Install Alfresco 5.2 on Ubuntu 16.04

This document is going to go over a simple install of Alfresco Community Edition 5.2.0 on Ubuntu 16.04.  This is going to use the binary installer that contains most of the stuff you need.

I am going to run this on an ESXi virtual machine with 8GiB of memory for this VM.

Download

https://www.alfresco.com/products/community/download [1]

 

Click on Maybe Later  (unless you want to sign up for their emails)

Right click on Linux and click on Copy Link Address  (to use for wget)

>  wget http://eu.dl.alfresco.com.s3.amazonaws.com/release/community/201701-build-00015/alfresco-community-installer-201701-linux-x64.bin

I am going to make a special directory for the alfresco app

>  sudo mkdir -p /10x13/apps/alfresco

First we need to install some libraries that Alfresco will need.

See http://docs.alfresco.com/5.2/concepts/install-lolibfiles.html [2]  https://dalanzg.github.io/tips-tutorials/ubuntu/2016/05/07/how-to-install-alfresco-community-edition-5.1-in-ubuntu-server-14-04/ [3]

> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:opencpn/opencpn  > sudo apt-get update

>  sudo apt-get install -y libfontconfig1 libsm6 libice6 \ libxrender1 libxt6 libcups2 opencpn libcairo2 \ ttf-mscorefonts-installer

Have to accept the license for Microsoft fonts.

Chmod and run it

>  chmod u+x alfresco-community-installer-201701-linux-x64.bin   > sudo ./alfresco-community-installer-201701-linux-x64.bin

You will get this warning ignore it and enter y

Language select 1

Select Advanced

For the next few choices

Java                                         – yes

PostgreSQL                            – yes

LibreOffice                             – yes

Alfresco Community Edition             - yes

Solr1                                        – no

Solr4                                        - yes

Alfresco Office Services         - yes

Web Quick Start                     – yes

Google Docs Integration        – yes

I chose to put mine in another folder (the one I made earlier)

For the next few choices use the defaults

Database Server Parameters                = port 5432

Web Server domain                            = 127.0.0.1

Tomcat Server Port                             = 8080

Tomcat Shutdown Port                       = 8005

Tomcat SSL Port                                = 8443

Tomcat AJP Port                                 = 8009

LibreOffice Server Port                      = 8100

Alfresco FTP Port                               = 21

For the admin password I put in "admin" I will switch it later.

Enter Y and install

… And one more Y

Now watch it progress

Launch it!

Warning:

It will take several minutes to get fully deployed

I like to tail the tomcat catalina.log

> cd /10x13/apps/alfresco   > tail -f tomcat/logs/catalina.out

Test it out

My server is running at 192.168.0.170 so I opened up http://192.168.0.170:8080/share

Log in as admin:admin

You are in.

Change the password

    

Under the administrator tab select Change Password

 

Enter a new password and click OK

References

[1]  Alfresco community download page

       https://www.alfresco.com/products/community/download

       Visited 1/2017

[2]  Alfresco community download page

       https://www.alfresco.com/products/community/download

       Visited 1/2017

[3]  How to install Alfresco Community Edition 5.1 in Ubuntu Server 14.04   

             https://dalanzg.github.io/tips-tutorials/ubuntu/2016/05/07/how-to-install-alfresco-community-edition-5.1-in-ubuntu-server-14-04/ 

       Visited 1/2017