Connector Quick Start

Start Connector

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

LINUX

./connector

WINDOWS

./connector.bat

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

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

Configure the Admin Id of your Box instance and upload the JSON Web Token you downloaded as part of Box Quick Start.

Configure Collection Server in order to feed against a Standalone Solr Instance by selecting Collection Server in the deployment option.

Configure the ID of the Collection created at step Apache Solr Quick Start - Create Collection.

Configure Zookeeper Instances in order to feed against Solr Cloud by selecting Zookeeper in the deployment option.

Configure list of Zookeeper Instances including Chroot.

Configure the ID of the Collection created at step Apache Solr Quick Start - Create Collection.

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:

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

Ramp Up will process all items to Apache Solr.
Incremental will process only changed items since last traversal run.
Automated Change Processing can be enabled to automatically process certain live updates from Box to Apache Solr.

Scheduled traversals can also be configured through the menu.

From this button a Schedule can be configured.

From upper right corner you can choose the traversal type and then click on NEW SCHEDULED TRAVERSAL.

Configure the frequency that the Traversal will be executed and click Save.