Path problem at server start

Openfire Openfire Support
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Hello,

I encounter a problem when I launch the openfire server :

$/opt/openfire/bin/openfire.sh start

ls: /usr/java/j*: No such file or directory

Then exceptions are triggered:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: XML properties file does not exist: openfire.xml

Accessing the Openfire administration interface on port 9090 I have got this message :

“Home not found. Define system property “openfireHome” or create and add the openfire_init.xml file to the classpath”

Thanks a lot if you can give me any hint,

Guillaume

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Hi,

a start script which changes the current directory to your /path-to-openfire/openfire/bin before trying to start Openfire would help a lot. It seems to be a common Openfire problem.

cd /path-to-openfire/openfire/bin

nohup java -server -jar …/lib/startup.jar &

would be the very short version to start it.

LG

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Thanks for this answer,

The “nohup java -server -jar …/lib/startup.jar &” starts better thant “./openfire.sh start” because no exceptions are launched. But the Openfire server remains inaccessible : no connections are possible and the administration console is still freezed on the same step.

If this is a common problem, isn’'t there a fix ?

I wonder if to uninstall the openfire server and reinstall it with another version would solve the problem, but what files should I remove and what version should I donwload ?

Thanks for your help,

Guillaume

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Hi Guillaume,

I don’'t know how you did install it, so I have no idea which files you want to remove.

http://wiki.igniterealtime.org/display/WILDFIRE/LinuxInstallationGuide is a simple guide to set Openfire up. You may want to read it, check the file permissions and probably install Openfire again according to this guide.

LG

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Hello LG,

In fact the the error came from me : I was starting the server with a wrong user… Sorry for that. Anyway, I have learned things with the link you gave me.

Thank you,

Guillaume