Installing Alfresco

components one by one

Angel Borroy
developer@keensoft
Alfresco components (201702)

https://community.alfresco.com/docs/DOC-6641-alfresco-community-edition-file-list-201702
Alfresco Community Distribution

Alfresco SDK 3.0.0

Tomcat resources

Extension path
Alfresco Search Services (aka SOLR 6)

SOLR 6 software

SOLR 6 Alfresco cores definition

Anything else? Apache HTTPd

Apache
Tomcat
Interactions TCP
5
8100
LibreOffice
AJP 4
7009 HTTP 8080
Share
AJP
8009 TCP
6
HTTP AJP 8009 2049
HTTP Alfresco Filesystem
80
2

TCP
SOLR 6 1
HTTP 5432
3 PostgreSQL
8983
Resources - Server map

HTTP 0,5 GB ecm.local

Share 2 GB share.local

12 Alfresco
SOLR
3 GB
3 GB
alfresco.local
solr.local
6
servers
GB LibreOffice 1 GB libreoffice.local
PostgreSQL 2 GB postgresql.local
OS 0,5 GB
 Installing

30 minutes count down

Base OS image
$ cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511 (Core)

$ yum list installed

ImageMagick.x86_64 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2
apr.x86_64 1.4.8-3.el7
cairo.x86_64 1.14.2-1.el7
cups-libs.x86_64 1:1.6.3-22.el7
fontconfig.x86_64 2.10.95-7.el7
ghostscript.x86_64 9.07-18.el7
httpd.x86_64 2.4.6-40.el7.centos.4
postgresql94.x86_64 9.4.9-1PGDG.rhel7

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mm43kmzg4jtrueb/alfresco-centos.ova?dl=0
root / keensoft
Downloaded software
# ls -lh
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 315M alfresco-community-distribution-201702.zip
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 127M alfresco-search-services-1.0.0.zip
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 8,6M apache-tomcat-7.0.59.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 173M jdk-8u101-linux-x64.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 263M LibreOffice_5.3.2_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz
Faking server names
$ vi /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 ecm.local
127.0.0.1 alfresco.local
127.0.0.1 share.local
127.0.0.1 solr.local
127.0.0.1 libreoffice.local
127.0.0.1 postgresql.local
Install Oracle JDK
$ cd /opt
$ tar xvf /root/jdk-8u101-linux-x64.tar.gz

$ alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /opt/jdk1.8.0_101/bin/java 2

$ java -version
java version "1.8.0_101”
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_101-b13)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.101-b13, mixed mode)
 PostgreSQL
1. Install PostgreSQL
$ /usr/pgsql-9.4/bin/postgresql94-setup initdb

$ systemctl enable postgresql-9.4

$ systemctl start postgresql-9.4

$ su - postgres
$ psql

CREATE DATABASE alfresco

WITH OWNER = postgres
ENCODING = 'UTF8'
TABLESPACE = pg_default
TEMPLATE template0;
 PostgreSQL
1. Install PostgreSQL
CREATE ROLE alfresco LOGIN
PASSWORD 'alfresco'
NOSUPERUSER INHERIT NOCREATEDB NOCREATEROLE;

GRANT ALL ON DATABASE alfresco TO public;

GRANT ALL ON DATABASE alfresco TO postgres;

GRANT ALL ON DATABASE alfresco TO alfresco;

\q
 PostgreSQL
1. Install PostgreSQL
$ vi /var/lib/pgsql/9.4/data/pg_hba.conf
host all all 127.0.0.1/32 trust
host all all ::1/128 trust

$ vi /var/lib/pgsql/9.4/data/postgresql.conf
maintenance_work_mem = 192MB
checkpoint_completion_target = 0.7
effective_cache_size = 2048MB
work_mem = 22MB
wal_buffers = 4MB
checkpoint_segments = 8
shared_buffers = 768MB
 PostgreSQL
1. Install PostgreSQL
$ exit

$ systemctl restart postgresql-9.4

$ cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 postgresql.local
 Apache
Tomcat
2. Install Alfresco webapp
$ mkdir /opt/alfresco
$ cd /opt/alfresco
$ tar xvf /root/apache-tomcat-7.0.59.tar.gz
$ mv apache-tomcat-7.0.59 tomcat

$ cd tomcat/bin/
$ tar xzvf tomcat-native.tar.gz
$ cd tomcat-native-1.1.32-src/jni/native/
$ ./configure --with-apr=/usr/bin/apr-1-config \
--with-java-home=/opt/jdk1.8.0_101
$ make; make install
Libraries have been installed in:
/usr/local/apr/lib
 Apache
Tomcat
2. Install Alfresco webapp
$ vi /opt/alfresco/tomcat/bin/setenv.sh
# Load Tomcat Native Library
LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/apr/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH

$ /opt/alfresco/tomcat/bin/catalina.sh start
$ tail -f -n 100 /opt/alfresco/tomcat/logs/catalina.out

INFO: Loaded APR based Apache Tomcat Native library 1.1.32 using APR version
1.4.8.

$ /opt/alfresco/tomcat/bin/catalina.sh stop
 Alfresco
2. Install Alfresco webapp
$ unzip alfresco-community-distribution-201702.zip
$ cd alfresco-community-distribution-201702

$ mkdir /opt/alfresco/alf_data

$ cp -r amps /opt/alfresco

$ mkdir /opt/alfresco/bin
$ cp bin/alfresco-mmt.jar /opt/alfresco/bin
$ cp bin/apply_amps.sh /opt/alfresco/bin
$ cp bin/clean_tomcat.sh /opt/alfresco/bin

$ mkdir -p /opt/alfresco/modules/platform
 Alfresco
2. Install Alfresco webapp
$ cd web-server

$ cp -r * /opt/alfresco/tomcat

$ rm -rf /opt/alfresco/tomcat/webapps/share.war
$ rm -rf /opt/alfresco/tomcat/webapps/solr4.war
$ rm -rf /opt/alfresco/tomcat/conf/Catalina/localhost/share.xml
$ rm -rf /opt/alfresco/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/web-extension

$ mkdir /opt/alfresco/tomcat/shared/lib
$ vi /opt/alfresco/tomcat/conf/catalina.properties
shared.loader=${catalina.base}/shared/classes,${catalina.base}/shared/lib/*.
jar
 Apache
Tomcat
2. Install Alfresco webapp
$ chmod +x /opt/alfresco/tomcat/bin/setenv.sh

$ vi /opt/alfresco/tomcat/bin/setenv.sh
JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -Dalfresco.home=/opt/alfresco"
JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote"
JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=128m"
JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -Xms512M -Xmx3072M"
export JAVA_OPTS
 Alfresco
2. Install Alfresco webapp
$ vi /opt/alfresco/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco-global.properties

dir.root=/opt/alfresco/alf_data

db.driver=org.postgresql.Driver
db.username=alfresco
db.password=alfresco
db.url=jdbc:postgresql://postgresql.local:5432/alfresco
 Alfresco
2. Install Alfresco webapp
$ vi /opt/alfresco/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco-global.properties

alfresco.context=alfresco
alfresco.host=alfresco.local
alfresco.port=8080
alfresco.protocol=http

cifs.enabled=false
ftp.enabled=false
imap.server.enabled=false
alfresco.rmi.services.host=0.0.0.0
monitor.rmi.service.port=0

index.subsystem.name=noindex
 Alfresco
2. Install Alfresco webapp
$ cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 alfresco.local

$ ls /opt/alfresco/amps
alfresco-share-services.amp

$ chmod +x /opt/alfresco/bin/apply_amps.sh
$ /opt/alfresco/bin/apply_amps.sh

03210000 Invalid directory '/opt/alfresco/amps_share'

 Alfresco
2. Install Alfresco webapp
$ /opt/alfresco/tomcat/bin/catalina.sh start

$ tail -f /opt/alfresco/tomcat/logs/catalina.out

abr 21, 2017 4:42:46 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol start

INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["http-apr-8080"]
abr 21, 2017 4:42:46 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol start
INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["ajp-apr-8009"]
abr 21, 2017 4:42:46 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 104755 ms
 SOLR 6

3. Install SOLR 6 webapp

$ mkdir /opt/solr6
$ cd /opt/solr6
$ unzip /root/alfresco-search-services-1.0.0.zip

$ cd alfresco-search-services
$ mv * ..
$ cd ..
$ rm -rf alfresco-search-services/

$ vi /opt/solr6/solrhome/templates/rerank/conf/solrcore.properties

alfresco.host=alfresco.local
 SOLR 6

3. Install SOLR 6 webapp

$ /opt/solr6/solr/bin/solr start -force -m 3G \
-a -Dcreate.alfresco.defaults=alfresco,archive

Started Solr server on port 8983 (pid=2498).

Happy searching!

$ tail -f /opt/solr6/logs/solr.log

2017-04-21 17:01:47.272 INFO (main) [ ] o.e.j.s.ServerConnector Started

ServerConnector@624ea235{HTTP/1.1,[http/1.1]}{0.0.0.0:8983}
2017-04-21 17:01:47.272 INFO (main) [ ] o.e.j.s.Server Started @7126ms
 Alfresco
3. Install SOLR 6 webapp
$ cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 solr.local

$ vi /opt/alfresco/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco-global.properties

index.subsystem.name=solr6
solr.host=solr.local
solr.port=8983
solr.port.ssl=8984
solr.secureComms=none

$ /opt/alfresco/tomcat/bin/catalina.sh stop
$ /opt/alfresco/tomcat/bin/catalina.sh start
 Apache
Tomcat
4. Install Share webapp
$ mkdir /opt/share
$ cd /opt/share
$ tar xvf /root/apache-tomcat-7.0.59.tar.gz
$ mv apache-tomcat-7.0.59 tomcat

$ vi /opt/share/tomcat/bin/setenv.sh
# Load Tomcat Native Library
LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/apr/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 Apache
Tomcat
4. Install Share webapp
$ vi /opt/share/tomcat/conf/server.xml
<Server port="7005" shutdown="SHUTDOWN">
<Connector port="7080" protocol="HTTP/1.1"
connectionTimeout="20000" redirectPort="7443" />
<Connector port="7009" URIEncoding="UTF-8"
protocol="AJP/1.3" redirectPort="7443" />
</Server>
 Share

4. Install Share webapp

$ cd /root/alfresco-community-distribution-201702

$ mkdir /opt/share/amps_share

$ mkdir /opt/share/bin
$ cp bin/alfresco-mmt.jar /opt/share/bin
$ cp bin/apply_amps.sh /opt/share/bin
$ cp bin/clean_tomcat.sh /opt/share/bin

$ mkdir -p /opt/share/modules/share
 Share

4. Install Share webapp

$ cd web-server

$ cp -r * /opt/share/tomcat

$ rm -rf /opt/share/tomcat/webapps/alfresco.war
$ rm -rf /opt/share/tomcat/webapps/solr4.war
$ rm -rf /opt/share/tomcat/conf/Catalina/localhost/alfresco.xml
$ rm -rf /opt/share/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/extension

$ mkdir /opt/share/tomcat/shared/lib
$ vi /opt/share/tomcat/conf/catalina.properties
shared.loader=${catalina.base}/shared/classes,${catalina.base}/shared/lib/*.
jar
 Share

4. Install Share webapp

$ vi /opt/share/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/web-extension/share-config-
custom.xml

<config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Remote">

<endpoint-url>http://alfresco.local:8080/alfresco/s</endpoint-url> [x4]

</config>

$ cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 share.local
 Apache
Tomcat
4. Install Share webapp
$ touch /opt/share/tomcat/bin/setenv.sh
$ chmod +x /opt/share/tomcat/bin/setenv.sh

$ vi /opt/share/tomcat/bin/setenv.sh

LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/apr/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH

JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=128m"
JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -Xms512M -Xmx2048M"
export JAVA_OPTS
 Alfresco
4. Install Share webapp
$ vi /opt/alfresco/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco-global.properties

share.context=share
share.host=share.local
share.port=7080
share.protocol=http

img.root=/usr/share/doc/imagemagick
img.exe=/usr/bin/convert
img.config=${img.root}
img.coders=/usr/lib64/ImageMagick-6.7.8/modules-Q16/coders
img.dyn=/usr/local/lib
img.gslib=/usr/local/lib

$ /opt/alfresco/tomcat/bin/catalina.sh stop
$ /opt/alfresco/tomcat/bin/catalina.sh start
 Share

4. Install Share webapp

$ /opt/share/tomcat/bin/catalina.sh start

$ tail -f /opt/share/tomcat/logs/catalina.out

INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["http-apr-7080"]

abr 21, 2017 7:37:02 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol start
INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["ajp-apr-7009"]
abr 21, 2017 7:37:03 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 38529 ms
 LibreOffice
5. Install LibreOffice service
$ cd
$ tar zxf LibreOffice_5.3.2_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz
$ yum install -y LibreOffice_5.3.2.2_Linux_x86-64_rpm/RPMS/*.rpm

$ vi /opt/libreoffice.sh

/opt/libreoffice5.3/program/soffice.bin "--
accept=socket,host=localhost,port=8100;urp;StarOffice.ServiceManager" "-
env:UserInstallation=file:///opt/alfresco/alf_data/oouser" --nologo --
headless --nofirststartwizard --norestore --nodefault &

$ chmod +x /opt/libreoffice.sh
$ /opt/libreoffice.sh
 Alfresco
5. Install LibreOffice service
$ cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 libreoffice.local

$ vi /opt/alfresco/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco-global.properties

ooo.enabled=true
ooo.port=8100
ooo.host=libreoffice.local

$ /opt/alfresco/tomcat/bin/catalina.sh stop
$ /opt/alfresco/tomcat/bin/catalina.sh start
 HTTP

6. Install Apache HTTPd

$ cat /etc/httpd/conf.d/alfresco.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPass /alfresco ajp://alfresco.local:8009/alfresco
ProxyPassReverse /alfresco ajp://alfresco.local:8009/alfresco
ProxyPass "/share" "ajp://share.local:7009/share"
ProxyPassReverse "/share" "ajp://share.local:7009/share"
</VirtualHost>
 HTTP

6. Install Apache HTTPd

$ /usr/sbin/setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect 1

$ systemctl start httpd

$ systemctl enable httpd

$ cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 ecm.local
 Alfresco
6. Install Apache HTTPd
$ vi /opt/alfresco/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco-global.properties

alfresco.host=ecm.local
alfresco.port=80

share.host=ecm.local
share.port=80

$ /opt/alfresco/tomcat/bin/catalina.sh stop
$ /opt/alfresco/tomcat/bin/catalina.sh start
Hands up!
 Closing

Testing & AOB

Testing
Repository
http://ecm.local/alfresco
Share
http://ecm.local/share
Libreoffice
Upload a ODT file
SOLR
Search for content (after uploading)
Enhancing our configuration
Apache / NGINX
http://beecon.buzz/talks/?id=20160125025
https://github.com/ecm4u/alfresco-reverse-proxy

SSL using Apache HTTP & Let's Encrypt

www.keensoft.es/en/configuring-alfresco-ssl-by-using-lets-encrypt/

PostgreSQL tuning
http://beecon.buzz/2016/talks/?id=20160125019
 Thanks!
angel.borroy@keensoft.es