Alfresco connector

Introduction

This article details the integration and installation of CMIS connector Arender. This covers the integration part in Alfresco and Web-UI configuration part.

Architecture

Below a communication diagram of ARender deployed in an Alfresco context:

Note that this connector uses CMIS protocol, so it can be used with any ECM that supports CMIS protocol

ARender Web-UI configuration

Connexion between ARender and Alfresco

ARender for Alfresco connector enabled communication between ARender and Alfresco Content Services (and Alfresco Process Services).

By default, ARender is configured to communicate with a local Alfresco using CMIS.

To configure the CMIS connexion (editor recommandation) with a remote Alfresco, add the below property:

arender.server.alfresco.atom.pub.url=http://alfrescoHost/alfresco/api/-default-/cmis/versions/1.1/atom

Authentication will be done using an Alfresco ticket.

To configure the SOAP connexion (editor recommandation) with a remote Alfresco, add the below properties:

arender.server.alfresco.use.soap.ws=true
arender.server.alfresco.soap.ws.url=http://alfrescoHost/alfresco/cmisws/cmis?wsdl
arender.server.alfresco.user=userNameValue
arender.server.alfresco.password=passwordValue

Context path handling

The context path is the path that’s used by applications (for example, Alfresco Share, SOLR, SharePoint, and others). If you want to deploy to a context path that isn’t /alfresco, it needs to be specified with the following property:

arender.server.alfresco.context=my-context-path

By default, the context path is alfresco (for /alfresco).

Annotations

Details on annotation storage

No configuration is needed for annotations storage in Alfresco.

Annotations will be stored as a child node of the document Node itself. Child node name is: cm:arender-annotations-v{version document}.

Annotation child node image

Deactivate annotation migration

Add the property hereafter if the below conditions are respected:

There is no ARender annotation in Alfresco,
Or, ARender annotations that exists in Alfresco have been created only with versions newer than the 4.0.9

arender.server.alfresco.annotation.migrate.to.new.child.api=false

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Features Alfresco Content Services