Openfire has a simple and straightforward administration console. It's divided into several tabs with each tab housing multiple configuration options. From within these you can tweak every aspect of the server and integrate it with existing network services. The other aspect of running a server is being able to monitor its activity. The interface is also designed to provide you with visual feedback at a glance to help you keep tabs on the server and gauge its performance.
When you log in into the server, you're presented with basic details about the server—what version of Openfire are you running, where is it installed, what platform are you running it on, how long has it been running, what's the version of Java powering the server, how much memory is it consuming, and so on (see the following screenshot).
On this page, you can also see the ports Openfire uses, and their purposes (refer to the following screenshot).
Like other parts of the server, these...