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Manually Deploy a Jitsi Cluster on Akamai

Jitsi is a free, open source video conferencing and communication platform that provides a secure, stable, and free alternative to other popular video conferencing services.

Install and Configure Rocket.Chat as a Chat and Helpdesk Tool

What Is Rocket.Chat?Rocket.Chat is a secure, customizable, open-source communications platform with enterprise-grade features that make it a viable solution for help desk and support operations.

How to Use Linode Object Storage with Mastodon

Mastodon is a decentralized microblogging platform that participates in the Fediverse network. But if you have a Mastodon instance or are planning to deploy one, you may be concerned with its media storage demands and efficiency.

Install and Configure InspIRCd on Debian 10 and Ubuntu 20.04

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a real-time, text-based communication protocol with a long history of use for group chats and discussion forums.

Install a Mastodon Server on CentOS Stream 8

Mastodon is an open-source and self-hosted social media platform for microblogging. It is similar to Twitter, allowing users to follow other users and post text, pictures, and video content.

Install a Mastodon Server on Debian 10

Mastodon is an open source and self-hosted microblogging platform. It’s a social media platform similar to Twitter, allowing users to follow other users and post text, pictures, and video content.

Install a Mastodon Server on Ubuntu 20.04

Mastodon is an open-source and decentralized micro-blogging platform. Like Twitter, it lets users follow other users and post text, photos, and video content.

Installing and Configuring the Element Chat Application

Element is a free open source chat and messaging client that is an alternative to Discord and Slack.

Install Riot on Debian 10

Riot is an open source complete communication service. You can use Riot to chat, exchange files, make voice or video calls, and add bots; all while keeping control of your data.

Installing a Mastodon Server on Ubuntu 16.04

What is Mastodon?Mastodon is a free, decentralized, and open source social network alternative to Twitter.

Installing Rocket.Chat on Ubuntu 16.04

Rocket.Chat is an open source chat software alternative to Slack that ships with the feature rich components users have come to expect for team productivity.

Using WeeChat for Internet Relay Chat

WeeChat is a multi-platform, terminal-based Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client written in C. Weechat is intended to be flexible and extensible, and thus has all sorts of plugins written in different languages including Python, Perl, and Ruby.

Install ZNC from Source on Debian

ZNC is an IRC bouncer. It’s designed to run on a server that remains connected to an IRC network and buffer messages.

Install Openfire on Ubuntu 12.04 for Instant Messaging

Openfire is an open-source real-time collaboration (instant messaging) server, built on the XMPP protocol and available for multiple platforms.

Use ejabberd for Instant Messaging on Ubuntu-12-04

Ejabberd is a Jabber daemon written in the Erlang programming language. It is extensible, flexible and very high performance.

Installing Prosody XMPP Server on Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin)

Prosody is a XMPP/Jabber server programmed in Lua that is simple and lightweight. Prosody uses fewer resources than its counterparts and is designed to be easy to configure and run.

Instant Messaging Services with Openfire on Debian 6 (Squeeze)

Openfire is an open source real-time collaboration (instant messaging) server, built on the XMPP protocol and available for multiple platforms.

Install Prosody XMPP Server on Ubuntu 10.10

Prosody is a XMPP/Jabber server programmed in Lua that is simple and lightweight. Prosody uses fewer resources than its counterparts and is designed to be easy to configure and run.

Installing Prosody XMPP Server on Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid)

Prosody is a XMPP/Jabber server programmed in Lua that is simple and lightweight. Prosody uses fewer resources than its counterparts and is designed to be easy to configure and run.

Instant Messaging Services with ejabberd on Fedora 13

Ejabberd, the Erlang Jabber Daemon, is an extensible, flexible and very high performance XMPP server written in the Erlang programming language.

Instant Messaging Services with Openfire on CentOS 5

Openfire is an open source real-time collaboration (instant messaging) server, built on the XMPP protocol and available for multiple platforms.

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Instant Messaging Services with Openfire on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid)

Openfire is an open source real-time collaboration (instant messaging) server, built on the XMPP protocol and available for multiple platforms.

Advanced Irssi Usage for IRC

Irssi is a popular IRC client with a flexible plugin architecture and an embedded Perl interpreter.

Using Irssi for Internet Relay Chat

Irssi is a terminal-based chat client for real-time conversations over Internet Relay Chat (IRC). IRC is the common meeting ground for Linode users to exchange knowledge and troubleshoot issues in our public channel, #linode on OFTC.

Instant Messaging Services with ejabberd on CentOS 5

Ejabberd, the “Erlang Jabber Daemon,” is an extensible, flexible and very high performance XMPP server written in the Erlang programming language.

Installing Prosody XMPP Server on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)

Prosody is a XMPP/Jabber server programmed in Lua that is simple and lightweight. Prosody uses fewer resources than its counterparts and is designed to be easy to configure and run.

Instant Messaging Services with ejabberd on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)

Ejabberd is a Jabber daemon written in the Erlang programming language. It is extensible, flexible and very high performance.

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Instant Messaging Services with Openfire on Ubuntu 9.10

Openfire is an open source real-time collaboration (instant messaging) server, built on the XMPP protocol and available for multiple platforms.

Installing Prosody XMPP Server on Debian 5 (Lenny)

Prosody is a lightweight and simple XMPP/Jabber server that aims to be easy to use. Written in the Lua programming language, it has minimal resource requirements and aims to be easy to configure and run.

Installing Prosody XMPP Server on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy)

Prosody is a Lua-based XMPP/Jabber server, designed with minimalist ideas and goals. It has low resource requirements and is intended to be easy to configure and run.

Installing Prosody XMPP Server on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty)

Prosody is a XMPP/Jabber server programmed in Lua that is simple and lightweight. Prosody uses fewer resources than its counterparts and is designed to be easy to configure and run.

Instant Messaging Services with ejabberd on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy)

Ejabberd is a Jabber daemon written in the Erlang programming language. It is extensible, flexible and very high performance.

Instant Messaging Services with ejabberd on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty)

Ejabberd is a Jabber daemon written in the Erlang programming language. It is extensible, flexible and very high performance.

Instant Messaging Services with ejabberd on Debian 5 (Lenny)

Ejabberd, the “Erlang Jabber Daemon,” is an extensible, flexible and very high performance XMPP server written in the Erlang programming language.

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Instant Messaging Services with Openfire on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty)

Openfire is an open source real-time collaboration (instant messaging) server, built on the XMPP protocol and available for multiple platforms.

Instant Messaging Services with Openfire on Debian 5 (Lenny)

Openfire is an open source real-time collaboration (instant messaging) server, built on the XMPP protocol and available for multiple platforms.

Messaging & Chat

37 Guides Available

Deploying RabbitMQ on a Linode

Learn how to install and configure RabbitMQ on a Linode instance. This guide covers setting up the message broker, enabling management tools, and testing messag …

Manually Deploy a Jitsi Cluster on Akamai

This guide goes over how to manually deploy a scalable Jitsi conferencing cluster with Ansible using provided playbooks.

Install and Configure Rocket.Chat as a Chat and Helpdesk Tool

Learn how to deploy open-source Rocket.Chat on Akamai Cloud Computing, and use it as a business collaboration tool and customer service platform.

How to Use Linode Object Storage with Mastodon

Mastodon stores media attachments locally by default, which can make these static files difficult to manage and scale. Using object storage with Mastodon can re …

Install and Configure InspIRCd on Debian 10 and Ubuntu 20.04

InspIRCd is a free and open-source IRC server. It is easy to set up, lightweight, and extensible through its modular design. This guide walks you through deploy …

Install a Mastodon Server on Ubuntu 20.04

This guide will show you how to install Mastodon, an open source and decentralized alternative to Twitter also part of the Fediverse, on Ubuntu 20.04.