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Book Release: Openfire Administration

Posted by Matt Tucker on Oct 14, 2008 12:10:28 PM

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41lJkkJ-t6L._SL500_BO2,204,203,200_AA219_PIsitb-sticker-dp-arrow,TopRight,-24,-23_SH20_OU01_.jpgA great book about installing and administering Openfire has been released: Openfire Administration, by Mayank Sharma (a contributing editor at Linux.com). Some of the topics covered:

 

  • Installing Openfire
  • Administration of server settings and users
  • Integration with Active Directory and LDAP
  • Tuning Openfire for large numbers of users and high performance
  • Enterprise features like logging and auditing
  • Much more...

 

So far, I've only just started reading through the book in detail. The writing seems to be clear and detailed, while keeping a light-hearted tone. I also love the fact that the author includes lots of pictures -- it makes understanding some of the administration tasks much simpler.

 

We're thrilled to see the first book about an Igniterealtime Open Source project. If you get a chance to check it out, please let us know what you think.

Tags: openfire, planetjabber, book


Oct 14, 2008 3:08 PM slushpupie slushpupie    says:

Im curious how well it covers the topic of SSO and Kerberos- does it devote much to that?
Oct 24, 2008 1:49 PM Ryan Graham Ryan Graham    says in response to slushpupie:

I just received my copy of the book and while I haven't read it yet I can say that Kerberos is not referenced in the index and SSO is only mentioned in passing.
Oct 28, 2008 3:39 PM Todd Getz Todd Getz    says:

I too have received my copy of the book and SSO and Kerberos are not covered in any detail at all.  It also still refers to openfire as both opensource and commercial.  It is a very good guide for basic setups though.  The biggest fault I see with it and so many other documents on deploying openfire is that it leads people down the path of using the embedded database.  I am aware that many people have used it with little or no problems, be when problems do arise then your hands are tied.  External databases give much more flexibility in disaster prevention and recovery.
Oct 29, 2008 7:46 PM Stefan Reuter Stefan Reuter    says in response to Todd Getz:

The book uses the embedded db to get started but has a section on how to use MySQL and PostgreSQL for large scale deployments.
Oct 31, 2008 4:55 PM rornelas rornelas    says:

does anyone know if it is based on OpenFire v3.5 or v3.6?
Oct 31, 2008 5:05 PM Ryan Graham Ryan Graham    says in response to rornelas:

Openfire v3.5.2
Nov 4, 2008 4:56 PM David Banes David Banes    says:

I just got a review copy from PACKT I'll try and get through it over the next week and post some notes.

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