ejabberd has been started By default, the web administration interface is enabled. You should be able to connect to the admin interface and log in with the user admin@localhost and the password you defined during the installation. Users can use any Jabber/XMPP client to connect to the server localhost. Direct registration from the user client is enabled by default. If you are an advanced user, you can check the logs to check how things are going. For more informations, please go to the Process-one site or the ejabberd community site.