Alternative way to sync Alfresco: CmisSync

[nicolasraoul]

Hello all,
I wrote a tutorial for another way to sync Alfresco: http://cmissync.com/alfresco

[img]http://cmissync.com/images/CmisSync-sync-Alfresco.png[/img]


=== STEP 1 ===

Install .NET and the latest CmisSync (sorry, Win7 only for now, working on Linux/Mac port).


=== STEP 2 ===

Run CmisSync.
After a few welcome screens, it will start running as an icon in the tray:

[img]http://cmissync.com/images/CmisSync-tray-icon-arrow.png[/img]

Click on the tray icon and select "Add a CMIS folder".


=== STEP 3 ===

A dialog appears. In the address field, copy-paste the URL of your Alfresco server, it is the web address you use to access Alfresco in your web browser:

[img]http://cmissync.com/images/CmisSync-Alfresco-copy-url.png[/img]

Insert the <strong>https://</strong> prefix if it did not get copied.
Then enter your Alfresco username/password.


=== STEP 4 ===

The next screen shows the Alfresco folders.
Choose the folder you want to sync.
If you use Alfresco Share, click "Sites", select your site, then click "documentLibrary".

[img]http://cmissync.com/images/CmisSync-Alfresco-folder-to-sync.png[/img]


=== That's all! ===

CmisSync will now sync Alfresco to your desktop, whenever you have a network connection.

CmisSync does two-way sync, which means you can modify/add files.
Should a conflict occur, you can handle it by choosing which version to keep.

Open Source, feedback welcome, looking for volunteers 🙂
Cheers!
Nicolas Raoul

[taimui0101]

Hello, i'm a newbie on alfresco. i'm trying to learn everything about alfresco because my company plan to use alfresco.

as you said,

A dialog appears. In the address field, copy-paste the URL of your Alfresco server, it is the web address you use to access Alfresco in your web browser

what if i use a free version of alfresco? what is the URL of my alfresco server? i'm sorry i'm not really understand with this. looking forward for reply.

[muralidharand]

Hi,

You can download alfresco community version (free) from the following url.
http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Download_and_Install_Alfresco

Installation guide :
http://docs.alfresco.com/4.2/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.alfresco.enterprise.doc%2Ftasks%2Fsimpleinstall-...

During the installation, it will ask you port number details. By default it will be 8080, so you can access your local alfresco using http://localhost:8080/share

[nicolasraoul]

Hello Taimui0101,

Please follow muralidharand's instructions to install and use Alfresco.

Both Alfresco Desktop Sync and CmisSync are usable with all recent versions of Alfresco, free and enterprise.

Have fun with Alfresco!

[taimui0101]

Hi, muralidharand and Nicolas Raoul..
thank you for the respond.

will try it