OpenFire install

First, we need to install the Sun Java Development Kit  :

apt-get install sun-java5-jdk

We set it up as the default Java virtual machine :

sudo update-java-alternatives --set java-1.5.0-sun

We select the version we want to install:

VERSION=3.6.0a

Note: Visit the Openfire official web site to get the last version number.

We download the Debian package for OpenFire :

/usr/bin/wget http://www.igniterealtime.org/downloadServlet?filename=openfire/openfire_${VERSION}_all.deb \
     --output-document=/tmp/openfire.deb

And we install OpenFire:

/usr/bin/dpkg -i /tmp/openfire.deb

Start OpenFire daemon if necessary:

/etc/init.d/openfire start

MySQL database creation

You can install a MySQL server and / or create a MySQL database by following the howto MySQL for Debian 4.0 Etch.

OpenFire configuration

Me now need to setup OpenFire. In order to do this, connect to your serveur 9090 port using HTTP protocol. Example :

• http://localhost:9090

And follow the configuration steps.

Note : The same URL allow you to access to your administration interface.

Server parameters

• Domain: Enter the Jabber domain you are willing this server to manage. Your Jabber users will be of the name@domain form.

Thanks

• Thanks to the OpenFire developpers.