Installing the Alfresco WARs

A WAR file is an archive 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.

Use this method of installing if you've already installed a JRE, a supported database, an application server, a message broker, and the additional components.

The Alfresco Community Edition Distribution file is a zip containing the required WAR files, in addition to the additional commands, and configuration files for a manual installation.

Download the following file:
alfresco-content-services-community-distribution-6.2.0-ga.zip
Specify a location for the download and extract the file to a system directory; for example <installLocation>.

You'll see the following directory structure. For more details, see Alfresco Community Edition directory structure [1].
```
alfresco-pdf-renderer
amps
bin
licenses
web-server
```
Important: If you do not apply the Share Services AMP to the repository, Alfresco Share will not work correctly, and when you start up Share, you will see the message: Alfresco Community Edition is running without Share Services. See your System Administrator for more details.
Move the WAR files from /web-server/webapps to the appropriate location for your application server.
For example, for Tomcat, move the WAR files to the <TOMCAT_HOME>/webapps directory.
Move the contents from /conf, and /lib under /web-server to the appropriate location for your application server.
For example, for Tomcat, move the files to the existing directories under <TOMCAT_HOME>.
Remove all directories in <TOMCAT_HOME>/webapps.
If you don't remove these directories, then the WAR files aren't deployed when the server starts.

Set the global properties as shown:

Copy /web-server/shared/classes/alfresco-global.properties.sample to <TOMCAT_HOME>/shared/classes.

Replace the sample configuration with the following:

#
# Set this property unless you have explicitly chosen to expose some repository APIs without authentication
solr.secureComms=https

#
# Custom content and index data location
#
dir.root=/srv/alfresco/alf_data
dir.keystore=${dir.root}/keystore

#
# Sample database connection properties
#
db.username=alfresco
db.password=alfresco

#
# Choose DB connection properties for your database, e.g. for PostgreSQL
#
db.driver=org.postgresql.Driver
db.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/alfresco

#
# URL Generation Parameters (The ${localname} token is replaced by the local server name)
#-------------
alfresco.context=alfresco
alfresco.host=${localname}
alfresco.port=8080
alfresco.protocol=http
share.context=share
share.host=${localname}
share.port=8080
share.protocol=http

Save the file without the .sample extension.
Install Alfresco Search Services.
See Installing and configuring Alfresco Search Services [2] for more information.

You are now ready to install any additional software that you require. See Installing additional software for Alfresco Community Edition [3] and Installing integrations [4] for more information.

Note: If you deployed previous versions of Alfresco Community Edition, you must remove any temporary files created by your application server. Use the clean_tomcat.bat or clean_tomcat.sh command.

Important: After installation, you must generate and install your own certificates to secure the installation. For more information, see Generating secure keys [5].

Alfresco Community Edition directory structure

After you've extracted the Alfresco Community Edition distribution zip, several directories and configuration files will be available in the Alfresco Community Edition home directory. This includes the required WAR files, additional commands, and configuration files for a manual installation.

alfresco-pdf-renderer: This directory contains the alfresco-pdf-renderer binary files for Linux and Windows

File name	Description
alfresco-pdf-renderer-1.0-linux.tgz	alfresco-pdf-renderer binary for Linux
alfresco-pdf-renderer-1.0-win64.tgz	alfresco-pdf-renderer binary for Windows

amps: This directory contains the Alfresco Share AMP

bin: This directory contains the following files

File name	Description
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.
alfresco-mmt.jar	Alfresco Module Management Tool (MMT).

licenses: This directory contains third-party license files

web-server: This directory has a standard Tomcat structure and contains the following sub-folders and files

Folder/File	Description
/lib	This directory contains the PostgreSQL JDBC jar file
/shared	This directory includes a number of configuration files for Alfresco Content Services
	/shared/classes/alfresco-global.properties.sample The sample global properties file, which is used for configuration properties
	/shared/classes/alfresco-encrypted.properties.sample A sample encrypted properties overlay file
	/shared/classes/alfresco Contains the directory structure for the configuration override files including the extension and web-extension directories
/webapps	Contains the following files:
	alfresco.war - Alfresco WAR file
	ROOT.war - Application for the server root The ROOT.war application is required to enable Alfresco Office Services (AOS). See Installing Alfresco Office Services manually into an existing web application [7].
	share.war - Alfresco Share WAR file

VERSIONS.md: This file provides a list of recommended components for the latest Alfresco Community Edition release