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Version: 4.47.0

Alfresco source connector

The Alfresco connector uses CMIS 1.1 which is supported by Alfresco 4.2 and higher.

Features​

  • Exporting content structure
  • Downloading binaries
  • Exporting Versions
  • Exporting ACLs

Settings​

mongoConnection​

The Mongo connection string including the database name to connect to.

origin​

Specifies the origin of the document in the Content Store.

pageSize​

Specifies the page size number that is used when paginating.

Example: 100

enableVersions​

Enables retrieving all versions of an Alfresco document. When set to false only the current version is retrieved.

enableDownloadFiles​

Enables downloading the binaries into the Content Store. Can either be true or false.

enableParents​

Enables retrieving all the locations of the Alfresco document. When set to false, only the last found location is stored.

enableACLs​

Enables retrieving all ACLs of an Alfresco object. Can either be true or false.

alfrescoUrl​

The base URL to the Alfresco environment.

Example: http://alfresco.xillio.com:8080

alfrescoUsername​

The Alfresco CMIS API username. This user needs to have read-only access to all the contents that need to be read.

alfrescoPassword​

The Alfresco CMIS API password.

rootPaths​

A list of root paths.

Example: ["/sites/xill4|/sites/xill4-demo1/documentLibrary","/sites/xill4|/sites/xill4-demo2/documentLibrary"]

apiUrl​

The API URL to the Alfresco environment. Default /alfresco/cmisbrowser

Note that in some cases, the Alfresco connector might not work as expected and can cause 403 Not Authorized errors. To resolve this change this value to /alfresco/api/-default-/public/cmis/versions/1.1/browser

Retry options​

Using the retry flow this retryTarget is available:

  • getChildren

Note that for Alfresco v5.2 and higher, an accelerator called "Get Alfresco Tags" can be run to get the tag names:

Get Alfresco Tags Accelerator​

This accelerator uses REST API which is supported by Alfresco 5.2 and higher.

Features​

  • Making HTTP request to get the name of the Alfresco tags (the Alfresco source connector only gets the tag ids).
  • Storing tag names in source.properties.alfresco.tagsInfo

Settings​

mongoConnection​

The Mongo connection string including the database name to connect to.

baseUrl​

The base URL to the Alfresco environment.

alfrescoUsername​

The Alfresco username. This user needs to have read-only access to all the contents that need to be read.

alfrescoPassword​

The Alfresco password.

maxItems​

Specifies the max items number per page that is used when paginating.