This is a step-by-step guide to install Documentum 16.7 in a Linux environment with PostgreSQL 11 and Docker.

Environment

Host:
Windows 10 x64 8GB RAM
VMware Workstation Player 15

Guest:
CentOS 7.7 x64 25GB HD 4GB RAM 2 cores
PostgreSQL 11
Docker 19.03.4

VM Creation + PostgreSQL 11 configuration

You can just follow the procedure described in Opentext Documentum 16.7 PostgreSQL Developer Edition

Docker configuration

• Install docker:

[dmadmin@dctm167docker ~]$ sudo yum install -y yum-utils && device-mapper-persistent-data && lvm2
[dmadmin@dctm167docker ~]$ sudo yum-config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/docker-ce.repo
[dmadmin@dctm167docker ~]$ sudo yum install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
[dmadmin@dctm167docker ~]$ sudo systemctl start docker

• Install docker compose and check it is correctly installed:

[dmadmin@dctm167docker dctmdocker]$ sudo yum install -y epel-release
[dmadmin@dctm167docker dctmdocker]$ sudo yum install -y python-pip
[dmadmin@dctm167docker dctmdocker]$ sudo pip install docker-compose
[dmadmin@dctm167docker dctmdocker]$ sudo yum upgrade python*
[dmadmin@dctm167docker dctmdocker]$ docker-compose version
docker-compose version 1.24.1, build 4667896
docker-py version: 3.7.3
CPython version: 2.7.5
OpenSSL version: OpenSSL 1.0.2k-fips  26 Jan 2017

Docker configuration

• Import image:

[dmadmin@dctm167docker dockerimage]$ docker load -i Contentserver_Centos.tar
d69483a6face: Loading layer [==================================================>]  209.5MB/209.5MB
72dea7bec644: Loading layer [==================================================>]  217.2MB/217.2MB
d3468dffaa29: Loading layer [==================================================>]  315.1MB/315.1MB
1f70936ed489: Loading layer [==================================================>]  3.072kB/3.072kB
6a28c1188813: Loading layer [==================================================>]  239.6MB/239.6MB
07cf201dbdc0: Loading layer [==================================================>]  225.8kB/225.8kB
abe3ca337db9: Loading layer [==================================================>]  3.297MB/3.297MB
628e629128da: Loading layer [==================================================>]  46.08kB/46.08kB
4893b60dc3f1: Loading layer [==================================================>]  3.568MB/3.568MB
46d106ddfac4: Loading layer [==================================================>]  94.21kB/94.21kB
49adcbc15f60: Loading layer [==================================================>]  4.121GB/4.121GB
e5fd2930e234: Loading layer [==================================================>]  508.5MB/508.5MB
be7e1221aecc: Loading layer [==================================================>]  679.4kB/679.4kB
6a0c0059135d: Loading layer [==================================================>]  7.168kB/7.168kB
4151aa90b006: Loading layer [==================================================>]   2.56kB/2.56kB
Loaded image: contentserver/centos/stateless/cs:16.7.0000.0810
[dmadmin@dctm167docker dockerimage]$ docker images
REPOSITORY                          TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             SIZE
contentserver/centos/stateless/cs   16.7.0000.0810      589b5cf8dbc7        8 weeks ago         5.59GB

• Create PostgreSQL tablespace file:

[dmadmin@dctm167docker dctmdocker]$ su - postgres
Password:
Last login: Sat Oct 19 19:39:49 CEST 2019 on pts/0
-bash-4.2$ mkdir /var/lib/pgsql/11/data/db_dockerdctm167_dat.dat
-bash-4.2$ exit
logout

• Set required environment variables:

[dmadmin@dctm167docker Scripts]$ vi ~/.bash_profile
export APP_SERVER_PASSWORD=dmadmin
export INSTALL_OWNER_PASSWORD=dmadmin
export ROOT_PASSWORD=dmadmin
export DOCBASE_PASSWORD=dmadmin
export DATABASE_PASSWORD=dmadmin
export GLOBAL_REGISTRY_PASSWORD=dmadmin
export AEK_PASSPHRASE=dmadmin

• Configure file CS-Docker-Compose_Stateless.yml:

#For description of parameter please do refer to Readme.txt
version: '3.7'
services:
  rcs:
    image: contentserver/centos/stateless/cs:16.7.0000.0810
    environment:
      - DOCKER_HOST=192.168.94.129
      - DATABASE_HOST=192.168.94.129
      - DATABASE_USER=postgres
      - DATABASE_PASSWORD=${DATABASE_PASSWORD}
      - DATABASE_SERVER_PORT=5432
      - SERVICE_NAME=MyPostgres
      - ROOT_PASSWORD=${ROOT_PASSWORD}
      - INSTALL_OWNER=dmadmin
      - INSTALL_OWNER_PASSWORD=${INSTALL_OWNER_PASSWORD}
      - DOCBASE_NAME=dockerdctm167
      - GLOBAL_REGISTRY_PASSWORD=${GLOBAL_REGISTRY_PASSWORD}
      - AEK_ALGORITHM=AES_256_CBC
      - AEK_PASSPHRASE=${AEK_PASSPHRASE}
      - AEK_NAME=CSaek
      - CONFIGURE_THUMBNAIL_SERVER=NO
      - THUMBNAIL_SERVER_PORT=8081
      - THUMBNAIL_SERVER_SSL_PORT=8443
      - EXTERNAL_DOCBROKER_PORT=1689
      - CONTENTSERVER_PORT=50000
      - APP_SERVER_PASSWORD=${APP_SERVER_PASSWORD}
      - INSTALL_OWNER_UID=1000
      - HIGH_VOLUME_SERVER_LICENSE=
      - TRUSTED_LICENSE=
      - STORAGEAWARE_LICENSE=
      - XMLSTORE_LICENSE=
      - SNAPLOCKSTORE_LICENSE=
      - RPS_LICENSE=
      - FED_RECD_SERVICE_LICENSE=
      - RECORD_MANAGER_LICENSE=
      - PRM_LICENSE=
      - DOCBASE_PASSWORD=${DOCBASE_PASSWORD}
      - INSTALLER_UI=silent
      - KEEP_TEMP_FILE=false
      - INSTALLER_DEBUG_LOG=true
      - DOCBASE_ID=453216
      - USE_EXISTING_DATABASE_ACCOUNT=
      - INDEXSPACE_NAME=DM_XCHIVE_DOCBASE
      - USE_EXISTING_AEK=false
    hostname:
      "dockerdctm167"
    container_name:
      "dockerdctm167"
    ports:
      - "1689:1689"
      - "1690:1690"
      - "50000:50000"
      - "50001:50001"
      - "9080:9080"
      - "9082:9082"
      - "9081:9081"
      - "9084:9084"
      - "8081:8081"
      - "8443:8443"
    volumes:
      - DocbaseName_odbc:/opt/dctm/odbc
      - DocbaseName_data:/opt/dctm/data
      - DocbaseName_dba:/opt/dctm/dba
      - DocbaseName_share:/opt/dctm/share
      - DocbaseName_dfc:/opt/dctm/config
      - DocbaseName_mdserver_conf:/opt/dctm/mdserver_conf
      - DocbaseName_mdserver_log:/opt/dctm/wildfly11.0.0/server/DctmServer_MethodServer/log
      - DocbaseName_mdserver_logs:/opt/dctm/wildfly11.0.0/server/DctmServer_MethodServer/logs
      - DocbaseName_Thumbnail_Server_conf:/opt/dctm/product/16.7/thumbsrv/conf
      - DocbaseName_Thumbnail_Server_webinf:/opt/dctm/product/16.7/thumbsrv/container/webapps/thumbsrv/WEB-INF
      - DocbaseName_xhive_storage:/opt/dctm/xhive_storage
      - DocbaseName_XhiveConnector:/opt/dctm/wildfly11.0.0/server/DctmServer_MethodServer/deployments/XhiveConnector.ear
      - DocbaseName_MigrationUtility:/opt/dctm/product/16.7/install/external_apps/MigrationUtil
    privileged: true
#'volumes' service definition:
volumes:
 DocbaseName_data:
    driver: local
    driver_opts:
      type: none
      o: bind
      device: /opt/dctmdocker/data
 DocbaseName_share:
    driver: local
    driver_opts:
      type: none
      o: bind
      device: /opt/dctmdocker/share
 DocbaseName_dba:
 DocbaseName_dfc:
 DocbaseName_odbc:
 DocbaseName_mdserver_conf:
 DocbaseName_mdserver_log:
 DocbaseName_mdserver_logs:
 DocbaseName_Thumbnail_Server_conf:
 DocbaseName_Thumbnail_Server_webinf:
 DocbaseName_XhiveConnector:
    driver: local
    driver_opts:
      type: none
      o: bind
      device: /opt/dctmdocker/xhive
 DocbaseName_xhive_storage:
    driver: local
    driver_opts:
      type: none
      o: bind
      device: /opt/dctmdocker/xhive_storage
DocbaseName_MigrationUtility:

Note: As usual, documentation is lacking/wrong and the scripts don’t work at all. This is the list of parameters that I had to change in CS-Docker-Compose_Stateless.yml file in order for docker compose to work:

    image: contentserver/centos/stateless/cs:16.7.0000.0810
    environment:
      - DOCKER_HOST=192.168.94.129
      - DATABASE_HOST=192.168.94.129
      - DOCBASE_NAME=dockerdctm167
    hostname:
      "dockerdctm167"
    container_name:
      "dockerdctm167"
    ports:
      - "1689:1689"
      - "1690:1690"
      - "50000:50000"
      - "50001:50001"
      - "9080:9080"
      - "9082:9082"
      - "9081:9081"
      - "9084:9084"
      - "8081:8081"
      - "8443:8443"
volumes:
 DocbaseName_data:
    driver: local
    driver_opts:
      type: none
      o: bind
      device: /opt/dctmdocker/data
 DocbaseName_share:
    driver: local
    driver_opts:
      type: none
      o: bind
      device: /opt/dctmdocker/share
 DocbaseName_XhiveConnector:
    driver: local
    driver_opts:
      type: none
      o: bind
      device: /opt/dctmdocker/xhive
 DocbaseName_xhive_storage:
    driver: local
    driver_opts:
      type: none
      o: bind
      device: /opt/dctmdocker/xhive_storage

Remember that if something goes wrong you’ll have to:

• Stop the container
• Delete the container
• Delete the volumes created

Once the process finishes, you should be able to idql from the container:

[dmadmin@dockerdctm167 ~]$ idql dockerdctm167
Please enter a user (dmadmin):
Please enter password for dmadmin:

        OpenText Documentum idql - Interactive document query interface
        Copyright (c) 2018. OpenText Corporation
        All rights reserved.
        Client Library Release 16.7.0000.0322

Connecting to Server using docbase dockerdctm167
[DM_SESSION_I_SESSION_START]info:  "Session 0106ea608000050f started for user dmadmin."

Connected to OpenText Documentum Server running Release 16.7.0000.0810  Linux64.Postgres
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