The basics of Alfresco configuration

Alfresco can be easily configured based on business needs. We can enable or disable components based on certain requirements. Alfresco exposes its configuration in its properties and an .xml file, which makes it easy configurable.

All the configuration files in Alfresco are in the <configroot> and <configrootShare> directory, which are within the expanded Alfresco and Share .war based on the application server it is deployed.

For Tomcat, these directories are:

• <TOMCAT_HOME>/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco
• <TOMbCAT_HOME>/webapps/share/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco

The repository.properties file is one of the most important files which holds all the important repository configurations for a database, content store, and index. This file is moved to a JAR file in Alfresco 5.x.

Some of the important properties of Alfresco are:

• dir.*: This is the default configuration for the content store
• db.*: This is the default configuration for the...