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OpenFire

lastmod 2018-08-17created 2014-03-187 edits

Openfire is a real-time collaboration (RTC) server. It is open source under the Apache License. Openfire uses only XMPP (also called Jabber), a widely adopted instant messaging protocol. Openfire is very easy to set up and administer, yet it offers solid security and great performance.

How to install

This describes how to install OpenFire, based on CentOS 7.

First, install the related packages. 

$ yum update
$ yum install –y epel-release
$ yum install zlib.i686 libstdc++.i686 mc lsof htop net-tools
$ yum install –y mariadb mariadb-server

Install MySQL and start the service. 

$ service mariadb start
$ chkconfig mariadb on
$ mysql_secure_installation

Download and install the OpenFire package. 

$ wget http://igniterealtime.org/downloads/download-landing.jsp?file=openfire/openfire-3.10.0-1.i386.rpm
$ rpm -ivh openfire-3.10.0-1.i386.rpm

Set up the MySQL database. 

$ mysql -p -uroot
mysql> CREATE DATABASE openfire CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
mysql> GRANT ALL ON openfire.* TO 'openfire'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'PasswordHere';
mysql> flush privileges;
mysql> use openfire;
mysql> source /opt/openfire/resources/database/openfire_mysql.sql;
mysql> exit

Open the firewall ports. 

$ firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-port=9090/tcp ## web-gui admin setting.
$ firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-port=9091/tcp ## web-gui security admin setting.
$ firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-port=5222/tcp ## Client Connections Settings
$ firewall-cmd --reload

Start the OpenFire service. 

$ service openfire start
$ chkconfig openfire on

To start the GUI setup, go to http://YOUR-SERVER-IP:9090. There is nothing in particular to change, but be careful with the Database URL setting when configuring the Database.

Finally, the administrator ID is admin.

Troubleshooting

Failed to start SYSV

You may find that the service does not run, with a message like the one below. 

...
Aug 12 07:21:15 localhost.localdomain openfire[10583]: Starting openfire:
Aug 12 07:21:16 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Failed to read PID from file /var/run/openfire.pid: Invalid argument
Aug 12 07:21:16 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Failed to start SYSV: Openfire is an XMPP server, which is a server that facilitates XML based communication, such as chat..
...

In this case, install the additional package as below. 

$ yum install libstdc++.i686

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