Connector Quick Start

Start Connector

Unpack the distribution and run the start script located in the installation bin directory.

LINUX

./connector

WINDOWS

./connector.bat

Login to Connector

Once the Connector has started, navigate to the Admin UI and login with the default username and password, admin/admin:

http://your-host:16170

Configure Connector

Follow the description and instruction in the Basic Configuration Menu to configure the mandatory settings.

Alfresco Configuration

Configure the options to connect to your Alfresco instance.
Alfresco Basic Configuration

Lucidworks Fusion 5 Configuration

Configure the URL of your Fusion instance and the credentials for the technical account created at step Lucidworks Fusion 5 Quick Start - Create Technical Account.
Fusion Basic Configuration - Fusion instance
Configure the name of the Index Pipeline and Solr Collection configured at step Lucidworks Fusion 5 Quick Start - Configure Index Pipeline.
Fusion Basic Configuration - Index Pipeline
Configure the Data Source ID of your choice which allows you to identify the items from same source system.
Fusion Basic Configuration - Data Source
Configure the name of the Principal Index Pipeline and Solr Sidecar Collection configured at step Lucidworks Fusion 5 Quick Start - Configure Principal Index Pipeline.
Fusion Basic Configuration - Principal Index Pipeline

Upload License

  • Contact Raytion and obtain a license for your connector

  • Login to the Admin UI

  • Select License in the menu:

uploadlicense 1

  • Upload the license file by browsing for the file or simply dragging a dropping the license onto the license page

  • The Status of the license will be displayed as valid, and the expiration and item quota will also be displayed:

uploadlicense 2

Synchronizing Data

Once the connector is configured and the license uploaded, you can start synchronizing data using the traversal feature in the dashboard.

Content Traversal

  • Ramp Up will process all items to Lucidworks Fusion.

  • Incremental will process only changed items since last traversal run.

  • Automated Change Processing can be enabled to automatically process certain live updates from Alfresco to Lucidworks Fusion.

dashboard content with change processing

Principal Traversal

  • Ramp Up will process all security information to Lucidworks Fusion.

dashboard principal

Schedule Traversal

Scheduled traversals can also be configured through the menu.

From this button a Schedule can be configured.
schedule button
From upper right corner you can choose the traversal type and then click on NEW SCHEDULED TRAVERSAL.
schedule type
Configure the frequency that the Traversal will be executed and click Save.
schedule frequency