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Installing Community 5.0.d on Linux

opeeters — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 00:01:58 GMT

Hi,I'm having issues installing on Linux (CentOS 6.6 - minimal). At the end of the installation of:https://process.alfresco.com/ccdl/?file=release/community/5.0.d-build-00002/alfresco-community-5.0.d-installer-linux-x64.binfollowing these instructions:http://docs.alfresco.com/community/tasks/simplei

Re: Installing Community 5.0.d on Linux

eswbitto — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 17:20:30 GMT

If this is a vanilla install it should be really easy. We have alfresco running on centos 6.5 with no issues.

Make sure that the bin file is executable.

Change directory to where ever you have the bin file located or the file path you want the installation to reside.

Type:


./alfrescoinstall.bin
‍‍‍

I used a bogus bin file name so use the actual bin file name respectively.

From here you can do the advanced and change ports if you need to.

Also make sure if you are using a firewall (iptables) that you create a rule for the port so its not blocked.

Re: Installing Community 5.0.d on Linux

opeeters — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 22:44:00 GMT

Well yes, this is exactly what I did. At the end of the procedure I get the postgres related warning + error messages in alfresco.log (see my previous post) and the continous solr related error in catalina.out (see previous post). Curious thing is that if I do exactly the same installation procedure with a trial of Alfresco Enterprise (alfresco-enterprise-5.0.1-installer-linux-x64.bin) all is well. No postgres warning at the end of installation, no error messages in alfresco.log and catalina.out .. and especially, I can log in as expected with the admin password I specified during installation via http://my.alfresco.server:8080/share and get a list of links via http://my.alfresco.server:8080/alfresco. Hence it must be a bug related to that specific installer bin.

Which version of the installer bin did you use on CentOS 6.5, ESWBitto?

Thanks for the reply!

Re: Installing Community 5.0.d on Linux

r3lzx — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 16:25:49 GMT

I've done a textbook install on CENTOS 7 and after its finished i get nothing when going to http://ipaddress:8181/admin or /alfresco

I've stopped the fw and still nothing

is this something ridiculously foolish that I am missing here?

I'm new to the forum and I realize I'm just posting a question in the hops of a response. I want to make sure I let you know that I appreciate any help that anyone can give and that I understand its a lot of work to help others on here and really appreciate it

Last login: Wed Apr 29 09:11:54 2015
[root@alfresco ~]# cd /opt
[root@alfresco opt]# wget http://dl.alfresco.com/release/community/5.0.d-build-00002/alfresco-community-5.0.d-installer-linux-x64.bin
–2015-04-29 10:58:51– http://dl.alfresco.com/release/community/5.0.d-build-00002/alfresco-community-5.0.d-installer-linux-x64.bin
Resolving dl.alfresco.com (dl.alfresco.com)… 54.230.4.202, 54.230.4.176, 54.230.5.200, …
Connecting to dl.alfresco.com (dl.alfresco.com)|54.230.4.202|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 785460963 (749M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘alfresco-community-5.0.d-installer-linux-x64.bin’

100%[==============================================================================================================>] 785,460,963 9.68MB/s   in 1m 51s

2015-04-29 11:00:43 (6.76 MB/s) - ‘alfresco-community-5.0.d-installer-linux-x64.bin’ saved [785460963/785460963]

[root@alfresco opt]# chmod a+x alfresco-community-5.0.d-installer-linux-x64.bin
[root@alfresco opt]# ./alfresco-community-5.0.d-installer-linux-x64.bin
Language Selection

Please select the installation language
[1] English - English
[2] French - Français
[3] Spanish - Español
[4] Italian - Italiano
[5] German - Deutsch
[6] Japanese - 日本語
[7] Dutch - Nederlands
[8] Russian - Русский
[9] Simplified Chinese - 简体中文
[10] Norwegian - Norsk bokmål
[11] Brazilian Portuguese - Português Brasileiro
Please choose an option [1] : 1
—————————————————————————-
Welcome to the Alfresco Community Setup Wizard.

—————————————————————————-
Installation Type

[1] Easy - Installs servers with the default configuration
[2] Advanced - Configures server ports and service properties.: Also choose optional components to install.
Please choose an option [1] : 2

—————————————————————————-
Select the components you want to install; clear the components you do not want
to install. Click Next when you are ready to continue.

Java [Y/n] :y

PostgreSQL [Y/n] :y

Alfresco : Y (Cannot be edited)

Solr1 [y/N] : y

Solr4 [Y/n] :y

SharePoint [Y/n] :y

Web Quick Start [y/N] : y

Google Docs Integration [Y/n] :y

LibreOffice [Y/n] :y

Is the selection above correct? [Y/n]: y

—————————————————————————-
Installation Folder

Please choose a folder to install Alfresco Community

Select a folder [/opt/alfresco-5.0.d]:

—————————————————————————-
Database Server Parameters

Please enter the port of your database.

Database Server port [5432]:

—————————————————————————-
Tomcat Port Configuration

Please enter the Tomcat configuration parameters you wish to use.

Web Server domain: [127.0.0.1]: 10.10.10.148

Tomcat Server Port: [8080]: 8181

Tomcat Shutdown Port: [8005]: 8105

Tomcat SSL Port [8443]: 8143

Tomcat AJP Port: [8009]: 8109

—————————————————————————-
Alfresco FTP Port

Please choose a port number to use for the integrated Alfresco FTP server.

Port: [21]: 21

—————————————————————————-
Admin Password

Please give a password to use for the Alfresco administrator account.

Admin Password: :
Repeat Password: :
—————————————————————————-
Alfresco SharePoint Port

Please choose a port number for the SharePoint protocol.

Port: [7070]: 7171

—————————————————————————-
Install as a service

You can optionally register Alfresco Community as a service. This way it will
automatically be started every time the machine is started.

Install Alfresco Community as a service? [Y/n]: y

—————————————————————————-
LibreOffice Server Port

Please enter the port that the Libreoffice Server will listen to by default.

LibreOffice Server Port [8100]: 8100

—————————————————————————-
Warning!

This environment is not configured optimally for Alfresco - please carefully
review this list before continuing.

While these issues will not prevent Alfresco from functioning, some product
features may be unavailable, or the system may not perform optimally.

SMTP TCP port in use: 25

Press [Enter] to continue:

—————————————————————————-
Setup is now ready to begin installing Alfresco Community on your computer.

Do you want to continue? [Y/n]: y

—————————————————————————-
Please wait while Setup installs Alfresco Community on your computer.

Installing
0% ______________ 50% ______________ 100%
#########################################

—————————————————————————-
Setup has finished installing Alfresco Community on your computer.

View Readme File [Y/n]: Y

Launch Alfresco Community Share [Y/n]: Y

waiting for server to start….README
Alfresco Community 5.0.d
======================

For Enterprise subscribers, refer to http://support.alfresco.com for release
notes and detailed information on this release.

For Community members, refer to the Alfresco wiki for more information on this
release.

Press [Enter] to continue: done
server started
/opt/alfresco-5.0.d/postgresql/scripts/ctl.sh : postgresql started at port 5432
Using CATALINA_BASE:   /opt/alfresco-5.0.d/tomcat
Using CATALINA_HOME:   /opt/alfresco-5.0.d/tomcat
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /opt/alfresco-5.0.d/tomcat/temp
Using JRE_HOME:        /opt/alfresco-5.0.d/java
Using CLASSPATH:       /opt/alfresco-5.0.d/tomcat/bin/bootstrap.jar:/opt/alfresco-5.0.d/tomcat/bin/tomcat-juli.jar
Using CATALINA_PID:    /opt/alfresco-5.0.d/tomcat/temp/catalina.pid
Tomcat started.
/opt/alfresco-5.0.d/tomcat/scripts/ctl.sh : tomcat started

[root@alfresco opt]#
[root@alfresco opt]#
[root@alfresco opt]#

Re: Installing Community 5.0.d on Linux

eswbitto — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 16:51:50 GMT

@opeeters,

I am using 4.2.f in production. I've tested around with the 5.0.d installer on a virtual box, but haven't really done much with it.

I'm curious to ask…Are you running any other installation of alfresco on the same server? The only thing I can think of for the postgres user not being able to authenticate is if there is another instance of postgres running OR if you are not installing as root. There's a big debate about using root, but meh…I'm one of those guys.

Re: Installing Community 5.0.d on Linux

eswbitto — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 16:57:47 GMT

@ R3LzX,

Have you tried going to http//ip address/share?

The /alfresco extension no longer works in the version that you are using.

Re: Installing Community 5.0.d on Linux

opeeters — Fri, 01 May 2015 11:00:00 GMT

Thanks ESWBito,
for your reply. Were you able to login to you test install in a VM? What OS? CentOS? Which install option?

I did run the installation as root on a fresh install of CentOS 6.6 (minimal install). There were certainly no other postgres or alfresco instances running on the same machine. Also, if I install a trial of Alfresco Enterprise (alfresco-enterprise-5.0.1-installer-linux-x64.bin), all went well and I could login via /share as expeced.

I just realised that if, after installing and uninstalling a demo of the enterprise edition (installer 5.0.1), uninstalling like so:
rm -rf /opt/alfresco-5.0.1/
rm /etc/init.d/alfresco

and than installing the community edition (5.0.d) again, I am finally able to log in via /share 🙂
A dependancy issue apparently, maybe because I did the install on a minimal install of CentOS? The enterprise edition seems to install something in the system which is not installed (or configured) by the community edition installer.

Running the installer as root would not be a problem if executable files created would be owned and executed by an alfresco user. Quick inspection of the files written by the installer.. I do agree with you, there is a potential problem 😞
Cheers!

Re: Installing Community 5.0.d on Linux

eswbitto — Fri, 01 May 2015 16:14:56 GMT

@opeeters,

Yes I was able to login the test environment. I was using a virtualbox VM running on my laptop with Centos 6.5 on the VM. (Laptop runs win 7 pro)

Used the alfresco 5.0.d and I always run the advanced option for the installation. Its really weird because I use the same download link you do for obtaining the bin file.

Maybe check the checksum and see if you got a complete download? I'm at a loss as to what it could be then, but I'm glad to see that you have made progress and are able to login at least.

Re: Installing Community 5.0.d on Linux

r3lzx — Sat, 02 May 2015 02:53:19 GMT

yes i have tried that i cant understand it for the life of me ive rolled out cent6.6 as well.. Thanks for asking though

Re: Installing Community 5.0.d on Linux

razorfish — Sat, 02 May 2015 22:49:49 GMT

Just installed 5.d on centos and have the same problem , no errors in ANY of the logs but cannot connect on the port

I checked this and this is what I see:

netstat -lnp | grep 8181
tcp6 0 0 :::8181 :::* LISTEN 2441/java

So it would appear that It cannot connect because it has been setup to listen on TCPV6 not V4. and on the local host for V6 EVEN though I entered an IP 4 address for the listening port…….

Re: Installing Community 5.0.d on Linux

razorfish — Sun, 03 May 2015 07:35:00 GMT

OOOOOOKKKKK

For all those wondering how to get this beast working!!!!!

Centos did us some real favours
1. Enabled firewall by default
2. Changed firewall name!!!
3. added network manager
4. Default bind for tomcat ipv6

STOP you alfresco
if you specified the "fast" install , then you need to go into

../tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco-global.properties
and setup the address you want to listen on, default is 127.0.0.1

TURN OFF IPV6
go into /etc/sysctl.conf
net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1

ADD THIS TO TRY TO BIND TO IPV4 first

…tomcat/bin/setenv.sh

ADD a MIDDLE LINE to the config
JAVA_OPTS="-XX:+DisableExplicitGC -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC …….
—->JAVA_OPTS="-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Djava.net.preferIPv4Addresses=true $JAVA_OPTS "
*JAVA_OPTS="-Xms512M -Xmx3835M $JAVA_OPTS " # java-memory-settings

restart server (yes the real one not tomcat)

test that you are listening on IPV4 for tomcat

netstat -lnp | grep 8181 OR netstat -atnp|grep LISTEN

tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:8181 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 2130/java

FINALLY

systemctl disable firewalld
systemctl stop firewalld

ALSO check iptables NOT running.

This will get you up and running… it is your responsibility to figure out if the setup is secure and if you want to re-enable ipv6

On the centos 6.x, not all VM environments are the same some bring the network up, others don't also network manager sometimes has its sticky paws in the settings.