Installation

Prerequisites

Please make sure you are running a version of Alfresco that the Bulk Import Tool has been developed for. As of the time of writing, this means Alfresco v5.0. For earlier versions of Alfresco, please use a v1.x release of the tool.

You also need to be running at least JDK 1.7 (JDK 1.8 preferred) - the tool uses Java features that were added in version 1.7 and will not work on earlier versions. Note that Alfresco itself no longer supports older versions of Java anyway, and JDK 1.7 has Limited Support from Alfresco.

Installation Steps

To install the Alfresco Bulk Import Tool:

1. Download the latest AMP file from the project's release page
2. Shutdown your Alfresco instance
3. Make a backup of the original alfresco.war file. On Tomcat, this is located in ${ALFRESCO_HOME}/tomcat/webapps
4. Use the Alfresco Module Management Tool to install the AMP file downloaded in step 1
5. Restart Alfresco, watching the log carefully for errors

Note: the embedded fork is unaffected by this operation - the two editions of the tool co-exist side-by-side.

Validating the Install

If the AMP file has been installed successfully, you will be able to browse to http://<alfrescohost>:<alfrescoport>/alfresco/s/bulk/import.

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