Extending Alfresco Subsystem

Introduction 

 

If you're extending an Alfresco repository then ensure you've used proper extension paths. Otherwise, your customization will not be loaded into Alfresco.

  

Last week, we were trying to extend, Lucene searches to SOLR. When I used the following paths it was not working:

 

classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/Search/noindex/*-context.xml
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/Search/solr/*-context.xml
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/Search/lucene/*-context.xml

 

I encountered NoSuchBean exception. Then I debugged the spring and Alfresco bootstrap code and found the following path for Alfresco extensions.

 

Later I found I needed one level down to extend the search subsystem.

 

classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/Search/noindex/noindex/*-context.xml 
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/Search/solr/solr/*-context.xml 
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/Search/lucene/lucene/*-context.xml

 

SysAdmin

 

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/sysAdmin/default/*-context.xml 
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/sysAdmin/default/default/*-context.xml

  

Authentication

 

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/Authentication/alfrescoNtlm/*-context.xml 
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/Authentication/alfrescoNtlm/alfrescoNtlm1/*-context.xml

  

MIME Type

 

classpath:alfresco/mimetype/mimetype-map.xml 
classpath:alfresco/mimetype/mimetype-map-openoffice.xml 
classpath*:alfresco/module/*/mimetype-map*.xml 
classpath*:alfresco/extension/mimetype/*-map.xml

 

 

Third-party

 

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/thirdparty/default/*-context.xml 
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/thirdparty/default/default/*-context.xml

  

Audit

 

classpath*:alfresco/audit/*.xml 
classpath*:alfresco/enterprise/audit/*.xml 
classpath*:alfresco/module/*/audit/*.xml 
classpath*:alfresco/extension/audit/*.xml

  

Search - SOLR

 

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/Search/solr/*-context.xml 
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/Search/solr/solr/*-context.xml

  

Search - LUCENE

 

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/Search/lucene/*-context.xml 
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/Search/lucene/lucene/*-context.xml

  

Search - NOINDEX

 

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/Search/noindex/*-context.xml 
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/Search/noindex/noindex/*-context.xml

  

Quartz

 

classpath:alfresco/domain/quartz.properties 
classpath*:alfresco/enterprise/*-quartz.properties 
classpath*:alfresco/extension/*-quartz.properties 

 

IMAP

 

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/imap/default/*-context.xml 
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/imap/default/default/*-context.xml

  

Outbound SMTP

 

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/email/OutboundSMTP/*-context.xml 
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/email/OutboundSMTP/outbound/*-context.xml

  

Synchronization

 

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/Synchronization/default/*-context.xml 
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/Synchronization/default/default/*-context.xml

  

OOoDirect

 

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/OOoDirect/default/*-context.xml 
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/OOoDirect/default/default/*-context.xml

  

ActivitiesFeed

 

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/ActivitiesFeed/default/*-context.xml 
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/ActivitiesFeed/default/default/*-context.xml

  

fileServers

 

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/fileServers/default/*-context.xml 
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/fileServers/default/default/*-context.xml

  

OOoJodconverter

 

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/OOoJodconverter/default/*-context.xml 
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/OOoJodconverter/default/default/*-context.xml

  

InboundSMTP

 

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/email/InboundSMTP/*-context.xml 
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/email/InboundSMTP/inbound/*-context.xml

  

googledocs

 

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/googledocs/default/*-context.xml 
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/googledocs/default/default/*-context.xml

  

Subscriptions

 

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/Subscriptions/default/*-context.xml 
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/Subscriptions/default/default/*-context.xml

  

Replication

 

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/Replication/default/*-context.xml 
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/Replication/default/default/*-context.xml