Alfresco, Is it the OpenSource counterpart to Windows Sharepoint ??

Here’s how to…..
Installing Alfresco on RHEL-5 System

1. Download Information:
Download the binary alfresco-1.2i-linux-community.bin from
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=143373&package_id=157460&release_id=396245

2. Setup permissions:
Assign execute permission on the binary
# chmod u+x alfresco-1.2i-linux-community.bin

3. Installation:
Installation takes place in an interactive fashion thus unless something goes really bad, it won’t
take more than couple of minutes;
Start installing with the help of the following command
# ./alfresco-1.2i-linux-community.bin
(Make sure, your X-server is up and running)
The default installation directory would be under /opt/alfresco-1.2
Note: Alfresco installer comes bundled with Tomcat (Application Server), MySQL database and an
openoffice suite.

4. Gotchas!!! If you have multiple MySQL….
If you already have one MySQL DB running (on default 3306 port) then assign a different port of
MySQL while installing Alfresco.
Also, please move the mysql configuration file that you have under /etc/
to /mysql_install_directory/share/
And at the same time, copy the /opt/alfresco-1.2/mysql/support-files/ my-small.cnf with a name
my.cnf under /opt/alfresco-1.2/mysql/share/my.cnf
Eg.
# cp /opt/alfresco-1.2/mysql/support-files/ my-small.cnf /opt/alfresco-1.2/mysql/share/my.cnf

MySQL Port and Socket files;
Edit the file; /opt/alfresco-1.2/mysql/share/my.cnf and make the following changes as
port = 3307
socket = /opt/alfresco-1.2/mysql/data/mysql.sock
You might need to modify the file
/opt/alfresco-1.2/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/extension/custom-repository.properties
And change the port as;
db.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3307/${db.name}

5. Start alfresco:
Although after a successful installation, alfresco would start up automatically. You might also
want start and stop the same later on, the scripts for doing that can be found under;
/opt/alfresco-1.2/alf_start.sh
/opt/alfresco-1.2/alf_stop.sh

6. How to access:
Open a browser and type http://localhost:8080/alfresco; this should bring up the login page.
(Initial admin credentials are Username: admin, Password: admin)

(I did not try to install it with Tomcat server already installed, if some one tries that do share)