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Add the ip address, Set up security, Step 2 install the connector for sharepoint – Google Search Appliance Connectors Deploying the Connector for SharePoint User Manual

Page 9: Step 2 install the connector, For sharepoint, Install the connector for sharepoint, Set up connector security

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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.

Set up security

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

Administration Guide

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Step 2 Install the Connector for SharePoint

This section describes the installation process for the Google Search Appliance Connector
for SharePoint on the connector host computer. This connector version does not support
installing the connector on the Google Search Appliance.

You can install the Connector for SharePoint 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 edit some configuration variables in 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

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To install the Connector for SharePoint:


1. Log in to the computer that will host the connector by using an account with

sufficient privileges to install the software.

2. Start a web browser.
3. Visit the connector 4.0.3 software downloads page at

http://googlegsa.github.io/adaptor/index.html

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4. Download the exe file to the host by clicking on

MicrosoftSharePoint in the

Windows Installer table.
You are prompted to save the single binary file, sp-install-4.0.3.exe.