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Configure reverse proxy for alfresco community 5.2 windows

ianfraser143 — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 20:00:20 GMT

Hey guys,We have Alfresco Community version up and running on our local windows 2008 server. We have the SSL certificates in place.We are in the process of setting up reverse proxy for Alfresco. There are many outdated documentations to complete this however none of the steps are working.We are tryi

Re: Configure reverse proxy for alfresco community 5.2 windows

afaust — Sat, 29 Jul 2017 12:20:43 GMT

The problem isn't necessarily that the guides are outdated - the core concepts for setting up a Reverse Proxy for Alfresco have not changed since I started working with Alfresco in 2010. The problem for most people is just that there are multiple options to choose from, some guides / blog posts may be rather high-level and a lot of people doing this for the first time simply lack the experience to comprehend the guides / documentation (however well written) on the first and second tries.

The Alfresco documentation about SSL + reverse proxy for production environment focusses on Apache HTTPd with mod_jk. A lot of community members, like Keensoft, also use this general approach. Some prefer Nginx for its performance advantages (though I hardly ever encountered a use case where the proxy was the performance bottleneck). I usually use Apache HTTPd with mod_proxy...

It would have been better if you had attached your configuration files as attachments instead of including them with your text - that would make it easier to separate the individual files. Some properties you have set seem a bit strange and I am having a hard time comprehending how / where you did come up with them, e.g. alfresco.enableMultiThreadedTracking=true and share.enableMultiThreadedTracking=true in alfresco-global.properties.

Re: Configure reverse proxy for alfresco community 5.2 windows

cesarista — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 15:58:51 GMT

Hi:

A simple example for the configuration of Apache with mod_proxy may be:

Alfresco tomcat behind apache httpd proxy configuration

And another interesting setup for nginx is the one that it is done by the Loftux Ubuntu Installer for Alfresco:

alfresco-ubuntu-install/nginx at master · loftuxab/alfresco-ubuntu-install · GitHub

Hope it helps.

Regards.

--C.

Re: Configure reverse proxy for alfresco community 5.2 windows

afaust — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 09:26:52 GMT

You mean the "Loftux Ubuntu Installer for Alfresco" or "Loftux Alfresco Installer on Ubuntu"... it should not be confused as an official installer which someone casual reader might do.

Re: Configure reverse proxy for alfresco community 5.2 windows

cesarista — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 10:02:15 GMT

Yes Axel, the Loftux one. That's right.

Regards.

--C.