Folks;
we're currently running an internal XMPP service based upon openfire
wich works well but has a few drawbacks that don't seem to be
addressable with this implementation.
Wish list, in our environment:
- Users do use 1:1 messaging as well as some conference channels
(restricted / open but still internal).
- Our users run Windows, Linux, Android and iOS, with clients mostly
being jitsi, pidgin, gajim and Conversations (on Android).
- Transfer of files (mostly screenshots and PDF docs) is frequently used
yet works not quite reliable with openfire.
- History of chats (1:1 and group) should be availble synchronized
across multiple devices (for users using desktop and mobile clients);
this should include files included in a chat history too.
- The service should run on Linux on a machine that is tied to Windows
AD using winbind.
- The service should be able to map Linux users to XMPP users and
certain Linux user groups to XMPP user groups (openfire does have this
concept of server-sided rosters but I'm not sure how far this is an XMPP
standard feature). Not having to maintain a dedicated user base would
greatly help.
So far I peeked into ejabberd and prosody and am looking for something
to replace openfire. What are your experiences? Can you recommend either
of these or maybe any other XMPP server I left out by now?
Any hints greatly appreciated. :)
Thanks,
Kristian
