Installing Jackal on Alpine Linux Latest

Jackal is a Jabber/XMPP server that is written in Go. It is designed to be easy to use, scalable, and high-performance. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Jackal on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

• A server running Alpine Linux Latest
• A non-root user with sudo privileges

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Before we can install Jackal, we need to install some necessary dependencies. The following commands will install the dependencies:

sudo apk add openssl-dev pkgconfig gnutls-dev sqlite-dev
sudo apk add --update go gcc musl-dev

Step 2: Clone Jackal

Next, we need to clone the Jackal Git repository using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/ortuman/jackal.git

Step 3: Build Jackal

To build Jackal, navigate to the cloned repository, and execute the following:

cd jackal
go build ./cmd/jackal

Step 4: Run Jackal

Jackal is now built, and we can run it using the following command:

./jackal

By default, Jackal listens on port 5222 for incoming client connections.

Step 5: Enable Autostart

To enable Jackal to start automatically when the system boots up, we can create a systemd service file. Execute the following command to create the file:

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/jackal.service

Next, paste the following into the file:

[Unit]
Description=Jackal Jabber/XMPP server

[Service]
ExecStart=/path/to/jackal/cmd/jackal
Restart=always
User=root

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Replace /path/to/jackal/ with the actual path to where you cloned the Jackal repository. Save the file and close the editor.

Now we can start the Jackal service using the following commands:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start jackal.service
sudo systemctl enable jackal.service

Conclusion

You have successfully installed Jackal on Alpine Linux Latest. You can now use it to host your XMPP/Jabber server.