Google Search Appliance Installing the Google Search Appliance - Manual (Page 10)

Google Search Appliance: Installing the Google Search Appliance 10
WARNING: If the GSA is unable to contact the DNS Server, perhaps if the yellow Ethernet port is not
connected to a network, then do not enter a hostname in the SMTP and NTP fields. Enter an IP
address instead (this IP address can be incorrect for the time being). Once you have finished setting
up the GSA, you can modify the SMTP and NTP Servers in the Admin Console to point to the correct
servers. If you do not do this and later notice a "(Error -- see logs for traceback)" message, contact
Google Enterprise Support.
11. In the SMTP Server field, enter the name of a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server, which
the search appliance needs for sending notifications and alerts.
12. In the Sender of Outgoing Email field, enter a name for the account that sends email messages
and alerts from the search appliance.
13. In the Time Zone field, select the time zone to use for times recorded in logs, for host load
scheduling, and for other time-based information.
14. In the NTP Servers field, enter a comma-separated list of IP addresses of Network Time Protocol
(NTP) servers.
It is crucial to list at least one NTP server in this field. Google recommends that you list three. For
more information, see “Required Values” in Planning for Search Appliance Installation.
15. In the Password field, enter a new password for the admin account, then retype the password to
confirm it.
The admin account is the default administration account for the search appliance. The password is
case-sensitive. Record the information in a safe place.
16. In the Email Address field, enter the email address to which the search appliance sends notices
intended for the admin account.
17. Select the way you want administrator and manager accounts to be authenticated on the Admin
Console.
• If you select Local Authentication, administrators and managers are authenticated using
credentials you enter directly on the Admin Console.
• If you select LDAP Authentication, administrators and managers are authenticated against an
LDAP server. To use this option, you must initially connect to the Admin Console using the
credentials you entered in step 21, then configure the LDAP administrator group and server.
After you save the LDAP configuration, LDAP authentication for administrators and managers
takes effect.
• If you select Local and LDAP authentication, the search appliance attempts to authenticate
administrators and managers against both the local credentials and the LDAP server. If an
account can be authenticated against either the local credentials or the LDAP server, the login
attempt succeeds.
Note that Version Manager uses local authentication only. You must use the admin account for
access to Version Manager.
18. Click Continue.
19. In the Test URLs field, enter one URL per line, representing locations of content you want crawled
and indexed.
Use a trailing slash on each URL. For example:
http://corp.example.com/
http://www.example.com/products/