Getting Started with Apache Tomcat

  1. Drop searchblox.war into tomcat's webapps folder and Restart tomcat.
  2. Go to http://yourhost/searchblox/admin/main.jsp in your browser and Login using username : admin / password : admin
  3. Go to Collections Tab and Click on Add Collection to create a new collection.
  4. Choose whether it is a HTTP or FileSystem based collection, assign a unique name and choose the language for this collection. And Click Add to finish creating the collection.
  5. Click on Root Sub-Tab and Type in RootURL / Filepath and click OK.
  6. Go to Indexer Sub-Tab and click Index button to start indexing.
  7. Click on the DashBoard Sub-Tab under Collections to view indexing status.
  8. Go to http://yourhost/searchblox/search.jsp to start searching.