Find and Update XMPP version on ubuntu server running Openfire

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This question may sound absurd as I am totally new to XMPP & Openfire. I have a setup of Openfire 4.2.3 in Ubuntu 18.0.4 LTS that being used in my android chat app. During testing I received a Timeout error. While investigating the issue I found the solution rely on the XMPP updated version, check this link for more info.

Well I tried my best to find out my XMPP version and how to update it. Unfortunately I didn't find anything on it. So, I have two obvious questions here:

  1. How to check XMPP version my Openfire is running on?
  2. How to update XMPP version on my existing Openfire setup?
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xmppopenfireubuntu-18.04
Are you able to use the web-interface: localhost:9090 ? – Tubif Fux
yes I am able to use web-interface using ServerIP:9090 – VipiN Negi

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Since you are able to use the web-interface, just log in. On the start page look for the server properties. Theres the version.

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For upgrading follow these steps:

  1. To stop openfire on ubuntu: /etc/init.d/openfire stop;

  2. Backup copy of the openfire installation directory: /usr/share/openfire;

  3. Backup Openfire Base in Postgres: If you use the pgAdmin application, right-click on openfire base and click “Backup”. To run backup, it can be with own postgres as user. I recommend tar format, and encoding “SQL_ASCII”.

  4. To install the new version: you can actually use the “dpkg -i” command, you will be asked if you want to keep your current version (choose this one), but you will still upgrade (option N or O - keep your currently -installed version).

  5. On the java, has a statement informing that from version 4.3 will be necessary Java 8 installed.

Source: https://discourse.igniterealtime.org/t/update-openfire-4-1-6-to-4-2-1-in-ubuntu-server/80336

And if you really meant the "XMPP-Version". There is not really such a thing. XMPP is implemented to a different extend on different server-providers. Some have more extensions, some less. To see which ones you have, refer to the wikipedia site: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_XMPP_server_software