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Alfresco Zimlet Installation Guide

Installation Guide
Overview
Alfresco Zimlet Package provides integration between Zimbra Collaboration Suite and Alfresco Enterprise Content Management (ECM using Zimbra Zimlet tec!nolog"# Alfresco $ebscript tec!nolog" and %a!oo %&I 'avascript librar"( It consists following two components

Zimlet Zimbra e)tension t!at provides user interface for end users to save email attac!ments to Alfresco server or select documents from Alfresco server and t!en attac! t!em to emails( Alfresco Webscripts Set of web scripts t!at provides necessar" services on Alfresco side for *imlet to interact wit!(

Installation Requirements
+!is integration package re,uires pre-installation of Zimbra Collaboration Suite (.ersion /(0(1 or later and Alfresco Enterprise Content Management (.ersion 2(3 or later (

Installation Steps
Step One: Install Zimlet on Zimbra Collaboration Suite +!ere are two approac!es to install *imlet# using command line or Zimbra Administration Conole( 4or eit!er approac!# first locate t!e *imlet package file#org_alfresco_zimbra.zip# from t!e installation bundle( 4or command line approac!#

&pload t!e *ip file to t!e server w!ere Zimbra is installed( And t!en run t!e following command (assumes zmzimletctl is located under /opt/zimbra/bin and t!e *ip file is placed under t!e same folder 5 $ /opt/zimbra/bin/zmzimletctl deploy org_alfresco_zimbra.zip 4or more information about *imlet installation# please refers to following wiki link http://wiki.zimbra.com/index.php?title=Working_with_ imlets

4or Zimbra Administration Console approac!# 3

Alfresco Zimlet Installation Guide

6pen "our browser and log on to Zimbra Administration Console# e(g( https://yo!r.zimbra.ser"er:#$#%/# as administrator( 7ocate and click on 8Zimlets9 button on t!e left navigation bar( And t!en use t!e 8:eplo"9 button on t!e rig!t panel to upload t!e *imlet *ip file(

Alfresco Zimlet Installation Guide

Please notes t!at wit! t!e first approac!# t!e c!anges will be automatic( If a user alread" !as Zimbra loaded in a browser# c!anges will take place w!en t!e user refres!es t!e page( $it! t!e second approac!# it ma" be re,uired to restart t!e *imbra server to implement t!e c!anges ( e.g. use t!e command 5 /opt/zimbra/bin/zmmailboxdctl restart ( +o enable Zimbra pro)" for t!e domain w!ere Alfresco server is installed# log on to Zimbra Server as *imbra and run following command zmpro" mc defa!lt zimbra&roxy'llowed(omains )*)

Step Two: Install Webscripts on Alfresco Enterprise Content Management +!e installation bundles provides bot! AMP package and plain ZIP package for re,uired Alfresco webscripts( &ser can eit!er install t!e AMP package using Alfresco installation tool or log on to Alfresco web client to import t!e ZIP package( +o install AMP package#

4irstl" locate t!e AMP package file# alfresco+zimlet+beta.amp, from t!e installation bundle and +!en place t!e file under amps folder w!ic! is located directl" under "our Alfresco installation folder(

Alfresco Zimlet Installation Guide

<un t!e batc! file apply_amps.bat (for $indows mac!ines or apply_amps.sh (for &ni) mac!ines to install t!e AMP file( <estart Alfresco Server afterwards(

If decided not taking AMP approac!# user can simpl" import t!e $ebscript package directl" into Alfresco server( +o do t!at#

4irstl" locate t!e plain ZIP file#alfresco+zimlet+webscripts+beta.zip# from t!e installation bundle( 6pen "our browser and log on Alfresco web client as administrator( =rowse to Space -ompany .ome +/ (ata (ictionary +/ Web 0cripts 1xtensions( Click 82ore 'ctions9 button and pick t!e 8import9 menu item( Select t!e *ip file from "our local disk and click 83pload9 button(

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Alfresco Zimlet Installation Guide

Step Three: Configure an !ali ate Installation 6nce bot! components are installed( 7og on to Zimbra web client and e)pand Zimlets link on t!e left navigation panel( %ou s!ould now t!e t!e Alfresco *imlet( <ig!t click on t!e Alfresco *imlet and select 8Pereferences9 menu item( Enter t!e location of Alfresco ECM server ( wit! bot! !ost name and port number( e.g. labs.alfresco.com:4$4$ as well t!e user name and password for t!e Alfresco ECM server( Click 56 button once all details !ave been provided( <ig!t click on t!e Alfresco *imlet and select 8About9 menu item( If it s!ows a popup window wit! details configuration information about Alfresco ECM server# t!e installation is successful( 4or information related to using Alfresco *imlet# please refers to t!e 83sing 'lfresco imlet9 document(

Alfresco Zimlet Installation Guide

Alfresco Zimlet Installation Guide

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