Empowering Next Generation Media

1. A Developer’s Introduction to
the Alfresco Platform
Part One: Learning Your Way Around
Part Two: The Content Model, Rules & Actions
Part Three: Web Scripts, Surf, & CMIS
Jeff Potts
Content Management Practice Lead
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2. What is Alfresco?
Radically open content repository
• RESTful API, SOAP API, Java API, JavaScript API
• WebDAV, CIFS, FTP, SMTP
• JSR-170 (JCR), CMIS Draft, SharePoint Protocol
Set of content-centric applications for specific
functions such as document management, web content
management, collaboration, records management
Built on top of many open source components such as
Spring, Lucene, Hibernate
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3. What can you do with Alfresco?
Alfresco is a platform for ECM solutions: DM, WCM, RM,
Imaging, DAM, BPM, Collaboration
Document libraries, Knowledgebases, Team Sites
Internet/Intranet/Extranet web site management
Custom content-centric applications
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4. High-level View of Alfresco DM
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5. High-level View of Alfresco WCM
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6. High-level Custom Front-End
Alfresco
Drupal
Surf
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7. Demo
Alfresco Explorer
• Add content
• Create content
• Edit metadata
• Perform a search
• Submit a workflow
Alfresco Share
• Create a site
• Document Library
– Tagging
– Preview
• Blog
• Wiki
• Team Calendar
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8. Obtaining Alfresco
Requirements
• An operating system that can run Java
• A servlet container such as Tomcat or JBoss
• A Hibernate-compliant database
Where to get it *http://www.alfresco.com/servic
Alfresco home page Labs binaries es/support/stacks/3.0/
Public SVN for Labs source
Alfresco Customer/Partner site for Enterprise binaries
Private SVN for Enterprise source
Distribution
• Repository (bundled with Tomcat or WAR-only)
– Includes Alfresco Explorer and Alfresco Share
SDK
WCM add-on
WCM FSR deployment process View full webinar with audio, here:
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9. Installing Alfresco
Alfresco deploys as a web application
Alfresco-Tomcat bundle
• Unzip, update the startup script (if needed) and run
• If no specific database is provided, an embedded database will be
used
Alfresco WAR file
• Deploys like any other WAR
• By default, looks for MySQL db alfresco/alfresco
• You'll need to copy the MySQL JDBC driver to
$TOMCAT_HOME/common/lib
• On Linux, if you want CIFS, run as root
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10. For More Information…
Alfresco Developer Guide
• http://www.packtpub.com/alfresco-developer-guide/book
Alfresco Content Community
• http://share.alfresco.com
Alfresco Forums
• http://forums.alfresco.com
Alfresco Wiki
• http://wiki.alfresco.com
Alfresco Blogroll
• http://blogs.alfresco.com/planet/
ECM Architect
• http://ecmarchitect.com
Optaros Home Page
• http://www.optaros.com
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