Nuxeo ECM Platform - Technical Overview

Thierry Delprat, Jul. 2011 Nuxeo EP: a Technical Overview

Agenda
Nuxeo EP - a platform for ECM
ECM features overview
Architecture overview
Nuxeo Studio
Some NXP usage examples
Focus on Document Repository
API and connectors

Nuxeo Enterprise Platform An ECM platform for Content Applications

Nuxeo Enterprise Platform
Nuxeo EP provides...
Extensible and configurable ECM services (Document storage, workflow, audit, indexing, security, relations…)
UI building blocks and frameworks (Web, RIA, Rich client …)
High level frameworks (Nuxeo CAP, Nuxeo Case Management Framework …)
Ready to use pre-packaged applications (Nuxeo DM, Nuxeo DAM, Nuxeo Correspondence ...)

About Nuxeo EP (NXP)
Nuxeo EP is an enterprise-class content management platform
Developed and maintained by Nuxeo and community
Fully supported
With consulting and training available from Nuxeo and a worldwide network of partners
Nuxeo EP is the foundation for Content Apps
All our products distributions are based on Nuxeo EP
All our components and services reside within Nuxeo EP

Nuxeo EP is... a set of ECM building blocks

… that can be assembled to do this or that

Nuxeo EP distributions Core Services UI frameworks Features Nuxeo EP Flex DM DAM CS CMF Flex Flex GWT Flex JSF Flex WebEngine CAP

Nuxeo EP use cases
Turn-key ECM applications (DM, DAM...)
Pre-packaged application
Add configuration via Nuxeo Studio
Dedicated business ECM application
Extension and configuration Nuxeo platform
OEM or SI integration
Embedding Nuxeo Services in third party apps
Configuration and Nuxeo service stack usage
OEM or ISV providers

Build on top of a distribution Standard Nuxeo Distribution Project-specific configuration (+ custom plugin) Nuxeo DM Project plugin Project plugin Project plugin Custom types Custom workflows Custom UI and theme Users/Groups config

Custom distribution Custom Nuxeo EP Distribution Project-specific configuration (+ custom plugin) Nuxeo Core bundles Project plugin Project plugin Project plugin Custom types Custom workflows Custom UI and theme Users/Groups config Nuxeo Core bundles Nuxeo UI bundles Nuxeo Core bundles Nuxeo Core bundles Nuxeo features bundles Nuxeo Core bundles Nuxeo Core bundles Nuxeo Core bundles Nuxeo Core bundles Nuxeo Core bundles Nuxeo Services bundles

Full integration Your App Nuxeo Java Calls Nuxeo Your App Nuxeo Http / WebService Your App Embed your application inside Nuxeo server Use Nuxeo's service from your java application Use Nuxeo's service via WebService Embed Nuxeo's services inside your application nuxeo-client nuxeo-services nuxeo-services Your App nuxeo-services nuxeo-services nuxeo-client

Nuxeo Distributions
Functional ones
Nuxeo DM
Nuxeo DAM
Nuxeo Correspondence
Turn-key applications
ready to run applications
can be configured via Studio

Nuxeo Distributions
Technical ones
Nuxeo CAP: Content Application Platform
Nuxeo CMF: Case Management Framework
Nuxeo CS: Core Server
Technical assemblies of Nuxeo bundles
Can be used as is
Can be configured via Studio too
Designed to be used as a framework
i.e. a base infrastructure to build upon

Nuxeo Distributions: CAP
CAP: Content Application Platform
Repository (Nuxeo Core)
Selection of Services and Features
JSF and WebEngine infrastructure

Nuxeo EP Quick Feature Tour

Nuxeo EP features
Content Repository
Content Model (schemas, files, metadata, etc.)
Facets and mixins
Versioning, Access Control, Relationships
Multi-axis browsing: content tree, metadata, tags, etc.
Indexing
Full-text indexing
Complete query system

Nuxeo EP features
Rendition management
PDF, HTML preview, web-view …
Pluggable transformers
Annotation management
Annotate images, documents
Process management
Life-cycle, workflows, page-flows, listeners

Nuxeo EP features
Mail management
Capture or send mails
Manage inbox and routing
Feed management
Generate feeds
Collect and store feeds

Nuxeo EP features
Collaboration
Notifications, locking, tasks, comments …
OpenSocial
Activity stream, user networks (work in progress)
Publishing, Synchronization
Synchronization services between two Nuxeo EP instances
Abstract tree publishing service
Digital asset management
Pictures, tiling, meta-data, music, video...

Nuxeo EP features
Personal portal / dashboard
OpenSocial container
Web tools
wiki , blogs , websites
Referential management
Users, groups, vocabularies

Nuxeo EP features
Administration
Admin Center
Manage configuration
Manage monitoring
Manage updates
Delegated administration
Security and users
Local configuration

Nuxeo EP features
Available addons via Marketplace
BIRT reporting integration
Semantic entities extraction
Automatic categorization
Bulk importer
Google Search Appliance Connector
...

Nuxeo EP Some examples implementations

Document Management Highly customizable back office

Case Management

Digital Assets Management

Web Sites Build refined web front-ends with WebEngine

Public-Facing Applications Adobe Flex based dedicated UIs

RIA Use GWT for Rich Internet Applications

Admin and Dev console
Dedicated to technical users
Administration
Testing
Direct access
Via Swing App
Via Applet
Pluggable commands
Via Automation
Via scripting

Nuxeo EP Architecture Overview

Core Technologies
100% based on Java
Can runs as POJO or Java EE components
Bare JVM, servlet container or Java EE App server
OSGi-based Bundle and Component system
Advanced extension technology
Offering a highly dynamic plugin model
Integrates best of breed open source components
JBoss Seam, jBPM, Apache Shindig, Jena RDF...

Targets of Nuxeo EP architecture
Extensibility & Modularity at heart
At all levels (from core services to UI itself)
Loose coupling for building large systems
Configure, extend, integrate... don't hack around !
Agility to deploy and integrate in complex environments
Highly modular (choose your distribution)
High adaptable (run on a bare JVM as well as in Java EE containers)

10 000 feet overview Component and Extension model Content Repository ECM Services UI building block Nuxeo Runtime Nuxeo Core Nuxeo Services Nuxeo UI Nuxeo UI Nuxeo UI

10 000 feet overview
Nuxeo Runtime: component and deployment model
OSGi-based component model
Extension points for configuring, extending and binding components together
Nuxeo Core: advanced content repository
Full-featured embeddable repository
Nuxeo ECM Services: extensible content services
Generic, configurable and extensible set of services
Nuxeo UI Technologies: UI building blocks

3 layers architecture Presentation Services Storage Nuxeo Runtime Nuxeo Core Audit service Workflow service Conversion service Comment service ... ... ... Relation service Tag service Annotation service JSF/Seam Framework WebEngine Framework GWT Connector WebServices

Features in layers Views and Actions for the target UI framework Service APIs and DTOs Provide JEE integration (Security, Transactions, EJB, Remoting ...) POJO implementation (Components, Services) Contributions to the Repository (Document types, lifecycles, listeners ...) One feature API Bundle Facade Bundle Core Bundle Core-Contrib Bundle UI Bundles UI Bundles

Extension Points
Extension points are used:
to configure services and components (XML contribution)
to extend services and components (contribute Java code or scripting)
to dynamically bind components together
Nuxeo EP uses extension points everywhere
built with its own technology
one model for the whole platform

Extension points XP A1 XP A2 Bundle A Bundle B Configuration via XML contribution Contribute Java Extension Component A Component B XML XML Java

Customization possibilities
Nuxeo EP is easily configurable
Almost all services are configurable (i.e. expose Extension Points)
Default UI (DM, DAM, CMF) is also very modular (Extension Points, Theme Manager, Views …)
Clean customizations that can be upgraded
You can use Nuxeo Studio
to save time in your implementation projects
to make customization easier
to do quick prototyping

Extension points Nuxeo Runtime Nuxeo Core Nuxeo Services Nuxeo UI Nuxeo UI Nuxeo UI Doc types Nuxeo UI Security policy Version policy Workflow Relations Connector Look Navigation actions Plug Plug Plug

Customization examples
Custom doc types, forms and life-cycles

Workflows
Enforce policy
listeners and content automation
custom security policies

Use Theme Manager
Change page models
Define page layout
Define style
Custom tabs or views
Custom content views
query to extract data
filter options
listing layout
Custom buttons
links or actions
call contextual custom code
…

Easy, elegant integration model
Nuxeo EP provides
Several APIs
Remotable/local, Java/language agnostic, different granularity levels...
Several integration paths and levels
Nuxeo EP is based on standards
Java, OSGi, JTA, JAAS, JMS, EJB3, JAX-RS, JAX-WS…
Nuxeo Studio and Content Automation is powerful
Easy to define business logic

Easy, elegant integration model
Thanks to this integration model
There is no need to touch Nuxeo's source code
Quick and efficient implementation of business requirements
Clean and sustainable technical integration in the SI
We think it maters!
A lot of external applications may need to produce or consume content from the ECM repository
ECM repositories usually needs to be integrated in the SI environment (security, audit, monitoring...)
See API section for some examples

Agile deployment
Only deploy the needed services
Make your own distribution
Deploy on multiple servers
Use clusters for scale-out / availability
Split in layers for optimizations or security
Deployment transparency
JBoss / Tomcat / Jetty / OSGi / Standalone
Cloud integration

Deployment examples
Easy clustering

Deployment examples
Use several distributions and dedicated servers

Deployment examples
Using multiple repositories

Deployment examples
Dedicated VMs

Deployment examples
Client / Server mode
Offline / Decentralized mode Online / Centralized mode Data Sync Nuxeo Server Nuxeo Desktop Client

NXP Clients Content apps & WebSites Productivity-focused business apps Administration Business Application General public Application WebEngine Flex / Air Eclipse RCP NXShell JSF GWT Dedicated RIA Nuxeo Platform

Nuxeo EP Using Nuxeo Studio

About Nuxeo Studio
Nuxeo Studio is:
A visual tool for configuring Nuxeo EP base Apps
Available as an online service (SaaS)
A delivery and deployment channel (with Nuxeo Update Center)
With Nuxeo Studio you can:
Configure and adapt your distribution
From document typology to business rules enforcement
Without needing development work
Save time and money
Focus on your business needs
Ensure long-term maintenance of applications

Nuxeo Studio Features
Nuxeo Studio 1.5 allows you to configure:
Document types, widgets, layouts and lifecycle
Content views
Content templates
User actions, views, tabs
Content Automation
Vocabularies
Listeners
Permissions
Virtual Navigation, search screen, faceted search
...

Nuxeo Studio Screenshots

Nuxeo Studio
Coming soon:
Configuration components management
Extended support for other distributions
Nuxeo DAM and Nuxeo CMF
Better Cloud integration
Try it now:
https://connect.nuxeo.com/nuxeo/site/connect/trial/form

Nuxeo EP About Nuxeo Core: Advanced Content Repository

Nuxeo Document

Documents in Nuxeo
In Nuxeo, a “document” is not just a “file”
One document = a set of fields (String, Date, File, Complex types ...)
Defined by XSD schemas
Document types
A document type is defined by XSD schemas
Inheritance is supported
Life-cycle
A document type is associated with a LifeCycle

Documents in Nuxeo
Facets can be used to qualify documents (Folderish, Hidden, Commentable …)
Facets can be associated
With a schema
With a business object adapter
Mixins
Facets and Schemas can be added on a per-instance basis

Security
Security in always on
ACL-based default security policy
Nultiple-ACL support
Ordered ACL support
Grant / deny support
ACL inheritance
Additional pluggable security policy
Implement custom security (ex: meta-data based)

Other Core features
Query system
NXQL: SQL-like query support
Keyword search
Full-text search
CMISQL support
Can use BIRT for BI reporting
Versioning in Nuxeo
Configurable versioning policy
Configurable versioning storage

Repository backend
Nuxeo “Visible Content Store” (VCS)
Dedicated native SQL storage
Provides clean SQL mapping (ie: usable by a DBA or a BI tool)
Multiple database vendors support (PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, MS-SQL, H2, Derby)
Storage adapters
Meta-data and structure: RDBMS (SQL)
Binaries: Filesystem, RDBMS, Amazon S3...

Advanced features
Built for performance
Lazy-loading, pre-fetching, cache, blob streaming...
Transaction management
Exposes a JCA connector
Support for operations and manual transaction management
Pluggable event system
Efficient storage
Snapshotable, automatic deduplication…
Supports hot backup and GC

Nuxeo EP API, Connectors and integration

Java API
All Nuxeo Services are exposed as Java Interfaces
Access to services is simple Framework.getService(ServiceInterface.class)
In addition you can also access the underlying Components Framework.getRuntime().getComponent(name)
In Java EE servers, Java Services can be exposed via RMI

Service APIs
Services can also be exposed via WebServices (with different granularity)

WebService APIs
Ad-Hoc WebService connectors

Automation APIs
Flexible and pluggable REST API
Contribute custom operation
Assemble custom chains via Studio / XML
Generic marshalling

Content Oriented APIs
Access Nuxeo Repository
Via CMIS (uses Apache Chemistry)
Via MS Windows SharePoint Services
Via WebDAV

Events
Events are triggered for each operation
Can be extended for business specific events
Events can be relayed on JMS Topic
EventHandlers
Synchronous / PostCommit / Asynchronous
Easily contributable (Java / Script / MDB)
Great solution for
Enforcing business rules (synchronous inline)
Pushing / getting data to/from external systems

Nuxeo Event bus Nuxeo Enterprise Platform Synchronous Listener Asynchronous Listener Nuxeo Event Bus JMS Bridge Call Notify External Application External Application External Application JMS

Accessing Nuxeo Data
Direct access to data auditing (SQL)
Repository data (ie: Documents)
Direct SQL access when using VCS
XML Import/Export service
Documents
Audit data
Relations

Importing data into Nuxeo
CMIS, WebDAV & WSS
Rest API
Simple POST
Drag&Drop via browser
Batch import framework
Manages all technical details (tx, batch size, etc...)
Lot of examples
Low level SQL batch insert (fastest)

Integration examples
Security system, SSO, user management

Integration examples Authentication and User management stack is completely pluggable

CRUD or business operations on documents
Use Nuxeo to store all documents or files used by an external business applications
Generate documents and push them in Nuxeo
Java API, WebServices, Automation, Rest, CMIS …
Integrate external services providers
Transformation or rendering services
Archive services
Transmission services
Service connector, Content Automation, Listeners ...

Use Nuxeo as a service stack
Embed Nuxeo services as a library
Java API, Runtime bootstrap
Integrate with a portal or WCM system
Let the portal fetch feeds
Publish to portals or WCM solutions
Integrate external services as Gadgets App
RSS, OpenSocial, OAuth, Publishing service ...

Integrate into Nuxeo EP
Package your application as Nuxeo Bundle
Declare OSGi bundle
Use nuxeo-deployer configuration
Your bundle can include web resources (servlets, filters ....)
Nuxeo nuxeo-services Your APP

External Indexers
Nuxeo has already been integrated with several external indexing servers
Exalead (WebService)
Sinequa (WebService)
Antidot (REST)
Arisem (WebService)
Google Search Appliance
Standard configurable WebService available

Thank you!

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