prosodyctl Command Examples

The control tool for the Prosody XMPP server. Note: process management through prosodyctl is discouraged. Instead, use the tools provided by your system (e.g. systemctl). More information: https://prosody.im/doc/prosodyctl.

• Show the status of the Prosody server:

sudo prosodyctl status

• Reload the server's configuration files:

sudo prosodyctl reload

• Add a user to the Prosody XMPP server:

sudo prosodyctl adduser {{user@example.com}}

• Set a user's password:

sudo prosodyctl passwd {{user@example.com}}

• Permanently delete a user:

sudo prosodyctl deluser {{user@example.com}}