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Add the url, Add the ip address, Step 2 install the connector for file systems – Google Search Appliance Connectors Deploying the Connector for File Systems User Manual

Page 8: Install the connector for file systems

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2.

Add the IP address

of the computer that hosts the connector to the list of Trusted IP

addresses so that the search appliance will accept feeds from this address.

Add the URL

To add the URLs provided by the connector to the search appliance’s crawl configuration
follow patterns:

1. In the search appliance Admin Console, click Content Sources > Web Crawl > Start

and Block URLs.

2. Under Follow Patterns, add the URL that contains the hostname of the machine

that hosts the connector and the port where the connector runs.
For example, you might enter http://connector.example.com:5678/doc/

where connector.example.com is the hostname of the machine that hosts the
connector.
By default the connector runs on port 5678.

3. Click Save.

Add the IP address

To add the IP address of the computer that hosts the connector to the list of trusted IP
addresses:

1. In the search appliance Admin Console, click Content Sources > Feeds.
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.

Step 2 Install the Connector for File Systems

You can install the Connector for File Systems on a host running one of the

supported

Windows operating systems

.


To install the Connector for File Systems:

1.

Download the Connector for File Systems JAR executable (adaptor-fs-4.0.2-
withlib.jar)

from

https://code.google.com/p/plexi/

.

2. Create a directory on the host where the connector will reside. For example, create

a directory called filesystem_connector_40.