In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Alfresco Community Edition on Fedora Server Latest.
Alfresco Community Edition is an open-source, cloud-native content services platform that enables you to manage and share content across your organization. It includes document management, collaboration, and advanced search capabilities.
Before we begin, you should ensure that your Fedora Server Latest system meets the following prerequisites:
The first step is to install Java on your system. Alfresco Community Edition requires Java version 8 or later.
We will use OpenJDK, which is a free and open-source implementation of the Java development kit.
To install OpenJDK, run the following command:
sudo dnf install java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel
Once the installation is complete, verify the Java version by running the command:
java -version
Next, download the Alfresco Community Edition package from the official website. You can download the package using the following command:
wget https://dl.alfresco.com/release/community/201911-GA-build-00023/alfresco-content-services-community-distribution-201911-EA.zip
Once the download is complete, use the following command to unzip the package:
unzip alfresco-content-services-community-distribution-201911-EA.zip
This will create a new directory named alfresco-content-services-community-distribution-201911-EA.
Navigate to the alfresco-content-services-community-distribution-201911-EA directory and execute the following command to edit the alfresco-global.properties file:
nano alfresco-community-distribution-201911-EA/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco-global.properties
Add the following lines to the end of the file:
dir.root=/var/alfresco/contentstore
db.username=alfresco
db.password=alfresco
db.name=alfresco
db.host=localhost
db.port=5432
Save and exit the file.
Alfresco Community Edition requires a database to store its data. We will use PostgreSQL, which is an open-source relational database management system.
To install PostgreSQL, run the following command:
sudo dnf install postgresql-server postgresql-contrib
Once the installation is complete, initialize the database cluster:
sudo postgresql-setup --initdb
Start the PostgreSQL service:
sudo systemctl start postgresql
Log in to the PostgreSQL command-line interface:
sudo su - postgres
psql
Create a new database user and set a password:
CREATE USER alfresco WITH PASSWORD 'alfresco';
Create a new database and grant privileges to the newly created user:
CREATE DATABASE alfresco WITH OWNER alfresco ENCODING 'UTF8';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE alfresco to alfresco;
Exit the PostgreSQL command-line interface:
\q
exit
Navigate to the alfresco-content-services-community-distribution-201911-EA directory and execute the following command to start Alfresco:
./alfresco.sh start
After a few moments, you should see the message:
Using CATALINA_BASE: /opt/alfresco-community-distribution-201911-EA/tomcat
Using CATALINA_HOME: /opt/alfresco-community-distribution-201911-EA/tomcat
Now that you have installed and configured Alfresco Community Edition, you can access it using a web browser.
Open a web browser and navigate to http://your-ip-address:8080/share.
You should see the Alfresco login screen.
Log in with the username admin and password admin.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Alfresco Community Edition on Fedora Server Latest.
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