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How can I deploy a custom workflow (with its model) in Alfresco Community 5.1?

mafaldap — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 14:00:11 GMT

I'm following Jeff Potts' tutorial, but I can't figure out how to use the workflow-tutorial-repo and the workflow-tutorial-share inside the Alfresco community installed. I imported the amp files using the command:java -jar alfresco-mmt.jar install <AMPFileLocation> <WARFileLocation> [opt

Re: How can I deploy a custom workflow (with its model) in Alfresco Community 5.1?

mitpatoliya — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 14:40:50 GMT

For deploying AMP just copy amp files under your alfresco installation.

workflow-tutorial-repo goes inside <ALFRECSO_HOME>/amp

workflow-tutorial-share goes inside <ALFRESCO_HOME>/amps_share

then just use apply_amps.bat from <ALFRESCO>/bin It will apply those amp files to your alfresco.war and share.war

For linux machine you need to use that mmt tool. Just make sure your command is syntex is correct as it will not give you proper error messages.

Just to cross check that check those war files. Size of those war files will be changed.

Now you restart your alfresco server. It should update your repository.

Re: How can I deploy a custom workflow (with its model) in Alfresco Community 5.1?

kaynezhang — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 15:01:31 GMT

You can use list command of Module Management Tool to see if your amp is installed correctly.

And you can also visit http://localhost:8080/alfresco/s/admin/admin-workflowconsole to check if your workflow definitions are deployed correctly

Re: How can I deploy a custom workflow (with its model) in Alfresco Community 5.1?

jpotts — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 18:20:02 GMT

Once you deployed your AMPs and restarted, what did you do next? Did you try to start a workflow? If so, what happened?

Re: How can I deploy a custom workflow (with its model) in Alfresco Community 5.1?

mafaldap — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 07:50:25 GMT

Ok, last time I didn't do it like this and probably that's why it didn't work. Il'll try to follow your advice.

Thank you

Re: How can I deploy a custom workflow (with its model) in Alfresco Community 5.1?

kalpesh_c2 — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 08:26:53 GMT

Using java command or apply_amps.bat (for Linux apply_apms.sh) is going to yield the same result.

java -jar alfresco-mmt.jar install <AMPFileLocation> <WARFileLocation> [options]

If you see line number 28 to 31 of <<ALFRESCO_HOME>>/bin/apply_amps.bat file, you will see the same command is executed (given appropriate values of variables are applied) :

"%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java" -jar "%ALF_HOME%bin\alfresco-mmt.jar" install "%ALF_HOME%amps" "%CATALINA_HOME%\webapps\alfresco.war" -directory%ALF_AMP_PARAMS%

"%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java" -jar "%ALF_HOME%bin\alfresco-mmt.jar" list "%CATALINA_HOME%\webapps\alfresco.war"

"%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java" -jar "%ALF_HOME%bin\alfresco-mmt.jar" install "%ALF_HOME%amps_share" "%CATALINA_HOME%\webapps\share.war" -directory%ALF_AMP_PARAMS%

"%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java" -jar "%ALF_HOME%bin\alfresco-mmt.jar" list "%CATALINA_HOME%\webapps\share.war"

Did you receive any error after starting of server? Are you facing difficulties locating workflow definition? If you can elaborate what problem you are facing exactly, I will be able to help.

Thanks,

Kalpesh

ContCentric

Re: How can I deploy a custom workflow (with its model) in Alfresco Community 5.1?

mafaldap — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 08:46:17 GMT

I deployed (again) the AMPs, following mittal Patoliya instructions. I checked that both the AMPs became module in alfresco.war and share.war. Then I started Alfresco from the Application Manager, but I couldn't find the workflow from the console.

Re: How can I deploy a custom workflow (with its model) in Alfresco Community 5.1?

mafaldap — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 12:23:27 GMT

I didn't receive any error, that's the problem. However I can't find my workflow anywhere. I looked in the repository and I searched using the workflow console (show definitions all) but nothing.

I'm new with Alfresco, so probably it's just that I don't know how to do.

Re: How can I deploy a custom workflow (with its model) in Alfresco Community 5.1?

jpotts — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 14:09:36 GMT

Maybe you skipped the step where you deploy the workflow from the workflow

console or maybe your workflow did not get automatically deployed for some

reason.

Once the AMPs are in place, if you go to the workflow console and do a

"show definitions all" and you don't see your new workflow, it means it

didn't get deployed as part of the AMP installation. But you can always

deploy it manually from the workflow console by doing "deploy activiti

/alfresco/module/workflow-tutorial-repo/workflows/helloWorld.bpmn".

Re: How can I deploy a custom workflow (with its model) in Alfresco Community 5.1?

mafaldap — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 14:45:31 GMT

I just tried and it returns me an error:

Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [alfresco/module/workflow-tutorial-repo/workflows/helloWorld.bpmn] cannot be opened because it does not exist

So I checked again if the modules were installed and the results are:

host-131-114-104-112:bin mafaldapapini$ java -jar alfresco-mmt.jar list /Applications/alfresco-community/tomcat/webapps/alfresco.war

Module 'workflow-tutorial-repo' installed in '/Applications/alfresco-community/tomcat/webapps/alfresco.war'

- Title: workflow-tutorial-repo Repository AMP project

- Version: 1.0.1610101009

- Install Date: Tue Oct 11 10:16:13 CEST 2016

- Description: Manages the lifecycle of the workflow-tutorial-repo Repository AMP (Alfresco Module Package)

Module 'alfresco-share-services' installed in '/Applications/alfresco-community/tomcat/webapps/alfresco.war'

- Title: Alfresco Share Services AMP

- Version: 5.1.0

- Install Date: Mon Apr 04 08:55:45 CEST 2016

- Description: Module to be applied to alfresco.war, containing APIs for Alfresco Share

Module 'org.alfresco.integrations.google.docs' installed in '/Applications/alfresco-community/tomcat/webapps/alfresco.war'

- Title: Alfresco / Google Docs Integration

- Version: 3.0.3

- Install Date: Mon Apr 04 08:55:44 CEST 2016

- Description: The Repository side artifacts of the Alfresco / Google Docs Integration.

Module 'alfresco-aos-module' installed in '/Applications/alfresco-community/tomcat/webapps/alfresco.war'

- Title: Alfresco Office Services Module

- Version: 1.1

- Install Date: Mon Apr 04 08:55:41 CEST 2016

- Description: Allows applications that can talk to a SharePoint server to talk to your Alfresco installation

host-131-114-104-112:bin mafaldapapini$ java -jar alfresco-mmt.jar list /Applications/alfresco-community/tomcat/webapps/share.war

Module 'workflow-tutorial-share' installed in '/Applications/alfresco-community/tomcat/webapps/share.war'

- Title: workflow-tutorial-share AMP project

- Version: 1.0.1610101024

- Install Date: Tue Oct 11 10:18:44 CEST 2016

- Description: Manages the lifecycle of the workflow-tutorial-share AMP (Alfresco Module Package)

Module 'org.alfresco.integrations.share.google.docs' installed in '/Applications/alfresco-community/tomcat/webapps/share.war'

- Title: Alfresco / Google Docs Share Module

- Version: 3.0.3

- Install Date: Mon Apr 04 08:55:48 CEST 2016

- Description: The Share side artifacts of the Alfresco / Google Docs Integration.

Re: How can I deploy a custom workflow (with its model) in Alfresco Community 5.1?

jpotts — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 19:47:59 GMT

Go to /Applications/alfresco-community/tomcat/webapps and do find . -name

helloWorld* and make sure that the process definition actually made it into

your WAR.

Re: How can I deploy a custom workflow (with its model) in Alfresco Community 5.1?

mafaldap — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 09:15:36 GMT

No results at all:

MacBook-Air-di-Mafalda:webapps mafaldapapini$ find . -name helloWorld*

MacBook-Air-di-Mafalda:webapps mafaldapapini$

Maybe it's better if I try to uninstall the amps and start everything from the beginning.

Re: How can I deploy a custom workflow (with its model) in Alfresco Community 5.1?

mafaldap — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 13:48:36 GMT

mafaldap ha scritto:
No results at all:
MacBook-Air-di-Mafalda:webapps mafaldapapini$ find . -name helloWorld*
MacBook-Air-di-Mafalda:webapps mafaldapapini$
Maybe it's better if I try to uninstall the amps and start everything from the beginning.

I uninstalled workflow-tutorial-repo.amp and workflow-tutorial-share.amp, I installed them again and it still gives me the same result. During the installation I checked and there weren't errors. The workflows were added to the .war file:

- File '/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/module/workflow-tutorial-repo/workflows/helloWorld.bpmn' added to war from amp

- File '/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/module/workflow-tutorial-repo/workflows/helloWorldFork.bpmn' added to war from amp

- File '/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/module/workflow-tutorial-repo/workflows/helloWorldUI.bpmn' added to war from amp

- File '/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/module/workflow-tutorial-repo/workflows/publishWhitepaper.bpmn' added to war from amp

Do I have to copy other files/directories inside the Alfresco-community application?

Re: How can I deploy a custom workflow (with its model) in Alfresco Community 5.1?

jpotts — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 14:01:34 GMT

No, that should be it. Now you ought to be able to go into the workflow console and see your deployed workflow definitions by doing show definitions all. If they are not there, do the deploy command.

Re: How can I deploy a custom workflow (with its model) in Alfresco Community 5.1?

mafaldap — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 14:20:45 GMT

I already tried but it still give me

Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [alfresco/module/workflow-tutorial-repo/workflows/helloWorld.bpmn] cannot be opened because it does not exist

Re: How can I deploy a custom workflow (with its model) in Alfresco Community 5.1?

kalpesh_c2 — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 14:30:53 GMT

Will you please share me both the amps to check? I will try to reproduce this on my machine as well with alfresco community 5.1.

Thanks,

Kalpeshhttp://www.contcentric.com/

ContCentric

Re: How can I deploy a custom workflow (with its model) in Alfresco Community 5.1?

mafaldap — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 15:15:29 GMT

Thank you very much

Re: How can I deploy a custom workflow (with its model) in Alfresco Community 5.1?

gravitonian — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 12:07:24 GMT

I did give your workflow a go in a 5.1 install I got.

Everything worked with the ZIP files provided above.

What I did:

Unzipped to get to the AMPs

martin@gravitonian:/opt/alfresco51EA$ cd amps

martin@gravitonian:/opt/alfresco51EA/amps$ cp ~/Downloads/workflow-tutorial-repo.amp .

martin@gravitonian:/opt/alfresco51EA/amps$ cd ../amps_share/

martin@gravitonian:/opt/alfresco51EA/amps_share$ cp ~/Downloads/workflow-tutorial-share.amp .

martin@gravitonian:/opt/alfresco51EA/amps_share$ cd ../bin/

martin@gravitonian:/opt/alfresco51EA/bin$ ./apply_amps.sh

martin@gravitonian:/opt/alfresco51EA$ ./alfresco.sh restart tomcat

Loggged in to Share, uploaded a file, then selected Start Workflow for it. All the custom workflows are available to choose.

What I suspect might have happend here is the case when you don't use apply_amps.sh, but instead use the MMT tool (i.e. java -jar alfresco-mmt.jar ...) by itself. And forget to remove the exploded WAR directories before restarting Tomcat. The apply_amps.sh script removes the exploded WAR dirs for you automatically.

Re: How can I deploy a custom workflow (with its model) in Alfresco Community 5.1?

mafaldap — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 12:50:21 GMT

Ok, I did a stupid mistake... thank you so much!