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:

Configure Connector

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

GitLab Configuration

Configure the URL and a personal access token for your GitLab instance. These credentials will be used to establish a connection. To create the token follow the instructions in section GitLab Quick Start - Create a personal access token
Connection Configuration
Limit the Requests per Second sent to your GitLab instance and set the HTTP Timeout.
Http Settings

Custom Security Manager Configuration

Configure URL of the CSM instance to connect to.
csm endpoint
Configuration options required for the connector to authenticate to the CSM.
csm credentials
Configuration namespace under which to ingest principals.
csm namespace

Apache Solr Configuration

Solr Standalone

Configure Collection Server in order to feed against a Standalone Solr Instance by selecting Collection Server in the deployment option.
Collection Server - Solr Standalone
Configure the ID of the Collection created at step Apache Solr Quick Start - Create Collection.
Collection ID

Solr Cloud

Configure Zookeeper Instances in order to feed against Solr Cloud by selecting Zookeeper in the deployment option.
Deployment - Solr Cloud
Configure list of Zookeeper Instances including Chroot.
ZK Instances - Solr Cloud
Configure the ID of the Collection created at step Apache Solr Quick Start - Create Collection.
Collection ID

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 Apache Solr.

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

dashboard content without change processing

Principal Traversal

  • Ramp Up will process all security information to Apache Solr.

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