Netscape Compass Server Administrator's Guide

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Index

A

About Compass button 160
About screen
customizing 161
about screen 160
about.html file 160, 161
access
read 199
write 199
access control 194
choosing what to protect 194
custom expressions 200
date restrictions 200
described 191-194
entries (ACEs) 194
files 193
hostnames 198
hostnames and IP addresses 191
IP addresses 198
list (ACLs) 194
methods (Basic, SSL) 192
Not Found message 201
programs 199
redirection 201
response when denied 201
restricting 194
time restrictions 200
turning off 200
users and groups 191, 197
access log files 179
viewing 180
ACE, See access control
ACLs, See access control
activity monitor 185
administrators
role of 35
Adobe Acrobat files 89
Adobe FrameMaker files 89
Advanced Search screen 130
schema and 131
aliasing
defined 209
DNS 84
Ami Pro files 89
annotations
categories 146
categorizing by 145
robots and 146
authentication
dialog box for 192
hostnames 192
robots and 108
users and groups 192
author names, categorizing by 145
automatic restart utility 51

B

browsers
Netscape Composer 146
Netscape Navigator 24
Netscape Navigator Gold 146
robots and 24
browsing
defined 209
limitations of 22
planning for 38
searching vs. 37-38

C

Catalog Server 1.0
differences xvi
migration from 205-208
catalogs, See indexes
categories 141-155
adding 151
annotations for 146
assigning 38, 143
manually 143, 153-155
with robot rules 94-98, 143
browsable 141
compatibility issues 144, 150
copying
example 149
creating
by copying existing 148
manually 147
defined 141, 209
defining in hierarchy 97
deleting 152
disabling 158
editing 150-153
explicit assignment 145
indexing 155
notation for 145
planning 38
purpose of 142
renaming 152
setting robot rules for 94
strategies for 144-145
usability of 143, 144
Category Construction Editor form 147
category editor
starting 151
using 150-153
changes
committing 150
using taxonomy editor 150
classification rules, See robot rules
colon, in resource descriptions 145
common logfile format 182
example 180
company names, categorizing by 145
compass administrators
role of xiii
Compass Servers
configurations 40
creating categories 141
defined 209
overview 21-24
completion scripts 91
config directory 148
configuration files
restoring backup 58
controlling access to the server 194
conventions, in this guide xviii
conversion programs, adding 89
converting
schemas 133
crawl parameters
proxying 108
crawlers, See robots
creating
categories 151
filters 86
import agents 124
site definitions 79
customizing
About screen 161
user interface 157-161

D

data structure, changing 130
database
deleting 136
optimizing 134
partitions 134-135
schema and 130
databases
checking server 139
reindexing 137
days, setting for tasks 65
deleting
categories 152
database 136
filters 85
Personal Web Pages 136
resource descriptions 136
site definitions 78
directories
protecting access to 194
disabling
category browsing 158
end-user access 158
DNS
cache 111
overriding translation 109
DNS aliasing 84
DOC files 89
documents
conversion of 88
as resources 24
Domain Name Service, See DNS
Domain Name System 59
domain name, server 62

E

editing
filters 86
import agents 124
resource descriptions 136
enabling
end-user access 158
end-user access 158
enumeration
defined 210
error log file 179
viewing 181
error responses, customizing 63
errors
list of 64
examples
copying a set of categories 149
Excel files 89
expiration date, purging by 137
expired resource descriptions, purging 137
explicit category assignment 145
extraction
defined 71

F

fields
determining names 130
determining types 130
file conversion 88
file formats
converting 88
supported conversions 89
File Transfer Protocol, See FTP
file types, categorizing by 145
files
access control 193
process.conf 104
protecting access to 194
robots.txt 107
taxonomy.rdm 148
temporary 110
filters
creating 86
deleting 85
editing 86
firewalls, robots and 108
fonts, used in this guide xviii
forms
Category Construction Editor 147
Import Agent Properties 124
Indexing Preferences 92
Quick Start Tasks 46
Robot Executive Summary 113
Robot Overview 73
Site Probe 83
forms, Manage Filters 85
forms, restricting access to 199
FrameMaker files 89
FTP, URLs and 24

G

generation
defined 210
glossary 209-213
groups
authentication 192
restricting access 191

H

Harvest project
defined 210
hierarchy, See categories
host names 109
hostnames
authentication 192
restricting access 191
HTML files 89
HTML tags, META 146
HTTP
persistent connection timeout 59

I

Import Agent Properties form 124
import agents 122-129
creating 124
defined 123, 211
editing 124
robots vs. 71
running
automatically 129
manually 128
scheduling 129
importing 122-129
defined 211
frequency of 129
system resources and 129
indexes
advantages of 23
checking 98-139
filling 67-119
overview 21-23
planning 21-33
purposes of 22
scope of 39
sites covered 39
indexing
categories 155
defined 71
indexing preferences 92
Indexing Preferences form 92
inittab
editing 48
interactive server monitor 186
Interleaf files 89
Internet Protocol, See IP
intranet
defined 21
IP addresses
restricting access 191
IP addresses, using as filter 109

K

keywords
categorizing by 145
robots and 38

L

location, categorizing by 144
log analyzer 185
log files 179
access 99, 179
viewing 180
checking 99
common format 182
error 179
viewing 181
flexible format 182
RDM 125
security 99
setting preferences 182
loops, preventing 71
Lotus Ami Professional files 89

M

Manage Filters form 85
matching, categorizing by 145
META HTML tags 146
Microsoft Excel files 89
Microsoft PowerPoint files 89
Microsoft Rich Text Format files 89
Microsoft Word files 89
MIF files 89
migration from Catalog Server 1.0 205-208
mirroring 123
monospaced fonts, in this guide xviii
My Compass 163-178
deployment issues 39

N

Netscape Compass Server
file conversion and 88
Netscape Composer
taxonomy annotations and 146
Netscape Directory Server 39
Netscape Navigator 24
Netscape Navigator Gold 146
No Login file 158
nobody user account 61
nologin.html file 158
Not Found message, access control and 201

O

online indexes
categories for 142
See also indexes
optimizing, database 134
overview of this guide xiv-xv

P

partitions 134-135
passwords
robots and 108
passwords, authentication 192
PDF files 89
performance
robot 111
persistent connection timeout 59
Personal Web Pages
deleting 136
ping utility 114
ports
80 (HTTP) 62
above 1024 62
changing 62
clients and 62
recommended 62
server 62
PowerPoint files 89
PPT files 89
preferences
global 60
indexing 92
process.conf file, editing 104
product names, categorizing by 145
programs
access control 199
proxy servers, robots and 108

Q

Quick Start Tasks form 46

R

RDM log 125
read access 199
redirection 84
redirection (access control) 201
reindexing
categories 155
renaming
categories 152
requests
server and 58
resource description database, reindexing 137
resource description messages (RDM)
defined 211
resource descriptions
defined 33, 211
deleting 136
editing 136
examples of 34
exchanging 36
importing 122-129
overview 33-36
purging expired 137
resources
assigning to categories 38, 153
categorizing 141
defined 24, 211
handled by robots 24
restarting the server 46
restricting access 194
Rich Text Format (RTF) files 89
robot API 38
Robot Executive Summary form 113
Robot Overview form 73
robot parameters
advanced settings 109
authentication parameters 108
robot rules
classification rules
order of 97
setting 94-98
robots 67-119
API 38
categorizing by location 144
category annotations and 146
checking status 76
configuring 103-110
operational parameters 68
robots rules 68
controlling 72-111
customizing 38
data storage 110
defined 211
extraction 71
fine-tuning performance 109
import agents vs. 71
indexing phase 71
overview 68-72
proxying and 108
resources handled by 24
rules for 76-98
scheduling 90
starting 74
automatically 90, 91
manually 74
status
detailed 111
stopping 75
unattended 91
robots.txt file 41-42, 107
root
server and 61
RTF files 89

S

Schedule Expire Agent form 137
Schedule Reindex Agent form 139
schedules
activating 65
coordinating 129
deactivating 66
for import agents 65, 129
for purging 137
for reindexing database 139
for robots 65, 90
schema
Advanced Search screen and 131
database and 130
schemas
converting 133
defined 130, 212
designing 130-133
editing 137
metainformation and 38
overview 130-133
scoping, defined 36
scripts, completion 91
search keywords, robots and 38
search statistics 160
searching
browsing vs. 37-38
planning for 37
schemas and 130
search-only interface 158
Server Manager
changing data structure 130
configuring robots 68
defined 212
server name
changing 62
server names, categorizing by 145
server settings, viewing 53
servers
categorizing by 144
errors, list of 64
ports above 1024 62
ports under 1024 61
redirected 84
requests
maximum simultaneous 58
restricting access to 194
root user 61
starting 46, 47, 50
user account for 61
with automatic restart 51
with the Control Panel 50
stopping 46, 49
user accounts
changing 60
virtual 84
sidebar text, in this guide xviii
site definitions 76-84
creating 79
deleting 78
Site Probe form 83
sites
indexing 39
restricting access to 108
Smart Host Heuristics 109
spiders, See robots
starting the server 46, 47, 50
user account needed 61
statistics
robot performance 111
search 160
status, robot 111
stopping the server 46, 49
strategies, for categories 144-145
styles, in this guide xviii
system preferences
configuring 58

T

tasks, scheduling 65
taxonomy, See categories
taxonomy.rdm file
copying 148
locating 148
modifying 148
templates
end-user interface 158
temporary files 110
terms, in this guide xviii
typestyles, used in this guide xviii

U

Uniform Resource Locators, See URLs
URLs
enumeration and 71
resources and 24
usability, of categories 144
user accounts
changing 60
nobody 61
user interface
templates 158
user interface, customizing 157-161
users
authentication 192
restricting access 191

V

version, robot 113
viewing server settings 53
virtual servers 84

W

web sites 24
Word (Microsoft) files 89
WordPerfect files 89
write access 199

X

XLS files 89


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