Connector Quick Start

Start Connector

Unpack the distribution and run the start script located in the installation bin directory.

LINUX

./connector

WINDOWS

./connector.bat

Login to Connector

Once the Connector has started, navigate to the Admin UI and login with the default username and password, admin/admin:

http://your-host:16180

Configure Connector

Follow the description and instruction in the Basic Configuration Menu to configure the mandatory settings.

File System Configuration

Configure the Folders the connector should traverse.

Configure filters to specify which files/folders to index.

Amazon Kendra Configuration

Configure the ID and region of the index created at step Amazon Kendra Quick Start - Create Index. Specify the Role ARN assigned to the Index. All the parameters can be retrieved from the Index settings in AWS console.

Configure the ID of the data source created at step Amazon Kendra Quick Start - Create Data Source.

Configure the Access Keys for the technical account which should write to the index. The specified account requires the Managed Policy AmazonKendraFullAccess

The Access Keys can be also configured via system properties. The keys can be identified from one of following locations:

Java System Properties aws.accessKeyId and aws.secretAccessKey
Environment Variables AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
Web Identity Token credentials from System or Environment Variables
Credentials Profile File at location ~/.aws/credentials
Credentials delivered through the Amazon EC2 container
Instance profile credentials delivered through the Amazon EC2 metadata service

Upload License

Contact Raytion and obtain a license for your connector
Login to the Admin UI
Select License in the menu:

Upload the license file by browsing for the file or simply dragging a dropping the license onto the license page
The Status of the license will be displayed as valid, and the expiration and item quota will also be displayed: