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The Aspire JIVE connector can run on either Windows or Linux. It uses the REST API over HTTP or HTTPS to communicate with JIVE.
JIVE Connector use the following web services:
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The API service should be started and running automatically if JIVE is up and running. The Plugin must be installed (requires restart the JIVE server). These are required for the Aspire JIVE Connector to successfully connect with the JIVE docbase that you want to index.