topic Re: Problem w/ user groups import (missing APP.DEFAULT,AUTH.ALF) in Alfresco Archive

Problem w/ user groups import (missing APP.DEFAULT,AUTH.ALF)

mathias_lin — Sat, 08 May 2010 03:52:33 GMT

I'm running two Alfresco 3.2r2 systems and want to export the users and user groups from one installation (let's name it system A) to the other (system B). For this (in this sample, the user groups), I run the command line export/import tool likeystem Arg.alfresco.tools.Export -user admin -pwd a

Re: Problem w/ user groups import (missing APP.DEFAULT,AUTH.ALF)

joe_l3 — Thu, 20 May 2010 10:58:46 GMT

Hello mathias.lin,
I also have the same problem after export groups. I do not see the newly imported user groups under "Manage User Groups" console, but I do see them in the node browser when browsing to SpacesStore/system/authorities
But let me add one other point about the "Association Type". I simulated export process groups between a system A and system B. Here's what I noticed

In the node browser when browsing to SpacesStore/system/authorities:
SYSTEM A
[img]http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/16499b41c8.jpg[/img]
SYSTEM B
[img]http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/b5b7b9cdf2.jpg[/img]

When I click the TEST1 group
SYSTEM A
[img]http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/d49a8c3e1f.jpg[/img]
SYSTEMB
[img]http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/cb7520876e.jpg[/img]
Why "Association Type" has changed from "sys:children" in "children" ?
Why TEST1 did not assign the parents AUTH.ALF and APP.DEFAULT ?

mathias.lin, I've seen your post here: http://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=21604&p=85454&hilit=export+groups#p85454 .Have you solved the problem ?
:?:
joe.l3

Re: Problem w/ user groups import (missing APP.DEFAULT,AUTH.ALF)

mathias_lin — Thu, 20 May 2010 11:26:31 GMT

Hi Joe,
yes, meanwhile I found a solution to the problem. Problem is that whenever you setup a new Alfresco system, it will use different UUIDs for the system nodes, like people, authorities, workflows, etc.

Therefore there are two solutions to the problem:

1) when you setup two Alfresco servers that should do export/import between each other, you should install the first Alfresco server, then just copy this clean installation (webapp + database) to your second server. This way you will work with the same UUIDs.

2) In case you already have two servers running and cannot set them up again, as I did in my case, I run a string replacement on the exported xml files before importing them to the second server: I gather the relevant UUIDs from server1 and replace them in the xml export files with the UUIDs of server2. This way it works fine.
The relevant UUIDs you need to gather are those of:
* people, authorities, zones, workflow under workspace://SpacesStore
* guest and admin UUID from workspace/SpacesStore (under people)
* the admin user UUID from user://alfrescoUserStore

Furthermore, actually I ended up with simply export/importing everything under system, which means: -path /sys:system (instead of /sys:system/sys:authorities), to make sure I get everything I need.

This has worked for me.

(side note: if you want to do partly export/import, this command line exporter is ok, otherwise if you want to do a full replication of the entire server, I'd switch to rsync anyway.)

Mathias