Project Objective(Link to the project in Github)Note: the most up to date information about the project can be found in the github page (link above).In this blog we cover the deployment of ACS (Alfresco Content Services) Enterprise 6.1 on Azure using VMs. The deployment consists of two mayor steps:C Read more...

Project ObjectiveIn this blog we cover the deployment of ACS (Alfresco Content Services) 6.1 Enterprise on AWS. The deployment consists of two mayor steps:Building AWS AMIs (Amazon Machine Images) containing a base installation of ACS 6.1 Enterprise.Building AWS infrastructure (VPC, ELB, RDS, etc) a Read more...

Being able to edit a file concurrently by multiple users is a need we’re coming across more and more when dicussing with customers on the field.At the time of writing, the out-of-the-box solution to deliver this kind of feature within Alfresco is to use the GoogleDocs module.This module allows for c Read more...

This post is going to cover how to upgrade an Alfresco instance without using the data in the content store. This is a useful scenario to quickly validate an upgrade, as it is usually costly to clone the data on large repositories.For instance, imagine you want to make a clone of a production enviro Read more...

Welcome to WCMQS Part II! If you didn't read part I so far, please do so for some more background information.WCMQS is based on Spring Surf and not Aikau as few people thought.What does it mean that it is based on Spring Surf?Spring Surf needs for rendering a new page a page.xml and page.ftl a templ Read more...

Hi everybody,To make a label bold or with a different color in APS you need to create a new class and add the new CSS property inside it.The Process in my example will have only one human task with four check-boxes.From the four check-boxes in the example two check-boxes should be bold and two norma Read more...

Having a broad and efficient monitoring system is key! It allows for corrective maintenance to happen asap and, if properly setup, it allows as well for pro-active maintenance.Miguel Rodriguez‌ already touched that topic in a very good post addressing it with ELKHere I'll focus on a different soluti Read more...

This article provides information on how to migrate a project using the Alfresco Maven SDK version 2.2.0 to the new version 3.0.Before starting I recommend to read the official SDK 3.0 documentation : http://docs.alfresco.com/5.2/concepts/sdk-getting-started.html, the Alfresco Beta User guide is als Read more...

It has now been a few days since DevCon 2018 wrapped up, and after digesting everything that happened I feel like it is a good time to write down a few thoughts.  In short, DevCon was AWESOME!  It's no secret that DevCon was always a favorite of our community, our partners and of course, the extende Read more...

One of the recurring issues we see raised by customers are regarding slow SQL queries.Most of the time those are first witnessed within the Share UI page load time or through long running CMIS queries.Pinpointing those queries can be a pain and this blog post aims at providing some helps in the trou Read more...

PurposeThe purpose of this blog is to show how to scan images containing text so that the text is indexed and searchable by Alfresco. The following file types are supported: PNG, BMP, JPEG, GIF, TIFF and PDF (containing images).For this exercise we are going to use a Linux OS...but this solution sho Read more...

OverviewOne of the most critical and time consuming process in relation to the Alfresco Content Connector for Salesforce module is migrating all the existing Notes & Attachments content from Salesforce instance to the On-Premise Alfresco Content Services (ACS) instance. This requires lot of plan Read more...

1.     Project ObjectiveThe aim of this blog is to show you how to create and run a Docker container with a full ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana) environment containing the necessary configuration and scripts to collect and present data to monitor your Alfresco application.Elastic tools can Read more...

Troubleshooting application performance can be tricky, especially when the application in question has dependencies on other systems.  Alfresco's Content Services (ACS) platform is exactly that type of application.  ACS relies on a relational database, an index, a content store, and potentially seve Read more...

What is WCMQS ?Alfresco Web Quick Start is a set of website design templates and sample architecture, built on the Alfresco Share content management and collaboration framework.With Quick Start, developers can rapidly build customized and dynamic web applications with powerful content management fea Read more...

The aim of this blog is to introduce you to Enterprise Integration Patterns and to show you how to create an application to integrate Alfresco with an external application…in this case we will be sending documents on request from Alfresco to Box based on CMIS queries. We will store both the content Read more...

If you need to create a custom property files and you want to use this custom property file in  Process Services you can do it using a Java Delegate or a Spring bean.In my case, I used a Java Delegate.First of all, create your custom property file and upload it to the following folder:/alfresco/proc Read more...

Load balancing a network protocol is something quite common nowadays. There are loads of ways to do that for HTTP for instance, and generally speaking all "single flow" protocols can be load-balanced quite easily. However, some protocols are not as simple as HTTP and require several connections. Thi Read more...

About three years ago, Alfresco created a new branch of our support and services organization, the Premier Services team.  Since then, the Premier Services team has grown into a first class global support organization, handling many of Alfresco's largest and most complex strategic accounts.  Our gro Read more...