Box Data Source
Configuring SearchBlox
Before using Box Data Source, install SearchBlox successfully and create a Custom Collection.
Configuring Box Application
- Please go to dev console after logging in Box
- After opening Dev console create a new app
- Create a custom app
- Select the third option “Standard OAuth 2.0 (User Authentication)”
- Create App
- When checking App configuration, please note down client ID and client Secret. These values have to be provided in box_connector.yml file
- Provide a redirect URI. Please use localhost and give a free port say 8085.
- Save Changes
Configuration details of Box Data Source.
Note:
In Linux, make sure that necessary permissions have been provided to the folder /opt by using the CHMOD command for writing log files and executing jar files.
| username | Box application User Name |
| password | Box application Password |
| data-directory | Data Folder where the data needs to be stored. Make sure it has write permission. |
| api-key | SearchBlox API Key |
| colname | The name of the custom collection in SearchBlox. |
| url | SearchBlox URL |
| authURL | Box Authorization URL https://app.box.com/api/oauth2/authorize |
| tokenURL | Box API token URL https://app.box.com/api/oauth2/token |
| redirectUrl | Box redirect URI |
| clientId | Box App Client ID |
| clientSecret | Box App Client Secret |
| exclude-folders | Folders to exclude in Box. |
| max-folder-size | Maximum size of static folder after which it should be sweeped in MB. |
| servlet url & delete-api-url: | Make sure that the port number is right. If your SearchBlox runs in 8080 port the URLs should be right. |
| log-file-maxSize | Megabytes after which new file is created |
| log-file-maxBackup | Number of backups after which log file should be deleted |
| log-file-maxAge | Number of days after which log files should be deleted |
Updated 4 months ago