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Mike
Mike

Reputation: 124

Where are files stored in Alfresco 7.X?

I'm running containerized Alfresco in Docker (pom shows alfresco-core.version 7.21). According to the official documentation, the files should be stored as a .bin file in \alf_data\contentstore, but when I go into the alfresco container, alf_data is an empty directory. Even when I search the whole container for .bin files I find nothing related to my files.

Can anyone tell me how I can find my files?

Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1269

Answers (2)

Jeff Potts
Jeff Potts

Reputation: 10538

Look in your Docker Compose file and see if an external volume as been defined. It is likely, as any content stored directly in the container would be ephemeral. Using a volume allows content to be written to the host file system.

Just in case you were tempted, though, you shouldn't be doing anything with those files directly. The Alfresco content store uses a hashed directory structure and renames all files using a GUID and an extension of "bin".

Upvotes: 2

Lista
Lista

Reputation: 2246

You should check your repository.properties/alfresco-global.properties files and look for the configured location. Note, only files - as in Word, PDF, etc - will be stored on disk and metadata goes into the database.

https://hub.alfresco.com/t5/alfresco-content-services-forum/changing-the-location-of-contentstore-dir/td-p/215540

Upvotes: 0

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