The following tutorial gets you started with Aspire in 20 minutes or less.
This tutorial is for Aspire 3.2 (Alder).
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You will install simply to You'll get build Aspire distributions from scratch using Maven prototypes and Maven component repositories Quick Start with Distribution Archetype quick start tutorial connector ; On this page:
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Aspire Quick Start with Distribution ArchetypeStep 1: Before be registered to http://aspire.searchtechnologies.com/) if you haven't already done that registration and in This tutorial assumes you have already set up your environment. If not, see Anchor |
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quickstart | quickstart | Step 2: Download the Aspire quick start distribution- Download and unpack https://wiki.searchtechnologies.com/binaries/.
- Select the most recent Aspire binary (aspire-distribution-X.X.zip). For purposes of this tutorial, we'll use "aspire-quick-start" as the directory name to which you unpack Aspire.
Note: This is the best way to evaluate Aspire with or without premium connectors. If you are actually building a distribution, the preferred method is to use the Distribution Archetype, which requires downloading a Maven client.
Step 1: Download with Pre-Built Binaries
You must be registered to access the binaries download page. Go to How to Access Aspire , to check the Aspire Registration process.
The download will create a directory structure similar to that described in Directory Structure.Step
32: Start MongoDB
- If you haven't installed MongoDB yet, do it now: Installing and Configuring MongoDB 3.Xa Crawl Status Database
- Make sure your MongoDB server is running by executing:
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MongoDB shell version: 3.2.4
connecting to: test
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If a "NETWORK Failed to connect to 127.0.0.1:27017" error occurs, then it is not running.
Start it by executing:
For Windows:
Open a terminal and CD to your MongoDB installation folder and execute:
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Step
43: Edit the Aspire config/settings.xml
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- Go to the directory where you unpacked Aspire (such as "aspire-quick-start").
- Go to the configuration directory /config.
- Open the settings.xml file with a text or XML editor.
- Look for the maven repository tag.
- You need to replace the username and password that displays the YOUR-REGISTERED-USERNAME and YOUR-REGISTERED-PASSWORD in the settings.xml file with the username and password you used to register for Aspire.
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<repositories>
<defaultVersion>3.2</defaultVersion>
<repository type="distribution">
<directory>bundles/aspire</directory>
</repository>
<repository type="maven">
<remoteRepositories>
<remoteRepository>
<id>stPublic</id>
<url>http<url>https://repository.searchtechnologies.com/artifactory/public/</url>
<user>YOUR-REGISTERED-USERNAME</user>
<password>YOUR-REGISTERED-PASSWORD</password>
</remoteRepository>
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6. After you've entered your username and password, Save and close the file. Make sure you save it so it remains an .xml file!7.
You may also need to edit the settings if you are running MongoDB on a separate machine.
- If this is the case, Modify the following section and point to the server where you installed MongoDB. In this case, MongoDB is running in the host called mongodb-host:
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Step
54: Start
up Aspire
First, make sure you have access to the internet so that Aspire can download components from our Maven repository.
To start Aspire, follow these steps:
- Open a terminal and cd to the bin/ directory inside the downloaded Aspire Distribution.
- Execute the startup script
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OS X (this command must be executed from Aspire home directory)
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Browse to the content source management pageLaunch the Aspire Content Source Manager
- Browse to: http://localhost:50505 if you are running Aspire locally or change the host to the server hosting Aspire.
For details on using the Aspire Content Source Management page, please refer to Admin UI Audit Logs.
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76: Add a
new content sourceNew Content Source
Step
7a6a: Add a New FileSystem Content Source
To specify exactly what File System folder to crawl, we will need to create a new "Content Source".
To create a new content source:
- From the Aspire 3 Home Content Source Manager Home page, Add Source.
- Click File System Connector.
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If you want to disable the content source just clear the the Enable checkbox. This is useful if the folder will be under maintenance and no crawls are wanted during that period of time. |
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In the General tab in the Content Source Configuration window, specify basic information for the content source:
- Enter a content source name in the "Name" field.
- 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.
- Click on the Scheduled pull-down list and select one of the following: Manually, Periodically, Daily,Weekly or Advanced.
- 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.
- Click on the Action pull-down list to select one of the following: Start, Stop, Pause, or Resume.
- This is the action that will be performed for that specific schedule.
- Click on the Crawl pull-down list and select one of the following: Incremental, Full, Real Time, or Cache Groups.
- 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 ? * *)
Step 7cYou can add more schedules by clicking in the Add New option. Note that you can separately schedule full crawls, incremental crawls, and user-group cache (used for group expansion with document-level security) downloads. |
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In the Connector tab, specify the connection information to crawl the File System folder.
- Enter the folder path you want to crawl.
- For Windows: Use the following format D:\folder\folder1\
- For Linux: Use the following format /home/user/folder/folder1/
- Check on the other options as needed:
- Index Containers?: Index containers as items. If unchecked, only files will be indexed.
- Scan Recursively?: Scan through subfolder's child nodes.
- Scan Excluded Item: It will scan sub items of container that have been excluded
- Include/Exclude patterns: Enter regex patterns to include or exclude files/folders based on URL matches.
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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 should an item 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 the purpose of this tutorial, drag and drop the Publish To File rule found under the Publishers tab to the onPublish Workflow tree.
- Specify a Name and Description for the Publisher.
- Click Add.
After completing these steps, click Save and Done and you'll be sent back to the Home page.
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You can add more schedules by clicking in the Add New option, and rearrange the order of the schedules. |
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Step 87: Initiate the full crawl
Now that the content source is set up, you will see a box (called a 'card') on the main page which shows your new content source. You can use the crawl can be initiatedbuttons in this box to initiate a crawl.
- Click Full crawl (left most black circle) to initiate the crawl.
During the Crawl
During the crawl, you can do the following:
- Click Refresh on the Content Sources page to view the latest status of the crawl.
The status will show RUNNING while the crawl is going, and CRAWLED when it is finished.
- Click Complete to view the number of documents crawled so far, the number of documents submitted, and the number of documents with errors.
Important: If there are errors, you will get a clickable Error that will take you to a detailed error message page.
Checking the Output
Because you are publishing the results to a file, you can see the published jobs in the file you specified when installing the "Publish To File" component. Typically this will be in the "logs" directory, in the "publishToFile.jobs" file (which can be usually be found under the "Publish_To_File" sub-directory).
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9: Congratulate yourself! (and shutdown)8: Shut Down Aspire
Congratulations!! You have completed the 20-minute quick start. We hope it was a fun experience.
- To shut down Aspire, go to the Debug Console page (http://localhost:50505/aspire).
- Click Shutdown (that's the red button to the right of the server name).
Or, you could go to the Aspire console window (where you started Aspire with "bin\startup") and type shutdown and then press
- Type shutdown.
- Press Return or Enter.
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