File Crawling
Overview
The File Crawling configuration page allows you to manage settings for crawling files in the file system or shared folders on the network.
Management Method
Display Method
To open the list page for File Crawling settings, click on “[Crawler > File System]” in the left menu.
To edit, click on the setting name.
Creating Settings
To open the File Crawling configuration page, click on the “Create New” button.
Setting Items
The name of the setting.
Specifies the starting location for crawling (e.g., file:/ or smb://).
Paths that match the specified regular expression (Java format) in this field will be crawled by the Fess crawler.
Paths that match the specified regular expression (Java format) in this field will not be crawled by the Fess crawler.
Paths that match the specified regular expression (Java format) in this field will be included in the search.
Paths that match the specified regular expression (Java format) in this field will be excluded from the search.
You can specify the crawling configuration information.
Specifies the depth of the file system structure to crawl.
Specifies the number of paths to index.
Specifies the number of threads to use for this setting.
Specifies the wait time for threads to crawl paths.
The boost value represents the priority of documents indexed by this setting.
Specifies the permissions for this setting. To display search results to users belonging to the developer group, specify {group}developer. User-level specification is {user}username, role-level specification is {role}rolename, and group-level specification is {group}groupname.
Specifies the hostname of the virtual host. For more information, refer to the Virtual Host section of the Configuration Guide.
When this setting is enabled, the default crawler job will include this setting in the crawl.
You can enter a description.
Deleting Settings
Click on the setting name on the list page, and then click the delete button to display the confirmation screen. Clicking the delete button will remove the setting.
Example
Crawling Local Files
If you want to crawl files under /home/share, the settings would be as follows:
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Share Directory |
| Paths | file:/home/share |
Other parameters can be left as default.