How to Install Alfresco Community Edition on Kali Linux Latest

Alfresco is an open-source document management system that enables you to manage and store digital documents, images, audio files, and videos. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Alfresco Community Edition on Kali Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before installing Alfresco Community Edition, you need to ensure that:

  • You have a Kali Linux Latest distribution installed on your computer.
  • You have a root user account access or user account with sudo privileges.

Step 1 - Download Alfresco Community Edition

To download Alfresco Community Edition, follow these steps:

  1. Go to the Alfresco Community Edition download page (https://www.alfresco.com/products/community/download).
  2. Select your preferred version from the options displayed on the page.
  3. Choose the download option that is appropriate for your Kali Linux Latest.

Step 2 - Install Java

Alfresco Community Edition requires Java to be installed on your Kali Linux machine. To install Java, follow these steps:

  1. Open the terminal by clicking the terminal icon or pressing Ctrl + Alt + T.
  2. Copy and paste the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y default-jdk
  1. Press Enter to execute the command.
  2. Wait for the installation process to complete.

Step 3 - Install PostgreSQL

Alfresco Community Edition requires PostgreSQL to be installed on your Kali Linux machine. To install PostgreSQL, follow these steps:

  1. Open the terminal by clicking the terminal icon or pressing Ctrl + Alt + T.
  2. Copy and paste the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y postgresql postgresql-client postgresql-contrib
  1. Press Enter to execute the command.
  2. Wait for the installation process to complete.

Step 4 - Create Alfresco Database

Before installing Alfresco Community Edition, you need to create a database for it. To create the database, follow these steps:

  1. Open the terminal by clicking the terminal icon or pressing Ctrl + Alt + T.
  2. Copy and paste the following command in the terminal to switch to the postgres user:
sudo su - postgres
  1. Press Enter and enter the password for the postgres user account.
  2. Copy and paste the following command in the terminal to access the PostgreSQL command-line interface:
psql
  1. Press Enter to execute the command.
  2. Copy and paste the following command in the terminal to create the Alfresco database:
CREATE DATABASE alfresco;
  1. Press Enter to execute the command.

Step 5 - Install Alfresco Community Edition

To install Alfresco Community Edition, follow these steps:

  1. Open the terminal by clicking the terminal icon or pressing Ctrl + Alt + T.
  2. Use cd command to navigate to the directory where you extracted the Alfresco Community Edition archive.
  3. Copy and paste the following command in the terminal to run the Alfresco installer:
sudo ./alfresco-community-installer-<version>-linux-x64.bin
  1. Press Enter to execute the command.
  2. Follow the steps in the Alfresco installer, and provide the following information when prompted:
  • The installation directory for Alfresco Community Edition.
  • The administrator account username and password.
  • The name of the database, database user, and password.
  • The ports to use for the Alfresco Community Edition application.
  1. Wait for the installation process to complete.

Step 6 - Start Alfresco Community Edition

To start Alfresco Community Edition, follow these steps:

  1. Open the terminal by clicking the terminal icon or pressing Ctrl + Alt + T.
  2. Use cd command to navigate to the directory where Alfresco Community Edition is installed.
  3. Copy and paste the following command in the terminal to start Alfresco Community Edition:
sudo ./alfresco.sh start
  1. Press Enter to execute the command.
  2. Wait for a few seconds for the application to start.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Alfresco Community Edition on Kali Linux Latest. You can now manage your digital documents, images, audio files, and videos with Alfresco Community Edition.