Openfire Server Part-1 (RHEL 6)

Openfire: Installation and Configuration

Table of Content:

1. Openfire installation

2. Openfire configuration

            Screen 1: Setup screen

            Screen2: Server settings

            Screen 3: Database settings

            Screen 4: Profile Settings

            Screen 5: Admin Account

            Screen 6: Setup complete

            Screen 7: Login window

3. Setup

1. Openfire installation:

Installing openfire (Server) in RHEL 6.4:

Follow the steps:

1. download the RPM package of openfire.

Package: openfire-3.8.2-1.i386.rpm

2. Mount the RHEL ISO and create the repo for it.

3. Install it by running this command:

# yum install openfire*

4. Now run the following command:

# yum install libldb.i686

5. restart the openfire service:

# /etc/init.d/openfire restart

<service will start successfully>

6. Check the status:

# /etc/init.d/openfire status

7. Getting console:

Open your browser and go to:

http://<server_ip>:9090

http://192.168.1.62:9090

You will get the openfire console.

2. Openfire Configuration:

Openfire is configured by browser based UI. To get the UI, go to the URL in your browser:

http://<server_IP>:9090 i.e. http://<192.168.1.71>:9090

Screen 1: Setup screen

The first screen appears. Choose language and click continue.

Screen 2: Server settings

No need to change anything. Click continue.

Screen 3: Database settings

We will use “embedded database”. The embedded database doesn’t require external database. To use the “external database”, select the standard database.

Click continue.

Screen 4: Profile Settings

Select default option as we are not using LDAP or anything else for the users.

Click continue.

Screen 5: Admin Account

Give required information. The same password will be used for admin login.

Click continue.

Screen 6: Setup complete

The setup is completed now.

Click on “login to the admin console”.

Screen 7: Login window

Give credentials:

Username: admin and

Password: which you have given earlier.

3. Setup screen:

This is the first screen you will get after setup completion showing server statistics.

Path: Server -> Server Manager -> Server Information

Path: Server -> Server Manager -> Language and time

Select language and set the time zone and time.

Path: Users and Group -> Users -> Create new user

Give required credentials and click “Create User”. This user will be able to login from this server using the client.

Path: Users and Group -> Users -> Users Summary

This page will show you all the details of the users created in the system.

Click on any user to get more details about it.