Share Configuration Files - Alfresco Content Services - 23.4 - 23.4 - Ready - Alfresco - external

Share can be configured through a number of configuration files.

The main Share configuration file is share-config.xml. This can be found at tomcat/webapps/share/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/share-config.xml. While it is possible to change configuration through direct changes to this file this is not recommended as any customizations will be lost if the Share WAR is re-exploded, or you install a new version of Content Services.

To get around this issue it is advisable to make configuration changes to a file outside of the Share WAR. This can be done through the file share-config-custom.xml, which can be found at tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/web-extension/share-config-custom.xml in the default Alfresco installation. Any changes made here will be applied once the changes have been saved, and Content Services restarted. Further, your configuration changes can be saved between reinstalls and if the Share WAR re-explodes at any point your configuration file will be unaffected.

It should also be noted that it is possible to package a share-config-custom.xml file in a JAR or AMP. In this way you can have multiple share-config-custom.xml files packaged in JARs or AMPs if necessary. JARs will be loaded from the classpath, for example ./tomcat/shared/lib. AMPs will be applied to the Share WAR file.

Another key Share configuration file is slingshot-application-context.xml which can be found at tomcat/webapps/share/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/slingshot-application-context.xml in the default Alfresco installation. This loads a number of other configuration files:

    <!-- Spring Web Scripts -->
<value>classpath:org/springframework/extensions/webscripts/spring-webscripts-config.xml</value>
<value>classpath:META-INF/spring-webscripts-config-custom.xml</value>
<value>jar:*!/META-INF/spring-webscripts-config-custom.xml</value>

<!-- Alfresco Surf -->
<value>classpath:org/springframework/extensions/surf/spring-surf-config.xml</value>
<value>classpath:org/springframework/extensions/surf/spring-surf-config-remote.xml</value>
<value>classpath:META-INF/spring-surf-config-custom.xml</value>
<value>jar:*!/META-INF/spring-surf-config-custom.xml</value>

<!-- Surf Autowire Support -->
<value>webapp:WEB-INF/surf.xml</value>

<!-- Common form config -->
<value>classpath:alfresco/form-config.xml</value>

<!-- Share default config -->
<value>classpath:alfresco/share-config.xml</value>

<!-- Share help url config -->
<value>classpath:alfresco/share-help-config.xml</value>

<!-- Share form config -->
<value>classpath:alfresco/share-form-config.xml</value>

<!-- Share Document Library config -->
<value>classpath:alfresco/share-documentlibrary-config.xml</value>

<!-- Share Data List form config -->
<value>classpath:alfresco/share-datalist-form-config.xml</value>

<!-- Share workflow form config -->
<value>classpath:alfresco/share-workflow-form-config.xml</value>

<!-- Share CMIS config -->
<value>classpath:alfresco/share-cmis-config.xml</value>

<!-- Share Security config -->
<value>classpath:alfresco/share-security-config.xml</value>

<!-- Share custom config -->
<value>classpath:alfresco/web-extension/share-config-custom.xml</value>
<value>jar:*!/META-INF/share-config-custom.xml</value>
<value>classpath:alfresco/web-extension/share-config-custom-dev.xml</value>
<value>jar:*!/META-INF/share-config-custom-dev.xml</value>

Note that the custom configuration files are loaded last, so that they can override existing configuration.

The following table summarizes the main Share configuration files: