[asterisk-users] How to enable IM over the asterisk server

Wed Jul 8 06:55:52 CDT 2015

You can have the openfire server installed on the same server as asterisk
without any issue, just size your server appropriately.  Just keep in mind
they are different services.

James Cass <http://goog_987864563>
jcass78 at gmail.com

On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 4:24 AM, Thyda ENG <engthyda at gmail.com> wrote:

> I just get started with it so my question maybe not well catch. Anyway to
> do the VOIP call and IM we need to use two difference servers? which one is
> asterisk for VOIP ? and other one for IM that is openfire ? or we can have
> other choice better than this ?
> Thank you for your help, I am waiting for your reply.
>
> Thyda
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Kristof Van Den Ouweland <
> kvandenouweland at vangenechten.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Thyda,
>>
>> I think you should see these as two individual systems. (I'm not an
>> expert so just thinking out loud).
>>
>> Since you mention that you did a SIP mapping on Openfire, may I assume
>> that you have the Asterisk IM plugin?
>>
>> In case of yes:
>> Yes, there is a plugin between OpenFire and Asterisk but it is not
>> actively developed anymore since 2006
>> http://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/asterisk/
>>
>> So I don't think the plugin is really realiable anymore  on current
>> versions.
>>
>> --
>>
>> I consider them as 2 separate systems which have to work on their own.
>> Unfortunatly this means that every softphone has 2 accounts: one is SIP to
>> Asterisk, one is XMPP to Openfire.
>>
>> That way our users are able to call internal/external using Asterisk, but
>> do IM and internal calling via Openfire. (They can choose which source they
>> take)
>>
>> Openfire is connected to our AD so our users just can logon with their
>> Windows credentials.
>>
>> Unfortunatly, if you want a real production connection between Asterisk
>> and Openfire, I'm unable to assist since I don't have the knowledge of it.
>> sorry
>>
>> Hope this helps a bit.
>> kristof
>> >>> Thyda ENG <engthyda at gmail.com> 7/07/2015 11:28 >>>
>> Actually, I am using the openfire and I create two users with the SIP
>> mapping on the openfire to the asterisk server. I can register one user
>> with the openfire client(Spark) and yes it is connect to asterisk SIP also.
>> But with the other one user, I register it with the SIP client(Zoiper/ or
>> Linphone) and then I can make the call over these two SIP but they cannot
>> reach the chat. I wonder what should I config between openfire and asterisk
>> to enable chat over these two sip clients ?
>> I am waiting for your reply, Thank.
>>
>> Thyda
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 3:17 PM, Kristof Van Den Ouweland <
>> kvandenouweland at vangenechten.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Good morning Thyda;
>>>
>>> Perhaps somebody has a solution for using it on Asterisk itself but
>>> after some trying I added the Openfire server as a IM server.
>>>
>>> I was a bit afraid that 'if' I got it working properly we had to
>>> maintain it and off course had to troubleshoot it in case it didn't work
>>> anymore.
>>>
>>> I've read something that you add a ams_msg context in extensions.conf
>>> but that didn't work for me unfortunaly. It did work for SIP Messages on
>>> phones but not for IM.
>>>
>>> I found Openfire easier to configure and it added a full integration
>>> with our LDAP which allowed single sign so that users could use the same
>>> password and log on automatically with the Jitsi client.
>>>
>>> But if you have some specific questions, I will be glad to answer.
>>>
>>> //Kristof
>>> >>> Thyda ENG <engthyda at gmail.com> 7/07/2015 6:07 >>>
>>>  I am currently, I create the VOIP server which enable the user to make
>>> the call over the asterisk server, Additionally now I want the user to be
>>> able to chat to each other too.
>>> I found some suggestion of using the openfire with asterisk but not much
>>> said on it, Anyway could you please share me how can I config the IM server
>>> over asterisk?
>>>
>>> I am waiting for your reply,
>>>
>>> Thyda
>>>
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