Using the fileServersNG Docker Images

The following Docker images are available that contain Alfresco server installations with the fileServersNG file servers subsystem deployed :-

Image	Description
filesysorg/alfresco-fileserversng-v5	Alfresco 5.2 server with the fileServersNG subsystem deployed, using an embedded PostGreSQL database server, includes Share

The Docker images expose a web server on port 8080 and the JFileServer SMB server on port 445. The Alfresco web interface is available at http://localhost:8080/alfresco and the Share web interface is available at http://localhost:8080/share/'.

Configuring The fileServersNG Docker Image

The fileServersNG Docker image can be configured using a combination of volume mapping and environment variables. Volume mapping is required to persist the Alfresco server state when the container is stopped or removed. Environment variables are used to configure the fileServerNG subsystem.

Using Volume Mapping

The fileServerNG Docker image needs a number of paths mapping to the host system in order to persist the Alfresco state when the container is stopped/removed. This can be done by either mapping Docker image paths to host paths or using Docker volumes that are created using the command :-

docker volume create name

The following volume mappings are available :-

Image Path	Description
/content	The main Alfresco content store with the raw data files
/alfresco/alf_data	The Alfresco database data tables, key store and SOLR data
/alfresco/tomcat/logs	The Tomcat server logs including catalina.out
/alfresco/tomcat/shared/classes/license	Location of the JFileServer licence file, required to enable the JFileServer Enterprise features

In the following examples where a host path is shown a Docker volume name could be used instead.

To run the fileServersNG Docker image with the Alfresco state persisted to folders on the host system, with local folders of /AlfrescoDocker/content, /AlfrescoDocker/alf_data and /AlfrescoDocker/logs :-

docker run -d --rm --name fsng -p 8080:8080 -p 445:445 -v /AlfrescoDocker/content:/content -v /AlfrescoDocker/alf_data:/alfresco/alf_data -v /AlfrescoDocker/logs:/alfresco/tomcat/logs
 filesysorg/alfresco-fileserversng-v5:latest

You should be able to monitor the Alfresco server startup via the catalina.out log file in the local folder, for example :-

tail -f /AlfrescoDocker/logs/catalina.out

The fileServersNG Docker image includes the JFileServer Enterprise code, a trial key is included. If you have your own JFileServer Enterprise key you will need to map an additional local folder that contains the jfileserver.lic licence file :-

docker run -d --rm --name fsng -p 8080:8080 -p 445:445 -v /AlfrescoDocker/content:/content -v /AlfrescoDocker/alf_data:/alfresco/alf_data -v /AlfrescoDocker/logs:/alfresco/tomcat/logs
 -v /AlfrescoDocker/licence:/alfresco/tomcat/shared/classes/license filesysorg/alfresco-fileserversng-v5:latest