OpenFire with Active Directory – Elastix

Create database for Openfire

# mysql -u root -p
mysql> create database openfire;

Goto IM tab in Elastix GUI and start the installation.

Select the MySQL DB which you have created already.

Select Profile Settings as Directory Server

Put Active Directory Credentials

Leave User Mapping as it is

Choose the admin accounts for Open Fire.

Click Continue.

If you face the “HTTP ERROR: 500 INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR” run the following commands.

# mkdir /var/lib/php/session/cache
# chmod 777 cache

Click browser’s back button and click continue to finish the installation.

For testing install XMPP client Pandion and login with Active Directory username @ Openfire Server name and active directory password. See the screenshot.