#OpenFire #InstantMessaging #XMPP #Self-Hosted Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0732.html 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/openfire/   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/downloads/) && [[ $response =~ $regex ]] && downloadURL="https://www.igniterealtime.org/downloadServlet?filename=openfire/${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   ### Connect with me and others ### ★ Discord: https://discord.com/invite/EzenvmSHW8 ★ Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/i12bretro ★ Twitter: https://twitter.com/i12bretro ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2M-MVwIfFM