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Set up a connection to Alfresco Content Services

Tanisha Ray
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Alfresco Content Services is an open-source content services platform designed for effective document management, collaboration, and workflow automation. With a focus on scalability and flexibility, Alfresco helps organizations streamline content processes and enhance collaboration across teams.

Important

The Alfresco Content Services connector is in BETA and may be subject to changes.

Set up a connection

After you start the connection, configure it in the Create connection panel and complete all of the required * authentication settings:

Setting

Instructions

Name your connection * 

Enter a clear and distinguishable name.

Throughout integrator.io imports and exports, you will have the option to choose this new connection. A unique identifier will prove helpful later when selecting it from a list of the connections in your account.

API Type * 

Choose your Alfresco Content Services account API type:

  • Core API: Manage files, folders, and nodes in the content repository to perform operations like create, update, move, and delete—powering fundamental content interactions.

  • Search API: Query the repository using keyword or structured searches to retrieve content by metadata, content type, or full-text criteria—ideal for custom search experiences.

  • Discovery API: Retrieve system and repository metadata to support client initialization, capability checks, and dynamic UI configurations based on available features.

  • Model API: Define and extend custom content types, aspects, and properties to structure repository data and enforce consistent metadata standards.

  • Workflow API: Automate document-centric business processes using task assignments, status tracking, and BPMN-based flows to drive productivity and governance.

  • Search SQL API: Execute SQL-like queries over indexed content using Alfresco’s search engine to power advanced analytics, dashboards, or reporting tools.

Domain * 

Enter your Alfresco Content Services account subdomain. For example, if your account URL is https://localhost:8080/alfresco/api, then localhost:8080 is the domain.

Version * 

Enter your Alfresco Content Services API version.

Username * 

Enter your Alfresco Content Services account username.

Password * 

Enter your Alfresco Content Services password.

Multiple layers of protection, including AES 256 encryption, are in place to keep your password safe. When editing this connection, you must re-enter this value each time; it is stored only when the connection is saved and never displayed as text.

Tip

This connector documentation describes only the settings shown for the Simple view. For the corresponding HTTP settings, see the Basic auth universal connector documentation.

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