topic Re: Link two Alfresco in Alfresco Archive

Link two Alfresco

jordiv — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:04:16 GMT

Hi,I would like to link two Alfrescos installed in different servers. The idea is the following:- Upload scanned PDF documents via CIFS to one Alfresco.- This Alfresco executes a transformation to reduce the PDF file size.- This Alfresco sends the compressed file to the other Alfresco, and keeps the

Re: Link two Alfresco

mrogers — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 10:13:49 GMT

You may also like to look at using the Replication and/or Transfer Service.

Re: Link two Alfresco

jordiv — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:29:53 GMT

Thanks for the quick response mrogers.

I've been searching documentation, and seems that the transfer service could be a good choice. I've created a folder inside the /Data Dictionary/Transfers/Transfer Targets/Default Group/ directory in Alfresco Share, and configured it to point to the other Alfresco.

I've tried uploading a document into that folder, but it seems that isn't created in the other repository. Am I doing something wrong? How could I specify the folder where the transfered document should be placed?

Thanks,
Jordi.

Re: Link two Alfresco

mrogers — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:37:19 GMT

Go into the administration console of Share and setup a "replication job". Your content needs to be elsewhere, just create a new folder.

Re: Link two Alfresco

jordiv — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:59:27 GMT

Thanks a lot! That worked