Review the upgrades:
http://docs.alfresco.com/community/concepts/welcome-infocenter_community.html
Alfresco comes with Postgres by default, but I prefer MySQL - hence this guide is for MySQL
Requirements
Alfreco
See link for newest requirements
OS and Hardware Settings
Virtual: Why not - the benefist are huge
Preferred OS: Ubuntu LTS 64-bit (this is for a 16.04)
Hardware: At least 2 CPU's and at least 4 GB Ram
Libs
Different Libs for image support (ImageMagick), SWFTools (Flash), etc
sudo apt-get install mysql-server smbclient sudo apt-get install libsm6 libxt6 libxrender1 libfontconfig1 libcups2 libxinerama1 libglu1-mesa sudo apt-get install imagemagick ghostscript libjpeg62 ffmpeg libgif-dev libice6 libart-2.0-2 swftools
LibreOffice
sudo apt-get install libreoffice sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer fonts-droid
SMTP Access for sending mail
IMAP Access for picking up mail
Installation
Prepare database
Create the Database
mysql> CREATE DATABASE alfresco CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> GRANT ALL on alfresco .* to alfresco@localhost identified by '******'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql>
Install binaries
Download Alfreco from http://www.alfresco.com/products/community
For the binary installer, JAVA is integrated.
MySQL Driver is at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/
root@alf01:~# ./alfresco-community-installer-201605-linux-x64.bin Some or all of the libraries needed to support LibreOffice were not found on your system: fontconfig libSM libICE libXrender libXextlibcups libGLU You are strongly advised to stop this installation and install the libraries. For more information, see the LibreOffice documentation at http://docs.alfresco.com Do you want to continue with the installation? [y/N]: y Language Selection Please select the installation language [1] English - English [2] French - Français [3] Spanish - Español [4] Italian - Italiano [5] German - Deutsch [6] Japanese - ??? [7] Dutch - Nederlands [8] Russian - ??????? [9] Simplified Chinese - ???? [10] Norwegian - Norsk bokmål [11] Brazilian Portuguese - Português Brasileiro Please choose an option [1] : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to the Alfresco Community Setup Wizard. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Installation Type [1] Easy - Install using the default configuration. [2] Advanced - Configure server ports and service properties.: Choose optional components to install. Please choose an option [1] : 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Select the components you want to install; clear the components you do not want to install. Click Next when you are ready to continue. Java [Y/n] : PostgreSQL [Y/n] :n LibreOffice [Y/n] : Alfresco Community : Y (Cannot be edited) Solr1 [y/N] : Solr4 [Y/n] : Alfresco Office Services [Y/n] : Web Quick Start [y/N] : Google Docs Integration [Y/n] : Is the selection above correct? [Y/n]: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Installation Folder Choose a folder to install Alfresco Community. Select a folder: [/opt/alfresco-community]: /pack/alfresco-201605 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Database Configuration JDBC URL: [jdbc:postgresql://localhost/alfresco]: jdbc:mysql://localhost/alfresco JDBC Driver: [org.postgresql.Driver]: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver Database name: [alfresco]: alfresco Username: []: alfresco Password: : Verify: : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tomcat Port Configuration Enter your Tomcat configuration parameters. Web Server Domain: [127.0.0.1]: Tomcat Server Port: [8080]: Tomcat Shutdown Port: [8005]: Tomcat SSL Port: [8443]: Tomcat AJP Port: [8009]: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- LibreOffice Server Port Enter the port that the LibreOffice Server will listen to. LibreOffice Server Port: [8100]: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfresco FTP Port Choose a port number for the integrated Alfresco FTP server. Port: [21]: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Admin Password Specify a password for the Alfresco administrator account. Admin Password: : Repeat Password: : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Install as a service If you register Alfresco Community as a service it will automatically start Alfresco Community on machine startup. Install Alfresco Community as a service? [Y/n]: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Warning This environment is not configured optimally for Alfresco - review this list before continuing. While these issues won’t prevent Alfresco from functioning, some product features might not be available, or the system might not perform optimally. Not enough CPUs (cores) available (2+): 1 Press [Enter] to continue: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Setup is now ready to begin installing Alfresco Community on your computer. Do you want to continue? [Y/n]: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please wait while Setup installs Alfresco Community on your computer. Installing 0% ______________ 50% ______________ 100% ######################################### ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Setup has finished installing Alfresco Community on your computer. View Readme File [Y/n]: n Launch Alfresco Community [Y/n]: n root@alf01
If You use MySQL, we need to copy in the driver (get it here) first to /opt/alfresco/tomcat/lib:
sudo cp mysql-connector-java-5.1.39-bin.jar /pack/alfresco-201605/tomcat/lib/
Then start alfresco:
sudo /etc/init.d/alfresco start Using CATALINA_BASE: /opt/alfresco/tomcat Using CATALINA_HOME: /opt/alfresco/tomcat Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /opt/alfresco/tomcat/temp Using JRE_HOME: /opt/alfresco/java Using CLASSPATH: /opt/alfresco/tomcat/bin/bootstrap.jar:/opt/alfresco/tomcat/bin/tomcat-juli.jar Using CATALINA_PID: /opt/alfresco/tomcat/temp/catalina.pid Tomcat started. /opt/alfresco/tomcat/scripts/ctl.sh : tomcat started root@myserver:~#
See everything is ok:
root@myserver:~# tail -f /opt/alfresco/tomcat/logs/catalina.out
If the database bootstrap fails due to Driver failure, Yo will see:
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Database connection failed: Cannot create JDBC driver of class 'com.mysql.jdbc.Driver' for connect URL 'jdbc:mysql:localhost/alfresco'
Restart install
Easiest way to restart setup is to kill the java process and remove the install dir:
killall -9 java rm -rf /opt/alfresco
Postinstall
Also review http://docs.alfresco.com/community/concepts/prereq-opt-install.html
Move data
You can move the data dir /opt/alfresco/alf_data to another location (Renaming is not recommeded, the "alf_data" name is in several config files allover)
/etc/init.d/alfresco stop cd /opt/alfresco/ mv alf_data /data/ ln -s /data/alf_data . /etc/init.d/alfresco start
Correct Paths
Edit the /opt/alfresco/shared/classes/alfresco-global.properties and check paths
Enable CIFS
Edit the /opt/alfresco/shared/classes/alfresco-global.properties
## CIFS ## cifs.disableNativeCode=false cifs.enabled=true cifs.serverName=alfresco.myserver.dk cifs.domain=MYSERVER cifs.hostannounce=true cifs.sessionTimeout=500 cifs.ipv6.enabled=false cifs.tcpipSMB.port=445 cifs.netBIOSSMB.namePort=137 cifs.netBIOSSMB.datagramPort=138 cifs.netBIOSSMB.sessionPort=139 cifs.WINS.autoDetectEnabled=true
Test CIFS
With the SMB Client You can test and browse:
root@myserver: smbclient -U admin \\\\127.0.0.1\\alfresco Enter admin's password: Domain=[MOS-EISLEY] OS=[Java] Server=[Alfresco CIFS Server 6.0.0] smb: \> ls . D 0 Tue Feb 26 18:39:48 2013 .. D 0 Tue Feb 26 18:39:48 2013 __ShowDetails.exe 393216 Tue Feb 26 18:00:58 2013 __CheckInOut.exe 393216 Tue Feb 26 18:00:58 2013 __Alfresco.url 131 Tue Feb 26 18:00:58 2013 Data Dictionary D 0 Tue Feb 26 08:10:23 2013 Guest Home D 0 Tue Feb 26 08:10:10 2013 User Homes D 0 Tue Feb 26 13:28:42 2013 Imap Attachments D 0 Tue Feb 26 08:10:44 2013 Sites D 0 Tue Feb 26 18:40:03 2013 65535 blocks of size 33553920. 32767 blocks available smb: \>
Enable FTP
Edit the /opt/alfresco/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco-global.properties (see http://docs.alfresco.com/4.1/concepts/fileserv-ftp-props.html)
### FTP Server Configuration ### ftp.enabled=true ftp.port=21 ftp.ipv6.enabled=false
Other
Proxy passing
There are good reasons for using an Apache or Traffic Manager in front of the Alfresco Installation, some are:
- No port changing (non-root users can assign to ports below 1024)
- Use of URL Rewrite
- Use of URL Blocking
- Use of Allow/Denial
- SSL offloading/handling outside the Confluence
Se my example in Apache2 Proxy Passing
Trashcan tweaking
Instead of having Alfreso putting deleted files into the contentstore.deleted directory, which has to be cleaned manually, read http://blyx.com/2014/08/18/understanding-alfresco-content-deletion/ and add the amp https://code.google.com/p/alfresco-trashcan-cleaner/ into /op/alfresco/amps/
Edit the /opt/alfresco/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco-global.properties
system.content.eagerOrphanCleanup=true trashcan.cron=0 30 * * * ? trashcan.daysToKeep=1 trashcan.deleteBatchCount=1000
Batch upload
Batch upload to Alfresco sites via CIFS
Logfiles
Logrotate
Set up logrotate to avoid ever growing catalina.out log file. Here JIRA_Home is /opt/jira, logs are rotated daily and kept for 7 days:
/opt/alfresco/tomcat/logs/catalina.out {
daily
rotate 7
compress
copytruncate
delaycompress
missingok
size 10M
notifempty
}