There is a lot of functionality in the xmpp_server role that is currently not being tested using the running instance. For example (a non-exhaustive list):

• Carbons
• Message archives

Some of that testing is currently done using configuration parsing which is rather suboptimal. It would be better if such functions would be tested using an XMPP client implementation instead (perhaps something custom written in Python if all else fails). This would improve the reliability of tests.

The following should be done:

• Update the xmpp_server role.
  • Determine what tests are currently relyling on deployed configuration file parsing.
  • Try to replace such tests with a more native way of testing, using some kind of XMPP client.
• Update role reference documentation.
• Update usage instructions.
• Update release notes.