How to Install Alfresco Community Edition on OpenBSD

Alfresco Community Edition is a popular open-source document management system that can be installed on different operating systems including OpenBSD. In this tutorial, we will go through the process of setting up Alfresco Community Edition on OpenBSD.

Pre-requisites

Before we begin with the installation, make sure that you have the following:

  • A running OpenBSD server with root access
  • At least 2GB of RAM
  • Sufficient disk space to store the Alfresco installation and data

Step 1 - Download Alfresco Community Edition

Download the latest Alfresco Community Edition from their website using the following command:

$ wget https://downloads.alfresco.com/release/community/201911-GA/community-installer-201911-EA-linux-x64.bin

Step 2 - Install Required Packages

Before starting Alfresco Community Edition installation, we need to install the required packages using the following command:

$ pkg_add bash openjdk11 msttcorefonts-fonts bzip2

Step 3 - Make the installer executable

Make the downloaded Alfresco installer file executable using the following command:

$ chmod +x community-installer-201911-EA-linux-x64.bin

Step 4 - Start the Installation

To start the installation, execute the following command:

$ sudo ./community-installer-201911-EA-linux-x64.bin

Step 5 - Follow the Installer Instructions

Once you have started the installation, you will be prompted with some questions that you need to answer to configure Alfresco according to your preferences. Answer all the questions and complete the installation process.

Step 6 - Start Alfresco

After the installation is complete, start Alfresco by running the following command:

$ sudo /opt/alfresco-community/start_alfresco.sh

Step 7 - Access Alfresco

You can access Alfresco by opening your favorite web browser and navigatings to http://[your-server-ip]:8080/share/. You will be prompted to create a new user account before you can access Alfresco.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Alfresco Community Edition on OpenBSD. You can now manage your documents and files using this powerful document management system.