Openfire is a free, cross-platform and secure messaging server that uses XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) to enable instant messaging and group chat.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Openfire on Fedora Server Latest.
First, update the system packages to the latest version:
sudo dnf update
Openfire requires Java to be installed on your system.
To install Java, run the following command:
sudo dnf install java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless
Go to the Openfire download page using your web browser:
https://www.igniterealtime.org/downloads/index.jsp
Download the latest version of Openfire for Linux by clicking on the "Linux" link in the "Downloads" section.
Alternatively, you can download the latest version of Openfire directly by running the following command:
wget https://www.igniterealtime.org/downloadServlet?filename=openfire/openfire-4.6.4-1.x86_64.rpm -O openfire.rpm
This will download Openfire to the current directory as openfire.rpm.
Install the openfire package using the following command:
sudo dnf install ./openfire.rpm
After the installation, Openfire will be started automatically as a service.
Openfire has a web-based administration console that can be accessed by pointing your web browser to https://your_server_ip:9091.
Note: Replace your_server_ip with the IP address of your Fedora server.
You should see the Openfire login page. Enter "admin" as the username and the password you set during the installation process.
You have now successfully installed Openfire on Fedora Server Latest.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Openfire on Fedora Server Latest. Now that you have Openfire installed, you can start using it to enable instant messaging and group chat for your organization.
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