Configuring the Direct Index Service

How to:

To index messages directly, you must configure the iEI Feeder Service. This is called iEI Feeder on the configuration console. The iEI Feeder's purpose is to pass constructed index information to the search appliance. Configuration requires specification of the search engine URL information and a list of attributes you will make available to the later query. This list takes the form of name/value pairs, the value of which can be produced by any iWay function. It is recommended that you keep the list of attributes as short as possible.


Top of page

x
Procedure: How to Configure the iEI Feeder Service
  1. In the iWay Service Manager Administration Console, click Registry in the top pane.

  2. Click Services from the list of components in the left pane.

    The Services pane opens, as shown in the following image.

  3. Click Add.

    The Select service type pane opens.

  4. From the Type drop-down list, select IEI Feed Agent.
  5. Click Next.

    The configuration parameters are displayed, as shown in the following image.

  6. Configure the iEI Feeder Service as you would a standard service.

    The following table lists and describes the configuration parameters.

    Parameter

    Value

    Description

    Search Appliance URL *

    http://server:port/directory

    For example,

    http://server1:19900/xmlfeed

    URL of the search appliance.

    Feed Datasource

    hostname

    For example, server1.

    Datasource for search appliance feeds. This is used to clearly identify feeds from the source. This should be unique to this instance of the driver.

    This is the name of the directory where your index files are created.

    Base URL *

    http://host:port/query string

    For example,

    http://*:9996/audit

    URL that will be associated with documents fed to the search appliance. A query string will be appended to uniquely identify each document in the feed. The asterisk will be replaced by the name of the host where iSM is running. The URL used here is used again later in the configuration of the listener. You must supply a context following the host and port, for example, /m.

    Batch Size *

    2

    Number of records to add to feed before submitting to the search appliance. For efficiency, multiple documents can accumulate before sending a feed to the search appliance. Incomplete batches that remain in the system can be sent based on the current activity level.

    Secure Search? *

    http/basic

    Indicates how authorization will be managed for documents sent to search appliance. Requires that an appropriate authorization driver be configured for the listener that will serve this content.

    Feed Type *

    FULL or INCREMENTAL

    FULL replaces all previous data in the index from this datasource. INCREMENTAL adds new data to index, leaving existing data

    Action *

    add or delete

    Action to be applied to this record in the search appliance. If add (default) is selected, the URL and content will be added to the index. If delete is selected, the URL is removed from the index.

    Content Type *

    text/plain

    Indicates the MIME type of the content that will be indexed. Use text/plain for XML.

    Idle Limit *

    60

    Specifies the maximum time that a feed containing records can wait before posting to the search appliance.

    Strip XML Tags? *

    true or false

    Indicates if < and > and quote characters are to be stripped from feed. The search appliance will not index text inside of XML tags, so this option is useful when indexing XML data.

    Output Type *

    input or status

    Determines whether the agent will output its input, or whether it should output an XML status document.

    Note: Parameters with an asterisk (*) are required.

    You may have more than one index service in use at any time. The iWay pooling system coordinates the actual update to the search appliance.

  7. Click Next. The name and description information appears, as shown in the following image.
  8. Restart Service Manager.

For more information on configuring Agents, see the iWay Service Manager User's Guide.


iWay Software