Howto: Install Openfire XMPP Jabber Server on Ubuntu

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Installing openfire
http://www.igniterealtime.org/projec...fire/index.jsp

Install Ubuntu 6.06 LTS LAMP
Recommended sites to setup your LAMP server:
http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu_lamp_for_newbies
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ap...&redirect=LAMP

Check which version of Java you are running. Note the following: the .tar.gz build does not contain a bundled Java runtime (JRE). Therefore, you must have JDK or JRE 1.5.0 (Java 5) or later installed on your system. You can check your java version by typing "java -version" at the command line and (if necessary) upgrade your Java installation by visiting http://java.sun.com.)

Code:

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$ java -version

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Install java6 If you don't have java already installed.

Code:

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$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-bin

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Set java6 as your default.

Code:

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$ sudo update-alternatives --config java
select /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java

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To create a database for openfire MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQLServer, PostgreSQL, IBM DB2, or HSQLDB can be used. I chose MySQL since it was installed with my LAMP setup.

Now use phpmyadmin or the terminal to create the database. The following is through the terminal.

Login as root

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$ su

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Login to MySQL

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# mysql

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or the following if you setup a user and a password.

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# mysql -u USERNAME -p

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Create the database in MySQL

Code:

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# mysql> CREATE DATABASE openfire;

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Code:

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# mysql> exit

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Download Openfire to a directory. I chose the /opt/ directory.

Code:

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# cd /opt

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Download File or go here to get the most recent: http://www.igniterealtime.org/downlo...x.jsp#openfire

Code:

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# wget http://www.igniterealtime.org/downloadServlet?filename=openfire/openfire_3_3_2.tar.gz

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Code:

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# mv downloadServlet\?filename\=openfire%2Fopenfire_3_3_2.tar.gz openfire_3_3_2.tar.gz

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Extract the files.

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# tar -zxvf openfire_3_3_2.tar.gz

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Create a symlink

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# ln -s /opt/openfire/bin/openfire /etc/init.d/

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Make the symlink executible

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# chmod +x /etc/init.d/openfire

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Add openfire to our startup.

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# update-rc.d openfire defaults

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Fix the nohup error.
Run the following command or you will get the following error: nohup: appending output to `nohup.out'

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# nohup ls >ls.log 2>&1 &

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Now setup the rest of Openfire through your browser.
http://localhost:9090