I’'m going to have to put 2.4.4 back in and make another run at it later. The same config (loaded the production db even) worked in 2.4.4. (Edit: Worked on my stage server that is - I loaded the 2.4.4 production database, updated a couple of server properties, manually ran the upgrade scripts and set db version to 7, and it started up and worked.)
Could you paste the entire stack trace of the exception? That will help me understand more the steps you were doing and what went wrong. BTW, have you tried with other clients besides Gaim? You may want to try with Spark, Exodus, Pandion, etc.
Are there more errors in the log files? The “SubjectAltName of invalid type found” debug information is not an indication of an error but of a potential invalid certificate. Wildfire 2.4.4 didn’'t have support for SubjectAltName so it was not being used. Anyway, that information is now used for secured s2s communication or when showing information about certificates in the admin console (which I think is you case).
does “manually ran the upgrade scripts and set db version to 7, and it started up and worked” mean that your problem is solved and your question is answered?
That process worked on the staging server. On the production server it didn’‘t. (FYI the postgres upgrade scripts are still broken - it says it updated, but it didn’'t, and even running them by hand leaves the db version at 6.)