ofarchiver 0.43
An HTML archive generator for chat rooms on an Openfire instant messaging server.
License: MIT
Keywords: archiving,chat,html,openfire

Introduction
============

OfArchiver generates HTML archives of chat rooms on an
`Openfire <http://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire>`_
instant messaging server.

Example usage is as follows::

    from ofarchiver import OfArchiver

    ofa = OfArchiver()
    for room in ofa.get_rooms():
        ofa.gen_archive(room)

A script called *ofarchiver* is also installed, which takes advantage of the
`multiprocessing <http://docs.python.org/dev/library/multiprocessing.html>`_
Python module to speed up archive generation on installations with multiple
chat rooms.  It can serve as a cron job to generate archives at a given
interval.

Requirements
============

* An Openfire server with chat rooms (tested with 3.7.0).
* MySQL as the Openfire database (tested with 5.0).
* A web server (tested with Apache 2.2 and its
  `mod_autoindex <http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_autoindex.html>`_
  module).
* Python 2.6 or higher (available for RHEL/CentOS 5 in
  `EPEL <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL>`_ as
  `python26 <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Python26>`_).

Installation
============

* With ``pip``::

    sudo pip install OfArchiver

* With ``easy_install``::

    sudo easy_install OfArchiver

* From source::

    git clone http://github.com/egnyte/ofarchiver
    cd ofarchiver
    python setup.py build
    sudo python setup.py install

Configuration
=============

Openfire
--------

The `Monitoring Service
<http://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/plugins/monitoring/readme.html>`_
Openfire plugin must be installed and configured.

1. Log into the Openfire admin panel and select the *Plugins* tab.
2. Install the ``Monitoring Service`` plugin.
3. Select the *Server* tab, then the *Archiving* subtab.
4. Under *Archiving Settings*, enable **Archive group chats**.

OfArchiver
----------

An *ofarchiver.ini* configuration file is included which must be copied to
one of the following locations (listed in the order in which they are checked):

* */usr/local/etc*
* */etc*
* The user's home directory (**$HOME**)

It consists of the following sections (mandatory options have a ******):

main
~~~~

  basedir **
    The base directory in which to generate the HTML archive.

  confserver **
    The name of the Openfire conference server.

  db **
    The type of database used by Openfire (only ``mysql`` is currently
    supported).

  debug
    Whether to enable debugging statements.

  logfile
    A file in which to log informational and/or debugging messages.

  org
    The name of the organization running Openfire.

  rooms
    A list of rooms for which to generate archives.

db
~~

  hostname **
    The hostname of the MySQL server.

  username **
    A MySQL user, either Openfire's or one created just for OfArchiver
    (only ``SELECT`` privileges on the *ofMessageArchive* table is needed).

  password **
    The password for the MySQL user above.

  database **
    The MySQL database used by Openfire.

colors
~~~~~~

  enabled
    Whether to enable colors to more easily differentiate chat room members.

  names
    A list of colors to choose from.

Web Server
----------

A web server with automatic directory index generation is required to view
the HTML archive.  Here is a sample configuration for Apache, with
*/var/www/html/ofarchive* as the archive base directory::

    <Directory /var/www/html/ofarchive>
      Options +Indexes
      IndexOptions FancyIndexing
      IndexOrderDefault Descending Date
    </Directory>

Adding authentication and encryption is highly recommended.

Thanks
======

* `Egnyte <http://www.egnyte.com>`_ for allowing and encouraging me to
  release this software.