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A/V calls in Conversations

Here are some short notes for server admins and developers of other XMPP clients.

Notes for server admins

Most calls will require server side assistence. Depending on the network it might be enough to have a STUN server for Conversations to learn your external IP and punch a hole in the NAT. On some, more restrictive, networks however this isn’t enough and Conversations will need a TURN server. TURN servers are used to proxy the entire (encrypted) traffic through the server. (In my initial testing this was often the case when mobile networks were involved.)

To ensure best possible user experience in all situations server admins should set up both.

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Table of Contents

• What is Mastodon?
• How is it like Twitter?
• How is it like email?
• How is it not like either of those?
• How do I establish my brand's presence on Mastodon?
• How do I get verified on Mastodon?
• HOW DO I PICK AN INSTANCE?
• How do I mention someone who's not on my instance?

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Make a backup file of a Mastodon instance. The backup file is a TGZ containing
# the Postgres dump as well as the /public/system (media) files and the
# .env.production file. For loading the dump file contents, see:
# https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Running-Mastodon/Migration-guide.md
#
# Usage: ./mastodon_backup.sh my_dump_file.tgz
#
# Advanced usage: MASTODON_LIVE_DIRECTORY=/path/to/live ./mastodon_backup.sh my_dump_file.tgz

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{
  "places": [
    {
      "name": "Surf Shak",
      "SSID": "Bar Surf",
      "password": "shak2525"
    },
    {
      "name": "Hostal Rutamar",
      "SSID": "HOSTAL RUTAMAR",

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background: linear-gradient(270deg, #219f7e, #3d9cd1);
background-size: 400% 400%;
-webkit-animation: AnimationName 30s ease infinite;
-moz-animation: AnimationName 30s ease infinite;
-o-animation: AnimationName 30s ease infinite;
animation: AnimationName 30s ease infinite;
@-webkit-keyframes AnimationName {
    0%{background-position:0% 50%}
    50%{background-position:100% 50%}
    100%{background-position:0% 50%}

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var parser = document.createElement('a');
parser.href = "http://example.com:3000/pathname/?search=test#hash";

parser.protocol; // => "http:"
parser.hostname; // => "example.com"
parser.port;     // => "3000"
parser.pathname; // => "/pathname/"
parser.search;   // => "?search=test"
parser.hash;     // => "#hash"
parser.host;     // => "example.com:3000"

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I want to get off Gmail for two reasons:

1. my own *@mislav.net address
2. to get my email under my own control so I can write scripts to process/analyze it

I've asked on Twitter what software should I use.
Here are the aggregated suggestions.

SMTP

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# config/initializers/active_model_serializers.rb
Mongoid::Document.send(:include, ActiveModel::SerializerSupport)
Mongoid::Criteria.delegate(:active_model_serializer, :to => :to_a)

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sh -c '
portsnap fetch
portsnap extract
BATCH=yes
export BATCH
echo "RUBY_DEFAULT_VER=1.9" >> /etc/make.conf
pkg_add -r autoconf
cd /usr/ports/converters/ruby-iconv
make install
gem install chef --no-ri --no-rdoc

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# Config for Nginx to act as a front-end for Riak
# The main goal is to proxy all GETs directly to Riak, and disallow anything else (POST, PUT, etc)
# Also, disallow use of the map/reduce query links (i.e. /riak/bucket/key/_,_,_)

# Config is in /etc/nginx/sites-available/default or somewhere like that

# Set up load-balancing to send requests to all nodes in the Riak cluster
# Replace these IPs/ports with the locations of your Riak nodes
upstream riak_hosts {
  server  127.0.0.1:8098;