Search Server

Portal Server search server provides interfaces that allow end users to locate resources in a database. The search server provides the following:

• A robot to discover, convert, and summarize document resources

• An end-user interface, provided by the Desktop, using JSP providers

• Configuration tools provided by the Portal Server management console

• A command-line interface for system management

The search server supports federated search, a single search to multiple search engines, including Google. LDAP directory (using Java Naming and Directory Interface^TM or JNDI), relational database management system or RDBMS (using Java DataBase Connectivity or JDBC^TM), and remote resource description messages (RDM) interface. Federated search results are displayed on a single page.

Administrators use the Portal Server management console to perform search server administrative and configuration tasks. The Portal Server command-line interface provides psadmin subcommands for managing the search server.

For more information about the search server, see Chapter 4, Understanding the Search Server.