Digital content management and collaboration need a powerful content management system (CMS), and Alfresco Community Edition is one of those platforms. Users can create, store, and share digital contents such as documents, images, and videos. This tutorial explains the steps to install Alfresco Community Edition on OpenSUSE Latest.
Before installing Alfresco Community Edition, it is crucial to update the system. Type the following commands to update the system:
sudo zypper refresh
sudo zypper update
Visit the Alfresco Community Edition download page, navigate to the "Latest Community Edition" section to download the .bin or .zip installer. In this tutorial, we’ll use the .zip file. Copy the download link of the version you want to install, then download it via wget:
wget https://download.alfresco.com/release/community/202102-build-00010/alfresco-community-installer-202102-linux-x64.zip
Alfresco has some dependencies that must be installed on the system before it can be installed. Here are the needed dependencies:
sudo zypper install imagemagick libreoffice openldap2-client mysql-community-server apache2 apache2-mod_jk ghostscript jpackage-utils
Type yes if prompted to continue with the installation process.
After downloading the .zip file and installing the necessary dependencies, you deploy Alfresco by following these steps:
sudo unzip alfresco-community-installer-202102-linux-x64.zip
cd alfresco-community-installer-202102-linux-x64
chmod 755 alfresco-community-installer-202102-linux-x64.bin
sudo ./alfresco-community-installer-202102-linux-x64.bin
After running the installer, a GUI will be displayed on the terminal. Follow the prompts displayed on the GUI to accept the license agreement, choose the installation type, and set up the administrator account.
When the setup completes, you can access Alfresco Community Edition on http://localhost:8080/share/. Log in using the account credentials created during installation.
This tutorial walked you through the step-by-step process of installing Alfresco Community Edition on OpenSUSE Latest. Once the installation is complete, you can start creating and sharing digital content on Alfresco.
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