Installing the Alfresco WAR

A WAR file is a JAR file used to distribute a collection of files (JavaServer Pages, servlets, Java classes, XML files, tag libraries, and static Web pages) that together constitute a web application.

1. Browse to the Alfresco Enterprise download area.
2. Download the following file:
   alfresco-enterprise-3.4.12.zip
3. Specify a location for the download.
4. Extract the WAR file.

   The WAR bundle extracts into the following directory structure:

   bin
   licenses
   web-server

   The WAR bundle also contains the following file:

   README.txt

   The following files are contained within the suggested subdirectories for within the Tomcat application server.

   /bin

   File name	Description
   alfresco-bm.jar	The JCR Benchmarking toolkit.
   alfresco-mmt.jar	The Alfresco Module Management Tool (MMT).
   apply_amps.bat	Windows batch file for Tomcat application server installs, used to apply all AMP files in the <installLocation> directory.
   apply_amps.sh	Linux script file for Tomcat application server installs, used to apply all AMP files in the <installLocation> directory.
   clean_tomcat.bat	Windows batch file for cleaning out temporary application server files from previous installations.
   clean_tomcat.sh	Linux script for cleaning out temporary application server files from previous installations.
   Win32NetBIOS.dll	Required for CIFS.
   Win32NetBIOSx64.dll	Required for CIFS on 64-bit Windows.
   Win32Utils.dll	Required for CIFS.
   Win32Utilsx64.dll	Required for CIFS on 64-bit Windows.

   The /licenses directory contains the following structure:

   3rd-party

   This directory contains the third-party license files.

   The web-server directory contains the following structure:

   conf
   lib
   shared
   webapps

   /conf

   File name	Description
   catalina.properties	Used to define property settings for Tomcat.
   context.xml	Used to define Context element settings for Tomcat for controlling certain behaviors for the application and the JNDI settings.
   server.xml	Used to define server configuration elements for Tomcat.

   /lib

   File name	Description
   postgresql-9.0-801.jdbc4	PostgreSQL database JDBC connector file.

   /shared

   File name	Description
   /classes/alfresco-global.properties.sample	The global properties file, which is used for Alfresco configuration properties.
   /classes/alfresco	Contains the Alfresco directory structure for the configuration override files, including the extension and web-extension directories.

   /webapps

   File name	Description
   alfresco.war	The Alfresco WAR file.
   share.war	The Alfresco Share WAR file.

5. Move the alfresco.war file and share.war files to the appropriate location for your application server.
   For example, for Tomcat, move the .war files to the <TOMCAT_HOME>/webapps directory.
6. Edit the /shared/classes/alfresco-global.properties.sample file with your configuration settings.
7. Save the file without the .sample extension.
8. Move the alfresco-global.properties file to <classpathRoot>.
   For example, <TOMCAT_HOME>/shared/classes.