eZ Publish Connector: Adding a New Connection

Connection Name Page

Setting Name	Description
Display Name	The name of the connection.

Connection Settings Page

Setting Name	Description
ODBC Connection String	Connection string to database that is used by eZ Publish
Database Schema	The schema of the eZ Publish database.

Example Connection String for MariaDB:

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

Setting Name	Description
*DRIVER*	Replace with the name of the MariaDB ODBC Driver. For 3.0 MariaDB must be *MariaDB ODBC 3.0 Driver*
*SERVER*	Replace with the database server
*USERNAME*	Replace with the name of index user. Index user requires at least read access to MariaDB database
*PASSWORD*	Replace with the password of index user
*DATABASE*	Replace with the name of the database
*PORT*	Replace 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