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Create and configure a collection, Set up security, Install the connector for sharepoint user profiles – Google Search Appliance Connectors Deploying the Connector for SharePoint User Profiles User Manual

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2. Under List of Trusted IP Addresses, select Only trust feeds from these IP

addresses.

3. Add the IP address for the connector to the list.
4. Click Save.

Create and configure a collection

To create and configure a collection for user profile information:

1. In the search appliance Admin Console, click Index > Collections.
2. In the Create New Collection section, enter a unique name for the new collection.
3. For Initial Configuration, select Empty and click Create.
4. In the Current Collections section, click Edit for the newly-created user profile

collection.

5. In the Include Content Matching the Following Patterns box, add the URL

pattern for the connector, for example http://connector.example.com:5678/doc/.

6. Configure the default_collection to exclude user profile documents. In the Current

Collections section, click Edit for default_collection.

7. In the Do Not Include Content Matching the Following Patterns box, add the

URL pattern for the connector (see step 5).

8. Click Save.

Set up security

For information about setting up security, see “Enable connector security” in the

Administration Guide

.

Step 2 Install the Connector for SharePoint User Profiles

You can install the Connector for SharePoint User Profiles on any host running one of the

supported operating systems

, however, the host must be in the same domain as the

SharePoint installation.

As part of the installation procedure, you need to add some configuration variables and
values to the configuration file. Take note that you can encrypt the value for
sharepoint.password

before adding it to the file by using the Connector Dashboard, as

described in “Encode sensitive values,” in the

Administration Guide

.


To install the connector: