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Administrator Guide

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1. Installation and Startup
System requirements
Install the Tomcat bundle
Install JBoss EARs
Profiles of eXo Platform
2. Configuration
eXo Platform configuration
Database configuration
Connect to a production database
FAQs of database configuration
File system paths
JCR system and default Workspaces
Transaction Service
Mail server
Email-notification configuration for watching a document
WebDAV cache control
Chat server
XMPPMessenger
Chat server configuration
Office server
Log-in
JCR
Cache configuration
Portal Cache Configuration
Social Cache Configuration
ECMS Cache Configuration
Users configuration
Super-user configuration
Default users list definition of eXo Platform
Grant users access to toolbar
Grant all users access to toolbar but not CMS
Grant all new users access to toolbar and CMS
Gadget configuration
Other properties
3. Management
Introduction to eXo Platform management
JMX interface
REST interface
Management views of eXo Platform
PortalContainer management view
Cache management view
Cache instances
CacheManager
PicketLinkIDMCacheService
Content management view
WCMComposer
FriendlyService
WCMService
JCR management view
SessionRegistry
LockManager
Repository
Workspace
Portal management view
Template statistics
Template management
Skin management
TokenStore
Portal statistics
Application statistics
Knowledge management view
Forum
Job
Plugin
RoleRulesPlugin
BBCodePlugin
ForumInitialDataPlugin
InitialDataPlugin
Storage
Collaboration management view
4. Security
Change the JAAS realm
Tomcat
Common changes
Gadget proxy configuration
Overview
Configure the ProxyFilterServie
How does it work?
HTTPS configuration
5. Backup and Restore
Pre-backup
Back up eXo Platform
Restore
Third-party tools
6. Clustering
About clustering in eXo Platform
Set up the eXo Platform cluster
Shared file system
Set up eXo Platform cluster
Advanced configuration
JBossCache
Shared file system
Local JCR index in cluster
FAQs of clustering
7. Deployment
Remove sample portals
Remove Acme website/Acme Social Intranet
Remove Crash
Deploy a custom extension
Set up Apache front-end
Base configuration for Apache
Connect via HTTP protocol (Apache mod_proxy)
Connect via AJP protocol
AJP proxy module
Apache Tomcat's AJP connector
Configure the session timeout for the web server
Tomcat server
JBoss server
8. Migration
What needs to be migrated?
Migrate with transparent configuration
Upgrade plugins details
Mandatory plugins
Optional plugins
9. Organization Integration
Terminology
Sync Platform with an existing Directory
Sync at startup
Sync at login time
Sync on demand
Scheduled/Periodic sync
Use REST
Use JMX
Use Legacy Organization Models