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Alfresco for Administrators
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Alfresco for Administrators

Chapter 2. Setting Up the Alfresco Environment

Alfresco provides users with a very flexible mechanism for installation. Alfresco can be installed on any supported application server like Tomcat, JBoss, WebLogic, and so on. Alfresco also supports various databases. Different components of Alfresco can be separated out or installed together on the same machine, so you can pick your package based on organization needs and do the setup.

In this chapter, we will cover the different installation processes of Alfresco:

  • Understanding the installation process using the installer file with a simple wizard
  • Diving into detailed steps for the manual installation of Alfresco in Tomcat
  • The installation process of Alfresco in the JBoss application server

Here, the main focus is on the installation process of Alfresco; we are not covering topics related to the installation of databases or other components.

Installing Alfresco using a wizard

Alfresco provides users with different installer files for its setup based on the different OS platforms. This installation file provides a complete package bundle like Tomcat, Java, PostgreSQL, Solr, LibreOffice. It is a simple wizard-based process for installation.

Let's go through the installation process in detail:

  1. The first step is to download the proper installer based on the operating system required for Alfresco setup. Here, we are using the example of the Windows 64 bit system. For Windows 64 bit, download alfresco-enterprise-5.x.x.x-installer-win-x64.bin. Refer to https://www.alfresco.com/services/subscription/supported-platforms to identify the Alfresco supported platforms. Alfresco Enterprise can be downloaded from https://myalfresco.force.com/support, but only if you have Enterprise access. A 30 day trial version can be downloaded from the Alfresco portal after submitting a form. A community version can also be downloaded from the Alfresco...

Installing Alfresco manually on a Tomcat server

We went through the process of using the wizard, which installs all the required components and Alfresco as a bundle. Now if you want to install everything manually, there are some different steps required.

The very first important step will be to find out the supported stack from Alfresco. Based on the version number, decide the OS, JDK, Database, Tomcat, and other component versions required for its installation. This supported stack for the latest version of Alfresco is available on their website; https://www.alfresco.com/services/subscription/supported-platforms.

Once you have the supported stack and decided on the version, prepare the server for Alfresco installation:

  1. Install the supported JDK, Database , Imagemagick, LibreOffice, Ghostscript, and application server for Tomcat (assuming you are using this).
  2. Based on the Alfresco support stack for Alfresco 5, we need Java 7 or Java8. For example, if we need to install Java 7 on Linux OS,...

Installing Alfresco in JBoss

The Alfresco application is supported in various application servers; one of the supported platforms is JBoss. Installing Alfresco on JBoss requires some additional steps to installing on Tomcat.

Similar to what we did for installing Alfresco in Tomcat, install JDK, the JBoss application server, and the database based on the supported stack and follow the steps below to deploy Alfresco in JBoss. Make sure JBoss is not running. Here, are considering PostgreSQL database.

Refer to the JBoss installation and administration guide for more details on JBoss at: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/JBoss_Enterprise_Application_Platform/6.2/index.html

  1. Download the alfresco-enterprise-ear-5.x.x.zip bundle from Alfresco support and extract the .zip bundle under some temporary location; let's call this directory ALFRESCO_TEMP_DEPLOYMENT for future reference. For example, in Windows, if you have extracted Alfresco 5.0.3 within the C directory, the full path will...

Installating amp

Alfresco provides a clean mechanism to deploy extensions or patches on the existing installation using the amp packages. AMP stands for Alfresco Module Package. Only the changed files can be bundled together as an AMP, and each AMP is provided a proper version number.

Installing amp is very simple in Alfresco. Under the <Alfresco Home>/tomcat/bin directory, there is an apply_amp sh or .bat file based on operating system.

  1. Copy the amp file in the <Alfresco Home>/amps directory if the deployment is for the Alfresco repository. If you need to deploy for Share, copy the amp in the amp_share folder.
  2. Stop Alfresco.
  3. Execute the apply_amps script.
  4. Start Alfresco once the amp package has been applied.

Troubleshooting tips and best practices

There are few things which administrators should take care of during installation of the Alfresco server:

  • Always make sure the software required for Alfresco installations are verified against the Alfresco supported stack. If you have bought an Alfresco subscription, it is recommended to raise a ticket with Alfresco support to validate your software together with your Alfresco partner and the architecture before installing it in your production environment.
  • Based on your application needs, there should be enough memory allocated on the server.
  • I/O operation should be fast and validate your disk performance, and it should be geographically near to the Solr instance. The filesystem used for storing Solr indexes should have great performance and should be installed in a local SSD or fiber connection.
  • Validate your network; latency should not be high
  • Alfresco uses many privileged ports like 25, 21, and so on. It is recommended to manage the Alfresco application...

Installing Alfresco using a wizard


Alfresco provides users with different installer files for its setup based on the different OS platforms. This installation file provides a complete package bundle like Tomcat, Java, PostgreSQL, Solr, LibreOffice. It is a simple wizard-based process for installation.

Let's go through the installation process in detail:

  1. The first step is to download the proper installer based on the operating system required for Alfresco setup. Here, we are using the example of the Windows 64 bit system. For Windows 64 bit, download alfresco-enterprise-5.x.x.x-installer-win-x64.bin. Refer to https://www.alfresco.com/services/subscription/supported-platforms to identify the Alfresco supported platforms. Alfresco Enterprise can be downloaded from https://myalfresco.force.com/support, but only if you have Enterprise access. A 30 day trial version can be downloaded from the Alfresco portal after submitting a form. A community version can also be downloaded from the Alfresco portal...

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Key benefits

  • Understand system capabilities in order to make informed and appropriate decisions about its administration
  • Manage users, groups, email, file systems, and transformer availability using Alfresco
  • Use Alfresco to capture and efficiently manage information about repositories, servers, and statistics

Description

Alfresco is an open source Enterprise Content Management (ECM) system for Windows and Linux-like operating systems. The year-on-year growth of business connections, contacts, and communications is expanding enterprise boundaries more than ever before. Alfresco enables organizations to collaborate more effectively, improve business process efficiency, and ensure information governance. The basic purpose of Alfresco is to help users to capture and manage information in a better way. It helps you capture, organize, and share binary files. This book will cover the basic building blocks of an Alfresco system, how the components fit together, and the information required to build a system architecture. This book will also focus on security aspects of Alfresco. such as authentication, troubleshooting, managing permissions, and so on. It will also focus on managing content and storage, indexing and searches, setting up clustering for high availability, and so forth.

Who is this book for?

The target audience would be users with a basic knowledge of Content Management System, and also users who want to understand Alfresco from the administration and high-level design perspectives.

What you will learn

  • Understand Alfresco s architecture and important building blocks
  • Learn to install Alfresco on various application servers such as Tomcat , JBoss, and WebLogic.
  • Become familiar with various configurations in Alfresco such as databases, filesystems, email, and audits
  • Administrate Alfresco using the Explorer Admin Console, Share Admin Console, and Workflow Admin Console
  • Understand how to integrate LDAP and Active Directory with Alfresco for centralized user management
  • Learn how Alfresco environments can be clustered for high availability
  • Fully understand how Alfresco stores content and easily retrieve any information from Alfresco
  • Monitor and manage Alfresco systems in production

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Table of Contents

11 Chapters
1. Understanding Alfresco Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
2. Setting Up the Alfresco Environment Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
3. Alfresco Configuration Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
4. Administration of Alfresco Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
5. Search Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
6. Permissions and Security Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
7. High Availability in Alfresco Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
8. The Basics of the Alfresco Content Store Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
9. Maintenance and Troubleshooting Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
10. Upgrade Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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The author describes the various admin consoles in simple layman's terms. She covers advanced topics like Solr installation and high availability configuration for Alfresco. If you never set up HA before, she covers the various configurations in good detail. One notable chapter is Maintenance and Troubleshooting - she describes how JMX interface allows you to monitor and make real-time changes to Alfresco without restarting the app server. This topic is barely covered in other books. This is good starter book for Alfresco newbies.
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Soldi spesi piuttosto male. Aspetti fondamentali come gli aspetti, la ricerca avanzata, la gestione mail, la migrazione non vengono per nulla affrontati. Sembra scritto distrattamente per fare cassa e attingendo a destra e a manca nozioni già presenti nella manualistica senza nemmeno il tentativo di organizzare meglio le informazioni. Peccato
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