This chat module is based on the XMPP protocol, also known as Jabber.It is therefore possible to connect to the chats using [XMPP client software](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMPP#Clients).This can for example be useful to facilitate moderation operations.
For the user documentation associated with these features, please refer to the [user documentation page](/peertube-plugin-livechat/documentation/user/xmpp_clients/).
Enabling these features requires configuration changes on the server, and on the DNS records.It is not possible to configure this only from the Peertube interface, and it requires some basic system some basic system admin skills.
To enable this feature, you will need to set up your server and DNS records, so that XMPP clients can find and access the [Prosody server](https://prosody.im) that this plugin uses internally.
Start by going to the livechat plugin settings of your instance, then enable the setting "Enable connection to room using external XMPP accounts".By checking this setting, new settings appear below.
First of all, the "Prosody server to server port" field.This one defaults to 5269, which is the standard port for this service.You can however change to another port, if this is already in use on your server.
