The File System connector will crawl content from the file system location.
Introduction
The File System connector can scan and fetch the directories and documents of a file system.
Environment and Access Requirements
Repository Support
The File System supports crawling the following the repositories
| Repository | Version | Connector Version |
|---|---|---|
| Windows | All | 5.0 |
| Linux | All | 5.0 |
This component has been officially tested on local Windows and Linux.
Account Privileges
For the File System connector to be able to crawl the Aspire Worker nodes must be run with an account with read access to the directory to crawl.
Environment Requirements
The Aspire Worker nodes must be running in the same machine where the file system repository is located or at least have access in the case of a file share.
Framework and Connector Features
Framework Features
| Name | Supported |
|---|---|
| Content Crawling | yes |
| Identity Crawling | no |
| Snapshot-based Incrementals | yes |
| Non-snapshot-based Incrementals | no |
| Document Hierarchy | yes |
Connector Features
The File System connector has the following features:
- Document filtering using include and exclude regex patterns.
- Static acls can be added for the documents crawled
Content Crawled
The File System connector is able to crawl the following objects:
| Name | Type | Relevant Metadata | Content Fetch & Extraction | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folder | container |
| NA | The directories of the file system. Each directory will be scanned to retrieve more directories or files |
| File | document |
| yes | The files contained by the directories in the crawled file system. |
Limitations
The File System Connector has the following limitations:
- The connector does not retrieve the acls of the crawled documents.
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