Configure Search On MOSS 2007 (Microsoft Office SharePoint Server)!

The following procedures step you through the process of configuring
Office SharePoint Server 2007 search services, creating a Web application for
the SSP, creating the SSP, and configuring indexing settings.

 

Start and configure the Search service

1. On the SharePoint Central Administration home page, click the Operations tab on the top navigation bar.
   


2. On the Operations page, in Topology and Services, click Servers in farm.
   


3. On the Servers in Farm page, click the server on which you want to configure the search service.
   


4. Click Start next to Office SharePoint Server Search.
   


5. On the Office SharePoint Server Search Settings page, in the Query and Indexing section, make sure that the Use this server for indexing content and Use this server for serving search queries check boxes are selected.
   


6. In the Default Catalog Location section, type a path to a physical folder to store the index files, or use the default location that is specified.
   


7. In the Contact E-Mail Address section, specify a valid e-mail address.
   


8. In the Service Account section, click Configurable, and in User name and Password,
   type the user name and password for the user account under which you
   want the Search service to run. The user account must be a member of
   the Administrators group on the computer that is running the Search
   service. If you want to use the principle of least privilege and select
   a unique user account that does not have administrative rights on your
   front-end servers or on your back-end database servers, see the Known
   Issues/Readme for Office SharePoint Server 2007 Beta 2. The user name
   must be in the format DOMAIN\username.


9. In the Web Front End And Crawling section, do one of the following:
   
   
   
   • If you are configuring the search service on a server that provides Web services and renders Web content, click No dedicated Web front-end computer for crawling
     
   
   
   
   
   
   
   • If you are configuring the search service on a server that is
     a standalone search server that does not provide Web services and
     render Web content, click Use a dedicated web front end computer for crawling, and then, in Select a web front end computer, click the computer you want to use for crawling.
   
   
   
   


10. Click Start.

Start the Windows SharePoint Services Web Application service

You must start the Windows SharePoint Services Web Application
service on every computer that you want to act as a Web server and was
set up using the Complete option during Setup. This service is started by default on servers that were set up using the Web Front End
option. To enhance security, you can leave this service turned off on
application servers that do not provide Web content to client
computers. Also, you do not need to turn this service on to use
SharePoint Central Administration on a server.

1. On the SharePoint Central Administration home page, click the Operations tab on the top navigation bar.
   


2. On the Operations page, in Topology and Services, click Servers in farm.
   


3. On the Servers in Farm page, click the server on which you
   want to start the Windows SharePoint Services Web Application service.


4. Click Start next to Window SharePoint Services Web Application.

Create the Shared Services Provider

1. On the SharePoint Central Administration home page, click the Application Management tab on the top navigation bar.
   


2. On the Application Management page, in the Office SharePoint Server Shared Services section, click Create or configure this farm's shared services.
   


3. On the Manage this Farm's Shared Services page, click New SSP. 
   Important: If you have not created a Web
   application for the SSP administration site, you need to create one
   before you create the SSP. If you have already created a Web
   application for the SSP administration site, skip to step 14.


4. On the New Shared Services Provider page, click Create a new Web application.
   


5. On the Create New Web Application page, in the IIS Web Site section, click Create a new IIS web site, and do not modify the default settings in this section.
   


6. In the Security Configuration section, under Authentication provider, select the appropriate option for your environment, and do not modify the default settings in the remainder of this section.
   


7. In the Load Balanced URL section, do not modify the default settings.
   


8. In the Application Pool section, click Create new application pool.
   


9. In Application pool name, enter the name of your application pool or use the default name.
   


10. Click Configurable, and in User name and Password,
    type the user name and password for the user account under which you
    want the application pool to run. The user account does not have to be
    a member of any particular security group. It is recommended that you
    use the principle of least privilege and select a unique user account
    that does not have administrative rights on your front-end servers or
    on your back-end database servers. You can use the user account that
    you specified as the Office SharePoint Server 2007 service account;
    however, if that user account is a member of a security group that has
    administrative rights on your front-end servers or your back-end
    database servers, you will not be following the principle of least
    privilege. The user name must be in the format DOMAIN\username.


11. In the Database Name and Authentication section, verify the database information and make sure that Windows Authentication (recommended)is selected.


12. In the Search Server section, do not modify the default settings.
    


13. Click OK. Upon successful creation of the Web application, the New Shared Services Provider page appears.
    


14. In the SSP Name section, in Web Application, select the Web application that you created for the SSP, and do not modify any of the default settings in this section.
    


15. In the My Site Location section, do not modify any of the default settings.
    


16. In the SSP Service Credentials section, in User name and Password,
    type the user name and password for the user account under which you
    want the SSP to run. The user account does not have to be a member of
    any particular security group. It is recommended that you use the
    principle of least privilege and select a unique user account that does
    not have administrative rights on your front-end servers or on your
    back-end database servers. You can use the user account that you
    specified as the Office SharePoint Server 2007 service account;
    however, if that user account is a member of a security group that has
    administrative rights on your front-end servers or your back-end
    database servers, you will not be following the principle of least
    privilege. The user name must be in the format DOMAIN\username.


17. In the SSP Database section, you can either
    accept the default settings (recommended), or specify your own settings
    for the database server, the database name, or the SQL authentication
    credentials.


18. In the Search Database section, you can
    either accept the default settings (recommended), or specify your own
    settings for the search database server, the database name, or the SQL
    Server authentication credentials.


19. In the Index Server section, in Index Server, click the server on which you configured the Search service.  Note: If there is no index server listed in the Index Server
    section, then no server in your farm has been assigned the index server
    role. To assign the index server role to a server in your farm, follow
    the instructions in the "Configure the Search service" section earlier
    in this topic.


20. In the SSL for Web Services section, click No.
    


21. Click OK. Upon successful creation of the SSP, the Success page appears.
    


22. On the Success page, click OK to return to the Manage this Farm's Core Services page.

Configure indexing settings

1. On the SharePoint Central Administration home page, click the Application Management tab on the navigation bar.
   


2. On the Application Management page, in the Office SharePoint Server Shared Services section, click Create or configure this farm's shared services.
   


3. On the Manage this Farm's Shared Services page, click SharedServices1.
   


4. On the Shared Services Administration page, in Search, click Search Settings.
   


5. On the Configure Search Settings page, in the Crawl Settings section, click Default content access account.
   


6. In the Default content access account section, in Account, Password, and Confirm Password,
   type the user name and password for the user account that you want to
   use to crawl content on your sites. This account must be a domain user
   account. It is recommended that you use the principle of least
   privilege and select a unique user account that cannot modify content
   and does not have administrative rights on your front-end servers or on
   your back-end database servers. You can use the user account that you
   specified as the Office SharePoint Server 2007 service account;
   however, if that user account is a member of a security group that has
   administrative rights on your front-end servers or your back-end
   database servers, you will not be following the principle of least
   privilege. The user account that you specify will be added to the Web
   application Full Read policy for your farm. The user name must be in
   the format DOMAIN\username.


7. Click OK.
   


8. In the Crawl Settings section, click Content sources.
   


9. On the Manage Content Sources page, click Local Office SharePoint Server sites.
   


10. On the Edit Content Source page, in the Crawl Schedules section, under Full Crawl, click Create schedule.
    


11. In the Manage Schedules dialog box, configure schedule settings for full crawls of your content, and then click OK.
    


12. In the Crawl Schedules section, under Incremental Crawl, click Create schedule.
    


13. In the Manage Schedules dialog box, configure schedule settings for incremental crawls of your content, and then click OK.
    


14. In the Start Full Crawl section, select the Start full crawl of this content source check box, and then click OK.

You are done!