Storage of the docoments

[sylvain]

Can you indicate to me where the documents are stored which are indexed.

Thanks

[plaugraud]

I having the same question too.

Now I have discovered, that in the ./server/default/conf/alfresco/repository.properties is an entry: dir.root=./alf_data
In the subdir ./alf_data/contentstore are all the documents.

But on my server (Suse linux) the dir.root is in /var/tmp.
The temp dir is not so good, because it can be deleted.
How can I switch alf_data from /var/tmp to another dir ?

Greetings, Rudolf.

[lgr]

You just have to shutdown your alfresco server, move the alf_data folder to the alternate location you choose, and modify the dir.root to the new location.

The alf_data is created in the folder from where you launch the alfresco.sh script. if you launched the script twice from two different locations, then you'll have two alf_data created on your disk. In this case, you can wipe your database, erase the alf_data folders, and begin to rebuild your repositories.
(search for "more that one root node" into the forum, you'll find some details about that)

Everything should work fine afterwards.

Laurent.

[plaugraud]

Thx, Laurent, for the tip.

I've successfully changed the alf_data location to a different dir.
At the first run I found an error in the jboss's server.log, but after changing all subdirs where alf_data resides to owner/group jboss:jboss, then it worked.

Regards, Rudolf.

[sylvain]

Thank you for this information. 

But if I add a file pdf, or it is stored. 
It is converts, or can one see file pdf in a repertory.

[lgr]

Files are stored in a "physical repository" "alf_data/contentstore", with some internale hashed name.
The link between the file name and the hashed name is stored in the database.
So if you upload a pdf file, it will be stored in the contentstore folder with a unusable name "123456.bin". You won't find any *.pdf file on the disk, you'll be able to access it by using the CIFS share emulation, FTP or webdav.

Laurent.

[sylvain]

Je viens de m'apercevoir que vous étiez a Paris et moi sur Lyon. C'est tou de même plus faciule de parler français non!!!

:wink:

Si j'ai bien compris, le fichier est stocké dans le repertoire alf_data\contentstore mais il n'est pas visible, un nom et format farfelu.

Concernant le CIFS, je n'arrive pas a le faire fonctionner, pouvez vous m'aider.

Merci de votre aide