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Step 1. Launch Aspire and open the Content Source Management Page
Launch Aspire (if it's not already running).
See:
- Launch Control
- Browse to: http://localhost:50505. For details on using the Aspire Content Source Management page, please refer to Admin UI
Step 2. Add a new CIFS Content Source
To specify exactly what shared folder to crawl, we will need to create a new "Content Source".
To create a new content source:
- From the Content Source , click on "Add Source" button.
- Click on "CIFS Connector".
Step 2a. Specify basic information
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 pulldown 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 pulldown 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 pulldown 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.
- 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 2b. Specify the connector information
In the Connector tab, specify the connection information to crawl the CIFS.
- Enter the smb folder url you want to crawl.
- Enter the user's domain.
- Enter the username.
- Enter the user's password.
- Check on the other options as needed:
- Index Containers: index subfolders as items. If unchecked, only files will be indexed.
- Scan recursively?: Scan through subfolder's child nodes.
- Include/Exclude patterns: Enter regex patterns to include or exclude files/folders based on URL matches.
Step 2c. Specify workflow information
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. This 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 this steps click Save then Done and you'll be sent back to the Home Page.
Step 3: Initiate a Full Crawl
Now that the content source is set up, the crawl can be initiated.
- Click on the crawl type option to set it as Full (is set as Incremental by default and the first time it'll work like a full crawl. After the first crawl, set it to Incremental to crawl for any changes done in the repository).
- Click Start.
During the crawl
- 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.
If there are errors, you will get a clickable Error flag that will take you to a detailed error message page.
Step 4: Initiate an Incremental Crawl
If you only want to process content updates from the CIFS (documents which are added, modified, or removed), then click on Incremental instead of Full. The CIFS connector will automatically identify only changes which have occurred since the last crawl.
If this is the first time that the connector has crawled, the action of the "Incremental" button depends on the exact method of change discovery. It may perform the same action as a "Full" crawl crawling everything, or it may not crawl anything. Thereafter, the Incremental button will only crawl updates.