The document discusses the integration of Alfresco's digital business platform, emphasizing the use of open APIs and various integration services. It outlines strategies for linking different systems, deploying solutions via containers, and enhancing existing integrations with new connectors. Future plans include developing new integration options and improving deployment scalability through technologies like Kubernetes.

1. Integrating Alfresco
@ Scale
Jan Vonka
Lisbon, 2018

2. Learn. Connect. Collaborate.
Overview
Introduction
Alfresco
Integrations
Integrations
Services
Framework
Futures &
Recap

3. Introduction
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Introduction
• Jan Vonka
• Alfresco > 10 years
• Architect for Integrations
• Hot-air balloonist
• https://slideshare.net/jvonka

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Disclaimer
• The information and features
presented are subject to change
• Some code is Enterprise-only. We
hope to “open-up” more components
in the future
• We look forward to collaborating with
you to improve and extend the
Alfresco Integrations 🙂
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Alfresco Digital Business Platform
Application Development Framework
Alfresco Process
Services
Alfresco Content
Services
Alfresco Governance Services
Integrations / Extensions
Open APIs and Open Standards
On-Prem, Cloud, Hybrid, Managed
Intelligence and Analytics
Applications
(Web, Mobile, Desktop)
Integrations
(Connectors & Extensions)

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Terminology
Connector (Oxford Dictionary)
... links two or more things together
Integrate (Cambridge Dictionary)
… combine two or more things in order to become more effective
Systems Integration (Wikipedia)
… linking together ... software applications ... to act as a coordinated whole
... and ... adding value to the system capabilities ...

8. Alfresco Integrations
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Open Protocols
(LDAP, IMAP, WebDAV / SPP)
Alfresco Integrations & Connectors

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Spectrum of Solution Options (depend on ...)
Customer use-cases
• Depth of integration
Business / Enterprise “process”
• Headless – consume services via public APIs & events
• End-User choice - eg. remain in preferred apps
Technology / Partner preference
• Type of Integration - patterns & frameworks
• Applications & Systems - being integrated
Build vs Buy
• Configure / Off-the-shelf / No-code
• Extend / Platform / Low-code
• Customise / OEM / Bespoke Development

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Strategy
Integrate with Leading Systems
• Islands + Bridges (avoid “silos”)
• Build vs Buy
Provide Platform
• Public API & Events
– Extensions outside of core runtimes
– event-driven behaviours
• Framework options
– common components
Build Ecosystem
• Work with Partner Community
• Provide (showcase) examples
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Integration Partners
… for many more see: https://www.alfresco.com/partners
Partners speaking @ DevCon include ...

13. Box Connector
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Box Connector
Integrate Box to Alfresco
• Seamless for end-users within Box
Enables a one-way sync
• Tracks Box events & pushes to Alfresco
Implemented using Box SDK
• Box Events API -> Change Detector
• Box Content API -> Content Operations
Interested ? Please contact us ☺

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Box 1
Alfresco 1 Alfresco 2
Box 2
Alfresco 3
Box 3 Sync Definitions
• Initial release
• Box 1 to Alfresco 1 (one-way)
• Future ideas …
• Alfresco 2 to Box 2 (one-way)
• Alfresco 3 to Box 3 (two-way)
Box Connector

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Box Connector
Box
Change Detection
Box
Content Operations
Sync
Change
EvaluationBox Content Ops
Box Change Events
NoSQL
Alfresco
Content Operations
Alf Content Ops
AIS App
AIS Identity
Sync Registry

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Box Connector

18. Deployment
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Containerized Deployment
Credit: NIST - Application Container Security Guide (Sep 2017)

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Reference Deployment
Docker Registry
• Public – eg. DockerHub
• Protected – eg. Quay.io
• Customers & Partners
Deployment options
• Docker Compose
• Kubernetes / Helm Charts
• Customized

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postgres
cassandraactivemq
ais-sync-registry
ais-sync-change-eval
ais-app
ais-box-change-detect
ais-alfresco-content-ops
Box
ais-box-content-ops
Share Repo
ACS 5.2.x
AIS
Share
AMP
AIS
Repo
AMP
Q: change events
AWS Dynamo DB ?
Vol:
Shared Content Workspace
Q: content operations
ais-identity
AWS RDS
Aurora (etc)
AWS S3
Vol: Alf Data
Vol:
Secrets (Box, Alfresco)
AWS MQ
Vol: PG Data
Logical deployment diagram (LDD)

22. Integrations Services Framework
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Public APIs & System Events
AIS Framework Other Integration Fwks
Showcase Integrations Other Example Integrations
ADF (Application Dev
Fwk)
Showcase
Apps
Other
App UI Fwks
Other Example Applications
JavaScript Client API
Mobile
Apps
Mobile SDK
Android / Java Client API ?
Alfresco Integrations Services (AIS) Framework
API & Event Gateway
Desktop Sync Service

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AIS Framework & ABC Connectors
Change
Evaluation
Change Events
Content Ops
A
A Content Ops
A Change Detect
B
B Content Ops
B Change Detect Change Events
Content Ops
B
B Content Ops
B Change Detect
A
A Content Ops
A Change DetectNoSQL
Registry
C
C Content Ops
C Change Detect
C
C Content Ops
C Change Detect

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AIS - Scaling
Micro-services
• Spring Boot 2 / Spring Cloud
• Change Detection, Evaluation & Operations
• AIS app built using ADF
Event messaging & routing
• Camel / Active MQ (via Gytheio libraries)
NoSQL registry
• Cassandra (future: DynamoDB ?)
Containerized deployments
• Docker Compose
• Kubernetes & Helm (PoC)

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AIS – Content Operations

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AIS - event-driven micro-services
Deployment / Customer 1
User
Directory
(LDAP)
Deployment /
Customer 2
Alfresco
deploymentId2
User
Box
W eb UI
Desktop App
OAuth API
Br owser
Alfresco
Repo
REST
API
deploymentId1
Integrations
Services
Integrations Services
(Alfresco)
Content Operations
Update
Get
Content
Change Detection
(Box)
W ebhooks Polling
Sync Change Evaluation
Change
Evaluation
User
Mapping
Change
Events
Content
Operations
Identity
Store
Creds
Get
Creds
Run As User
Get User
ID
Message
Broker
Shared Content
W orkspace
Sync Registry
Register
Sync Def
Get Sync
Details
Update
Sync Pair
NoSQL
Public
Events
Message
Consumer
WorkDocs Alfresco
OneDrive Google Drive
DropBox S3
Salesforce
CO
Results
Integrations Services UI
Mapping
Setup
Error /
Conflict Log
JWT Assertion
JWT OAuth
Get
T oken
Create
App User
Evernote

28. Futures
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Futures
Enhance existing Integrations
• Service Packs
• Customer-driven feature improvements
Launch of new Integrations
• Box Connector & Integrations Services Framework
• Digital Business Platform - more options to integrate & extend
• Office 365 / One Drive ?
Improvements to Deployment & Scaling
• Kubernetes / Helm
• Benchmarking
• More AWS options

30. Recap
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Integrations and Extensions
Development Focus
Surface the power of the
Alfresco Digital Business
Platform where ever work
gets done
Alfresco Connectors
▪ New Integration Services
o Alfresco Content Connector for Box (EA)
• New architected SFDC Connector (support for on-prem)
▪ Updates to existing Connectors: Alfresco Content Connector for Outlook,
Document Transformation Engines, and Google Docs
Alfresco Connectors
▪ Alfresco Content Connector for Box (GA)
▪ Deliver Integration Services
o Platform for custom driven integration
o Alfresco Content Connector for Office 365
▪ Updates: SFDC (adding Process Services), Outlook Connector
Delivering Innovation in 2017⟳
Future Plans…

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Please contact us …
We look forward to
collaborating with you
to improve and extend
the Alfresco Integrations
eco-system 🙂

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Links
Extending & Integrating the Alfresco Platform
https://www.alfresco.com/platform/integrating-extending-alfresco
Docs: ACS Integrations
https://docs.alfresco.com/5.2/concepts/install-integrations-overview.html
Docs: APS Integrations
http://docs.alfresco.com/process-services1.7/topics/integration_with_external_systems.html
Box Connector – EA
http://docs.alfresco.com/boxconnector-ea/concepts/box-conn-overview.html
Alfresco Google Docs Module
https://github.com/Alfresco/googledrive
Gytheio libraries – distributed content change handling
https://github.com/Alfresco/gytheio

34. Thank you !
https://slideshare.net/jvonka
Integrating Alfresco
@ Scale