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            <h1>Install OpenFire Debian/Ubuntu Self-Hosted Instant Messaging Server</h1>
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          <h2>XMPP Server Download and Installation</h2>

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	<li>Log into the Ubuntu/Debian device</li>
	<li>Run the following commands in terminal:<br />
	<code class="codeBlock"># update software repositories<br />
	sudo apt update<br />
	# install available software updates<br />
	sudo apt upgrade<br />
	# download OpenFire installer<br />
	wget https://www.igniterealtime.org/downloadServlet?filename=openfire/openfire_4.5.2_all.deb -O openfire.deb<br />
	# execute the installer<br />
	sudo apt install ./openfire.deb<br />
	# start the OpenFire service<br />
	sudo systemctl enable --now openfire<br />
	# install MySQL/MariaDB<br />
	sudo apt install mariadb-server<br />
	# configure the MySQL database<br />
	sudo su<br />
	mysql_secure_installation</code></li>
	<li>Press Enter to login as root</li>
	<li>Type Y and press Enter to set a root password, type the password twice to confirm</li>
	<li>Type Y and press Enter to remove anonymous users</li>
	<li>Type Y and press Enter to disallow root login remotely</li>
	<li>Type Y and press Enter to remove the test database</li>
	<li>Type Y and press Enter to reload privilege tables</li>
	<li>Run the following command to login into MySQL: <code class="codeBlock">mysql -u root</code></li>
	<li>Authenticate with the root password set earlier</li>
	<li>Run the following commands to create the OpenFire database and database user<br />
	<code class="codeBlock">MariaDB [(none)]&gt; CREATE DATABASE openfire;<br />
	MariaDB [(none)]&gt; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON openfire.* TO openfire@localhost IDENTIFIED BY &#39;0p3nF1re!!&#39;;<br />
	MariaDB [(none)]&gt; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;<br />
	MariaDB [(none)]&gt; USE openfire;<br />
	MariaDB [(none)]&gt; source /usr/share/openfire/resources/database/openfire_mysql.sql;<br />
	MariaDB [(none)]&gt; QUIT;</code></li>
	<li>Open a web browser and open to http://localhost:9090/setup/index.jsp</li>
	<li>Select a language &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Set the XMPP domain name and input the server fully qualified domain name &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Select Standard Database Connection &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Enter the following database parameters:
	<p>Database Driver Presets:MySQL<br />
	JDBC Driver Class: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver<br />
	Database URL: jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1:3306/openfire?rewriteBatchedStatements=true&amp;characterEncoding=UTF-8&amp;characterSetResults=UTF-8&amp;serverTimezone=UTC<br />
	Username: openfire<br />
	Password: 0p3nF1re!!</p>
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	<li>Select Default on the Profile Settings page &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Input an admin email address and password &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Click the Login to the admin console button</li>
	<li>Login with username admin and the password created previously</li>
	<li>Click the Users/Groups tab</li>
	<li>Click Create New User in the left navigation menu</li>
	<li>Create a username and password for the new user</li>
	<li>Follow the steps to create as many users as needed, at least 2 are needed for testing</li>
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<h2>Setting Up A XMPP Client</h2>

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	<li>Run the following command in terminal:<br />
	<code class="codeBlock">sudo apt install pidgin</code></li>
	<li>Launch Pidgin</li>
	<li>Click Add...</li>
	<li>Select XMPP from the protocol dropdown</li>
	<li>Input the first username created above along with the XMPP domain setup in OpenFire and the user&#39;s password</li>
	<li>Click the Advanced tab &gt; Select Use encryption if available from the Connection security dropdown</li>
	<li>Enter the OpenFire fully qualified server name in the server field</li>
	<li>Click the Add button</li>
	<li>Click Accept on the self-signed certificate popup</li>
	<li>Copy the extracted Pidgin Portable folder to another device</li>
	<li>Launch Pidgin Portable on the second device</li>
	<li>Select Modify Account</li>
	<li>Update the username and password to be a different account from the previous device</li>
	<li>From one of the devices, select Buddies &gt; Add Buddy</li>
	<li>Input the opposite devices&#39;s username</li>
	<li>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</li>
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