ejabberd: business card search

In the ejabberd note with authorization via LDAP, I described the main points on setting up the ejabberd server. In the note, external authentication programs showed how to use an external program if the functionality of the built-in modules is not enough. Now add a search on business cards users.

Connecting modules

For a start, briefly about connecting modules. In the configuration of the virtual host (or in the global domain), an entry is created that looks like this:

 {modules, [
     {module1, [module_1 options]},
     {module2, [module_2 options]}
 ]},

In this record, you need to list the necessary modules with parameters.

The list of modules and parameters can be found in the same ejabberd manual .
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Now in my modules are configured as:

 {modules, [
   {mod_last, []},
   {mod_offline, []}
 ]}

Mod_disco module

Support extensions XEP-0030: Service Discovery - search services. Without this module, customers will not be able to find out which services we offer:

 {modules, [
   {mod_last, []},
   {mod_offline, []},
   {mod_disco, []}
 ]}

Mod_vcard_ldap module

Supports XEP-0054 expansion : vCards - electronic business cards. The module allows you to receive from LDAP information about the name, surname, e-mail and so on (everything is configured) for each user. Its separate advantage is that it works even if authorization other than ldap is used. That is, I can authenticate users with my own program, and still retrieve useful information from LDAP.

 {modules, [
   {mod_last, []},
   {mod_offline, []},
   {mod_disco, []},
   {mod_vcard_ldap, [
   % Here I will write options
   ]}
 ]}

If LDAP authentication is used, the following options may be omitted. Their mod_vcard_ldap values ​​will be taken from those specified earlier. However, if you specify them clearly, it will not be worse.

     {ldap_servers, ["ldap.company.local"]},
     {ldap_port, 389},
     {ldap_base, "ou = people, dc = company, dc = local"},
     {ldap_filter, "(gidNumber = 100)"},

The description of this option was already in ejabberd with authorization through LDAP .

Below is a simple example of further configuration. Only the most basic properties are used.

 % Set mappings between vCard fields and LDAP attributes
 {ldap_vcard_map, [
   {"NICKNAME", "% u", []},
   {"GIVEN", "% s", ["givenName"]},
   {"FAMILY", "% s", ["sn"]},
   {"FN", "% s% s", ["givenName", "sn"]},
   {"EMAIL", "% s", ["mail"]}
 ]},
 % Define fields for searching by cards and their correspondence to attributes of LDAP accounts
 {ldap_search_fields, [
   {"User", "% u"},
   {"Name", "givenName"},
   {"Family Name", "sn"},
   {"Email", "mail"}
 ]},
 % Specify which vCard fields should be shown in search results
 {ldap_search_reported, [
   {"Full Name", "FN"},
   {"Nickname", "NICKNAME"}
 ]}

Restart ejabberd. And here you can check the result. Or use a client, for example Psi:



And search by card: