Quick Start Guide

 

Valid from Datafari 5.0

So you want to install the community version or test the appliance, and give it a try with a files system ? This page is made for you. You can either use the preconfigured Docker Image, or the preconfigured VM, or install the Debian package on your Linux OS :

1. Datafari Appliance

1.1. VM Appliance

Credentials information :

default user on Debian : the user is demo, the password is demo. To be root user : su root (password root) or enter sudo su -

admin user on Datafari : the user is admin, password : admin

For the SAMBA share : IP : localhost, user : shareuser, password : shareuser, path : allusers

If you want to test Datafari on a Virtual Machine, you can use our appliance. You can download it here : Datafari OVA VM Appliance The file is in OVA so you can test it either on VMWare or on VirtualBox for example.

Check our https://datafari.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DATAFARI/pages/1662451718 page.

Just import it on your favorite VM application and use it !

NB : the keyboard input is by default in French.

Note that Datafari is already installed in the Debian appliance. Just click on the icon named "CLICK HERE TO START DATAFARI" and Datafari will be started and Firefox will be opened with the Datafari URL (https://localhost/Datafari).

That's it !

1.2. Docker Image

If you want to test Datafari on a Docker Machine, you can use our uptodate images. The repository is here: https://hub.docker.com/r/datafari/datafari/ . To pull the image, launch docker pull datafari/datafari

Check our https://datafari.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DATAFARI/pages/1662451718 page

For the Docker Container Image, the default user is admin, password : admin

NB : the keyboard input is by default in French.

The port that needs to be exposed is 443.

You can launch the container by this command: docker container run --name datafari -d -p 443:443 datafari/datafari:latest

That's it !

If you want to use the jcifs-ng connector in ManifoldCF, check our Add the JCIFS-NG Connector to Datafari - Community Edition page.

You can directly use the simplified jobs of Datafari to add files or websites to index into your Datafari instance, see https://datafari.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DATAFARI/pages/682754069

You can find documentation on how to create connectors and jobs on Apache ManifoldCF here :

Enjoy Datafari !

2. Install Datafari on Debian

Requirements :

Check our  page

Then check our page

Last, check our  page

How to install and start Datafari :

First, download your package of interest, check our page

Second, install Datafari by checking our  page

Third, go to one of the following url to check that things went fine:

  • Search UI : https://localhost/Datafari

  • Admin UI : https://localhost/Datafari/admin

You can find video tutorials on how to install and start Datafari from the installer (Warning: the videos are for version 3.1) :

- Debian : 

Fourth, it is time to feed the search engine:

If you want to use the jcifs-ng connector in ManifoldCF, check our page.

You can directly use the simplified jobs of Datafari to add files or websites to index into your Datafari instance, see

You can find documentation on how to create connectors and jobs on Apache ManifoldCF here :


For Datafari 3 to 4 versions

So you want to install the community version or test the appliance, and give it a try with a files system ? This page is made for you. You can either use the preconfigured Docker Image, or the preconfigured VM, or install the Debian package on your Linux OS :

Datafari Appliance

1. VM Appliance

If you want to test Datafari on a Virtual Machine, you can use our appliance. You can download it here : http://www.datafari.com/files/appliance/datafari.ova The file is in OVA so you can test it either on VMWare or VirtualBox for example.

Check our Hardware requirements Community Edition page.

Just import it on your favorite application and use it !

NB : the keyboard input is by default in French.

Datafari is already installed in the Debian appliance. Just click on the icon named "CLICK HERE TO START DATAFARI" and Datafari will be started and Firefox will be opened with the Datafari URL (http://localhost:8080/Datafari).

That's it !


2. Docker Image

If you want to test Datafari on a Docker Machine, you can use our uptodate images. The repository is here: https://hub.docker.com/r/datafari/datafari/ . To pull the image, launch docker pull datafari/datafari

Check our Hardware requirements Community Edition page

For the Docker Container Image, the default user is admin, password : admin

NB : the keyboard input is by default in French.

The port that needs to be exposed is 8080.

You can launch the container by this command: docker container run --name datafari -d -p 8080:8080 datafari/datafari:latest

That's it !

If you want to use the jcifs-ng connector in ManifoldCF, check our Add the JCIFS-NG Connector to Datafari - Community Edition page.

You have to configure your Repository connector and job to add documents to Datafari. You can find a video tutorial on how to index a local file system here (Warning: the videos are for version 3.1) : https://youtu.be/8L0A6SKWXP0?t=3m8s

You can find documentation on how to create connectors and jobs here : https://manifoldcf.apache.org/release/release-2.13/en_US/end-user-documentation.html

Enjoy Datafari !


Install Datafari on Debian

Requirements :

Check our Hardware requirements page

Then check our Network requirements Community Edition page

Last, check our Software requirements page

How to install and start Datafari :

First, download your package of interest, check our Download page

Second, install Datafari by checking our Install Datafari page

Third, go to one of the following url to check that things went fine:

You can find video tutorials on how to install and start Datafari from the installer (Warning: the videos are for version 3.1) :

- Debian : 

Fourth, it is time to feed the search engine:

If you want to use the jcifs-ng connector in ManifoldCF, check our Add the JCIFS-NG Connector to Datafari - Community Edition page.

You have to configure your Repository connector and job to add documents to Datafari. You can find a video tutorial on how to index a local file system here (Warning: the videos are for version 3.1) : https://youtu.be/8L0A6SKWXP0?t=3m8s

You can find documentation on how to create connectors and jobs here : https://manifoldcf.apache.org/release/release-2.13/en_US/end-user-documentation.html