topic Re: External MySQL database in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/external-mysql-database/m-p/38211#M20253 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If you are running Tomcat, look in the following file:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>tomcat\shared\classes\alfresco\extension\custom-db-connection.properties.sample</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Find the line in the file (assuming you are using MySQL):</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>db.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost/alfresco<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>Uncomment this, and change the connection syntax in line with the MySQL connector syntax. - e.g. change 'localhost' to 'remote_machine_name'</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>(see here: </SPAN><A href="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/cj-configuration-properties.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/cj-configuration-properties.html</A><SPAN>)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>To get your extension working, follow the instructions in the wiki:</SPAN><BR /><A href="http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Repository_Configuration" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Repository_Configuration</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Hope this helps,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Steve</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 19 May 2006 11:43:03 GMT steve 2006-05-19T11:43:03Z External MySQL database https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/external-mysql-database/m-p/38210#M20252 We are running MySQL on a seperate system from the Alfresco installation. How do I configure Alresco to communicate with the 'alfresco' database on an external server? Thu, 18 May 2006 20:32:44 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/external-mysql-database/m-p/38210#M20252 suseman 2006-05-18T20:32:44Z Re: External MySQL database https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/external-mysql-database/m-p/38211#M20253 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If you are running Tomcat, look in the following file:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>tomcat\shared\classes\alfresco\extension\custom-db-connection.properties.sample</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Find the line in the file (assuming you are using MySQL):</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>db.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost/alfresco<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>Uncomment this, and change the connection syntax in line with the MySQL connector syntax. - e.g. change 'localhost' to 'remote_machine_name'</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>(see here: </SPAN><A href="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/cj-configuration-properties.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/cj-configuration-properties.html</A><SPAN>)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>To get your extension working, follow the instructions in the wiki:</SPAN><BR /><A href="http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Repository_Configuration" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Repository_Configuration</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Hope this helps,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Steve</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 19 May 2006 11:43:03 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/external-mysql-database/m-p/38211#M20253 steve 2006-05-19T11:43:03Z