Documentum 16.4 Docker (Postgres) with Documentum Administrator and DCTM REST

Setup Instructions for Documentum Content Server with Documentum Administrator on CentOS environment.

Prerequisites:

Title	Description
CentOS Image (HOST)	7 or 8
contentserver_docker_ubuntu.tar	https://mimage.opentext.com/support/ecm/secure/software/dell/documentum/documentumcontentserver/16.4/contentserver_docker_ubuntu.tar
DA	https://mimage.opentext.com/support/ecm/secure/software/dell/documentum/documentumadministrator/16.4/da.war
DCTM REST	https://mimage.opentext.com/support/ecm/secure/software/dell/documentum/documentumrestservices/16.4/dctm-rest.war
Minimum RAM	8 GB
Minimum Storage	40 GB

Implementation Steps

The steps mentioned below are for Developer Environment. It is highly recommended to follow product documentation for High Availability and Data Recovery options.

Setup Docker Engine with the Composer

The instructions below can also be used in other Unix OS, but if you already know how to setup this, please use your local instructions and ignore this step! We mindful to use latest composer version that supports version 3.0 compose file.

sudo yum install curl
curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh
sudo sh get-docker.sh
sudo usermod -aG docker your-user
systemctl start docker
sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.24.1/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Create Documentum Bridge Network

This step is required for inter-docker communications. If you do not follow this step, the database will not be reachable to Documentum Content Server.

docker network create documentum

Setup Postgres DB (not the latest!)

Run Postgres Container

docker run --network documentum --name postgres --hostname postgres -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password -d -p 5432:5432 postgres:9.6

Prepare DB for Documentum Repository

This is being assumed that the repository name is centdb here. If you want to create repository with another name, feel free to replace all (includes *.yml and other instructions in this repo)!

Create Tablespace on Postgres Container

docker exec -it postgres su -c "mkdir /var/lib/postgresql/data/db_centdb_dat.dat" postgres

Test Connectivity on documentum bridge network

docker run --rm --network documentum mikesplain/telnet postgres 5432

Prepare Content Server and Repository

If you have not yet cloned this project, no issues! But open the files mentioned below directly and copy paste the content to your local files (do name the files as found).

Place the tar file (downloaded from OpenText), yml and profile files in your working directory. The sample yml and profile files are attached!

tar -xvf contentserver_docker_ubuntu.tar
docker load -i Contentserver_Ubuntu.tar
source documentum-environment.profile
docker-compose -f CS-Docker-Compose_Stateless.yml up -d
docker logs -f centdb

Give at least 30 minutes to finish this. Follow the next steps once you feel all went ok.

Install Tomcat and Documentum Administrator with DCTM REST

The sample web.xml with disabled tag pooling has been attached. The da.war and dctm-rest.war are the recompressed WAR files with the right dfc.properties. Sample dfc.properties is attached!

docker run --network documentum -d --name tomcat --hostname tomcat -p 8080:8080 tomcat
sleep 5s
docker cp web.xml tomcat:/usr/local/tomcat/conf/web.xml
docker restart tomcat
sleep 5s
docker cp da.war tomcat:/usr/local/tomcat/webapps
docker cp dctm-rest.war tomcat:/usr/local/tomcat/webapps

Test the Documentum Administrator and DCTM REST

http://{CentOS-IP}:8080/da

http://{CentOS-IP}:8080/dctm-rest

Next Steps

If you are planning to setup xCP 16.4 environment, follow and download all mentioned files in the document below or simply follow some sections in https://github.com/amit17051980/DCTM-xCP-16.4.0/wiki.

https://github.com/amit17051980/documentum-16.4-docker/blob/master/README_xCP_Setup.pdf