m2cw – my 2 cents worth

here is a short tutorial on how to set up a jabber server using the unix build for wildfire:

1. download the .tar.gz unix build from wildfire
2. unzip it and move it to the desktop, if it isn’t already there
3. go to the terminal and type:

cd desktop
sudo mv wildfire /usr/bin/

and type in your password
4. then go to /usr/bin/wildfire and start the readme.html
5. in your browser click on the “documentation” link and then “installation guide” (as you can see, we have already done the first linux/unix steps, so skip those)
6. click on database and follow the instructions (btw, i decided to go with the internal database option as i did not want to fiddle around with my mysql database)
7. go back to the installation guide and click on “running wildfire under linux/unix” and follow the instructions there (if you want to start the jabber server as a service, do NOT follow the instructions provided but just read on…)
8. if everything worked out you will now be able to access the admin console by following http://127.0.0.1:9090/ – enter the appropriate things and off you go…

that’s it – sweet and simple!

for those of you who do not want to start the server by hand each time, here is how you can do so at startup using lingon, a launchd editor:

using lingon’s assistant enter the following:
page 1: “run job at startup”
page 2: give it any label you want and UNcheck the log in checkbox
page 3: enter the following command: /usr/bin/wildfire/bin/wildfire start

the result is put under “user agents” in lingon and will start the server immediately upon load.

PS: here are two pages from the wildfire forum which might be helpful, especially if you have troubles with java:
some more mac os x build & java details
autostart

here is a very, very interesting hint for future os upgrades: robg on how to make sure php, mysql and other unix stuff gets upgraded

here is a how-to for bit torrent