Openfire database setup

After first installation, run Openfire will leads to deploy a web administration panel listening on port Access to admin panel will land to web based wizard configuration.

It's possible to follow the wizard or avoid it to setup an already configurated Openfire server, as example with given domain, users and other configurations to clone or move another installation. Openfire requires access to a database for data persistence, such like registered users and many other configurations. As alternative, it's possible to let Openfire create an embedded but not ever comfortable to develop HSQLDB database ; more, if Openfire it's configurated with database credentials of admin grants, it will be able to lunch the database script itself during wizard transparently.

To replicate an installation with same params for example on multiple environment such like develop and maintenance check out on database tag configuration and be sure about encryption key. This is how looks like encrypted keys. Sign up using Facebook.

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If you used the Openfire installer, a shortcut for starting the a graphical launcher is provided in your Start Menu. Otherwise, run openfire. A button on the on the launcher allows you to automatically open your web browser to the correct URL to finish setting up the server:.

If you're running Openfire on Windows, you will likely want to run Openfire as a standard Windows service after initial setup. If you used the Windows installer, a openfire-service. You can use this executable to install and control the Openfire service.

Note: the graphical launcher is not compatible with the Windows service at this time. If you install the service, you should use service controls as described above to control the server rather than the graphical launcher. Advanced users may wish to pass in parameters to the Java virtual machine VM to customize the runtime environment of Openfire.

For the Windows service, you'd create a new text file called openfire-service.