1. Launch Aspire (if it's not already running).
2. Go to Launch Control.
3. Browse to: http://localhost:50505

For details on using the Aspire Content Source Management page, see Admin UI.

1. From Content Source, click Add Source.
2. Click File System Connector.

In the General tab in the Content Source Configuration window, specify basic information for the content source:

1. Enter a content source name in the Name field. 
   1. This is any useful name which you decide is a good name for the source. It will be displayed in the content source page, in error messages, etc.
2. Click on the Scheduled pulldown list and select one of the following: Manually, Periodically, Daily, Weekly or Advanced.
   1. Aspire can automatically schedule content sources to be crawled on a set schedule, such as once a day, several times a week, or periodically (every N minutes or hours).For the purposes of this tutorial, you may want to select Manually and then set up a regular crawling schedule later.
3. Click on the Action pull-down list to select one of the following: Start, Stop, Pause, or Resume.
   1. This is the action that will be performed for that specific schedule.
4. Click on the Crawl pull-down list and select an option such as: Incremental, Full, Real Time, or Cache Groups.
   1. This will be the type of crawl to execute for that specific schedule.
      

After selecting a Scheduled, specify the details, if applicable:

• Manually: No additional options.
• Periodically: Specify the "Run every:" options by entering the number of "hours" and "minutes."
• Daily: Specify the "Start time:" by clicking on the hours and minutes drop-down lists and selecting options.
• Weekly: Specify the "Start time:" by clicking on the hours and minutes drop-down lists and selecting options, then clicking on the day checkboxes to specify days of the week to run the crawl.
• Advanced: Enter a custom CRON Expression (e.g. 0 0 0 ? * *)

In the Connector tab, specify the connection information to crawl the File System.

1. URL: Enter the folder path you want to crawl.

   • For Windows: D:\folder\folder1\

   • For Linux: /home/user/folder/folder1/
2. Partial Scan: Check if you want to run a partial scan (i.e. only scan a portion of a large directory)
   
   • Sub Directory to Scan: Enter a relative path (relative to the URL path)
     
3. Index Folders?: Index subfolders as items. If the check box is cleared, only files will be indexed.
4. Scan Recursively?: Scan through subfolders' child nodes.
5. Scan Excluded Items: If selected, sub items will be scanned from excluded containers (excluded by the Include/Exclude patterns).
6. Use Fixed ACLs: Select to use a fixed acl that will be attached to all of the fetched files.
   • Users: Fixed user acls
     • Domain: User's domain
     • Name: Username
     • Type: Select Allow or Deny
   • Groups: Fixed group acls
     • Name: Group's name
     • Type: Select Allow or Deny
7. Include/Exclude patterns: Enter regex patterns to include or exclude files/folders based on URL matches.

In the Workflow tab:

• Specify the workflow steps for the jobs that come out of the crawl. 
• Drag and drop rules to determine which steps an item should follow after being crawled.

These rules could be where to publish the document or transformations needed on the data before sending it to a search engine. See Workflow for more information.

For this tutorial, drag and drop the Publish To File rule found under the Publishers tab to the onPublish Workflow tree.

1. Specify a Name and Description for the Publisher.
2. Click Add.
3. Click Save and Done and you'll be sent back to the Home page.