Alfresco National Workshop: Installing Alfresco Content Services and Governance Services Module

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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3. Outline
• Introduction
• Installing Alfresco Using Setup Wizard
• Testing Alfresco Installation
• Exploring Alfresco Base Installation
• Installing Alfresco Governance Services
• Testing Alfresco Governance Services
• Summary
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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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7. Installing Alfresco Using Setup Wizard (1)
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8. Installing Alfresco Using Setup Wizard (2)
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9. Installing Alfresco Using Setup Wizard (3)
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10. Installing Alfresco Using Setup Wizard (4)
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11. Installing Alfresco Using Setup Wizard (5)
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14. Installing Alfresco Using Setup Wizard (8)
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15. Installing Alfresco Using Setup Wizard (9)
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16. Installing Alfresco Using Setup Wizard (10)
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18. Installing Alfresco Using Setup Wizard (11)
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19. Installing Alfresco Using Setup Wizard (12)
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20. Installing Alfresco Using Setup Wizard (13)
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21. Installing Alfresco Using Setup Wizard (14)
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http://localhost:8080/share
Username: [USERNAME]
Password: [PASSWORD]

22. Installing Alfresco Using Setup Wizard (15)
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23. Downloading Alfresco Governance Services (1)
• Download the AGS module from:
http://lis.unza.zm/alfresco/alfresco/
• alfresco-rm-community-2.6.a.zip
• Unzip the file: unzip alfresco-rm-community-2.6.a.zip
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24. Downloading Alfresco Governance Services (2)
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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.

29. Alfresco Site Creation (1)
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http://localhost:8080/share
Username: [USERNAME]
Password: [PASSWORD]

30. Alfresco Site Creation (2)
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31. Alfresco Site Creation (3)
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32. Alfresco Administration (1)
• Basic customisation
• System User Management
• Site Management
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33. Administration: Basic Customisation (1)
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Basic customisation
uses pre-defined
themes.
You can also change the
logo.

34. Administration: Basic Customisation (1)
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35. Administration: System User Management (1)
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36. Administration: System User Management (2)
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37. Administration: System User Management (3)
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38. Administration: Site Management (1)
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39. Administration: Site Management (2)
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40. Administration: Site Management (3)
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41. Administration: Site Management (3)
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Capabilities specify
what users are
allowed to do on the
system.

42. Bibliography
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[1] Alfresco Documentation
https://docs.alfresco.com

43. Thank you for your
attention!

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