In this recipe, we will show the basic process for integrating Openfire with our IP-PBX engine. Basically, we will tell Openfire to connect with Asterisk through Asterisk's Manager Interface (AMI) to retrieve the extensions' status.
Click on the Plugins tab (on the top of the console).
Click on the Available Plugins link. The following screen should appear:
For the purposes of this chapter, we will install Asterisk-IM Openfire Plugin and the Presence Service plugins. To install these plugins, click on the Install icon.
To configure Asterisk-IM Openfire Plugin, click on the Asterisk-IM tab.
Clicking on the Enabled radio button and on the Asterisk Queue Presence radio button, selecting the option Yes.
We must enter the text
defaultin the Asterisk Context field. This is shown in the following screenshot:
Click on this link and configure the options as follows:
Server Name: This is our Elastix...