After a good deal of time clicking around I came to the same conclusion - that there is no way of telling from the UI!!
Having dug a bit deeper I believe I may actually have the Alfresco WebScript connectors installed. At least the 0.7.0 version. I notice in the ‘lib’ directory that I have ‘alfresco-indexer-webscripts-0.7.0.amp. Looking in the ‘connectors.xml’ file I can also see the line : <repositoryconnector name="Alfresco Webscript" class="org.apache.manifoldcf.crawler.connectors.alfrescowebscript.AlfrescoConnector”/> You can imagine my excitement! The only thing I am missing is the option in the UI. When I click to create a new repo connection I get: CMIS, Dropbox, Generic, GoogleDrive, HDFS, Jira, Meridio, RSS, Sharepoint. Perhaps I am hoping for too much to hope that I can make a simple change to enable this repo connection? Thanks for all the help everyone > On 19 Oct 2015, at 17:26, Karl Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hah; there's not a way to inquire in the UI, if that's what you mean. But if > you see "Alfresco webscript" in the list of repository connection types, > you've got a version that supports that connector. > > Thanks, > Karl > > > On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Paul Farrell <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Thanks Rafa. > > As an aside, is there an easy way to identify which version of ManifoldCF you > are on? > > Cheers > > Paul Farrell > Senior Search Consultant > > 109-123 Clifton Street, London EC2A 4LD > T +44 (0) 207 183 6865 <tel:%2B44%20%280%29%20207%20183%206865> | > funnelback.com <http://www.funnelback.com/> > > UNITED KINGDOM | AUSTRALIA | NEW ZEALAND | POLAND | UNITED STATES > > Connect with us: LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/company/funnelback> - > Twitter <https://twitter.com/funnelback> > > Funnelback UK Ltd is a limited liability company registered in England & > Wales. Registered address: Zetland House 109-123, Clifton Street, London. > EC2A 4LD. Company registration number: 07004264. > >> On 19 Oct 2015, at 16:54, Rafa Haro <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hi Paul, >> >> All you need to do is to install this webscript >> <https://github.com/maoo/alfresco-indexer> within your Alfresco instance. >> The connector itself is already part of the most recent versions of >> ManifoldCF >> >> Cheers, >> Rafa >> >> On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 5:29 PM, Paul Farrell <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Ok, thanks again guys. >> >> The Webscript connector it is. >> >> I realise I am asking a lot here but are there any easy-to-follow guidelines >> on how to get this Webscript connector installed? I see there is a GitHub >> page here (https://github.com/maoo/alfresco-webscript-manifold-connector >> <https://github.com/maoo/alfresco-webscript-manifold-connector>) which >> discusses it (although it directs you to a repository of files). >> >> I am just keen to make sure that any steps I follow to try and get this >> Webscript connector installed and working are updated, reliable steps. I >> would hate to waste time with out of date information. >> >> Thanks all >> >> >> >>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 16:23, Muhammed Olgun <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Paul, >>> >>> I suggest that you should use Alfresco Webscript as Karl mentioned. Web >>> services is so slow compared to other services and I've also checked that >>> Alfresco CMIS web services does not return change token(may be there is >>> something that I don't know). >>> >>> By the way current version of CMIS connector is not aware of change token. >>> I would write a patch for you if alfresco supports change token property. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Muhammed >>> 19 Eki 2015 Pzt, saat 18:11 tarihinde Karl Wright <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> şunu yazdı: >>> Hi Paul, >>> >>> The Alfresco Webscript connector is a wholly different connector that has >>> no relation to the CMIS connector. It requires an Alfresco webscript >>> plugin be installed on your Alfresco server to work, though. >>> >>> Hope that helps. >>> >>> Karl >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 10:32 AM, Paul Farrell <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> Hi Muhammed/Karl, >>> >>> Firstly, thank-you so much for taking the time to reply. It is very much >>> appreciated. >>> >>> Currently I am using the AtomPub for my CMIS repository connection. I have >>> just read something which may shed a little light on this. The post read >>> that change tokens are not passed via AtomPub connections >>> (https://forums.alfresco.com/forum/developer-discussions/alfresco-api/cmis-change-log-token-problem-using-opencmis-03282011-1758 >>> >>> <https://forums.alfresco.com/forum/developer-discussions/alfresco-api/cmis-change-log-token-problem-using-opencmis-03282011-1758>). >>> If true, this would explain why ManifoldCF may be unable to determine a >>> change in Alfresco. >>> >>> It looks like I have two possible options left open to me (correct me if >>> I’m wrong): >>> >>> 1. I look to use ‘Web Services’ instead of ‘AtomPub’ for the connection >>> mechanism >>> 2. I upgrade ManifoldCF so that I can use the ‘Web Scripts’ connector? (or >>> is this the same as the ‘Web Services’ connection mentioned above?) >>> >>> Thanks again, >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> Paul Farrell >>> Senior Search Consultant >>> >>> 109-123 Clifton Street, London EC2A 4LD >>> T +44 (0) 207 183 6865 <tel:%2B44%20%280%29%20207%20183%206865> | >>> funnelback.com <http://www.funnelback.com/> >>> >>> UNITED KINGDOM | AUSTRALIA | NEW ZEALAND | POLAND | UNITED STATES >>> >>> Connect with us: LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/company/funnelback> - >>> Twitter <https://twitter.com/funnelback> >>> >>> Funnelback UK Ltd is a limited liability company registered in England & >>> Wales. Registered address: Zetland House 109-123, Clifton Street, London. >>> EC2A 4LD. Company registration number: 07004264. >>> >>>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 15:12, Muhammed Olgun <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Paul, >>>> >>>> Repositories should give information to ManifoldCF when they updated. >>>> Current CMIS connector reindex document if the lastest version of the >>>> document has changed, not updated. >>>> >>>> There is a change token property in CMIS specification and it should >>>> change when document is updated so ManifoldCF can understand that document >>>> is updated but implementing change token property is optional. I've >>>> checked Alfresco's CMIS web site and seen that they didn't set the change >>>> token. >>>> >>>> I think, there is nothing we can do at this point. >>>> >>>> 19 Eki 2015 Pzt, 15:59 tarihinde, Karl Wright <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> şunu yazdı: >>>> Hi Paul, >>>> >>>> This looks like a bug in the CMIS connector to me; usually the document >>>> version string the connector constructs should be adequate to detect all >>>> changes. Can you create a ticket? https://issues.apache.org/jira >>>> <https://issues.apache.org/jira> , project ManifoldCF. Please include >>>> what version of MCF you are using here. FWIW, this may be in fact a bug >>>> in the Alfresco CMIS implementation, but we'll have to have some back and >>>> forth before I can determine that for sure. >>>> >>>> In the meantime, have you considered using the Alfresco Webscript >>>> connector? It's the preferred way to do Alfresco indexing, although there >>>> have been issues reported having to do with running it on some >>>> configurations of Alfresco. I'm not entirely sure what the problem is >>>> there; maybe a version dependency of some kind. >>>> >>>> Karl >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 7:43 AM, Paul Farrell <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> Hi Everyone, >>>> >>>> Hoping someone may be able to advise. >>>> >>>> I am currently using Manifold, together with a CMIS connector, to retrieve >>>> and index content from an Alfresco repository. >>>> >>>> All is going well apart from, what I would call, the ‘incremental crawl’. >>>> >>>> The main issue I am having is that the modification of a document’s >>>> security settings, in Alfresco, is not being picked up in next Manifold >>>> crawl. As an example I have a document ‘TestDoc1’ which has user A and B >>>> as Consumers. I run a crawl in Manifold and it picks up the documents >>>> fine. The security is set as expected. I then remove ‘User A’ from the >>>> security of that document and re-run the Manifold crawl. User A can still >>>> see the document in the local search engine. >>>> >>>> It is as if Manifold is not treating the security update as a >>>> ‘modification’ and is therefore not refreshing it. Note that if I go into >>>> the Output Connections, edit and save the relevant output connection and >>>> then click ‘Remove all associated documents’, the next time I crawl, the >>>> changes are picked up. It is clear that Manifold is just not updating >>>> whatever internal record it has for this item. >>>> >>>> Any ideas? >>>> >>>> Many thanks. >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
