Open an elevated command prompt: - Click the windows start button to open the start menu
- Locate the command prompt menu item: All Programs → Accessories → Command Prompt
- Right-click on Command Prompt
- In the popup right-click menu, click "Run as Administrator"
Image: Open an elevated command prompt (click to enlarge)
Navigate to the setup directory. 
Image: Navigate to the setup directory (click to enlarge)
Use the command prompt to execute the installation script. Run InstallSearchConnector.ps1 script: | Code Block |
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powershell .\InstallSearchConnector.ps1 |
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In case there are multiple Search Service Applications configured in your SharePoint farm, you will see the following message when you start the script execution: | Panel |
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Multiple search applications found: ... Please enter the Search Service Application you want to use for installing Connector for SharePoint Search. [Default 'Search Service Application'] |
You need to specify the name of the Search Service Application you want to use. By pressing enter, you will automatically select the default value. |
The message below will appear always: | Panel |
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Script execution options: 0 - Cancel
1 - Complete installation
2 - Register search protocol handler
3 - Finish installation (Add content source, create target application)
4 - Update solution
5 - Uninstall solution Enter an option [0]; [1] ; [2] ; [3] ; [4] ; [5] |
Select option "1" and press enter. | Info |
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The following tasks (described in detail under Detailed description of single installation steps (v 1.9)) will be completed by the script: - Install (deploy) the solution to SharePoint
- Create the Business Data Connectivity (BDC) model file
- Register "confluence" protocol handler
- Register custom connector for "confluence" search protocol
- Create content source in the Search Service application
- Create metadata category for crawled properties
- Create a target application in the secure store
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During this installation, you will be asked for additional data, after the script has started. - In most of the cases, the script will provide default values that you can simply select by pressing enter. If you are unsure about the information you need to give, we recommend you use these default values.
- For creating the Confluence BDC model file, the content access account for SharePoint (domain\username) is required.
- You can find this account in → SharePoint Central Administration → Manage service applications → Search Service Application → Search Administration → System Status → Default content access account
 Image Removed Image Added - In case the Confluence BDC model file already exists on the provided path, you will be asked if you want to replace it, or use the existing file to continue with the installation.
- For creating the secure store service target application, the following parameters are required:
- Contact e-mail address of the primary contact for the Target Application: this has to be a valid e-mail address.
- Target Application administrator account (domain\username): Account that will have administration permission for the Secure Store Service target application. The farm administrator will have access by default.
- Content Access Account of the Search Service Application (domain\username): Account that will be the owner of the Secure Store Service target application credentials (see above for where to find this account)
- Web service username (for access to Confluence): Confluence administrator account (without a domain put in front)
- Web service user password: Password of the above user account
The script checks whether the Search Connector solution is already installed and if so, asks whether you want to update the solution. |