1. Alfresco National Workshop:
Alfresco Installation
Lighton Phiri <lighton.phiri@unza.zm>
Department of Library and Information Science
School of Education
University of Zambia
October 3, 2018
2. Announcements
• Power adapters left behind yesterday are on the help desk.
• Correct your personal information that will appear on
certificates.
• Networking [...] and possible annual conference?
• Links and ad hoc announcements available on
http://lis.unza.zm:9001/p/alfresco
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4. Introduction (1)
• Production environments are typically unique/specific to
organisations .
• Windows vs Unix-like operating systems
• Different software preferences: Relational Database Management
Systems and Servlet engines
• Profiles of individuals attending the event vary.
• Technically oriented hands-on sessions have been simplified.
• Installation will make use of ‘Simple Install’ method.
• Requisite software components bundled in binary file.
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5. Introduction (2)
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Community Edtion Enterprise Edition
Server O/S Linux, Mac OSX, Windows Linux, Mac OSX, Solaris, Windows
Server 2008 R2
Client OS Linux, Mac OSX, Windows Linux, Mac OSX, Windows
Database MySQL, Postgres MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL, Oracle,
DB2
App Server Tomcat Tomcat, JBoss, WebLogic, WebSphere
Auth Alfresco, OpenLDAP Active Directory, NTLM, Oracle
Directory Server, Kerberos, JAAS, etc.
Browser Chrome, Firefox, Safari, IE
7/8/9
Chrome, Firefox, Safari, IE 7/8/9
6. Installing Alfresco Using Setup Wizard
• Go to http://lis.unza.zm/alfresco/alfresco
• Download the Alfresco installer.
• alfresco-community-installer-201707-linux-x64.bin
• Install Alfresco
• chmod +x alfresco-community-installer-201707-linux-x64.bin
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25. Installing Alfresco Governance Services (1)
• Stop the Alfresco server.
• ./alfresco
• Delete the tomcat/webapps/alfresco and
tomcat/webapps/share folders in the Alfresco installation
directory.
• Deleting these directories forces Tomcat to read the edited WAR
files when Alfresco is restarted.
• rm -rf /home/afresco/alfresco-community/tomcat/webapps/share/
• rm -rf /home/afresco/alfresco-community/tomcat/webapps/alfresco/
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26. Installing Alfresco Governance Services (2)
• Copy the AMP files to the Alfresco amps and amps_share
directories.
• Copy this file to the Alfresco amps directory:
• alfresco-rm-community-repo-2.6.x.amp
• and this file to the Alfresco amps_share directory:
• alfresco-rm-community-share-2.6.x.amp
• Change into the root of the Alfresco installation directory.
Directories specified in the following procedures are relative
to this directory.
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27. Installing Alfresco Governance Services (3)
• Run the following commands to install the AMP files:
• java -jar bin/alfresco-mmt.jar install
amps/alfresco-rm-community-repo-2.6.x.amp
tomcat/webapps/alfresco.war
• java -jar bin/alfresco-mmt.jar install
amps_share/alfresco-rm-community-share-2.6.x.amp
tomcat/webapps/share.war
• Start the Alfresco server.
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28. Installing Alfresco Governance Services (4)
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• AGS module installation can be confirmed by accessing Admin
Tools option.
• Module Manager feature will list all modules installed.
44. Alfresco National Workshop:
Alfresco Installation
Lighton Phiri <lighton.phiri@unza.zm>
Department of Library and Information Science
School of Education
University of Zambia
October 3, 2018