Alfresco: Remote Access across different sites

[ben00001982]

Hi,

I am hoping somebody can help me out here - I have been asked to investigate the use of Alfresco as a document management system for my company.
Their requirements are fairly basic:

Primarily they require secure access and management of documents on a local network, however they also want to be able to log in to Alfresco from off-site via the WWW.
I am hoping somebody can tell me if this is possible - and perhaps a brief explanation of how to expose an Alfresco environment to the internet securely.
I have searched the documentation to no avail

Many thanks,
Ben

[mikeh]

It's just like exposing any other web application to the Internet. Either you provide VPN access to the LAN, or use an Apache web server to front Tomcat, so you don't need to expose Tomcat to the internet directly.

Thanks,
Mike

[ben00001982]

Thanks a lot Mike, as you can probably tell I'm very new to this and Im trying to learn as I go!!!!
I think the Apache option will be preferable in my case - as I will be sharing content with people from outside the company - and so a vpn setup might be too complex (they would require software etc)
In terms of configuring the Apache setup - is it as simple as installing the apache web server package, pointing it at the Alfresco Tomcat install and away I go????
Again apologies if my questions seem really simple, Im an engineer damnit not a sysadmin 

Cheers,
Ben

[mikeh]

I suspect there are loads of best practices to follow, so I'd recommend you go and pick up a book or try the Apache forums for "from the horse's mouse" advice.

Thanks,
Mike