Administrator Guide

This guide describes how to get started with eXo Platform 3.5, especially for:

Throughout the guide, you can do many administrative tasks when implementing eXo Platform 3.5. The administration of eXo Platform 3.5 is categorized into the following chapters:

  • Installation and Startup

    Information about system requirements and profiles, as well as how to install the Tomcat bundle and JBoss EARs.

  • Configuration

    Understanding of configuration related to database, cache, users and gadget proxy, file system paths, mail server, WebDAV Cache Control, Chat Server, OpenOffice Server, Logs, JCR.

  • Deployment

    How-Tos of removing sample applications, deploying a custom extension, setting up Apache Front-end and configuring the session timeout for the web server.

  • Management

    Introduction to the eXo Platform management views.

  • Clustering

    Changes related to clustering, which are necessary for eXo Platform to work in the cluster mode.

  • Organization Integration

    Instructions on how to connect eXo Platform to a populated data source, such as LDAP server, MS ActiveDirectory, or Database.

  • Backup and Restore

    Backup of database and file systems for the JCR index and value storage.

  • Security

    Changes related to the JAAS realm.