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 |
See link for newest requirements
Virtual: Why not - the benefist are huge
Preferred OS: Ubuntu LTS 64-bit
Hardware: At least 2 CPU's and at least 4 GB Ram
Different Libs for image support (ImageMagick), SWFTools (Flash), etc
sudo apt-get install mysql-server ImageMagick GhostScript smbclient libjpeg62 libgif4 sudo apt-get install libice6 libsm6 libxt6 libxrender1 libfontconfig1 libcups2 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jon-severinsson/ffmpeg sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install ffmpeg sudo apt-get install libart-2.0-2 wget http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/pool/partner/s/swftools/swftools_0.9.0-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb chmod a+x swftools_0.9.0-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i swftools_0.9.0-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb sudo rm swftools_0.9.0-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb |
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
Create the Database
mysql> CREATE DATABASE alfresco CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,CREATE,DROP,ALTER,INDEX on alfresco .* to alfresco@localhost identified by '******'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> |
Download Alfreco from http://www.alfresco.com/products/community
For the binary installer, JAVA is integrated.
root@myserver:~# ./alfresco-community-4.2.f-installer-linux-x64.bin ---mode text 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 - Installs servers with the default configuration [2] Advanced - Configures server ports and service properties.: Also 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 Alfresco : Y (Cannot be edited) SharePoint [Y/n] : Web Quick Start [y/N] : Google Docs Integration [Y/n] : LibreOffice [Y/n] : Is the selection above correct? [Y/n]: Installation folder Please choose a folder to install Alfresco Community Select a folder [/opt/alfresco-4.2.f]: /opt/alfresco ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Database Configuration JDBC URL: [jdbc:postgresql://localhost/alfresco]: jdbc:mysql://localhost/alfresco JDBC Driver: [org.postgresql.Driver]: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver Database name: [alfresco]: Username: []: alfresco Password: : Verify: : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tomcat Port Configuration Please enter the Tomcat configuration parameters you wish to use. Web Server domain: [127.0.0.1]: Tomcat Server Port: [8080]: Tomcat Shutdown Port: [8005]: Tomcat SSL Port [8443]: Tomcat AJP Port: [8009]: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfresco FTP Port Please choose a port number to use for the integrated Alfresco FTP server. Port: [21]: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfresco RMI Port Please choose a port number for Alfresco to use to execute remote commands. Port: [50500]: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Admin Password Please give a password to use for the Alfresco administrator account. Admin Password: : Repeat Password: : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfresco SharePoint Port Please choose a port number for the SharePoint protocol. Port: [7070]: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Install as a service You can optionally register Alfresco Community as a service. This way it will automatically be started every time the machine is started. Install Alfresco Community as a service? [Y/n]: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- LibreOffice Server Port Please enter the port that the LibreOffice Server will listen to by default. LibreOffice Server Port [8100]: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Share [Y/n]: n |
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-5.1.34-bin /opt/alfresco/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 |
Also review http://docs.alfresco.com/community/concepts/prereq-opt-install.html
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 |
Edit the /opt/alfresco/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco-global.properties and check paths
Edit the /opt/alfresco/tomcat/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 |
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: \> |
Edit the /opt/alfresco/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 |
There are good reasons for using an Apache or Traffic Manager in front of the Alfresco Installation, some are:
Se my example in Apache2 Proxy Passing
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/shared/classes/alfresco-global.properties
system.content.eagerOrphanCleanup=true trashcan.cron=0 30 * * * ? trashcan.daysToKeep=1 trashcan.deleteBatchCount=1000 |
Batch upload to Alfresco sites via CIFS
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
} |