Manage document lists for the Webserver search engine on HTTP Server

This topic provides information about how to manage document lists for the Webserver search engine with the IBM® Web Administration for i5/OS™ interface.

Important: Information for this topic supports the latest PTF levels for HTTP Server for i5/OS . It is recommended that you install the latest PTFs to upgrade to the latest level of the HTTP Server for i5/OS. Some of the topics documented here are not available prior to this update. See http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/software/http/services/service.htm Link outside Information Center for more information.
Parent topic: Search tasks

Register a document list

Register a document list if it was created manually or does not appear listed in the IBM Web Administration for i5/OS interface.

Note: See Set up a document list for the Webserver search engine on HTTP Server for more information on creating document lists.

To register a document list, do the following:

Note: Document lists created using Search Administration forms or the CFGHTTPSCH command starting in Version 4 Release 5 do not need to be registered.
  1. Click the Advanced tab.
  2. Click the Search Setup subtab.
  3. Expand Search Engine Setup.
  4. Click Register document list.
  5. Enter the directory and file name of the document list file. For example, /QIBM/UserData/HTTPSVR/index/mydoclist.DOCUMENT_LIST.

    Choose one of the two following options:

    Document list built from document on this server
    Select this option if you created the document list from a local directory.
    Document list built from documents found by crawling web sites
    Select this option if you created the document list from a remote server.
  6. Click Apply.

Delete a document list

To delete the document list, do the following:

  1. Click the Advanced tab.
  2. Click the Search Setup subtab.
  3. Expand Search Engine Setup.
  4. Click Delete document list.
  5. Select the document list to be deleted from the list.
  6. Click Delete.
Note: If the document list was not registered, it will not be listed.

Work with document list status

The Webserver search engine can show the status of a document list. To view the status of a document list, do the following:

  1. Click the Advanced tab.
  2. Click the Search Setup subtab.
  3. Expand Search Engine Setup.
  4. Click Work with document list status.
  5. Select the document list you want to work with from the Document list file name list
  6. Click Apply.

The status page displays all the current information available for the document list. Use this page to view information about your document list and to keep track of its status. Different information will be displayed for document lists created from local documents and those created from remote sites. If your document list contains documents from remote web sites, you can also control the current crawling session by using the buttons displayed at the end of the form. An active crawling session can be stopped or paused and a paused crawling session can be stopped or resumed. Once a crawling session is stopped, it can be started again from the Build document list form.