In the previous chapter, we setup Openfire, installed and configured some IM clients, used these to add some users, and logged into our IM server. Basically, we've done what 70% of IM users would be happy with. But we've barely scratched the surface of Openfire. Our setup is too liberal, too raw. Although this is a book on running the Openfire server, we haven't even looked around the web administrator interface yet. In this chapter, we'll run around the interface, and get a feel for things as we tweak our server to the liking. In this chapter, we will cover:
Details about the server and server ports
Server cache and its properties
Policing and tuning the server
Curbing indiscriminate registration
Handling offline users
Resolving resource conflicts
Updates
Sending administrative messages
Extending with plugins