Welcome to our guide on how to install Openfire XMPP Server on CentOS 8 | CentOS 7. Openfire is a powerful instant messaging (IM) and chat server that uses XMPP/Jabber protocol. Openfire is a very popular Messaging (Chat) and Presence Server,It is the base for a range of products that use XMPP and as it says, it is Extensible, which means that its capabilities can be increased, especially with Plugins like Asterisk IM plugin and many more.
For Ubuntu installation, checkout: How to install Openfire on Ubuntu
XMPP( Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) is a widely adopted open protocol for instant messaging. It is a real-time communication protocol (which includes chat) based on XML.
Openfire provides cool features like:
- MySQL,Oracle,PostgreSQL and embedded database support for user details and massages storage.
- LDAP integration support
- Support both TLS and SSL for security
- Web GUI configuration manager
- Spark IM client integration
- A lot of plugins to extend its functionality
- Clustering to avoid single point of failure
- Integrating with other external IM servers
Let’s now kickstart the installation of Openfire XMPP Server on CentOS 8 | CentOS 7.
Step 1: Update system
The first step will be to update CentOS 8 / CentOS 7 system.
sudo yum -y update
sudo yum -y install wget curlStep 2: Install Openfire on CentOS 8 | CentOS 7
Download Openfire latest package. The version we’ll install in this article is 4.6.
wget https://www.igniterealtime.org/downloadServlet?filename=openfire/openfire-4.6.7-1.x86_64.rpm -O openfire.rpmOnce the Openfire package is downloaded, install it on CentOS 8 | CentOS 7 by running the command below.
sudo yum localinstall ./openfire.rpmAccept installation prompt by pressing the y key in your keyboard.
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libtiff x86_64 4.0.9-15.el8 AppStream 188 k
libxcb x86_64 1.13-5.el8 AppStream 230 k
lua x86_64 5.3.4-11.el8 AppStream 193 k
pango x86_64 1.42.4-6.el8 AppStream 298 k
pixman x86_64 0.36.0-1.el8 AppStream 256 k
ttmkfdir x86_64 3.0.9-54.el8 AppStream 62 k
tzdata-java noarch 2019c-1.el8 AppStream 189 k
xorg-x11-font-utils x86_64 1:7.5-40.el8 AppStream 103 k
xorg-x11-fonts-Type1 noarch 7.5-19.el8 AppStream 522 k
avahi-libs x86_64 0.7-19.el8 BaseOS 62 k
cups-libs x86_64 1:2.2.6-28.el8 BaseOS 433 k
dejavu-fonts-common noarch 2.35-6.el8 BaseOS 74 k
dejavu-sans-fonts noarch 2.35-6.el8 BaseOS 1.5 M
fontconfig x86_64 2.13.1-3.el8 BaseOS 275 k
fontpackages-filesystem noarch 1.44-22.el8 BaseOS 16 k
gdk-pixbuf2 x86_64 2.36.12-5.el8 BaseOS 467 k
libpkgconf x86_64 1.4.2-1.el8 BaseOS 35 k
lksctp-tools x86_64 1.0.18-3.el8 BaseOS 100 k
pkgconf x86_64 1.4.2-1.el8 BaseOS 38 k
pkgconf-m4 noarch 1.4.2-1.el8 BaseOS 17 k
pkgconf-pkg-config x86_64 1.4.2-1.el8 BaseOS 15 k
Installing weak dependencies:
gtk2 x86_64 2.24.32-4.el8 AppStream 3.4 M
Enabling module streams:
javapackages-runtime 201801
Transaction Summary
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Install 57 Packages
Total size: 86 M
Total download size: 46 M
Installed size: 208 M
Is this ok [y/N]: yOpen all the required ports in the firewall.
sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=9090/udp --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=9090/tcp --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=9091/udp --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=9091/tcp --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --reloadStart and enable the service.
sudo systemctl start openfire
sudo systemctl enable openfireConfirm service status:
$ systemctl status openfire
● openfire.service - SYSV: Openfire is an XMPP server, which is a server that facilitates XML based communication, such as chat.
Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/openfire; generated)
Active: active (running) since Sat 2020-05-23 19:22:59 CEST; 23s ago
Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
Process: 2323 ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/init.d/openfire start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 2350 (java)
Tasks: 0 (limit: 24408)
Memory: 1.3M
CGroup: /system.slice/openfire.service
‣ 2350 /etc/alternatives/jre/bin/java -Dlog4j.configurationFile=/opt/openfire/lib/log4j2.xml -server -DopenfireHome=/opt/openfire -Dopenfire>
May 23 19:22:58 centos.computingpost.com systemd[1]: Starting SYSV: Openfire is an XMPP server, which is a server that facilitates XML based commun>
May 23 19:22:58 centos.computingpost.com su[2337]: (to daemon) root on none
May 23 19:22:58 centos.computingpost.com su[2337]: pam_unix(su:session): session opened for user daemon by (uid=0)
May 23 19:22:58 centos.computingpost.com su[2337]: pam_unix(su:session): session closed for user daemon
May 23 19:22:58 centos.computingpost.com openfire[2323]: Starting openfire:
May 23 19:22:59 centos.computingpost.com systemd[1]: Started SYSV: Openfire is an XMPP server, which is a server that facilitates XML based communi>Step 3: Access Openfire Console to finish setup
Access Openfire Web interface on the Server using the IP address or server hostname and port 9090. On the first prompt choose installation language:
Select your default language then click Continue. On Server setup window, set your domain and click Continue button.
For Database Settings, choose Embedded Database and click “Continue“.
Select Default option on Profile Settings; You can later add external authentication mechanisms like LDAP
Set admin user email address and password:
Login to Openfire console in the next page.
Enjoy using Openfire.
You now have Openfire installed on CentOS 8 | CentOS 7 Linux.
