Google Search Appliance Connectors Deploying the Connector for File Systems - Manual (Page 7)

● Server Operators
Note: It is not sufficient for the user to be member of one of these groups at the domain
level. The user must be a member of one of these groups on the local machine that exports
the Windows share.
Download the connector software
The Connector for File Systems must be installed on a host machine. This connector
version does not support installing the connector on the Google Search Appliance.
To download the software for Connector for File Systems:
1. Visit https://code.google.com/p/plexi/ .
2. Click Executable for Microsoft Windows Shares.
The single binary file, adaptor-fs-4.0.2-withlib.jar, is downloaded.
Once you download the connector software, you can copy it to the host and configure it.
Deploy the Connector for File Systems
Because the Connector for File Systems is installed on a separate host, you must establish
a relationship between the connector and the search appliance.
To deploy the Connector for File Systems, perform the following tasks:
1. Configure the search appliance
2. Install the Connector for File Systems
3. Optionally, configure adaptor-config.properties variables
4. Run the Connector for File Systems
Step 1 Configure the search appliance
For the search appliance to work with the Connector for File Systems, the search appliance
needs to be able to crawl file system content and accept feeds from the connector. To set
up these capabilities, perform the following tasks by using the search appliance Admin
Console:
1. Add the URL provided by the connector to the search appliance’s crawl
configuration follow patterns.