eZ Publish Connector: Adding a New Connection

Owned by Mateusz Lorc
Last updated: Dec 17, 2019
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Connection Name Page


 

Setting NameDescription
Display NameThe name of the connection.

Connection Settings Page

Setting Name
Description
ODBC Connection StringConnection string to database that is used by eZ Publish
Database SchemaThe schema of the eZ Publish database.
Security suffixSecurity token scopes in eZ Publish connector are "eZPublish" + value provided in this setting. It is used to distinguish tokens from different eZ Publish databases. For example you can use connection name for this setting.

Example Connection String for MariaDB:

Driver={DRIVER};Server=SERVER;UID=USERNAME;PWD=PASSWORD;DB=DATABASE;Port=PORT

Setting Name
Description
DRIVERReplace with the name of the MariaDB ODBC Driver. For 3.0 MariaDB must be MariaDB ODBC 3.0 Driver
SERVERReplace with the database server
USERNAME

Replace with the name of index user. Index user requires at least read access to MariaDB database

PASSWORDReplace with the password of index user
DATABASEReplace with the name of the database
PORTReplace with TCP/IP port of the database server. Default for MariaDB is 3306.

eZ Publsh Content Types Page

In this window, Locator will automatically discover content types in eZ Publish.

By default, all content types will be indexed. You can choose to exclude content types and metadata if you wish. Simply check the box to the left of the content type/matadatum identificator for those you wish to exclude from the index.

File Type Page

Setting Name
Description
File Type to index

Select file types Only the most common file types are included by default.

The file extension to index. The options are:

  • Index all file types (default)
    • This one will by default index ALL files, regardless of the file format
    • For file types associated with the built-in DocFilter content filter, all text content available will be indexed
    • For other file types, only available metadata (like file name and path) will be indexed
  • Index selected file types only
    • Will only index the file types listed in the dialog
  • Exclude selected file types
    • Will index everything - except the file types defined in the list


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