Install Alfresco WARs - Alfresco Content Services - 23.4 - 23.4 - Ready - Alfresco - external

Alfresco Content Services
Platform
Alfresco
Product
Alfresco Content Services
Release
23.4
License

A WAR file is an archive file used to distribute a collection of files (JavaServer Pages, servlets, Java classes, XML files, tag libraries, and static web pages) that together constitute a web application.

Use this method of installing if you’ve already installed a JRE, a supported database, an application server, a message broker, and the additional components.

The Content Services distribution file is a zip containing the required WAR files, in addition to the additional commands, and configuration files for a manual installation.

  1. Browse to Hyland Community.
  2. Download the file: alfresco-content-services-distribution-xx.x.x.zip, where xx.x.x is the required version.
  3. Specify a location for the download and extract the file to a system directory; for example <installLocation>.

    You’ll see the following directory structure - details are described in Directory structure.

     amps
 licenses
 keystore
 web-server
 bin
    Note:

    If you don’t apply the Share Services AMP to the repository, Alfresco Share will not work correctly, and when you start up Share, you will see the message: “Alfresco Content Services is running without Share Services. See your System Administrator for more details.”

  4. Move the WAR files from /web-server/webapps to the appropriate location for your application server.

    For example, for Tomcat, move the WAR files to the <TOMCAT_HOME>/webapps directory.

    If you already have a web application that’s running in the server root, see the Install section in the Alfresco Office Services documentation for instructions on how to merge the files into your application.

  5. Move the contents from /conf, and /lib under /web-server to the appropriate location for your application server.

    For example, for Tomcat, move the files to the existing directories under <TOMCAT_HOME>.

  6. Remove all directories in <TOMCAT_HOME>/webapps.

    If you don’t remove these directories, then the WAR files aren’t deployed when the server starts.

  7. Set the global properties as shown:
    1. Copy /web-server/shared/classes/alfresco-global.properties.sample to <TOMCAT_HOME>/shared/classes.
    2. Replace the sample configuration with the following: 
       #
 # Set this property unless you have explicitly chosen to expose some repository APIs without authentication
 solr.secureComms=https

 #
 # Custom content and index data location
 #
 dir.root=/srv/alfresco/alf_data
 dir.keystore=${dir.root}/keystore

 #
 # Sample database connection properties
 #
 db.username=alfresco
 db.password=alfresco

 #
 # Choose DB connection properties for your database, e.g. for PostgreSQL
 #
 db.driver=org.postgresql.Driver
 db.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/alfresco

 #
 # URL Generation Parameters (The ${localname} token is replaced by the local server name)
 #-------------
 alfresco.context=alfresco
 alfresco.host=${localname}
 alfresco.port=8080
 alfresco.protocol=http
 share.context=share
 share.host=${localname}
 share.port=8080
 share.protocol=http
  8. Save the file without the .sample extension.
  9. Install Alfresco Search Services.

    See the Install section in the Alfresco Search Services documentation for more information.

You’re now ready to Install additional software that you require, and Install integrations.

Note: If you deployed previous versions of Content Services, you must remove any temporary files created by your application server. Use the clean_tomcat.bat or clean_tomcat.sh command.
Note: If you’re including Alfresco Content Connector for AWS S3 as part of your installation, don’t start Content Services before applying the S3 AMP file.
Note: After installation, you must generate and install your own certificates to secure the installation. For more information, see the Secure keys section in the Alfresco Search Services documentation.