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Authentication and Sync - Alf 4.2 with Mountain Lion 10.8.2

peterglock — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:31:35 GMT

This is a followup to a post I made with a working Alf 4.0 to Lion Server configuration. This config did not work when I upgraded to Alf 4.2 on Mountain Lion so I thought I'd post my updated configs here to help anyone else who may be bashing their head against the wall.Here are the basic steps (pat

Re: Authentication and Sync - Alf 4.2 with Mountain Lion 10.8.2

peterglock — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 12:12:54 GMT

I'm finding this forum a useful place to keep my implementation notes. Some other things to help those using OSX server 10.8 to host alfresco.

1. Disable the native webdav web app on the server: sudo webappctl stop com.apple.webapp.webdavsharing
2. TODO - setup a launchctl task to start tomcat/alfresco on reboot
3. SSL Proxy using apache:

sudo nano /Library/Server/Web/Config/apache2/webapps/com.example.alfresco.plist ‍

insert

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
 
 
<!-- See man pages for webapp.plist(5) and webappctl(8) for information about this example webapp.plist -->
 
 
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>includeFiles</key>
<array> <!-- Include files are activated in virtual host when webapp is started -->
<string>/Library/Server/Web/Config/apache2/httpd_alfresco.conf</string>
</array>
<key>launchKeys</key>
<array> <!-- Launchd plists in /System/Library/LaunchDaemons are loaded when webapp is started -->
<!-- <string>com.example.mywebapp</string> -->
</array>
<key>name</key>
<string>com.example.alfresco</string>
 
<key>sslPolicy</key> <!-- Determines webapp SSL behavior -->
<integer>0</integer> <!-- 0: default, UseSSLWhenEnabled -->
<!-- 1: UseSSLAlways -->
<!-- 2: UseSSLOnlyWhenCertificateIsTrustable -->
<!-- 3: UseSSLNever -->
<!-- 4: UseSSLAndNonSSL -->
</dict>
</plist>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

save it!

sudo nano /Library/Server/Web/Config/apache2/httpd_alfresco.conf‍

insert

RewriteEngine On
# This will enable the Rewrite capabilities
 
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
# This checks to make sure the connection is not already HTTPS
 
RewriteRule ^/?(.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R,L]
 
 
<IfModule mod_proxy_ajp.c>
     ProxyPass /alfresco ajp://localhost:8009/alfresco
     ProxyPassReverse /alfresco ajp://127.0.0.1:8009/alfresco
     ProxyPass /share ajp://localhost:8009/share
        ProxyPassReverse /share ajp://127.0.0.1:8009/share
</IfModule>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

save it!

then start your web app: sudo webappctl start com.example.alfresco

If you want to setup a dedicated virtual host for alfresco (e.g. alfresco.example.com) you can limit the proxy to one virtual host by using sudo webappctl start com.example.alfresco alfresco.example.com

4. TODO - setup vti module to work through same ssl proxy

5. Install tomcat native

I used macports to install APR:

sudo port selfupdate
sudo port upgrade outdated
sudo port install apr‍‍‍

then used the tomcat-native in Alfresco/tomcat/bin/

# Unpack the native library source code

tar -xvzf tomcat-native.tar.gz

 

# Change into the native source directory

cd tomcat-native-1.1.24-src/jni/native

 

# Build the make file

./configure --with-apr=/usr/local/apr --with-ssl=/usr --with-java-home=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/ # you may need to adjust this if using a different java to the Apple version

 

# Make

make

 

# Copy the native library to /usr/lib/java

sudo cp .libs/libtcnative-1.0.1.24.dylib /usr/lib/java

 

# Create a symbolic link in /usr/lib/java to the native library

cd /usr/lib/java

sudo ln -sfhv libtcnative-1.0.1.24.dylib libtcnative-1.dylib

sudo ln -sfhv libtcnative-1.dylib libtcnative-1.jnilib

 

# Restart Tomcat

shutdown.sh

startup.sh

 

# Check the log to make sure APR is loaded

You should see the following message in your log:

INFO: Loaded APR based Apache Tomcat Native library 1.1.24‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

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too dumb to think of an original sign off...

Re: Authentication and Sync - Alf 4.2 with Mountain Lion 10.8.2

peterglock — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:45:04 GMT

One of the challenges with Tomcat in general, and Alfresco's scripted startup in particular, is that the startup scripts get everything going and then exit. I found setup notes for Confluence <a>https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF33/Start+Confluence+automatically+on+OS+X+using+launchd</a> which give some clues as to how to get things running smoothly. You'll have to adjust paths for your own setup, and modify for which user you run Alfresco under (root is not recommended!)

1 - create launchd_wrapper.sh in /Applications/alfresco-4.2d/bin


# A script to automatically start up Alfresco on system bootup
# for Mac OS X. This is actually just a wrapper script around
# the standard startup.sh script, which is included in
# the distribution.
#

# Suppress the annoying "$1: unbound variable" error when no option
# was given
if [ -z $1 ] ; then
        echo "Usage: $0 [start|stop|restart] "
        exit 1
fi

# Source the common setup functions for startup scripts
test -r /etc/rc.common || exit 1
. /etc/rc.common

# The path to the startup script. 
# The currently used version is in /Applications
SCRIPT="/Applications/alfresco-4.2.d/alfresco.sh"

# file to hold the process ID on start so it can be killed by stop.
export CATALINA_PID="/Applications/alfresco-4.2.d/tomcat/temp/catalina.pid"

StartService ()
{
        ConsoleMessage "Starting Alfresco server"
        $SCRIPT start > /dev/null 2>&1
}

StopService ()
{
        ConsoleMessage "Stopping Alfresco server"
        $SCRIPT stop > /dev/null 2>&1
}

RestartService ()
{
        ConsoleMessage "Restarting Alfresco server"
        $SCRIPT restart > /dev/null 2>&1
}

if test -x $SCRIPT ; then
        RunService "$1"

# Allow any signal which would kill a process to stop Alfresco
   trap StopService HUP INT QUIT ABRT KILL ALRM TERM TSTP
   
   while pgrep -F $CATALINA_PID > /dev/null; do sleep 1; done
else
        ConsoleMessage "Could not find Alfresco control script!"
fi
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2. make it executable

sudo chmod a+x /Applications/alfresco-4.2d/bin/launchd_wrapper.sh ‍

3. try it

sudo /Applications/alfresco-4.2d/bin/launchd_wrapper.sh start‍

You should be stuck in a loop until sending ^C to exit gracefully
4. create plist file for launchd

 sudo nano /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.yourname.alfresco.plist‍

5. paste the following


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
   <key>Disabled</key>
   <false/>
   <key>Label</key>
   <string>com.yourname.alfresco</string>
   <key>ProgramArguments</key>
   <array>
      <string>/Applications/alfresco-4.2.d/bin/launchd_alfresco.sh</string>
      <string>start</string>
   </array>
   <key>RunAtLoad</key>
   <true/>
   <key>UserName</key>
   <string>root</string>
   <key>WorkingDirectory</key>
   <string>/Users/localadmin</string>
</dict>
</plist>
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6. try it

sudo launchctl load -wF /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.yourname.alfresco.plist‍

Not the most elegant of coding, but it survives a reboot!