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.

Accessing Connector UI

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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