Technical Manual
Contents
1. Introduction................................................................................................................................. 5
1.1. The application.................................................................................................................................... 5
1.2. Official website..................................................................................................................................... 6
1.3. CMDBuild modules.............................................................................................................................. 6
1.4. Available manuals................................................................................................................................ 6
1.5. Applications based on CMDBuild.........................................................................................................6
2. System configuration................................................................................................................... 8
2.1. Hardware requirements....................................................................................................................... 8
2.2. Software requirements......................................................................................................................... 8
2.3. Client requirements............................................................................................................................ 10
3. Installing CMDBuild...................................................................................................................11
3.1. Getting started................................................................................................................................... 11
3.2. CMDBuild installation......................................................................................................................... 11
3.3. CMDBuild installation via GUI (Windows and Linux).........................................................................11
3.4. CMDBuild manual installation (Linux and Windows)..........................................................................16
3.5. CMDBuild database configuration via Db Config Wizard (Linux and Windows).................................16
3.6. CMDBuild manual database configuration for Windows....................................................................17
3.7. CMDBuild manual database configuration for Linux..........................................................................18
4. CMDBuild version update..........................................................................................................19
4.1. CMDBuild update............................................................................................................................... 19
5. Configuration to access a DMS through CMIS..........................................................................20
5.1. Introduction........................................................................................................................................ 20
5.2. Configuration of categories management..........................................................................................20
5.3. Configuration of the DMS in CMDBuild..............................................................................................22
6. Backup of CMDBuild data.........................................................................................................24
6.1. Database backup............................................................................................................................... 24
6.2. Database restore............................................................................................................................... 24
7. Backup of Alfresco data.............................................................................................................25
7.1. Backup schedule............................................................................................................................... 26
8. Authentication modes................................................................................................................27
8.1. Introduction........................................................................................................................................ 27
8.2. Configuration of the authentication type.............................................................................................27
8.3. Configuring LDAP authentication....................................................................................................... 30
8.4. Single sign on configuration through CAS.........................................................................................30
9. Mobile interface activation.........................................................................................................31
9.1. Introduction........................................................................................................................................ 31
9.2. Components and architecture............................................................................................................ 31
9.3. Compatibility...................................................................................................................................... 31
9.4. Limitation of use................................................................................................................................. 32
10. GUI Framework activation.......................................................................................................33
10.1. Introduction...................................................................................................................................... 33
10.2. Configuration................................................................................................................................... 33
11. GeoServer............................................................................................................................... 35
11.1. Geo Server introduction................................................................................................................... 35
11.2. Installing Geo Server....................................................................................................................... 35
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