Openfire is a cross-platform instant messaging server written in java. It is easy to install and setup. It is available as a free download by Ignite Realtime website.
You can also use their client software Spark to connect with your Openfire server. Another client that you can use to connect to your Openfire server is Pidgin.
Please follow the post Install latest openfire on CentOS 7
This post will show you how to upgrade openfire to latest version on Linux.
Before we upgrade Openfire to latest version on linux, check current Version of Openfire installed on server.
Backup Openfire Data and Database.
Login to terminal and take backup of Openfire Files and configuration files. Openfire data is stored in /opt/openfire directory by default. So we will take backup of this directory.
[[email protected]engy ~]# mkdir ~/openfire-backup [[email protected]engy ~]# cd /opt && tar -czvf ~/openfire-backup/openfire-full-backup-$(date +%F).tar.gz openfire
Database Backup
[[email protected]engy ~]# mysqldump -ucool -p fired | gzip -9 > ~/openfire-backup/openfire-db-bak-$(date +%F).sql.gz
Verify your Backup files.
[[email protected]engy ~]# ls -la ~/openfire-backup total 96420 drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 93 Oct 7 00:45 . dr-xr-x---. 8 root root 4096 Oct 7 00:44 .. -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4358 Oct 7 00:45 openfire-db-bak-2018-10-07.sql.gz -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 98719049 Oct 7 00:44 openfire-full-backup-2018-10-07.tar.gz
Upgrading the openfire 4.1.1 to latest 4.2.3
Stop Openfire and MariaDB service.
[[email protected]engy ~]# systemctl stop openfire mariadb
Check the current version of Openfire.
[[email protected]engy ~]# rpm -qa | grep openfire openfire-4.1.1-1.x86_64
Update the openfire to latest version.
Download the latest RPM file for Openfire.
[[email protected]engy ~]# wget http://download.igniterealtime.org/openfire/openfire-4.2.3-1.x86_64.rpm
Update the Openfire to latest version.
[[email protected]engy ~]# rpm -Uvh openfire-4.2.3-1.x86_64.rpm Preparing... ################################# [100%] Updating / installing... 1:openfire-4.2.3-1 warning: /opt/openfire/conf/openfire.xml created as /opt/openfire/conf/openfire.xml.rpmnew warning: /opt/openfire/conf/security.xml created as /opt/openfire/conf/security.xml.rpmnew ################################# [ 50%] Restarting openfire (via systemctl): Warning: openfire.service changed on disk. Run 'systemctl daemon-reload' to reload units. [ OK ] Cleaning up / removing... 2:openfire-4.1.1-1 ################################# [100%]
Verfiy the updated version.
[[email protected]engy ~]# rpm -qa | grep openfire openfire-4.2.3-1.x86_64
Start the openfire and MariaDB service again.
[[email protected]engy ~]# systemctl daemon-reload [[email protected]engy ~]# systemctl start openfire mariadb
Finally, Check the latest version of Openfire by visiting the http://server-ip:9090/login.jsp
Now we have a working latest Openfire XMPP server. Thanks for visiting this page. Good day. 🙂
