# Retrieve Information from a Lithium Community

To automatically retrieve information from a Lithium community, create a new fetch task by following these steps. The connector runs each fetch task automatically, based on the schedule that is configured in the configuration file.

To create a new Fetch Task

1. Stop the connector.
2. Open the configuration file in a text editor.

3. In the `[FetchTasks]` section of the configuration file, specify the number of fetch tasks using the `Number` parameter. If you are configuring the first fetch task, type `Number=1`. If one or more fetch tasks have already been configured, increase the value of the `Number` parameter by one (1). Below the `Number` parameter, specify the names of the fetch tasks, starting from zero (0). For example:

       [FetchTasks]
       Number=1
       0=MyTask

4. Below the `[FetchTasks]` section, create a new TaskName section. The name of the section must match the name of the new fetch task. For example:

       [FetchTasks]
       Number=1
       0=MyTask

       [MyTask]

1. In the new section, set the following configuration parameters:

   `CommunityUrl` | The URL of the Lithium community to connect to.

   For example:

       [MyTask]
       CommunityUrl=http://my-lithium.com

2. (Optional) If the connector must log on to retrieve information, specify a user name and password.

   - To configure HTTP basic authentication, set the following parameters:

     `BasicUsername` | The user name to use to access resources protected by basic authentication.
     `BasicPassword` | The password to use to access resources protected by basic authentication. Micro Focus recommends encrypting the value of this parameter before entering it into the configuration file. For information about how to encrypt passwords, see Encrypt Passwords.

   - To configure Lithium authentication, set the parameters `Username` and `Password`.

   For more information about the parameters that you can use to configure the connector, refer to the Lithium Connector Reference.

3. (Optional) If you installed the connector on a machine that is behind a proxy server, set the following configuration parameters:

   `ProxyHost` | The host name or IP address of the proxy server to use to access the Lithium community.
   `ProxyPort` | The port of the proxy server to use to access the Lithium community.

4. Save and close the configuration file.

   You can now start the connector.

Related Topics

- Start and Stop the Connector
- Schedule Fetch Tasks

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