How To index files in one of my local directories - SearchUnit - Forum

Welcome to the forum. You have 2 choices;

1. If you do NOT have a virtual folder, then you can use the file:/// protocol, eg.

Local path: c:\myfolder\docs
Virtual path: file:///c:/myfolder/docs

That will do the import, but you will find that unless you are indexing a UNC, the results will only work on your machine, because the links are specific to your local path.

2. Otherwise, it's better to use a HTTP virtual path when you can, eg.

Local path: c:\inetpub\wwwroot\sub\docs
Virtual path: http://localhost/sub/docs

Please let me know more about what you're doing and I can give more specific advice.

Best
Jim

Yes, creating a virtual path would probably be a good idea. You can do it in the IIS control panel, eg https://technet.microsof...p;MSPPError=-2147217396

You might also like this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx7gAqloikE he goes in to DNS which you don't really need, but you might find it a helpful video.

You should be able to easily create a virtual folder in IIS to point to your documents folder - but there may be other things you need to do, for example you might find that static content doesn't get server by IIS by default.

Take it step by step and if you get stuck let me know.

Jim