10.8.2 - Messages Server Stopped Working

Erich, your solution of replacing the 'jabberd' directory with a backup worked wonders!

I installed Server.app v2.2.1 last night and the Messages service immediately stopped working. After inspecting differences in the directory it looks like some of the SessionManager configurations got mangled by the update. I swapped directories and I'm back up and running. Thanks!

UPDATE:

Okay, so that actually didn't quite fix the issue like I thought it did. While replacing the jabberd directory did allow me to log in and chat with others, the Rooms part of the service started throwing a TON of errors in the Console. I think my issue had to do with the fact that I have several domains listed in my jabber config, and something about the Server.app 2.2.1 update caused that list to get out of sync.

After halting Messages, I replaced the 2.2.1 version of the jabberd directory, then using the command line, I reset jabber's domain list to be only my server's hostname: serveradmin settings jabber:hostsCommaDelimitedString = "server.domain.com". I then re-ran the command, but with my entire domain list, including the hostname up front (e.g., "server.domain.com,domain.com,domain2.com"). I restarted Messages and everything seems to be working normally. Chat is up and running and the log files are clean.

Glad you got there.

-Erich

I believe that I'm having similar issues -- I can't even get jabber to start after the v2.2.2 upgrade. Would you please post what your jabberd condifuration directory looks like? Here's what I see:

cd /Library/Server/Messages/Config/jabberd ; ls -l *.xml

-rw------- 1 _jabber wheel 25293 Sep 19 22:10 c2s.xml

-rw------- 1 _jabber wheel 1683 Sep 22 2012 router-filter.xml

-rw------- 1 _jabber wheel 267 Sep 19 21:43 router-users.xml

-rw------- 1 _jabber wheel 8329 Sep 19 22:10 router.xml

-rw------- 1 _jabber wheel 12336 Sep 19 21:43 s2s.xml

-rw------- 1 _jabber wheel 32648 Sep 19 22:10 sm.xml

Any ideas how to clear out the jabberd plist/database configuration to start from scratch and get jabberd working again? I've tried

sudo rm /private/var/run/jabberd/*.pid /Library/Server/Messages/Data/sqlite/jabberd2.db /Library/Preferences/com.apple.messageserver.plist

I also tried removing the entire directory /Library/Server/Messages, but only the ./Data subdirectory is recreated -- and the ./Config directory is not.

A fix is posted here.

For the solution to OS X Server's related authentication problem to virtual jabber domains, see this post.

Solved it for me!

I saw that all my services were running on my updated host name "my.domain.com" except for Messages which was still on Computer.local.

So i figured it was something wrong with the domain. I used this and it worked perfectly!

Thanks