What is an AMP file?
An AMP file (or Alfresco Module Package) is a collection of code, XML, images, CSS, etc. that collectively extend the functionality or data provided by the standard Alfresco repository. An AMP file can contain as little as a set of custom templates or a new category. It can contain a custom model and associated UI customisations. It could contain a complete new set of functionality, for example records management. As a general rule of thumb, anything that is considered to be an ‘installable’ extension to the Alfresco repository should be called a module and packaged as an AMP file. AMP files can be installed into the Alfresco WAR using the Module Management Tool. An AMP file has a standard format described below which can be customised if required. AMP files can now also be created via Apache Maven 2 archetypes and have their lifecycle and deployment into Alfresco managed by the maven-amp-plugin. For a full description of Maven AMPs Alfresco support see here Once the contents of the AM
