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# **Configuring SearchBlox**

Before using Box Connector, install SearchBlox successfully and create a **Custom Collection**.

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# **Configuring Box Application**

  • Please go to dev console after logging in Box

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  • After opening Dev console create a new app

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  • Create a custom app

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  • Select the third option “Standard OAuth 2.0 (User Authentication)”

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  • Create App

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  • When checking App configuration, please note down client ID and client Secret. These values have to be provided in box_connector.yml file

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  • Provide a redirect URI. Please use localhost and give a free port say 8085.

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# **Configuring Box Connector**

  • All the files related to the connector should be available in the same folder that is, all files should be extracted into the same folder.

  • Create a data folder on your drive where the files would be temporarily stored and mention in yml files.

Contact [[email protected]](🔗) to request the download link for SearchBlox Box connector. 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_. In Linux, the connector has to be installed in _/opt_.

## **Steps to Configure and Run the Box Connector**

  • Download the SearchBlox Box connector. Extract the downloaded zip to a folder.

  • Unzip the archive under _C:\* or _/opt*.

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.

  • Configure the boxconnector.yml file which includes Box properties and SearchBlox properties as listed here:

Column Title
Column Title
usernameBox application User Name
passwordBox application Password
data-directoryData Folder where the data needs to be stored. Make sure it has write permission.
api-keySearchBlox API Key
colnameThe name of the custom collection in SearchBlox.
urlSearchBlox URL
authURLBox Authorization URL https://app.box.com/api/oauth2/authorize
tokenURLBox API token URL https://app.box.com/api/oauth2/token
redirectUrlBox redirect URI
clientIdBox App Client ID
clientSecretBox App Client Secret
exclude-foldersFolders to exclude in Box.
max-folder-sizeMaximum 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-maxSizeMegabytes after which new file is created
log-file-maxBackupNumber of backups after which log file should be deleted
log-file-maxAgeNumber of days after which log files should be deleted

  • The content details of boxconnector.yml are provided here: 


  • Start running the box_connector.exe file for Windows and ./box_linux32 or ./box_linux64 in Linux
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