SharePoint connection

If you will be creating repositories that process SharePoint data, you must complete additional tasks to enable processing by the processing agent.

• Install a license server in your Data Discovery environment and implement a license for the SharePoint remote connector.

• Configure the SharePoint remote connector to point to the license server.

  If you have multiple agents installed in your Data Discovery environment, this must be completed for each agent host that will be managing SharePoint repositories.

  To configure the SharePoint remote connector

  1. Log on to the machine hosting the processing agent that will manage SharePoint content.

  2. With a text editing tool, open <agentInstallDirectory>\SharePointRemoteConnector\SharePointRemoteConnector.cfg

     where <agentInstallDirectory> is the location where the agent was installed (such as C:\Program Files\MicroFocus\FAS\Agent).

     Make a backup copy of this file.

  3. Make only the following changes under the [License] section of the original file.

     1. Change the value for LicenseServerHost to the host name or IP address of machine hosting the license server.

     2. Change the value for LicenseServerACIPort to the port the license server is listening on.

  4. If you use a web proxy, add the following to the end of the [Connector] section of the original file.

     ProxyHost=<webProxyHost>
     ProxyPort=<webProxyPort>

     where,

     • <webProxyHost> is the fully qualified machine name of the machine hosting the web proxy.

     • <webProxyPort> is the port number of web proxy.

  5. Save the file.

  6. Restart the Micro Focus FAS-SharePoint remote connector service.

• Create a SharePoint user for Data Discovery. The SharePoint user is used by the processing agent to connect to and perform actions in your SharePoint environment. You will enter the credentials for this account when you create SharePoint repositories.

  The SharePoint user that Data Discovery authenticates with must, at a minimum, be able to perform the following functions. The exact permissions you set for this user in SharePoint are specific to your SharePoint environment.

  • Read. This allows the processing agent to collect items from SharePoint.

  • Delete. This allows the processing agent to delete items from SharePoint.

For the SharePoint version supported, see the supported data resources under the Agent installation.