• Table of Contents
    • ownCloud 8.0 Server Administration Manual Introduction
    • ownCloud 8.0 Release Notes
    • What’s New for Admins in ownCloud 8
    • Installation
    • User Management
    • File Sharing and Management
    • ownCloud Server Configuration
      • Using the occ Command
      • Configuring the Activity App
      • Configuring the ClamAV Antivirus Scanner
      • Automatic Configuration Setup
      • Defining Background Jobs
      • Configuring Memory Caching
      • Config.php Parameters
      • Custom Client Download Repositories
      • Email Configuration
      • Linking External Sites
      • JavaScript and CSS Asset Management
      • Knowledge Base Configuration
      • Language Configuration
      • Logging Configuration
      • Hardening and Security Guidance
      • Reverse Proxy Configuration
      • Enabling Full-Text Search
      • Warnings on Admin Page
      • Using Third Party PHP Components
      • Server Tuning & Performance Tips
    • Database Configuration
    • Maintenance
    • Operations
    • Issues and Troubleshooting
    • ownCloud Videos
    • Enterprise Subscription Installation (ES Only)
    • Creating Branded ownCloud Clients (ES only)
    • Enterprise Server Branding (ES only)
    • External Storage (ES only)
    • User Management (ES only)
    • Enabling Anonymous Uploads with Files Drop (ES Only)
    • Enterprise Logging Apps (ES only)
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Enabling Full-Text SearchΒΆ

The Full-Text Search app indexes plain text, .docx, .xlsx, .pptx, .odt, .ods and .pdf files stored in ownCloud. It is based on Zend Search Lucene, which is a good general purpose text search engine written in PHP 5. The Zend Lucene index is stored on the filesystem (in owncloud/data/$user/lucene_index) and does not require a database server.

Using the Full-Text Search app is literally set-it-and-forget-it: all you do is enable it on your Apps page, and then it automatically indexes all documents on your ownCloud server. It does not index files on remote storage services or devices.

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When you want to find a document, enter your search term in the search field at the upper right of your ownCloud Web interface. You can run a search from any ownCloud page. Hover your cursor over any of your search results to see what folder it is in, or click on the filename and it takes you to the folder.

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Known limitations

It does not work with the Encryption app, because the background indexing process does not have access to the key needed to decrypt files when the user is not logged in.

Not all PDF versions can be indexed because its text extraction may be incompatible with newer PDF versions.

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