +.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 1.19.2.1 +.\" +.TH "PROSODYCTL" "1" "2015\-12\-23" "" "" +.hy .SH NAME +.PP prosodyctl \- Manage a Prosody XMPP server - .SH SYNOPSIS -\fBprosodyctl\fP \fIcommand\fP [\fI--help\fP] - +.IP +.nf +\f[C] +prosodyctl\ command\ [\-\-help] +\f[] +.fi .SH DESCRIPTION -\fBprosodyctl\fP is the control tool for the Prosody XMPP server. It may be -used to control the server daemon and manage users. - -\fBprosodyctl\fP needs to be executed with sufficient privileges to perform -its commands. This typically means executing \fBprosodyctl\fP as the root user. -If a user named "prosody" is found then \fBprosodyctl\fP will change to that +.PP +prosodyctl is the control tool for the Prosody XMPP server. +It may be used to control the server daemon and manage users. +.PP +prosodyctl needs to be executed with sufficient privileges to perform +its commands. +This typically means executing prosodyctl as the root user. +If a user named "prosody" is found then prosodyctl will change to that user before executing its commands. - .SH COMMANDS .SS User Management -In the following commands users are identified by a Jabber ID, \fIjid\fP, of the -usual form: user@domain. - -.IP "\fBadduser\fP \fIjid\fP" -Adds a user with Jabber ID, \fIjid\fP, to the server. You will be -prompted to enter the user's password. - -.IP "\fBpasswd\fP \fIjid\fP" -Changes the password of an existing user with Jabber ID, \fIjid\fP. You will be -prompted to enter the user's new password. - -.IP "\fBdeluser\fP \fIjid\fP" -Deletes an existing user with Jabber ID, \fIjid\fP, from the server. - +.PP +In the following commands users are identified by a Jabber ID, jid, of +the usual form: user\@domain. +.TP +.B adduser jid +Adds a user with Jabber ID, jid, to the server. +You will be prompted to enter the user\[aq]s password. +.RS +.RE +.TP +.B passwd jid +Changes the password of an existing user with Jabber ID, jid. +You will be prompted to enter the user\[aq]s new password. +.RS +.RE +.TP +.B deluser jid +Deletes an existing user with Jabber ID, jid, from the server. +.RS +.RE .SS Daemon Management -Although \fBprosodyctl\fP has commands to manage the \fBprosody\fP daemon it is -recommended that you utilize your distributions daemon management features if -you attained Prosody through a package. - -To perform daemon control commands \fBprosodyctl\fP needs a \fIpidfile\fP value -specified in \fI/etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua\fP. Failure to do so will cause -\fBprosodyctl\fP to complain. - -.IP \fBstart\fP -Starts the \fBprosody\fP server daemon. If run as root \fBprosodyctl\fP will -attempt to change to a user named "prosody" before executing. This operation -will block for up to five seconds to wait for the server to execute. - -.IP \fBstop\fP -Stops the \fBprosody\fP server daemon. This operation will block for up to five -seconds to wait for the server to stop executing. - -.IP \fBrestart\fP -Restarts the \fBprosody\fP server daemon. Equivalent to running \fBprosodyctl -stop\fP followed by \fBprosodyctl start\fP. - -.IP \fBstatus\fP -Prints the current execution status of the \fBprosody\fP server daemon. - +.PP +Although prosodyctl has commands to manage the prosody daemon it is +recommended that you utilize your distributions daemon management +features if you attained Prosody through a package. +.PP +To perform daemon control commands prosodyctl needs a pidfile value +specified in \f[C]/etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua\f[]. +Failure to do so will cause prosodyctl to complain. +.TP +.B start +Starts the prosody server daemon. +If run as root prosodyctl will attempt to change to a user named +"prosody" before executing. +This operation will block for up to five seconds to wait for the server +to execute. +.RS +.RE +.TP +.B stop +Stops the prosody server daemon. +This operation will block for up to five seconds to wait for the server +to stop executing. +.RS +.RE +.TP +.B restart +Restarts the prosody server daemon. +Equivalent to running prosodyctl stop followed by prosodyctl start. +.RS +.RE +.TP +.B reload +Signals the prosody server daemon to reload configuration and reopen log +files. +.RS +.RE +.TP +.B status +Prints the current execution status of the prosody server daemon. +.RS +.RE +.SS Certificates +.PP +prosodyctl can create self\-signed certificates, certificate requests +and private keys for use with Prosody. +Commands are of the form \f[C]prosodyctl\ cert\ subcommand\f[]. +Commands take a list of hosts to be included in the certificate. +.TP +.B request hosts +Create a certificate request (CSR) file for submission to a certificate +authority. +Multiple hosts can be given, sub\-domains are automatically included. +.RS +.RE +.TP +.B generate hosts +Generate a self\-signed certificate. +.RS +.RE +.TP +.B key host [size] +Generate a private key of \[aq]size\[aq] bits (defaults to 2048). +Invoked automatically by \[aq]request\[aq] and \[aq]generate\[aq] if +needed. +.RS +.RE +.TP +.B config hosts +Produce a config file for the list of hosts. +Invoked automatically by \[aq]request\[aq] and \[aq]generate\[aq] if +needed. +.RS +.RE +.SS Debugging +.PP +prosodyctl can also show some information about the environment, +dependencies and such to aid in debugging. +.TP +.B about +Shows environment, various paths used by Prosody and installed +dependencies. +.RS +.RE +.TP +.B check [what] +Performs various sanity checks on the configuration, DNS setup and +configured TLS certificates. +\f[C]what\f[] can be one of \f[C]config\f[], \f[C]dns\f[] and +\f[C]certs\f[] to run only that check. +.RS +.RE .SS Ejabberd Compatibility -\fBejabberd\fP is another XMPP server which provides a comparable control tool, -\fBejabberdctl\fP, to control its server's operations. \fBprosodyctl\fP -implements some commands which are compatible with \fBejabberdctl\fP. For -details of how these commands work you should see -.BR ejabberdctl (8). - -.IP "\fBregister\fP \fIuser server password\fP" -.IP "\fBunregister\fP \fIuser server\fP" - +.PP +ejabberd is another XMPP server which provides a comparable control +tool, ejabberdctl, to control its server\[aq]s operations. +prosodyctl implements some commands which are compatible with +ejabberdctl. +For details of how these commands work you should see ejabberdctl(8). +.IP +.nf +\f[C] +register\ user\ server\ password + +unregister\ user\ server +\f[] +.fi .SH OPTIONS -.IP \fI--help\fP +.TP +.B \f[C]\-\-config\ filename\f[] +Use the specified config file instead of the default. +.RS +.RE +.TP +.B \f[C]\-\-help\f[] Display help text for the specified command. - +.RS +.RE .SH FILES -.IP \fI/etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua\fP -The main \fBprosody\fP configuration file. \fBprosodyctl\fP reads this to -determine the process ID file of the \fBprosody\fP server daemon and to -determine if a host has been configured. - +.TP +.B \f[C]/etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua\f[] +The main prosody configuration file. +prosodyctl reads this to determine the process ID file of the prosody +server daemon and to determine if a host has been configured. +.RS +.RE .SH ONLINE -More information may be found online at: \fIhttp://prosody.im/\fP - +.PP +More information may be found online at: <https://prosody.im/> .SH AUTHORS -Dwayne Bent <dbb.1@liqd.org> +Dwayne Bent <dbb.1@liqd.org>; Kim Alvefur. |