Unable to start /alfresco and /share

[e-no91]

Hi, I'm new to Alfresco.

I've downloaded and installed Alfresco Community 4.2 32-bit exe from Alfresco website on my Windows 7 laptop. But clicking on /alfresco and /share takes me to 'Not connected' page.

Is it that I must install MySQL into my laptop as well? I'm currently installing this version, http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/file.php?id=451577 ,is this correct?

Do I need to install other things? My current task is to just create users, upload documents, verify and approve documents, and send notification emails upon expired documents.

Thanks in advance!

[mitpatoliya]

As I had mentioned on other forum you need not to install any database explicitly unless you had specific requirement.

[e-no91]

Thank you, for now I don't have any specific requirements, my purpose is only to play around with the features.

If the database is not the problem, why can't I still access to /alfresco or /share?
Which thread should I post this about?

[mrogers]

First you need to do some reading then you need to post more details. There is not enough information above to diagnose a problem.

[e-no91]

Thank you for the reply.

I am able to start /alfresco now after running the server, and I have created a few users.

But when I want to access through /share,
I get this error

HTTP Status 404 - /share

type Status report

message /share

description The requested resource is not available.
Apache Tomcat/7.0.42

How do I resolve this?

[mitpatoliya]

Have you changed any default ports during installation? Have you checked the logs?

[e-no91]

I didn't change anything during installation.
Attached are the log files that I have from /Alfresco folder.