22.1 Managing Filrsearch Configuration Settings

For more information, see Filr Search Appliance—Accessibility, and Searchability in OpenText Filr 24.4: Understanding How Filr Works

Path: Port 9443 Filr Appliance Console Configuration Icon > Search Appliance

Table 22-1 Using the Search Appliance dialog

Field, Option, or Button

Information and/or Action

Configuration Type:

The options that follow depend on the configuration type selected, as shown below.

  • Local

  • This is the default configuration type for a small Filr deployment, wherein the Lucene search index, the PostgreSQL database, and the Filr software are running on the same virtual machine.

    • Host Name: local host indicates that the indexing process is running on the same appliance and the Filr process.

    • RMI Port: 1199 is the port used and cannot be changed.

  • Server

  • This option is for when only one Lucene search index is running as a stand-alone appliance.

    This is not a best practice configuration.

    • Host Name: The DNS host name of the stand-alone search appliance.

      This is set at install time.

    • RMI Port: 1199 is the default and OpenText does not recommend changing this.

    • Lucene User Name: The default name is lucene service but you can type a different name as long as you use the same name throughout your deployment.

    • Lucene User Password: The password for the Lucene user.

  • High Availability

  • Select this when two Lucene search indexes are running as stand-alone appliances.

    This is the best practice configuration.

    • Lucene User Name: The default name is lucene service but you can type a different name in the User Name field as long as you use the same name throughout your deployment.

    • Lucene User Password: The password for the Lucene user.

    NOTE:The following options apply to only High Availability configurations.

  • Add button

  • Remove button

  • Select a listed Filrsearch appliance by clicking in the white space of its row.

    Then click Remove to remove the appliance.

New Search Node

 

  • Name

  • Specify a name for the Lucene search index appliance you are adding.

    You must specify the same name on each Filr appliance in the cluster. For example, if from one Filr appliance you specify filrsearch_index1 for this appliance, then you must specify filrsearch1_index1) on each of the Filr appliances in the cluster.

  • Description

  • Specify a short description for the Lucene appliance.

  • Host Name

  • Specify the DNS host name or IP address of the Filrsearch appliance you are adding.

  • RMI Port

Filrsearch List

 

  • Name

  • You can click this to open the New Search Node dialog.

  • Host Name

  • 1199 (informational only).

  • RMI Port

  • 1199 (informational only).

OK button

  • To save your changes, click this, then click Reconfigure Filr Server.

    This stops and restarts your Filr server. Because this results in server downtime, you should restart the server at off-peak hours.

Cancel button

  • Click this to cancel the changes you have made.