Installing Openfire on Ubuntu 18.04

openfire setup on ubuntu 18.04 ec2 instance on aws

Spin up Ubuntu Instance on AWS

1. Follow [this guide] and start a Ubuntu 18.04 instance on ec2 dashboard launch ubuntu 18.04 instance using aws console

2. point the domain name to the ubuntu instance using route53

openfire installation on ubuntu machine

1. ssh into ubuntu instance
2. install java

sudo apt update
sudo apt install openjdk-8-jdk
java -version

1. openfire debian package installation

cd /tmp
wget https://www.igniterealtime.org/downloadServlet?filename=openfire/openfire_4.4.2_all.deb -O openfire.deb
sudo  dpkg -i openfire.deb
systemctl status openfire

1. mysql Instalation

openfire database configuration on mysql

1. configure openfire database
   log into mysql shell run following commands on shell

   create database openfire;
   GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON openfire.* TO openfire@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'password123!';
   flush privileges;
   use openfire;
   source /usr/share/openfire/resources/database/openfire_mysql.sql;
   exit;
   

opening port openfire

1. open following port on instance 9091,9090,5222,7777

configure openfire

1. go to the http://domain.com:9090
   choose the language and continue
2. setup xmpp domain
   
3. mysql setup
   username: openfire
   password: password123!
   which we created above.
   
4. continue
   
5. set admin email and password
   
6. continue and login