Setting Up Search for Your Website
Ektron Web search finds relevant results within several parts of the CMS structure and offers massive scalability, scaling to tens of millions of items and beyond. Search capability is based on Microsoft Search Server 2010 or Apache Solr technology, which provide superior search capability with performance and extensibility currently demanded by enterprises world wide. There are specific search functions for the visitor using the website and the administrator using the Workarea. You can search contenttypes of content include HTML, XML Smart Forms, forms, polls, surveys, DMS documents, Office documents, multimedia, blogs, Web calandars, discussion boards, assets, and content imported from Sharepoint., documents, metadatadata about data, keywords, descriptions, titles, community content, users, groups, and activity streams.
For more information about Search, see the Ektron Framework API > Ektron.Cms.Framework.Search and the Framework UI > Templated Server Controls > Search in the Ektron Online Developer's Reference.
Online Search webinar: V8.6 Enterprise Search - What's New and Best Practices Video
Best Practices
- The server hosting your search provider needs at least 120 GB free space.
- Install SQL Server on a standalone server
- Operating system is Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 or 2012
You can choose from the following search providers. Use the following guidelines to determine which search server is best for you. For a details on Microsoft-based offerings, see Search Technologies for SharePoint 2010 Products.
- Solr Search
- An open-source, enterprise-level search platform, from the Apache Lucene project, that is known for scalability and performance.
- Installing Solr on a Single On-Premises (Local) Server
- Microsoft Search Server Express 2010
- A free, enterprise search solution that is simple and flexible to configure, and powerful enough to meet your needs.
- Requirements: Hardware and software requirements (Search Server 2010)
- Installation: Setting Up Microsoft Search Server 2010 Express
- Microsoft Search Server 2010
- You are indexing more than 10 million items.
- Requirements: Hardware and software requirements (Search Server 2010)
- Installation: Setting Up Microsoft Search Server 2010
- Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010
- You are indexing more than 100 million items.
- Requirements: Hardware and software requirements (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)
- Installation: Working With Microsoft FAST Search
Search Provider Comparison Table
The following table compares functionality available with search providers.
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1—see Integrated Search with Ektron 9 and SOLR
2—additional languages may be enabled; see Solr Language Support
Additional Search Information
- Dissecting Apple's Auto-Complete
- Why Site Search Fails and How You Can Fix It
- Why Site Search Matters: Suggestions
- Why Site Search Matters: A Closer Look At Facets
- Why Site Search Matters: Facets With SOLR
- Why Site Search Matters
- Search in the Cloud
- Why Google Search Isn’t the Best Search for Your Website
- What's new in Search for Developers
- Why Ektron Chose to Package Search
- Working with Multi-Value Properties in Solr
- A Search Framework API Tutorial
- Integrated Search with Ektron 9 and SOLR
- Search Configuration series
- Search Server Port Requirements
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