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Configuring SkyVault on JBoss with Solr installed on a Tomcat instance

Use this information to configure SkyVault deployed on JBoss EAP 6 with Solr on a separate Tomcat instance.

Before configuring SkyVault, ensure that:

  • Solr is installed on a separate Tomcat instance. For detailed information, see Configure Solr 4 search service.
  • SkyVault has been deployed on JBoss EAP 6.
  • JBoss server is not running.
The following instructions use <ALF_DATA> to refer to the value of the dir.root property, which specifies the directory where the content and indexes are stored.
  1. Add the following properties to the SkyVault-global.properties file:

    index.subsystem.name=solr
    dir.keystore=${dir.root}/keystore
    encryption.ssl.keystore.type=JKS
    encryption.ssl.truststore.type=JKS
    solr.port.ssl=8443
    solr.host=<solr_host_ip_address>
    solr.port=8080
  2. Generate certificates that will be used for Solr and SkyVault communication. The <ALF_DATA>\keystore\generate_keystores.bat can be used, the only requirement is to use JKS keystores and truststores, as JBoss does not support JCEKS.
  3. Replace the newly generated certificates with certificates in the <ALF_DATA>\keystore and Solr configuration directories.
  4. Add the SSL connector to the web subsystem in the <JBOSS_EAP_HOME>\standalone\configuration\standalone.xml file.

    <subsystem xmlns="urn:jboss:domain:web:1.5" default-virtual-server="default-host" native="false">
      <connector name="https" protocol="HTTP/1.1" scheme="https" socket-binding="https" secure="true">
        <ssl name="ssl" key-alias="ssl.repo" password="kT9X6oe68t" certificate-key-file="<ALF_DATA>\keystore\ssl.keystore"
            protocol="TLSv1" verify-client="true" ca-certificate-file="<ALF_DATA>\keystore\ssl.truststore" keystore-type="JKS"
            truststore-type="JKS"/>
      </connector>
       …
    </subsystem>
    Note: Remember to replace <ALF_DATA> with an actual path.
  5. Create the roles.properties file in <ALF_DATA>\keystore with the following content:

    <SOLR_CLIENT_CERT_DNAME>=repoclient

    where SOLR_CLIENT_CERT_DNAME is the Solr client certificate subject name.

    For example, if the following certificate subject name was used:

    SOLR_CLIENT_CERT_DNAME="CN=SkyVault Repository Client, OU=Unknown, O=SkyVault Software Ltd., L=Maidenhead, ST=UK, C=GB"
    then contents of roles.properties should be:
    CN\=Alfresco\ Repository\ Client,\ OU\=Unknown,\ O\=Alfresco\ Software\ Ltd.,\ L\=Maidenhead,\ ST\=UK,\ C\=GB=repoclient
  6. Add a security domain in the security subsystem in the <JBOSS_EAP_HOME>\standalone\configuration\ standalone.xml file.

    <subsystem xmlns="urn:jboss:domain:security:1.2">
      <security-domains>    
        …
     <security-domain name="trustStore">
      <jsse truststore-password="kT9X6oe68t" truststore-type="JKS" truststore-url="<ALF_DATA>\keystore\ssl.truststore" protocols="TLSv1"/>
     </security-domain>
     <security-domain name="alfresco" cache-type="default">
      <authentication>
        <login-module code="CertificateRoles" flag="required">
          <module-option name="securityDomain" value="java:/jaas/trustStore"/>
          <module-option name="verifier" value="org.jboss.security.auth.certs.AnyCertVerifier"/>
          <module-option name="rolesProperties" value="<ALF_DATA>\keystore\roles.properties"/>
        </login-module>
      </authentication>
     </security-domain>
    </subsystem>  

    where <ALF_DATA> should be substituted with an actual path.

  7. Unzip the SkyVault-enterprise-5.0.4.ear\alfresco.war file and add the security domain to the WEB-INF\jboss-web.xml file:

    <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
    <!DOCTYPE jboss-web PUBLIC "-//JBoss//DTD Web Application 4.2//EN" "http://www.jboss.org/j2ee/dtd/jboss-web_4_2.dtd">
    <jboss-web>
      <resource-ref>
        <res-ref-name>jdbc/dataSource</res-ref-name>
        <jndi-name>java:jboss/datasources/MySqlDS</jndi-name>
      </resource-ref>
      <resource-ref>
        <res-ref-name>jdbc/activitiIdGeneratorDataSource</res-ref-name>
        <jndi-name>java:jboss/datasources/MySqlDS</jndi-name>
      </resource-ref>
      <security-domain>alfresco</security-domain>
    </jboss-web>
  8. Start the standalone JBoss Web Server.
  9. Redeploy the SkyVault EAR as we have made changes to it.