Backup and restore Openfire

Backing up and restoring Openfire




The following is assumed:

• Openfire is configured to store data in MySQL database
• Openfire is installed in /opt/openfire/

Backup

All you have to do is dump the database and copy Openfire configuration file openfire.xml

1. Dump the database
   

   root@linux# mysqldump -p openfire > /backup/openfire_db.sql

   
   
2. Copy the configuration file
   

   root@linux# cp /opt/openfire/conf/openfire.xml  /backup/openfire.xm

   
   

Restore

Make a new installation of Openfire with MySQL as backend data storage. Restore the database with mysql, replace openfire.xml with the backup file, and restart Openfire service.

1. restore database
   

   root@linux# mysqldump -p < /backup/openfire_db.sql

   
   
2. restore openfire.xml
   

   root@linux# cp /backup/openfire.xml /opt/openfire/conf/openfire.xml

   
   
3. start Openfire
   

   root@linux# service openfire start