Monday, May 16, 2022

Setup ACS-7.x, ASS-2.x and Local Transformation Service using distribution package step by step Part-2


As part of the step by step series, I outlined the steps to install Alfresco Content Services 7.0.0 and Alfresco Search Services 2.0.1 using distribution package on CentOS 7 x64 environment in my previous post.


You can take a look at the steps here

As many of you have requested ACS7 setup on Windows Platform as well, I am here with another part of step by step series on ACS installation.
Hyland Alfresco has released ACS7.2 recently, See the release notes hereI will be using the latest version for this post.

What we need before we start doing setup?

  1. ACS-7.2.0 package (alfresco-content-services-community-distribution-7.2.0.1)
  2. ASS-2.0.3 package (alfresco-search-services-2.0.3.5)
  3. Java: Oracle jdk-11.0.13 or later/Open JDK 11.0.13 or later (I will use Oracle jdk-11.0.15 for this post)
  4. Tomcat: Tomcat 9.0.62
  5. ActiveMQ: ActiveMQ v5.16.2. Mandatory for transformation services. Check this out for Local Transformation Service
  6. DB: PostgreSQL 13
  7. ImageMagick: ImageMagick v7.1.0
  8. Libreoffice: LibreOffice v7.0.6
  9. Alfresco Transform Core AIO Boot App v2.5.7
Checkout this documentation for additional details on Supported Platforms


Platform:

  • Windows 10 x64

Type of deployment:

  • ACS, Share, ASS (SOLR6), and Local transformation services on same machine
  • Setup With Shared Secret (Without SSL)

Let’s download all the required packages that we need for the setup.


Visit Alfresco community download page and download latest stable versions of ACS and ASS:

  • Download ACS-7.2.0 community:
https://artifacts.alfresco.com/nexus/service/local/repositories/releases/content/org/alfresco/alfresco-content-services-community-distribution/7.2.0.1/alfresco-content-services-community-distribution-7.2.0.1.zip


  • Download ASS-2.0.3:
https://artifacts.alfresco.com/nexus/service/local/repositories/releases/content/org/alfresco/alfresco-search-services/2.0.3.5/alfresco-search-services-2.0.3.5.zip

 

Note: If you are planning to setup ACS-7.2.0 (Enterprise version) and ASS-2.0.3, 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 7.2  for this post hence we have to use ASS 2.0.3 as stated in the Supported platforms here


https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/jdk11-archive-downloads.html

https://download.oracle.com/otn/java/jdk/11.0.15+8/c4e1848573124815b77d6f1843afccb5/jdk-11.0.15_windows-x64_bin.exe

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-11.0.15


https://archive.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-9/v9.0.62/bin/apache-tomcat-9.0.62-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 v5.16.2 binary package (used for transformation service):







Alternative options (ImageMagick notoriously removes the specific versions and shows only latest versions):


Download Exiftool v12.25:

https://artifacts.alfresco.com/nexus/content/groups/public/org/exiftool/image-exiftool/12.25/image-exiftool-12.25.tgz


Download and Install PostgreSQL 13.x:

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.

Download PostgreSQL 13.x binary

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.