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no question about what the current, in use, directory is.

Note: When downloading software to install in these instructions, unless
otherwise indicated, always download the tomcat tarball, and avoid binary
installers.  Binary installers tend to make inaccurate assumptions about what
libraries you have installed on your system, as well as other problems.

1. download the latest Alfresco Enterprise edition software from http://customers.alfresco.com.  Login using provided Alfresco username and password.  The software is in:

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   [Company Home] - [Downloads] - [{Version} Releases] - [{Minor Version}]

   • This The files needed are:

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     alfresco-enterprise-tomcat-[new version].tar.gz alfresco-enterprise-wcm-[new version].tar.gz is needed for WCM, but not Thalia

   • Also needed is a license from:

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     [Company Home] - [Downloads] - [Limited Downloads]

   • Such as:

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     enterprise-network-developer-unlimited.lic

1. 1. Store the software in a convenient temporary directory on the system receiving the install, such as /tmp/alfresco or /root/alfresco.
2. If this system is currenlty currently in use as an Alfresco server, suspend any services directly dependent upon Alfresco (such as Thalia IME), and then suspend Alfresco itself.
   1. Suspend any services directly dependent upon Alfresco, such as Thalia IME. This is highly dependent upon what that service is.
   2. Suspend Alfresco.

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      cd $ALF_HOME ./alfresco.sh stop

   3. Scan the process list to see when the Alfresco processes finish shutting down and terminate.  Repeat until no alfresco processes are left.

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      ps aux | grep alfresco

   4. This may take some time to do.  If it takes longer then 5 minutes, kill the process directly.

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      kill -9 [process number]

   5. Back up the current repository, and copy the backup to a backup storage server.
3. Prepare the home directories.  If this system had previous installations of Alfresco, move the previous repository stores and database to a backup location. Then create the home directories. Note: All of the ISDA/IPS users are installed on ISDA/IPS servers by default, even if they only need 2 of them.

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   cd /home groupadd -r logs useradd -g logs -d /home/logs -m -r -s /bin/bash logs groupadd -r www useradd -g www -G logs -d /home/www -m -r -s /bin/bash www groupadd -r repos useradd -g repos -G logs -d /home/repos -m -r -s /bin/bash repos groupadd -r db useradd -g db -G logs -d /home/db -m -r -s /bin/bash db mkdir /home/repos/alfresco-[new version] mkdir /home/repos/alf_data ln -s /home/repos/alfresco-[new version] /home/repos/alfresco

   ##Put the Alfresco home script into place, and source it.

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   cat > /etc/profile.d/alf_home.sh export ALF_HOME=/home/repos/alfresco export ALF_DATA=/home/repos/alf_data export ALF_EXT=$ALF_HOME/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/extension ^C chmod a+rx,a-w /etc/profile.d/alf_home.sh source /etc/profile.d/alf_home.sh

   1. If this is going to be a clustered machine, create the cluster directories.

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      mkdir /home/repos/alf_data/cluster-A mkdir /home/repos/alf_data/cluster-B mkdir /home/repos/alf_data/cluster-[repeat for each stack in cluster mkdir /home/repos/alf_data/replication

4. Unpack the software into the correct directory.

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   cd $ALF_HOME tar -xzvf /root/alfresco-enterprise-tomcat-[new version].tar.gz

   • If this is going to be a WCM server, unpack the WCM component.

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     tar -xzvf /root/alfresco-enterprise-wcm-2.0.1.tar.gz

5. Copy the alfresco.sh file from the ISDA software repository to the new Alfresco home directory.

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   scp [krb-id]@[software-repository]:alfresco.sh $ALF_HOME

6. If this is not a server ops machine, copy the sudoers file from Trogdor:/opt/software-repository-tmp/common-init into /etc.
7. Unpack the Alfresco war file.

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   cd $ALF_HOME/tomcat/webapps mkdir alfresco cd alfresco $JAVA_HOME/bin/jar -xvf ../alfresco.war

8. Copy the license to the license directory.

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   cp /root/enterprise-network-unlimited.lic \ $ALF_HOME/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/extension/license

9. Set up the dir.root location by adding it to the custom-repository.properties file.

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   dir.root=/home/repos/alf_data

10. Setup MySQL database to be used by this system, if this is a new install. If this is an upgrade, backup the database with mysqldump.
    1. Login to MySQL server as root and connect to the MySQL database
    2. If this is a new install, create a new database and setup a user.
       1. Create the database.

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          create database [name of database]

       2. Grant permissions to user.

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          grant all on alfresco.* to 'username'@'localhost' identified by 'password' with grant option; grant all on alfresco.* to 'username'@'localhost.localdomain' identified by 'password' with grant option;

1. 1. • Replace the database, password and user names as needed, to match the alfresco server. Select a password that will be secure.
2. If this is going to be the second indepenant instance of Alfresco on a server, then edit the files:

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   $ALF_HOME/tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/alfresco-shared.propertie $ALF_HOME/tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/web-client-config-wcm.xml

   • Alter the option avm.remote.port to have a unique port number, and the ports for RMI and JMX.
3. If this is going to be a WCM system, move the wcm-bootstrap-context.xml file into the extensions directory, and configure virtualization and TinyMCE.
   1. Move the bootstrap file for WCM.

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      cd $ALF_HOME mv wcm-bootstrap-context.xml tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/extension

   2. If this is a WCM machine, then edit the virtualization server properties file and change the server address.

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      vi virtual-tomcat/conf/alfresco-virtserver.properties

4. #* Edit alfresco.virtserver.domain to have the IP address of the server receiving the Alfresco software:

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   alfresco.virtserver.domain=18-92-1-223.ip.alfrescodemo.net

5. If this is going to be a clustered system, more or alter the following files to make a cluster configuration.
   1. Move the following files in $ALF_HOME/tomcat/share/classes/alfresco/extension

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      cp replicating-content-services-context.xml.sample replicating-content-services-context.xml cp ehcache-custom.xml.sample.cluster ehcache-custom.xml

   2. Select an ID for the cluster ID, and alter the following properties in the custom-repository.properties file.

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      cluster.id=A dir.root=/home/repos/alf_data # Set to an appropriate local, usually a SAN mount dir.root.replicated=${dir.root}/replication dir.contentstore=${dir.root}/contentstore dir.contentstore.replicated=${dir.root.replicated}/contentstore dir.contentstore.deleted=${dir.root}/contentstore.deleted dir.auditcontentstore=${dir.root}/audit.contentstore dir.indexes = ${dir.root}/lucene-indexes dir.indexes.lock = ${dir.indexes}/locks index.recovery.mode = AUTO index.tracking.cronExpression=0/5 * * * * ? system.bootstrap.config_check.strick = true

      
      

13.  See the Alfresco Non-Root Modifications instructions at https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/ISDA/Alfresco+Non-Root+Modifications^{Image Removed} for information on how to make your installation operate as non-root