Configuring SearchBlox

Before using the SharePoint Online Data Source, install SearchBlox successfully, then create a Custom Collection.

Configuring SharePoint Online Data Source

Download the SearchBlox Connector UI. Extract the downloaded zip to a folder.

Contact [email protected] to request the download link for SearchBlox Connectors UI. The following steps include the example paths for both Windows as well as Linux. In Windows, the connector would be installed in the C drive.

Unzip the archive under C:* or /opt*.
Create a data folder on your drive where the files would be temporarily stored.
Configure the following properties once you create a data source in the connector UI.

Accessing Connector UI


username	SharePoint User Name
password	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
domain	SharePoint domain URL
site-url	SharePoint site url to be indexed
root-folder	SharePoint root folder of specified site
include-formats	File formats to include.
exclude-folders	Folders to exclude in Alfresco.
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, log-file-maxBackups, log-file-maxAge	specified the size, backup and age limit for log files to be deleted