How to Install Openfire on Void Linux

Openfire is an open-source real-time collaboration server that can be used for instant messaging and group chat. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Openfire on Void Linux.

Prerequisites

Before you start the installation process, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:

• A Void Linux system
• sudo or root access

Steps for Installation

1. Update the package repository and install the required packages:

sudo xbps-install -Suy wget openjdk8

2. In the next step, download the Openfire package from the website. You can download it using the wget command:

sudo wget https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/releases/download/v4.6.0/openfire_4_6_0.tar.gz

3. Extract the downloaded package with the following command:

sudo tar -zxvf openfire_4_6_0.tar.gz

4. Move the extracted directory to /opt/ directory:

sudo mv openfire /opt/

5. Change the ownership of the openfire directory to the openfire user:

sudo chown -R openfire:openfire /opt/openfire

6. Add the openfire user and group, if it's not present:

sudo groupadd -g 1000 openfire
sudo useradd -u 1000 -g 1000 -d /opt/openfire -m -s /bin/bash openfire

7. Start the Openfire service using the following command:

sudo systemctl start openfire.service

You can also check the status of the Openfire service with the following command:

sudo systemctl status openfire.service

By default, Openfire listens on port 9090 for HTTP and port 5222 for XMPP. You can access the Openfire web interface by visiting http://:9090/ in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have gone through the process of installing Openfire on Void Linux. You can now use Openfire for instant messaging and group chat on your server.

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