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Connector framework service
The Connector Framework Service (CFS) allows secure indexing of documents from IDOL to the Vertica Analytic Database.
The Connector Framework Service (CFS) allows secure indexing of documents from IDOL to the Vertica Analytic Database. Access control lists determine which users have permissions to access documents. Documents transferred from IDOL are stored in a flex table (Flex tables).
Important
Vertica 9.1.1 does not support the IdolLib function library. If you have the IdolLib function library installed and are upgrading to Vertica 9.1.1, you see an error and you cannot access the IdolLib function library.
To determine if the IdolLib library is installed, run the following script:
$ /opt/vertica/packages/idol/ddl/isinstalled.sql
To uninstall the IdolLib library, run the following script:
$ /opt/vertica/packages/idol/ddl/uninstall.sql
CFS components
Use the following CFS components to implement the service on the Vertica:
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IDOL document metadata
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CFS Configuration file
For detailed information, see Implementing CFS.
Vertica Analytic Database stores IDOL document metadata in a flex table. Set the name of the flex table with the TableName parameter in the CFS configuration file (see Implementing CFS). The metadata includes the following:
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AUTONOMYMETADATA (Mandatory): An alphanumeric designation for the ACL designated for the document.
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DREFIELD: Assigns permission levels to users and groups for accessing IDOL documents.
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DRETITLE: The document title.
CFS configuration file
You must index IDOL metadata in Vertica Analytic Database to be available for queries. See Implementing CFS.
1 - Implementing CFS
After Vertica ingests documents from IDOL into flex tables, you can implement CFS to secure those documents.
After Vertica ingests documents from IDOL into flex tables, you can implement CFS to secure those documents. Implementing the security requires that the Vertica database administrator modify the CFS configuration file.
Modify the CFS configuration file
The database administrator must modify the following in the CFS configuration file to have CFS automatically index the metadata:
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In the [Indexing] section, set the IndexerSections parameter to vertica:
[Indexing]
IndexerSections=vertica
IndexBathSize=1
IndexTimeInterval=30
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Create a new section with the same name you entered in the IndexerSections parameter and enter the following parameters and keywords:
[vertica]
IndexerType=Library
ConnectionString=Driver=Vertica;Server=123.456.478.900;Databaswe=myDb;UID=dbadmin;PWD=password
TableName=myFlexTable
LibraryDirectory= ./shared_library_indexers
LibraryName=VerticaIndexer
The VerticaIndexer (LibraryName above) is part of CFS. To use this tool, you must install and configure the Vertica ODBC drivers on the same machine as CFS. CFS sends JSON-formatted data to the Flex table using ODBC.
For more information, see Installing ODBC drivers on Linux.
Query the IDOL data
To query the IDOL data in a flex table, run a simple SELECT query. In this example, idol_table is the name of the flex table:
=> SELECT * FROM idol_table;