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AdministrationInstallation
Alfresco comes with startup scripts for Microsoft Windows and *nix that should work for most people in simple configurations. If you use the Web Content Management features that require the Alfresco Virtualization Server, then similar scripts are also provided to start and stop it.
Microsoft Windows
The Alfresco bundles provide a .bat script called alf_start.bat and alf_stop.bat to start and stop the Alfresco server. These in turn call the alfresco.bat script.
Linux and Unix
The Alfresco bundles provide a shell script called alfresco.sh in the main Alfresco directory. To start or stop Alfresco, call the script with start or stop.
For example: ./alfresco.sh start &
The '&' symbol throws the process into the background.
If you have multiple instances you can start each instance independently (if you are running Jboss) by running
run.sh -c (instance name) located in the Jboss/bin directory
For example: ./run.sh -c instance2 &
To shutdown the specific instance you will need to know the JNP port that the instance is using to
shutdown the instance by using shutdown.sh also located in the Jboss/bin directory.
For example: ./shutdown.sh -s jnp://localhost:1199
Where 1199 is the jnp port.
Here's a working init.d script I'm using on a RHEL 5.3 server, of course update the variables to match your environment:
#!/bin/bash
#
# alfresco Startup script for Alfresco
#
# chkconfig: 345 96 14
# description: Starts up the Alfresco ECM engine
# processname: alfresco
# pidfile: $ALF_HOME/alfresco.pid
#
# User under which tomcat will run
JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/default
ALF_HOME=/www/web/dev1/alfresco
ALF_SCRIPT=$ALF_HOME/alfresco.sh
RETVAL=0
# start, debug, stop, and status functions
start() {
# Start Tomcat in normal mode
SHUTDOWN_PORT=`netstat -vatn|grep LISTEN|grep 8005|wc -l`
export JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME
if [ $SHUTDOWN_PORT -ne 0 ]; then
echo 'Alfresco already started'
else
echo 'Starting alfresco...'
$ALF_SCRIPT start
SHUTDOWN_PORT=`netstat -vatn|grep LISTEN|grep 8005|wc -l`
while [ $SHUTDOWN_PORT -eq 0 ]; do
sleep 1
SHUTDOWN_PORT=`netstat -vatn|grep LISTEN|grep 8005|wc -l`
done
RETVAL=$?
echo 'Alfresco started'
[ $RETVAL=0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/alfresco
fi
}
stop() {
SHUTDOWN_PORT=`netstat -vatn|grep LISTEN|grep 8005|wc -l`
export JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME
if [ $SHUTDOWN_PORT -eq 0 ]; then
echo 'Alfresco already stopped'
else
echo 'Stopping alfresco...'
$ALF_SCRIPT stop
SHUTDOWN_PORT=`netstat -vatn|grep LISTEN|grep 8005|wc -l`
RETVAL=$?
echo 'Alfresco stopped'
[ $RETVAL=0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/alfresco $ALF_HOME/alfresco.pid
fi
}
status() {
SHUTDOWN_PORT=`netstat -vatn|grep LISTEN|grep 8005|wc -l`
if [ $SHUTDOWN_PORT -eq 0 ]; then
echo 'Alfresco stopped'
else
echo 'Alfresco running'
fi
}
case '$1' in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
restart)
stop
start
;;
status)
status
;;
*)
echo 'Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}'
exit 1
esac
exit $RETVAL
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