Roll Your Own LAN Instant Messaging Platform with OpenFire on Linux

#OpenFire #InstantMessaging #XMPP #Self-Hosted

Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials...

What is OpenFire?
Openfire is a real time collaboration (RTC) server licensed under the Open Source Apache License. It uses the only widely adopted open protocol for instant messaging, XMPP Openfire is incredibly easy to setup and administer, but offers rock-solid security and performance. - https://igniterealtime.org/projects/o...
 
OpenFire Download and Installation
   01. Log into the Linux based device
   02. Run the following commands in the terminal
         update software repositories
         sudo apt update
         install available software updates
         sudo apt upgrade -y
         install openjdk
         sudo apt install default-jdk -y
         install MySQL
         sudo apt install mariadb-server mariadb-client -y
         lookup the latest .deb download URL
         regex='"≫(openfire_[^/]*_all\.deb)≪\/a≫' && response=$(curl -s https://www.igniterealtime.org/downlo...) && [[ $response =~ $regex ]] && downloadURL="https://www.igniterealtime.org/downlo...{BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
         download openfire
         wget -O OpenFire.deb $downloadURL
         install openfire
         sudo dpkg -i ./OpenFire.deb
         configure the MySQL database
         sudo su
         mysql_secure_installation
   03. Press Enter to login as root
   04. Type N and press Enter to switch to unix_socket authentication
   05. Type Y and press Enter to set a root password, type the password twice to confirm
   06. Type Y and press Enter to remove anonymous users
   07. Type Y and press Enter to disallow root login remotely
   08. Type Y and press Enter to remove the test database
   09. Type Y and press Enter to reload privilege tables
   10. Run the following command to login into MySQL:
         mysql -u root -p
   11. Authenticate with the root password set earlier
   12. Run the following commands to create the OpenFire database and database user
         CREATE DATABASE openfire;
         GRANT ALL ON openfire.* TO 'openfire_rw'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'Op3nF1re';
         FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
         use openfire;
         source /usr/share/openfire/resources/database/openfire_mysql.sql;
         EXIT;
         exit
   13. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:9090/setup/index.jsp
   14. Select a language ≫ Click Continue
   15. Set the XMPP domain name and input the server fully qualified domain name ≫ Click Continue
   16. Select Standard Database Connection ≫ Click Continue
   17. Complete the Database Settings form as follows
         Database Driver Presets: MySQL
         JDBC Driver Class: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
         Database URL: jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1/openfire?useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=UTF-8&characterSetResults=UTF-8
         Username: openfire_rw
         Password: Op3nF1re
   18. Click Continue
   19. Select Default on the Profile Settings page ≫ Click Continue
   20. Input an admin email address and password ≫ Click Continue
   21. Click the Login to the admin console button
   22. Login with username admin and the password created previously
   23. Click the Users/Groups tab
   24. Click Create New User in the left navigation menu
   25. Create a username and password for the new user
   26. Follow the steps to create as many users as needed, at least 2 are needed for testing
 
Setting Up A XMPP Client
   01. Run the following commands in the open terminal window
         install pidgin
         sudo apt install pidgin -y
   02. Launch Pidgin
   03. Click Add...
   04. Select XMPP from the protocol dropdown
   05. Input the first username created above along with the XMPP domain setup in OpenFire and the user's password
   06. Click the Advanced tab ≫ Select Use encryption if available from the Connection security dropdown
   07. Enter the OpenFire fully qualified server name in the server field
   08. Click the Add button
   09. Click Accept on the self-signed certificate popup
   10. Install and launch Pidgin on a second device
   11. Click Add...
   12. Select XMPP from the protocol dropdown
   13. Input the second username created above along with the XMPP domain setup in OpenFire and the user's password
   14. Click the Advanced tab ≫ Select Use encryption if available from the Connection security dropdown
   15. Enter the OpenFire fully qualified server name in the server field
   16. Click the Add button
   17. Click Accept on the self-signed certificate popup
   18. From one of the devices, select Buddies ≫ Add Buddy
   19. Input the opposite devices username
   20. On the second device accept the message request and the two devices should be able to send and receive instant messages using the OpenFire XMPP server
 


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