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Openfire Administration

By : Mayank Sharma
Book Image

Openfire Administration

By: Mayank Sharma

Overview of this book

<p>Openfire is a free, open-source and full featured Jabber-based Instant Messaging server.<br /><br />This book is a guide to setting up Openfire, tweaking it, and customizing it to build a secure and feature-rich alternative to consumer IM networks. The features covered include details about setting up the server, adding and handling users and groups, updating, and extending the service with plug-ins, connecting with users on external IM networks, connecting with external voice over IP solutions and more, with user-friendly instructions and examples so that you can easily set up your IM network.<br /><br />The book deals with several features of Openfire to streamline communication within an enterprise and beyond. It shows how to configure Openfire to allow only secured connections. It then explains how Openfire complements other existing services running on your network. Managing and fostering IM as a real-time collaboration and communication tool is what this book is about.</p>
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Openfire Administration
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
Preface

Diversifying Workgroups with Queues


So there wasn't much to creating, configuring, and setting up the helpdesk, now was there? And now we get to the smart bit of the Fastpath plugin—queues.

Queues are routing patterns based on which Fastpath sends the request to a particular user/agent. Each queue can have its own members. For example, if your organization offers multiple levels of support, you can use queues to route a request to the correct one. Or, if you offer support for multiple products, you can have queues for every product, with their own dedicated agents, and have support requests routed to the correct agent. Let's set this up.

Creating Queues

Let's assume you provide support on Joomla! and Elgg. You'd obviously need a couple of queues for each of these. To create a queue, click on the workgroup you want the queues to be under. In our case, both of these queues are under the Helpdesk workgroup. From the expanded workgroup menu on the left, select the "Manage Queues" section, which...