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Configuring a Crawler for a Local File Directory

This section describes how you can create a crawler for SMB/CFID sharing in your OpenSearchServer installation.

This is how it works

  1. Call the web interface of your OpenSearchServer installation. This interface can usually be accessed via port 9090.

  2. Choose an index from the table.

  3. For the creation of a specific directory, switch to the Crawler tab.

  4. Click Files > Locations.

  5. Click Create new location.

  6. Choose the types SMB/CIFS.

  7. In the fields User name and Domain, enter the corresponding values of a user who has access to all documents in the share.

  8. Choose the option File Permission in the Security Permissions field to index permissions.

  9. In the Password field, enter the password of the user.

  10. In the Host field, enter the computer name for the share.

  11. In the Path field, enter the relative path for the shared directory.

  12. Enable With sub directories.

  13. Enable Enabled.

  14. Switch to Field mapping.

  15. In the first selection list, choose the indexed field fileSystemDate.

  16. In the second selection list, choose lastEditDate.

  17. Click Add to add the mapping.

  18. Switch to Crawl process and start generating the index. There is the option run once for a one-time entry or run forever for continuous indexing.

  19. Under File browser, you can view and check already indexed files.