ACS6.x is mainly based on containers which makes use of popular
container platform Docker
Many of us are not familiar with containerization setup and
may not be ready to use it yet. In previous versions we had option to use
installers and it used to setup everything seamlessly. With ACS6.x we don’t
have installer option available and it is expected to leverage the use of
containerization technologies.
But there are ways to setup ACS6.x in the same ways as we used to do for previous versions i.e. using distribution package provided by Alfresco.
The purpose of this post is to document all the steps at one place when setting up ACS6.x manually using distribution package.
ACS 6.2.0-ga is the latest stable version available and we will use the same version here.
What we need before we start doing setup?
- ACS-6.2.0-ga package (alfresco-content-services-community-distribution-6.2.0-ga)
- ASS-1.4.0 package (alfresco-search-services-1.4.0)
- Java: Oracle jdk-11.0.1 or later/Open JDK 11.0.1 or later
- Tomcat: Tomcat 8.5.43
- ActiveMQ: ActiveMQ v5.15.8 (Optional). Mandatory for transformation services when using enterprise version (async transform service) and/or Out of process extensions.
- DB: PostgreSQL 11.4
- ImageMagick: ImageMagick v7.0.10
- Libreoffice: LibreOffice v6.3.5
Platform:
- Windows 10 x64
- ACS, Share and SOLR6 on same machine
- Setup Without SSL
For Linux based installation steps visit this post:
Setup ACS62-ga and ASS1.4 using distribution package part2
Interested in ACS7.x? checkout this post:
Let’s start gathering all the required prerequisites listed above.
- Download ACS 6.2.0-ga:
https://download.alfresco.com/cloudfront/release/community/201911-GA-build-368/alfresco-content-services-community-distribution-6.2.0-ga.zip
- Download ASS 1.4.0:
https://download.alfresco.com/cloudfront/release/community/SearchServices/1.4.0/alfresco-search-services-1.4.0.zip
Note: If you are planning to setup ACS 6.2.1/6.2.2 (Enterprise versions) and ASS 2.0, then download the appropriate distribution packages from Alfresco Support portal. All the steps outlined below will remain same. We are using community version of ACS 6.2 for this post hence we have to use ASS 1.4 as stated in the Supported platforms here
Download and Install Oracle JDK 11.0.4:
https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/jdk11-archive-downloads.html
Note: Make sure you set the JAVA_HOME environment
variable (on windows). It is the installation path of jdk. E.g.
JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-11.0.4
Download Tomcat 8.5.43 binary package:
https://archive.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-8/v8.5.43/bin/apache-tomcat-8.5.43-windows-x64.zip
Note: Make sure ports 8005, 8080, 8443, AJP port 8009 are
open and not in use already. These are default ports used for tomcat. If you
have these ports already in use, make sure you change the ports accordingly in
<TOMCAT_INSTALLATION>/conf/server.xml.
Download ActiveMQ v5.15.8 binary package, it will be used for transformation services down the line:
https://archive.apache.org/dist/activemq/5.15.8/apache-activemq-5.15.8-bin.zip
Download and Install PostgreSQL 11.4:
https://get.enterprisedb.com/postgresql/postgresql-11.4-1-windows-x64.exe
Alternatively you can also download the binary package and extract it. No installation needed. It is useful if you have trouble doing installation on Windows 10.
Note: Make sure port 5432 is open and not already in use. Port 5432 is default for postgres to get db connection. If you have this port already in use, make sure you select a different port and use the same while configuring alfresco-global.properties.
https://imagemagick.org/download/binaries/ImageMagick-7.0.10-45-Q16-HDRI-x64-dll.exe
Above version is no longer available to download, use the below given alternatives.
https://imagemagick.org/script/download.php#windows
https://download.imagemagick.org/ImageMagick/download/binaries/
Optional Alfresco module packages (amps)-Useful for admins/developers:
https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/de/fmaul/javascript-console-repo/0.6/javascript-console-repo-0.6.amp
