Openfire installation guide

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This is a simple guide that demonstrate how to install Openfire on Cent OS.

1. Make Database
   Create a new database (name it as Openfire).
   Create a user (username: openfire password: something you like)
2. Download Openfire RPM and upload to your server
   You may also download the file directly using wget using following syntax.

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   wget http://www.igniterealtime.org/downloadServlet?filename=openfire/openfire-3.6.4-1.i386.rpm

3. Install Openfire RPM

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   rpm –ivh openfire-3.6.4-1.i386.rpm

4. Start Openfire service

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   service openfire start

5. Set it to auto-start whenever your server is rebooted

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   chkconfig --level 235 openfire on

6. Adjust Firewall Settings
   3478 - STUN Service (NAT connectivity)
   3479 - STUN Service (NAT connectivity)
   5222 - Client to Server (standard and encrypted)
   5223 - Client to Server (legacy SSL support)
   5229 - Flash Cross Domain (Flash client support)
   7070 - HTTP Binding (unsecured HTTP connections)
   7443 - HTTP Binding (secured HTTP connections)
   7777 - File Transfer Proxy (XMPP file transfers)
   9090 - Admin Console (unsecured)
   9091 - Admin Console (secured)
7. Login to admin window by http://yourname.com:9090 and do the settings as below.
   
   1. Language selection is first

      

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   2. Next you'll specify some basic server settings. For simple deployments, it's best to leave the defaults in place.

      

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   3. For the database setup step, specify a standard database connection and enter your Postgresql database information.

      

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   4. Unless you really know what you're doing (i.e. you have an existing LDAP environment), leave the default profile settings in place.

      

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   5. The last step in the installation is to set up your administrator account.

      

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8. Though you have set password correctly you will mostly not be able to login.
   To fix this, open your database and open ofUser.
   Run following SQL.

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   update ofUser set password='123456', encryptedPassword = null where username ='admin';

9. Now we need to restart the Openfire service

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   service openfire restart

10. Now login using admin and 123456 as set before.
11. Next, install Spark (The chat client of Openfire)
12. Enter user, password and your server.

    

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13. That's it! (Don't forget to say thanks here )