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Enabling FTP or HTTP Indexing

Siebel Search provides both FTP and HTTP options for indexing. Indexing over HTTPS is more secure than indexing over FTP. Each indexing method uses a different type of feed. The feed is defined as the collection of documents in the data repository for the index operation. FTP and HTTP indexing use the following feed types:

• FTP indexing using directory feed. All feeds are placed in a directory, and this directory is the input to the connector. The directory feed location is configured in the file RSS_Crawler_Configuration.xml. Directory feed is useful when the data feeds are available in a single directory. The number of documents in each directory must be less than 10,000.
• HTTP indexing using control feed. Individual feeds are generated dynamically, and can be located anywhere. A single control file is generated with links to the feeds. This control file is the input to the connector. The control feed location is configured in the file RSS_Crawler_Configuration.xml.

The Send Index Feed Via HTTP setting is used to switch between FTP and HTTP indexing.

To enable FTP or HTTP indexing

1. Navigate to the Administration - Search screen, and then the Search Engine Settings view.
2. Configure the Send Index Feed Via HTTP settings as follows:
   • Set the value to True to turn on HTTP indexing.
   • Set the value to False to turn on FTP indexing.

     The default value is False.