Create a new Search Federation (Example)

In the following example, a user on a local cluster (10.106.2.166) wants to create a Search Federation using a remote cluster (10.105.101.59).

1. On the remote cluster (10.105.101.59), click the Allow incoming federation request button to allow the incoming federation request.

   

2. On the local cluster (10.106.2.166), click the New Request button under Outgoing Federation Request section and configure the request.

   

   If the remote cluster is using a self-signed certificate, you may see the following dialog for certificate verification. Click Accept to send the request.

   

   After the request is sent, the you will see a Pending item created in the table. You can cancel this item any time.

   

3. Go back to Federation Management in the remote cluster (10.105.101.59), and click Accept to accept this federation request, or click Ignore to ignore the request.

   

4. On the local cluster (10.106.2.166), click the Add Federation button of the Search Federation section, and select the Federation Servers.

   

   

Search with Federation

To search with a different cluster, select a Search Federation that contains multiple servers (for example, My Search), and then select the cluster name ( 10.105.101.59) from the Cluster dropdown.

And then select the cluster name (e.g. 10.105.101.59) in the Cluster dropdown.

You can also add another query for a remote cluster by clicking the Add query button. The search returns the results from both servers.