Install edu-sharing

1. Shutdown Alfresco:

   /opt/alfresco-5.0.d/alfresco.sh stop

2. Download edu-sharing:
   
   http://edu-sharing.com/downloads/
3. Unzip the content somewhere on your system.
4. Open the file build.properties and edit the line webserver.home and insert your alfresco location, typically /opt/alfresco-5.0.d/tomcat .
5. Open the file call-ant.sh and edit the java binary location to an executable java runtime.
   You may use the java provided by alfresco: Use /opt/alfresco-5.0.d/java/bin/java
6. Run chmod +x install.sh to make the install.sh executable, and open it by calling ./install.sh.
7. If this is the first time install
   1. Open /opt/alfresco-5.0.d/tomcat/shared/classes/homeApplication.properties.xml and edit the entries:
      
      1. password: set this to your alfresco admin password
      2. host: Your public server ip
      3. domain: Your public server domain
      4. port: Your public port (apache port), usually 443 (https) or 80 (http)

   2. Open /opt/alfresco-5.0d/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco-global.properties and add

      authentication.ticket.useSingleTicketPerUser=false .

   3. Enhance the allowed limit for open file handles (default usually 1024)

      1. If you use alfresco.sh for start stop, simply edit the file and put this line at the start

         ulimit -n 262144 #256 k file handles

8. Start Alfresco

   /opt/alfresco-5.0.d/alfresco.sh start

Troubleshooting

To get the current status of your tomcat server, take a look at the catalina.out:

tail -f /opt/alfresco-5.0.d/tomcat/logs/catalina.out

./call-ant.sh: 2: ./call-ant.sh: java: not found

Please provide a valid java runtime, see step 5

2017-06-06 14:14:30,311 ERROR [solr.tracker.AbstractTracker] [SolrTrackerScheduler_Worker-2] Tracking failed

Stop Alfresco, clear the search index:
Clear the search index by calling

rm -rf /opt/alfresco-5.0d/alf_data/solr4

start Alfresco