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Install using Docker Compose

Use this information to quickly start up Content Services using Docker Compose. Due to the limited capabilities of Docker Compose, this deployment method is recommended for development and test environments only.

To deploy Content Services using Docker Compose, download and install Docker, then follow the steps below. Make sure that you’ve reviewed the prerequisites before continuing.

  1. Clone the repository locally or download one of the docker-compose.yml files (e.g. 6.0.N-docker-compose.yml), and then change directory to the project folder:

     git clone https://github.com/Alfresco/acs-deployment.git
     cd acs-deployment
    

    Note: Make sure that the following ports are free on your computer: 5432, 8080, 8082, 8083. These ports are set in the docker-compose.yml file - refer to the host:container port definitions.

    See the Alfresco/acs-deployment project README for more information.

  2. Change directory to the location of your docker-compose.yml file.

  3. Deploy Content Services, including the repository, Share, Postgres database, Search Services, etc.:

     docker-compose -f 6.0.N-docker-compose.yml up
    

    This downloads the images, fetches all the dependencies, creates each container, and then starts the system:

     ...
     Creating docker-compose_alfresco-pdf-renderer_1 ... done
     Creating docker-compose_solr6_1                 ... done
     Creating docker-compose_postgres_1              ... done
     Creating docker-compose_imagemagick_1           ... done
     Creating docker-compose_libreoffice_1           ... done
     Creating docker-compose_share_1                 ... done
     Creating docker-compose_alfresco_1              ... done
     Attaching to docker-compose_postgres_1, docker-compose_solr6_1, docker-compose_alfresco-pdf-renderer_1,     docker-compose_imagemagick_1, docker-compose_alfresco_1, docker-compose_libreoffice_1, docker-compose_share_1
     ...
    

    As an alternative, you can also start the containers in the background by running docker-compose up -d.

  4. Wait for the logs to complete, showing messages:

     ...
     alfresco_1 | 2018-08-28 08:40:30,386  INFO  [management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory]  [http-nio-8080-exec-10] Starting 'Transformers' subsystem, ID: [Transformers, default]
     alfresco_1 | 2018-08-28 08:40:30,661  INFO  [management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory]  [http-nio-8080-exec-10] Startup of 'Transformers' subsystem, ID: [Transformers, default] complete
     ...
    

    See Troubleshooting if you encounter errors whilst the system is starting up.

  5. Open your browser and check everything starts up correctly:

    Service Endpoint
    Administration and REST APIs http://localhost:8080/alfresco
    Share http://localhost:8080/share
    Search Services administration http://localhost:8083/solr

    If Docker is running on your local machine, the IP address will be just localhost.

    If you’re using the Docker Toolbox, run the following command to find the IP address:

     docker-machine ip
    
  6. Log in as the admin user. Enter the default administrator password admin.

Check system start up

Use this information to verify that the system started correctly, and to clean up the deployment.

  1. Open a new terminal window.

  2. Change directory to the docker-compose folder that you created in the deployment steps.

  3. Verify that all the services started correctly.

    1. List the images and additional details:

       docker-compose images
      

      You should see a list of the services defined in your docker-compose.yaml file:

               Container                           Repository                            ...       Size
       --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       docker-compose_alfresco_1                alfresco/alfresco-content-repository     ...   1.52 GB
       docker-compose_alfresco-pdf-renderer_1   alfresco/alfresco-pdf-renderer           ...   560 MB
       docker-compose_postgres_1                postgres                                 ...   312.5 MB
       docker-compose_imagemagick_1             alfresco/alfresco-imagemagick            ...   633 MB
       docker-compose_share_1                   alfresco/alfresco-share                  ...   785.5 MB
       docker-compose_libreoffice_1             alfresco/alfresco-libreoffice            ...   1.39 GB
       docker-compose_solr6_1                   alfresco/alfresco-search-services        ...   1.07 GB
       ...
      
    2. List the running containers:

       docker-compose ps
      

      You should see a list of the services defined in the docker-compose.yaml file.

    3. View the log files for each service <service-name>, or container <container-name>:

       docker-compose logs <service-name>
       docker container logs <container-name>
      

      For example, to check the logs for Share, run any of the following commands:

       docker-compose logs share
       docker container logs docker-compose_share_1
      

      You can add an optional parameter --tail=25 before <container-name> to display the last 25 lines of the logs for the selected container.

       docker-compose logs --tail=25 share
       docker container logs --tail=25 docker-compose_share_1
      

      Check for a success message:

       Successfully retrieved license information from Alfresco.
      

    Once you’ve tested the services, you can clean up the deployment by stopping the running services.

  4. Stop the session by using CONTROL+C in the same window as the running services:

     ^CGracefully stopping... (press Ctrl+C again to force)
     Stopping docker-compose_share_1                   ... done
     Stopping docker-compose_alfresco_1                ... done
     Stopping docker-compose_postgres_1                ... done
     Stopping docker-compose_solr6_1                   ... done
     Stopping docker-compose_alfresco-pdf-renderer_1   ... done
     Stopping docker-compose_libreoffice_1             ... done
     Stopping docker-compose_imagemagick_1             ... done
    
  5. Alternatively, you can open a new terminal window, change directory to the docker-compose folder, and run:

     docker-compose down
    

    This stops the running services, as shown in the previous example, and removes them from memory:

     Stopping docker-compose_imagemagick_1      ... done
     ...
     Removing docker-compose_alfresco-pdf-renderer_1  ... done
     Removing docker-compose_postgres_1               ... done
     Removing docker-compose_share_1                  ... done
     Removing docker-compose_solr6_1                  ... done
     Removing docker-compose_imagemagick_1            ... done
     Removing docker-compose_libreoffice_1            ... done
     Removing docker-compose_alfresco_1               ... done
     Removing network docker-compose_default
    
  6. You can use a few more commands to explore the services when they’re running. Change directory to docker-compose before running these:

    1. Stop all the running containers:

       docker-compose stop
      
    2. Restart the containers (after using the stop command):

       docker-compose restart
      
    3. Starts the containers that were started with docker-compose up:

       docker-compose start
      
    4. Stop all running containers, and remove them and the network:

       docker-compose down [--rmi all]
      

      The --rmi all option also removes the images created by docker-compose up, and the images used by any service. You can use this, for example, if any containers fail and you need to remove them:

       Stopping docker-compose_alfresco_1  ... done
       ...
       Removing docker-compose_alfresco_1  ... done
       ...
       Removing network docker-compose_default
       Removing image alfresco/alfresco-content-repository:6.0.1.6
       Removing image ...
      

See the Docker documentation for more on using Docker.

Deployment project in GitHub

See the Alfresco/acs-deployment GitHub project for more details.

  • In this project, you’ll find several Docker Compose files. The default docker-compose.yml file contains the latest work-in-progress deployment scripts, and installs the latest development version of Content Services.
  • To deploy a specific released version of Content Services, several major.minor Docker Compose files are provided in the docker-compose folder of the project.
  • To modify your development environment, for example to change or mount files in the existing images, you’ll have to create new custom Docker images (recommended approach). The same approach applies if you want to install AMP files into the repository and Share images. See the Customization guidelines for more.

Using one of the Enterprise Compose files in this project deploys the following system:

Docker Compose - Enterprise

Configure

The Docker Compose file provides some default configuration. This section lists the full set of environment variables exposed by each of the containers in the deployment.

Alfresco Content Repository (alfresco)

Property Description
JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS Adding this environment variable, allows to set sensitive values (like passwords) that are not passed as arguments to the Java Process.
JAVA_OPTS A set of properties that are picked up by the JVM inside the container. Any Content Services property can be passed to the container using the format -Dproperty=value (e.g. -Ddb.driver=org.postgresql.Driver).

Alfresco Share (share)

Property Description
JAVA_OPTS A set of properties that are picked up by the JVM inside the container
REPO_HOST Share needs to know how to register itself with Alfresco. The default value is localhost
REPO_PORT Share needs to know how to register itself with Alfresco. The default value is 8080
CSRF_FILTER_REFERER CSRF Referrer
CSRF_FILTER_ORIGIN CSRF Origin

Alfresco Search Services (solr6)

Property Description
SOLR_ALFRESCO_HOST Solr needs to know how to register itself with Alfresco. The default value is alfresco
SOLR_ALFRESCO_PORT Solr needs to know how to register itself with Alfresco. The default value is 8080
SOLR_SOLR_HOST Alfresco needs to know how to call solr. The default value is solr6
SOLR_SOLR_PORT Alfresco needs to know how to call solr. The default value is 8983
SOLR_CREATE_ALFRESCO_DEFAULTS Create the default alfresco and archive cores. The default value is alfresco,archive
SOLR_OPTS Options to pass when starting the Java process
SOLR_HEAP The Java heap assigned to Solr. The default value is 2g
SOLR_JAVA_MEM The exact memory settings for Solr. Note that SOLR_HEAP takes precedence over this. The default value is -Xms2g -Xmx2g
MAX_SOLR_RAM_PERCENTAGE The percentage of available memory (an integer value) to assign to Solr. Note that SOLR_HEAP and SOLR_JAVA_MEM take precedence over this. The default value is 2
SEARCH_LOG_LEVEL The root logger level (ERROR, WARN, INFO, DEBUG or TRACE). The default value is INFO
ENABLE_SPELLCHECK Whether spellchecking is enabled or not (true or false)
DISABLE_CASCADE_TRACKING Whether cascade tracking is enabled or not (true or false). Disabling cascade tracking will improve performance, but result in some feature loss (e.g. path queries)
ALFRESCO_SECURE_COMMS Whether communication with the repository is secured (https or none). See Alfresco Search Services implementation for more details. The default value is none
SOLR_SSL_KEY_STORE Path to SSL key store. See Alfresco Search Services Docker Compose steps for more details
SOLR_SSL_KEY_STORE_PASSWORD Password for key store. See Alfresco Search Services Docker Compose steps for more details
SOLR_SSL_KEY_STORE_TYPE Key store type. See Alfresco Search Services Docker Compose steps for more details. The default value is JCEKS
SOLR_SSL_TRUST_STORE Path to SSL trust store. See Alfresco Search Services Docker Compose steps for more details
SOLR_SSL_TRUST_STORE_PASSWORD Password for trust store. See Alfresco Search Services Docker Compose steps for more details
SOLR_SSL_TRUST_STORE_TYPE Trust store type. See Alfresco Search Services Docker Compose steps for more details. The default value is JCEKS
SOLR_SSL_NEED_CLIENT_AUTH This variable is used to configure SSL (true or false). See Alfresco Search Services Docker Compose steps for more details
SOLR_SSL_WANT_CLIENT_AUTH This variable is used to configure SSL (true or false). See Alfresco Search Services Docker Compose steps for more details

Customize

To customize the Docker Compose deployment, for example applying AMPs, we recommend following the best practice of creating your own custom Docker image(s). The Customization guidelines walks you through this process.

Cleanup

To bring the system down and cleanup the containers run the following command:

docker-compose down

Troubleshooting

  1. If you have issues running docker-compose up after deleting a previous Docker Compose cluster, try replacing step 3 in the initial Docker Compose instructions with:

     docker-compose down && docker-compose build --no-cache && docker-compose up
    
  2. Stop the session by using CONTROL+C.

  3. Remove the containers (using the --rmi all option):

     docker-compose down --rmi all
    
  4. Try allocating more memory resources, as advised in docker-compose.yml.

    For example, in Docker, change the memory setting in Preferences (or Settings) Resources > Advanced > Memory to at least 8GB. Make sure you restart Docker and wait for the process to finish before continuing.

    Go back to step 3 in the initial Docker Compose instructions to start the deployment again.

Note: You’ll need a machine with at least 13GB of memory to distribute among the Docker containers.

Reference

The table below shows the location of the Dockerfile for each container used in this deployment.

Container Dockerfile location
alfresco https://github.com/Alfresco/acs-packaging/blob/master/docker-alfresco/Dockerfile
share https://github.com/Alfresco/share/blob/master/packaging/docker/Dockerfile
solr6 https://github.com/Alfresco/InsightEngine/blob/master/search-services/packaging/src/docker/Dockerfile

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