Connection to PostgreSQL (IDE)

You can easily connect to Alfresco database using database IDE, pgAdmin for example. But I prefer to use Intellij’s 0xdbe. All necessary information you can find in alfresco-global.properties file (host, port, login and password).

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Connection to PostgreSQL (SSH)

First you need to stop Alfresco and start PostgreSQL server:

/opt/alfresco-5.0.b/alfresco.sh stop
/opt/alfresco-5.0.b/postgresql/scripts/ctl.sh start

After you can start interactive terminal by running:

psql -U alfresco
Password for user alfresco: 
psql (8.4.20, server 9.3.5)
WARNING: psql version 8.4, server version 9.3.
         Some psql features might not work.
Type "help" for help.

alfresco=>

Password could be found in alfresco-global.properties file.

Now you are able to select from alfresco tables:

alfresco=> select * from alf_audit_app;
 id | version | app_name_id | audit_model_id | disabled_paths_id 
----+---------+-------------+----------------+-------------------
  1 |       0 |           5 |              2 |                 2
(1 row)

Connection to H2 (for IntelliJ IDEA)

For IDEA it’s quite easy to connect to H2 database. Search for alf-dev.h2 file and just drag-and-drop to database tab:

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And you can open the console (Ctrl+Shift+F10 or right click on the database and select Console)