How to install Openfire and Spark/Sparkweb IM in CentOS 5
Openfire is an open source Instant Messaging system that allows you to install your own IM server. The protocol is the standard XMPP where you can use in almost all IM clients available. For this Openfire installation I use Spark (standalone application) and Sparkweb as the clients. Here are the steps, I only mention the important points:
1. Download the rpm installation and install it (something like rpm -i openfire-3.6.4-1.rpm)
2. Create a new database manually, in mysql type: create database openfire;
3. Create entries of new user and db in mysql, with its password
4. Dump in the Openfire database (mysql -u -p -p
- update ofUser set plainPassword='adminsnewpass', encryptedPassword=null where username='admin';
11. Restart Openfire (this is a must!): /etc/init.d/openfire restart
11. Go to the users and groups in the admin page, create some users.
12 Install Spark or Sparkweb and test the created users.
That is all about the installation. If you need to have a conference chat then you need to make a room chat from the admin menu. Explore the admin page for more settings.