This is an introductory course for customers and partners who need to deploy a production-ready system. It is a prerequisite to most other Alfresco Training courses.

Prerequisites

Required:

• Participated in an Alfresco in an Hour webinar
  
• Completion of the Alfresco tutorial
  
• Database Administration - any database
  
• Web Application Server - any server

Desirable:

• Spring framework

Course Outline

Day 1

Introduction

• Course Objectives
• Housekeeping

Module 1: Installating and setting up Alfresco

• Java SE Development Kit and runtime environment
• Apache Tomcat web application server
• Alfresco web application
• OpenOffice running as a headless, Windows service
• MySQL and set up the Alfresco database
• ImageMagick imconvert.exe and CIFS win32NetBios.dll

Module 2: Configuring the repository

• The location and significance of the configuration root and extension folders
• Configure the repository in the configuration root
• Extend a configuration within the extension folder

Module 3: Configuring the file system

• Configure the CIFS, FTP, and WebDav file servers
• Configure the default Alfresco file system
• Configure a new file system
• Set global and local security on file systems

Module 4: Troubleshooting the system

• Use the System Information feature
• Use the Node Browser
• Configure Alfresco logging

Day 2

Module 5: Exporting and importing

• Export and import space
• Perform a full repository export and import

Module 6: Backing up the system

• Identify the main components of Alfresco that must be backed up
• Perform a simple backup and restore of the Alfresco system

Module 7: Security and permissions

• Identify the authenticators and authentication points of Alfresco
• Create new users
• Create new groups
• Add users to groups
• Invite users and groups to spaces and content
• Configure a custom security model

Module 8: Enterprise security

• Configure authentication options when integrating Alfresco with an enterprise identity management tool
• Configure the LDAP replication options when integrating Alfresco with an enterprise identity management tool

Module 9: High availability and clustering

• Identify the different types of high-availability clusters with the advantages or disadvantages of each
• Configure and test a vertical Alfresco cluster