Search index directory structure

Each Connections application has its own index directory. The Search index directory is defined by the WAS variable SEARCH_INDEX_DIR.

The application-specific index directories are named index_application_name.

Application	Index directory
Activities	index_activities
Blogs	index_blogs
Bookmarks	index_bookmarks
Calendar	index_calendar
Communities	index_communities
Community Libraries	index_ecm_files
Files	index_files
Forums	index_forums
People finder	index_people_finder
Profiles	index_profiles
Social analytics	index_sand
Status updates	index_status_updates
Wikis	index_wikis

Each index directory contains doctype, facets, filesTemp, and graph files. After the index is built, each directory also contains an INDEX.READY file and a CRAWLING_VERSION file.

The following directories are also used by the Search application:

index_backup

When SearchService.backupIndexNow() is run, the index is backed up to the index_backup directory. This directory is contained in the folder

data/local/search

The folder location is specified by the WAS variable SEARCH_INDEX_BACKUP_DIR.

staging

After the initial index is built, it is copied to the staging directory before it is rolled out to all the nodes in the deployment. This directory is located on the network share. The directory location is specified by the WAS variable...

SEARCH_INDEX_SHARED_COPY_LOCATION

An index in this directory is deleted 30 days after it is created. To disable the automatic roll-out behavior, delete the variable, and manually delete the contents of the directory.

persistence

The persistence directory contains the XML files created after an application is crawled. These files are used to build an index for the application. This directory is contained in the folder

data/local/search

The directory location is specified by the WAS variable...

CRAWLER_PAGE_PERSISTENCE_DIR

extracted

The extracted directory holds documents containing the content extracted from files. This directory is located on the network share. The directory location is specified by the WAS variable EXTRACTED_FILE_STORE.

Parent topic:
The indexing process

Related reference:

WAS environment variables