If you edit a Drupal contrib module, the next time the module is updated those edits will be wiped.  So they are not lost there are a couple of options for you to consider: Are the edits worth the contributing to the community?  Yes, you can fork the repo and add the changes for the developer(s) to review; or Create a patch file   Creating a patch file The process: Add the files you want to see in the diff.  Remembering to only add untracked files. git stash && git...

To add ejabberd and run MYSQL to the server I needed to update the server version of mysql from 5.5 to 5.7.  Fortunately, there are great instructions on the Plesk support page regarding how to achieve this outcome. https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/213403429-How-to-upgrade-MySQL-5-5-to-5-6-5-7-or-MariaDB-5-5-to-10-0-10-1-10-2-on-Linux As a point of reference, as I worked through the steps... step 10 you need to restart the MYSQL server.  This is a quick progress by...