This chat module is based onthe 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).Thiscan for example be useful to facilitate moderation operations.
For theuser 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 onthe server, and onthe DNS records.It isnot possible to configure thisonly 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 yourinstance, then enable the setting "Enable connection to room using external XMPP accounts".By checking this setting, new settings appear below.