#InstantMessaging #OpenFire #Self-Hosted Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0209.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- XMPP Server Download and Installation -------------------------------------------------------------------- 01. Log into the Ubuntu/Debian device 02. Run the following commands in terminal: # update software repositories sudo apt update # install available software updates sudo apt upgrade # download OpenFire installer wget https://www.igniterealtime.org/downloadServlet?filename=openfire/openfire_4.5.2_all.deb -O openfire.deb # execute the installer sudo apt install ./openfire.deb # start the OpenFire service sudo systemctl enable --now openfire # install MySQL/MariaDB sudo apt install mariadb-server # configure the MySQL database sudo su mysql_secure_installation 03. Press Enter to login as root 04. Type Y and press Enter to set a root password, type the password twice to confirm 05. Type Y and press Enter to remove anonymous users 06. Type Y and press Enter to disallow root login remotely 07. Type Y and press Enter to remove the test database 08. Type Y and press Enter to reload privilege tables 09. Run the following command to login into MySQL: mysql -u root 10. Authenticate with the root password set earlier 11. Run the following commands to create the OpenFire database and database user MariaDB [(none)]≫ CREATE DATABASE openfire; MariaDB [(none)]≫ GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON openfire.* TO openfire@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '0p3nF1re!!'; MariaDB [(none)]≫ FLUSH PRIVILEGES; MariaDB [(none)]≫ USE openfire; MariaDB [(none)]≫ source /usr/share/openfire/resources/database/openfire_mysql.sql; MariaDB [(none)]≫ QUIT; 12. Open a web browser and open to http://localhost:9090/setup/index.jsp 13. Select a language ≫ Click Continue 14. Set the XMPP domain name and input the server fully qualified domain name ≫ Click Continue 15. Select Standard Database Connection ≫ Click Continue 16. Enter the following database parameters: Database Driver Presets:MySQL JDBC Driver Class: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver Database URL: jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1:3306/openfire?rewriteBatchedStatements=true&characterEncoding=UTF-8&characterSetResults=UTF-8&serverTimezone=UTC Username: openfire Password: 0p3nF1re!! 17. Select Default on the Profile Settings page ≫ Click Continue 18. Input an admin email address and password ≫ Click Continue 19. Click the Login to the admin console button 20. Login with username admin and the password created previously 21. Click the Users/Groups tab 22. Click Create New User in the left navigation menu 23. Create a username and password for the new user 24. 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 command in terminal: sudo apt install pidgin 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. Copy the extracted Pidgin Portable folder to another device 11. Launch Pidgin Portable on the second device 12. Select Modify Account 13. Update the username and password to be a different account from the previous device 14. From one of the devices, select Buddies ≫ Add Buddy 15. Input the opposite devices's username 16. 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 ### Connect with me and others ### ★ Discord: https://discord.com/invite/EzenvmSHW8 ★ Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/i12bretro ★ Twitter: https://twitter.com/i12bretro

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