Configuring Ektron to Work with Microsoft Search Server 2010 Remotely
Remote Server Does not Have Microsoft Search Server 2010
Remote Server has Microsoft Search Server 2010
Remote Server Does not Have Microsoft Search Server 2010
Follow this procedure the first time you set up Ektron to work with a remote server that does not have Microsoft Search Server 2010.
Both servers can browse to each other across the network
On your Ektron server
- Set SQL Security to SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode
- Create a SQL user login with the sysadmin role. Microsoft Search Server 2010 uses that login to access the Ektron database.
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Ektron Best Practice Ektron recommends updating your Ektron site's web.config file's <connectionstrings> tag with the username and password of that SQL user. Set Integrated Security to False. |
On your Microsoft Search Server 2010 server
- Obtain the username and password of a user with Windows administrator privileges
- Verify that it meets the Hardware & Software Requirements for Search Server
1. Install or upgrade Ektron on its server, using the normal procedure. See Performing the Installation, Upgrading Ektron
If you already installed Ektron, skip to Step 5.
NOTE: If your Ektron server does not meet Microsoft Search Server 2010's requirements, you are not prompted to install it during installation.
If your server meets Microsoft Search Server 2010's requirements, click No when prompted to install it.
2. After the Ektron database setup, the following dialog appears. Click No.
3. The Ektron installation completes.
4. On the Ektron server, copy C:\Program Files\Ektron\CMS400versionnumber\Utilities\SearchServer\EktronSearchConfiguration.exe.
5. On the server you will use for Microsoft Search Server 2010, paste EktronSearchConfiguration.exe and run it.
6. The following screen appears.
Select the folder to which you want to install the Search Server files. Ektron recommends using the default folder. Click Next.
7. The following screen appears. Enter the username and password of a user with Windows Administrator privileges on the server you will use for Microsoft Search Server 2010.
8. You are prompted for information needed to set up SQL databases for Microsoft Search Server 2010. If you are using a trusted connection, leave the fields blank. In this case, the username and password you entered on the previous screen are used. For a SQL Connection, enter the database username and password.
IMPORTANT: The user you enter on this screen must have system administrator privileges for SQL on the Microsoft Search Server 2010 server.
9. Select a folder that Microsoft Search Server 2010 will use to store index files.
10. The following dialog appears.
If you previously downloaded the Microsoft Search Server installation file, select Point to a local Microsoft Search Server executable and click Next. On the next screen, you select the file.
Otherwise, choose Download Microsoft Search Server. In that case, Microsoft Search Server 2010 is downloaded. During this process, you must restart the server.
11. Install Microsoft Search Server 2010.
12. The following message appears, instructing you what to do next.
IMPORTANT: Before completing the Search Configuration screen, Ektron recommends inspecting the size of your Ektron site's Assets folder. If it exceeds 1 gigabyte, copy the folder to the search server's indexes folder before completing the Search Configuration screen. Failure to do so may result in errors. (You defined the indexes folder in Step 9.)
13. Open the Search Configuration screen, available from C:\Program Files (x86)\Ektron\CMS400v85\Utilities.
\SearchServer\Ektron.Cms.Search.Config.UI.exe
14. From the CMS Databases dropdown, choose the database you installed.
15. In the Search Server Credentials area, Password field, enter the password you use to log into Microsoft Search Server 2010.
16. Click Register Site.
Remote Server has Microsoft Search Server 2010
Use this procedure to install Ektron and connect it to a remote server that hosts Microsoft Search Server 2010. The main difference between this procedure and Remote Server Does not Have Microsoft Search Server 2010 is that Microsoft Search Server 2010 is already installed on the remote server.
See Prerequisites:
1. Install or upgrade Ektron on its server, using the normal procedure. See Performing the Installation, Upgrading Ektron
NOTE: If your Ektron server does not meet Microsoft Search Server 2010's requirements, you are not prompted to install it during installation.
If your Ektron server meets Microsoft Search Server 2010's requirements, click No when prompted to install it.
2. After the Ektron database setup, the following dialog appears. Click Yes.
3. Copy C:\Program Files\Ektron\CMS400vversion\Utilities\
SearchServer\EktronSearchConfiguration.exe and paste it on the server that hosts Microsoft Search Server 2010.
4. Click EktronSearchConfiguration.exe.
5. The following screen appears.
Select the folder to which you want to install the Search Server files. Ektron recommends using the default folder. Click Next.
6. The following screen appears. Enter the username and password of a user with Windows Administrator privileges on the server you will use for Microsoft Search Server 2010.
7. The Ektron search files are services are installed to your Microsoft Search Server 2010 server.
8. The following message appears. Click OK.
9. Return to your Ektron server.
10. The following screen appears and lets you determine the types of content you want Microsoft Search Server 2010 to crawl. Only crawled content is found by the search. See Also: Using Crawl Filters to Improve Search Performance
11. The following screen appears. Use it to configure Ektron with the Microsoft Search Server 2010 server.
- In the Search Server Credentials area, enter the username and password of a user with Windows Administrator privileges on the server you will use for Microsoft Search Server 2010
- In the CMS Database Connection String field, enter a connection string that includes the username and password of a user with Windows administrator privileges. You created this user when completing the Prerequisites: .
Microsoft Search Server 2010 uses this string to connect to your Ektronsite's database. If the database is on the same domain as your search server, then you can set Integrated Securityto true. Otherwise, set Integrated Security to false and enter a sql username and password.
- In the Search Server Administration URL field, enter the URL to your search server. To learn about the port number, see Step 1: Obtain the SharePoint Central Administration Port Number
- In the Data Directory field, enter the directory on your Search Server to which your Ektronassets will be copied for indexing. See Also: Copying the Assets Folder. If you are unsure, accept the default.
12. Press Next.
13. When the installation completes, Microsoft Search Server 2010 begins to crawl the Ektron database.