Running an extension

After you have implemented, unit tested, packaged, and installed an extension, you can run it as part of an acquisition to ensure it works as expected.

Before starting this procedure, you must have already packaged the extension into a plug-in and installed the plug-in into the Content Acquisition System. For installation instructions, see the CAS Installation Guide.

To run an extension:

  1. On the machine where the Content Acquisition System is installed, confirm that the plug-in is installed by running the listModules task of cas-cmd.

    For example: 

    C:\Endeca\CAS\<version>\bin>cas-cmd listModules -t SOURCE
Blob Database
 *Id: com.endeca.cas.extension.sample.datasource.blob.BlobDataSource
 *Type: SOURCE
 *Description: Reads a database table containing documents

  2. Configure the data source in CAS Console as follows:

    1. Log in to Oracle Commerce Workbench and select the Data Sources page.

    2. On the Data Sources page, click Add Data Source and select the data source.

    3. Specify configuration properties as appropriate for the data source.

    4. Click Save.

  3. To configure a manipulator, add it to a data source, and configure it as follows:

    1. Log in to Oracle Commerce Workbench and select the Data Sources page.

    2. On the Data Sources page, click a data source name to access its acquisition steps.

    3. Click Add Manipulator...

    4. Select a manipulator and click Add.

    5. Specify configuration properties as appropriate for the data source.

    6. Click Save.

  4. On the Data Sources page, run the extension by clicking Start for the data source.

  5. When the Acquisition Status reads Completed, click on this status to verify that the CAS Server created Endeca records.

  6. If desired, you can confirm that the new records exist in the Record Store instance by running the read-baseline task of recordstore-cmd.

    For example: 

    C:\Endeca\CAS\<version>\bin>recordstore-cmd read-baseline -a Test

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