OpenFire Server
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I am looking to setup a server to test out OpenFire. We are currently using a really crappy messaging system so this is the direction I am leaning since it is free. I read some posts that lead me to believe I should be setting this up in a Linux environment instead of my standard Windows environment. Now I have very little Linux experience because when I took that class in school, the book was about 5 versions behind the software we were using so nothing ever worked for me. I am willing to give it a go again but I am wondering if any of you have any tips or tricks that might make this process easier? I plan leveraging a VM in Hyper-V to set this up. (Please don't tell me to use VMWare, I am not prepared at this time to use anything outside Hyper-V.) I will use whatever opensource database is best suited. I am guessing MySql will probably be the winner. But again, looking for your thought!
The website seems to have some okay documentation. I am hoping that with that I will be able to figure my way though the whole process.
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Did you mean OpenFire?
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Yes, my brain is not working properly today! I fixed it.
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I would start with CentOS 7 and just use the database default which is MariaDB but pretends to be MySQL and acts exactly the same. The DB is not a major factor for a messaging platform. Any database will work just fine until you have millions of users.
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Keep in mind that no database selection is necessary. OpenFire has its own database built in that is quite adequate for small installs. Very simple and should take no configuration on your part. Just install CentOS, download OpenFire, install it with a single command and you should be done. OpenFire can be very simple.
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Why not something like Skype for Business?
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@scottalanmiller said:
Keep in mind that no database selection is necessary. OpenFire has its own database built in that is quite adequate for small installs. Very simple and should take no configuration on your part. Just install CentOS, download OpenFire, install it with a single command and you should be done. OpenFire can be very simple.
I wouldn't use it it's too slow for anything much of a deployment.
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Works the same on windows or linux basically. So I'd use linux if I had my choice. Keep in mind the SSO integration doesn't always work as it should in every environment that is one area of Open Fire that is not polished - but can work wit some fiddling.
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@gjacobse said:
Why not something like Skype for Business?
OpenFire is self-hosted only (or third party paid hosting) and FOSS. Skype for Business is not FOSS in any way.
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@JasonNM said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Keep in mind that no database selection is necessary. OpenFire has its own database built in that is quite adequate for small installs. Very simple and should take no configuration on your part. Just install CentOS, download OpenFire, install it with a single command and you should be done. OpenFire can be very simple.
I wouldn't use it it's too slow for anything much of a deployment.
If you are small it's fine. I have no idea how many users she is looking at.
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@gjacobse said:
Why not something like Skype for Business?
Cost and features. OpenFire is a much more capable platform and much more mature.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@JasonNM said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Keep in mind that no database selection is necessary. OpenFire has its own database built in that is quite adequate for small installs. Very simple and should take no configuration on your part. Just install CentOS, download OpenFire, install it with a single command and you should be done. OpenFire can be very simple.
I wouldn't use it it's too slow for anything much of a deployment.
If you are small it's fine. I have no idea how many users she is looking at.
Looking at 80-100 users. Probably closer to 80 but definitely need to have a little room to grow.
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The integrated would work but MariaDB will definitely be better.
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I have centOS 7 downloading at the moment. Going to take a stab at the MariaDB as Scott suggested.
I will likely report back with questions. If not I will report victory and admit that Linux isn't so bad. -
Unixmen has a great guide for OpenFire on CentOS7.
http://www.unixmen.com/install-openfire-centos-7/
It also walks you through setting up the Postgre database (although similar steps can be used for MariaDB).
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This is surprisingly simple... I'm surprised that no one has setup a one-line command for it yet.
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Their setup is unnecessarily complicated, too.
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Done, one line option too...
http://mangolassi.it/topic/6284/installing-openfire-with-mariadb-on-centos-7
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That is awesome. Thanks!!!
Quick question. How should I spec out the vm?
I was thinking the following, which may be overkill.
4gb of ram, 40gb vhd, 2 vcores -
@bbiAngie said:
That is awesome. Thanks!!!
Quick question. How should I spec out the vm?
I was thinking the following, which may be overkill.
4gb of ram, 40gb vhd, 2 vcoresI don't think I've given it more than 1-2GB in the past. HDD will depend if you log etc.
