mod_extdisco

Module Description

Implements XEP-0215: External Service Discovery for discovering information about services external to the XMPP network. The main use-case is to help discover STUN/TURN servers to allow for negotiating media exchanges.

Options

`modules.mod_extdisco.iqdisc.type`

Syntax: string, one of "one_queue", "no_queue", "queues", "parallel"
Default: "no_queue"

Strategy to handle incoming IQ stanzas. For details, please refer to IQ processing policies.

`modules.mod_extdisco.service`

Syntax: TOML array with one table for each advertised service - see below for details.
Default: [] - no services advertised

Service options

Each advertised service is specified as a TOML table containing the following options listed below.

`modules.mod_extdisco.service.type`

Syntax: string
Default: none, this option is required
Example: type = "stun"

Service type, common values are "stun", "turn", "ftp".

`modules.mod_extdisco.service.host`

Syntax: string
Default: none, this option is required
Example: host = "192.168.0.2"

Hostname or an IP address where the service is hosted.

`modules.mod_extdisco.service.port`

Syntax: string
Default: none, this option is recommended
Example: port = "3478"

The communications port to be used at the host.

`modules.mod_extdisco.service.transport`

Syntax: string, one of "udp", "tcp"
Default: none, this option is optional
Example: transport = "udp"

The underlying transport protocol to be used when communicating with the service.

`modules.mod_extdisco.service.username`

Syntax: string
Default: none, this option is optional
Example: username = "username"

A service-generated username for use at the service.

`modules.mod_extdisco.service.password`

Syntax: string
Default: none, this option is optional
Example: password = "password"

A service-generated password for use at the service.

Example Configuration

[modules.mod_extdisco]

  [[modules.mod_extdisco.service]]
    type = "stun"
    host = "127.0.0.1"
    port = 3478
    transport = "udp"
    username = "username"
    password = "password"

  [[modules.mod_extdisco.service]]
    type = "stun"
    host = "stun.host.com"
    port = 3478
    transport = "tcp"
    username = "username2"
    password = "password2"

  [[modules.mod_extdisco.service]]
    type = "turn"
    host = "turn.host.com"