router(8)

📦 version 2.6.1, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 router(8) — the jabberd bestie that moves your packets around 💖

okay so first of all, welcome to the router page from the jabberd project manual, section 8. yes you're in the right place. grab a snack. 🍓

✨ NAME ✨

router — XML packet distributor 🦋

like. that's the whole job description. it distributes XML packets. iconic behavior honestly.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

router [-h] [-c config] [-D]

three little flags. that's it. she's low maintenance. 💅

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so router is THE core component of the whole jabberd system. not a core component. the core component. main character energy, fr fr. 👑

what does she actually do tho? two things, bestie:

  • she passes XML packets back and forth between the components — that's literally the entire vibe, she's the group chat admin relaying messages
  • she manages the entry and exit of components onto the network — so she's also the bouncer at the door, checking people in and out 🎀

that's it. that's the whole job. she's the connective tissue of the entire system and she does it without complaining. we stan. 🫶

💜 OPTIONS 💜

  • -h — shows you a lil summary of the options. the "hey bestie what do u even do" flag. 💖
  • -c — tells her to use an alternate configuration file instead. the compiled-in default is /etc/jabberd/router.xml — that's the one she reaches for if you don't say anything. ✨
  • -D — prints debugging output. but listen, and this is important: you should configure jabberd with the --enable-debug switch to enable this. so like, the flag's there, but it needs the build to cooperate. no cap. 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read these too, they're all in the same friend group:

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

Robert Norris <rob@cataclysm.cx> — thank u for your service king 👑

okay and the very last thing, the cute lil sign-off at the bottom of the page, that's version 2.6.1, dated 28 August 2003, from the jabberd project. a whole era. periodt. 💅✨

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