Livelink data is stored in Workspaces, which in turn can contain folders, files, projects, and task lists. A Livelink Enterprise Server instance can have one or more Workspaces that can be crawled. Oracle SES navigates through the Workspaces to crawl all the objects in Livelink Enterprise Server. It creates an index, stores the metadata, and accesses information in Oracle SES to provide search according to the end user permissions.
The administrator account must be used by the Livelink crawler plug-in for the container for crawling and indexing documents.
The Livelink Enterprise Server version must be 9.2, 9.5.0, 9.5.5
Because Open Text Livelink software is not included with Oracle SES, certain files must be copied manually into Oracle SES. Copy the lapi.jar file from LAPI installation folder into ORACLE_HOME/search/lib/plugins/llcs.
The Directory Services module of Livelink should be installed with Livelink, if users and groups are importing from LDAP server and you want to use the Active Directory identity plug-in.
To import users and groups of Active Directory into Livelink Server:
Create an LDAP user that has permission in Active Directory to administer users and groups. This user synchronizes the Active Directory with Livelink.
To extend the schema of Active Directory, install the Active Directory Schema snap-in:
Select Run from Windows Start menu.
Type mmc /a in the Open field and click OK.
On the Console menu, choose Add/Remove Snap-in and click Add.
Under Snap-in, double-click Active Directory Schema. Click Close, then OK. Save the console (for example, as "Active Directory Schema.msc"). If the new snap-in does not appear under Snap-in, then you may have to re-install the Windows 2003 Administrative Tools and start again at step 2.
Open the following file in a text editor.:
livelink_home/module/directory_2_3_0/ot-livelink-schema.conf
Open the Active Directory Schema console from the Windows All Programs menu. The console has a name such as Active Directory Schema.msc.
Right-click Active Directory Schema and select Operations Master.
Right click the Attributes folder and select Create Attribute.
Create the attribute llserverinfo using the information from ot-livelink-schema.conf, as shown in Table 7-8.
Create the attribute llquery using the information from ot-livelink-schema.conf as follows:
Browse through the Directory Services Administration section of the Livelink Administration page to enable the following configuration.
To enable the Synchronization Features:
Click the Choose Directory Services link.
Select LDAP Synchronization (Read-Only LDAP) from the Synchronization list.
For Livelink CGI Hosts, specify 127.0.0.1,Livelink_Server_IP
Click Save Changes.
To configure LDAP Read-Only Parameters, set the parameters described in Table 7-10.
Click Save Changes.
Click Synchronize LDAP Read-only.
Click Synchronize.
Table 7-10 LDAP Read-Only Parameters
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
|
New User Password Policy |
Hidden |
|
User name Case Sensitivity |
Preserve case |
|
Livelink Server Name |
Computer name on which Livelink Server is running |
|
LDAP Server |
Computer name or IP Address on which LDAP server is running |
|
LDAP Server Port |
389 |
|
Search Root |
cn=Users,dc=otdomain,dc=com |
|
LDAP User name |
cn=<LDAP_User_Name>,cn=Users, dc=otdomain,dc=com |
|
LDAP Password |
<LDAP_User_Password> |
|
Log-in Name |
sAMAccountName or cn |
|
First Name |
givenname |
|
Last Name |
sn |
|
Title |
title |
|
|
|
|
Contact |
telephonenumber |
|
Department Mapping |
disable |
|
Group Name |
cn |
|
Group Leader |
managedBy |
|
Group Member |
Member |
|
Group Member Query |
llquery |
|
Privileges |
Select Log-in enabled, Public Access |
|
Group Search Filter |
objectclass=group |
|
Synchronize Group |
checked |
The Livelink Enterprise Server identity plug-in authenticates native users of Livelink Enterprise Server. The identity plug-in communicates with the directory to authenticate a user's credentials, validate a user or group and return the associated canonical form, and return the groups associated with a given user.
Activate the identity plug-in on the Global Settings - Identity Management Setup page, as described in "Activating the Active Directory Identity Plug-in".
Create an Open Text source on the Home - Sources page. Select Open Text from the Source Type list, and click Create. Enter values for the following parameters:
User name: Name of a valid Livelink Enterprise Server user. The user must be an Administrator user or a user who has access to all folders and documents of the workspaces configured in the Container name parameter. The user should be able to retrieve content, metadata, and ACL from folders, documents and other custom sub classes of all workspaces configured in Container name parameter. Required
Password: Password of the Livelink user. Required.
Server Name and Port Number for Livelink: The computer name/IP address and the port number on which Livelink server is running. The format is ServerName:port.
Container name: The names of the containers to be crawled by Oracle SES. You can crawl an entire Livelink Workspace or a specific folder. The format for is: WorkspaceName/FolderName/SubFolderName. You can enter multiple comma-delimited container names. Required.
For example:
Container name: Workspace1: The entire Workspace1 is crawled.
Container name: Workspace2/Folder21: Folder21 and its sub-folders within Workspace2 are crawled.
Attribute list: The comma-delimited list of Livelink attributes along with their data types to be searchable. The format of an attribute list is AttributeName:AttributeType, AttributeName:AttributeType. Valid values are String, Number, and Date. Optional.
Table 7-11 shows equivalent Open Text and Oracle SES data types. The crawler indexes an attribute only if both name and type match with configured name and type; otherwise, it is ignored. Multiple attributes with same name are not allowed. For example Emp_ID:String, Emp_ID:Number
The default searchable attributes for Livelink Enterprise Server are Modified Date, Title, and Author.
For example: Consider the following Livelink attributes:
Attribute name: account name attribute type: String
Attribute name: account ID attribute type: Integer
Attribute name: creation date attribute type: Date
For these attributes to be searchable, the value of Attribute List must be:
Account Name: String, Account ID: Number, Creation Date:Date
Crawl versions: Controls whether multiple versions of documents are crawled. Valid values are true and false. The default value is false. Any other value is provided interpreted as false, and only the latest versions of the documents are crawled. Optional.
Crawl folder attributes: Controls whether folder attributes are crawled. Valid values are true and false. The default value is false. Any other value is provided interpreted as false, and only the latest versions of the documents are crawled. Optional.
Authentication attribute: The attribute used to set ACL. With Active Directory, the value is USER_NAME. With the Livelink identity plug-in, the value is NATIVE. Required and case sensitive.
Crawl objects with public access: Controls whether objects with public access are crawled without an ACL. Valid values are true and false. When false, all objects with this ACL are ignored.
Livelink URL: The Livelink URL for viewing objects from the Livelink Server. For example, for Windows, the URL must be
http | https://host/livelink_service/livelink.exe.
For other application servers like WebLogic, Tomcat, and WebSphere, the URL must be
http | https://host:port/livelink_service/livelink.