Adding FTP to an existing index

1. Start Perceptive Enterprise Search - Local Administration Console
2. Open the index you wish to modify. You can do this by either:
   • Selecting it from the My Index Catalog list
   • Select File > Open an Index from the menu and browse to the location where the index is stored
3. From the menu, select Index > Content Sources. The indexing rules for your index will be shown.
4. From the list on the left hand side, make sure File Rules is selected.
5. On the toolbar, click the New Rule button.
6. The FTP Indexing Wizard will show. This wizard allows you to add one or more FTP indexing rules to the index. Click the New button to add your rule.
7. Enter the details of the FTP server you wish to index. The options are:
   • Name
     For reference only, give the rule a name that is meaningful.
   • Host name or IP address
     Enter the name or IP address of the machine running the FTP server you wish to access.
   • User name and Password
     Enter the credentials that should be used when accessing the FTP Server. The password is only used when Anonymous login is unchecked.
   • Initial Directory
     Specify an initial directory that all request should be relative to.
   • Anonymous login
     Check this if you wish to access the FTP server anonymously. The password will not be sent to the server.
   • Port
     Change the port if the FTP is running on a non standard port number. The default is 21.
   Click Next to proceed. Perceptive Search will attempt to connect to the FTP server.
8. If the server settings are correct, you will be presented with the list of folders returned from the FTP server. Select the folder that contains the documents you want to index and click Next.
9. Select the scope for the new folder. It can be one of:
• Include - All files in and under
  All files in the specified folder and its subfolders will be indexed.
• Include - All files under but not in
  Index only the files in subfolders of the specified folder. Files stored directly in this folder are not indexed.
• Include - All files in but not under
  Index only the files stored in the specified folder. Subfolders will not be indexed.
10. If you selected Build index now, Perceptive Search will read your documents and add them to the index, otherwise you will need to perform a manual update.

Related

• Create a new FTP index