What is a connector
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A connector allows an organization to use Google's search algorithm to search internal content by disguising non-web data sources as webpages to the Google Search Appliance. It works by feeding the IDs of content from the internal data source to the GSA. When the GSA requests a webpage, the connector finds the associated content, transforms it into the GSA format, and sends it to be indexed, allowing internal content to be searchable through the GSA.
What is a connector
- 1. What is a ‘connector ’ ?
- 2. A connector is an applic at ion t hat allows us to us e Google’s s earc h algorithm on our own c ontent!
- 3. Why do that?
- 4. Google is bad at s earc hing (mos t ) any t hing t hat isn’t a webpage!
- 5. …and our int ernal c ont ent is s ens itiv e .
- 6. How do c onnec tors s olv e this problem?
- 7. Connec tors dis guis e our data sources to look like webpages to the Google Search Appliance (GSA)!
- 8. How?
- 10. The c onnec t or ‘f eeds ’ t he I Ds of c ont ent t o t he GSA.
- 11. Initialize Connector Get IDs for all entries from data source ‘Feed’ these IDs to the Google Search Appliance
- 12. Now that the GSA k nows where to look... What happens ?
- 13. The c onnec tor lis tens f or t he GSA. WHEN SUDDENLY GSA reques ts a webpage then...
- 14. The connector finds the as s oc iated c ontent . . . t rans f orms t he c ont ent . . . and sends it to GSA
- 15. Search repository for ID requested Attach relevant metadata to content Attach ACLs for this content entry Request from GSA
- 16. Transform into GSA format Feed to GSA Content is indexed!
- 17. Now what?