Alfresco 5.0.2 - 5.1

 Procedure

1. Make sure "cors-filter-1.9.3.jar,java-property-utils-1.9.1.jar" is located in "/opt/alfresco/tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/lib".

2. Edit /opt/alfresco/tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/web.xml

3. Uncomment <filter> between <!-- CORS Filter Begin → and<!-- CORS Filter End -->

      <!-- CORS Filter Begin -->
      <filter>
         <filter-name>CORS</filter-name>
         <filter-class>com.thetransactioncompany.cors.CORSFilter</filter-class>
         <init-param>
            <param-name>cors.allowGenericHttpRequests</param-name>
            <param-value>true</param-value>
         </init-param>
         <init-param>
            <param-name>cors.allowOrigin</param-name>
            <param-value>http://localhost:8081</param-value>
         </init-param>
         <init-param>
            <param-name>cors.allowSubdomains</param-name>
            <param-value>true</param-value>
         </init-param>
         <init-param>
            <param-name>cors.supportedMethods</param-name>
            <param-value>GET, HEAD, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS</param-value>
         </init-param>
         <init-param>
            <param-name>cors.supportedHeaders</param-name>
         </init-param>
         <init-param>
            <param-name>cors.supportsCredentials</param-name>
            <param-value>true</param-value>
         </init-param>
         <init-param>
            <param-name>cors.maxAge</param-name>
            <param-value>3600</param-value>
         </init-param>
      </filter>
      <!-- CORS Filter End -->

4. Specify the URL to allow on the cross-domain to  "cros.allowOrigin" param-value of the init-param element. 　

   (The following asterisk specified here, but please specify with appropriate URL according to environment)　　

         <init-param>
            <param-name>cors.allowOrigin</param-name>
            <!--param-value>http://localhost:8081</param-value-->
            <param-value>*</param-value>
         </init-param>

   
   

   
   

5. Uncomment  <filter-mapping>  between <!-- CORS Filter Mappings Begin --> and <!-- CORS Filter Mappings End --> .

      <!-- CORS Filter Mappings Begin -->
      <filter-mapping>
         <filter-name>CORS</filter-name>
         <url-pattern>/api/*</url-pattern>
         <url-pattern>/service/*</url-pattern>
         <url-pattern>/s/*</url-pattern>
         <url-pattern>/cmisbrowser/*</url-pattern>
      </filter-mapping>
      <!-- CORS Filter Mappings End -->

6. Restart the Alfresco.

Alfresco 5.0.1

Procedure

1. Put cors-filter-2.4.jar and java-property-utils-1.9.1.ja.in /opt/alfresco/tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/lib directory.

2. Edit 'web.xml' in '/opt/alfresco/tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/' as shown below. 

   <filter> can be put anywhere on web.xml 

   But, <filter-mapping> must be put after "Global Localization Filter" and before "CMIS security context cleaning filter"

      <filter>
         <filter-name>JSF Session Synchronized Filter</filter-name>
         <filter-class>org.alfresco.repo.web.filter.beans.SessionSynchronizedFilter</filter-class>
      </filter>
    
      <!-- ここから追加 Add descriptions start -->
      <filter>
         <filter-name>CORS</filter-name>
         <filter-class>com.thetransactioncompany.cors.CORSFilter</filter-class>
         <init-param>
            <param-name>cors.allowOrigin</param-name>
            <param-value>*</param-value>
         </init-param>
         <init-param>
            <param-name>cors.allowSubdomains</param-name>
            <param-value>true</param-value>
         </init-param>
         <init-param>
            <param-name>cors.supportedMethods</param-name>
            <param-value>GET, POST, HEAD, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS</param-value>
         </init-param>
         <init-param>
            <param-name>cors.supportedHeaders</param-name>
            <param-value>Content-Type, Accept, Authorization</param-value>
         </init-param>
      </filter>
      <!-- ここまで追加 Add descriptions end -->
      <filter-mapping>
         <filter-name>Global Localization Filter</filter-name>
         <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
         <dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
      </filter-mapping>
    
      <!-- ここから追加 Add descriptions start -->
      <filter-mapping>
         <filter-name>CORS</filter-name>
         <url-pattern>/api/*</url-pattern>
         <url-pattern>/service/*</url-pattern>
         <url-pattern>/s/*</url-pattern>
         <url-pattern>/cmisbrowser/*</url-pattern>
      </filter-mapping>
      <!-- ここまで追加 Add descriptions end -->
    
      <filter-mapping>
         <filter-name>CMIS security context cleaning filter</filter-name>
         <url-pattern>/cmisws/*</url-pattern>
      </filter-mapping>

3. Restart the Alfresco.

Reference

About 'CORS'

Cross-origin resource sharing

W3C Cross-Origin Resource Sharing

Using CORS

 Information about 'CORS' module in 'Alfresco'.

CORS - Enable Alfresco for CORS

CORS Filter installation

CORS filter configuration