Solution
SystemLink DataFinder Instances cannot index S3 directly. Instead, it is necessary to configure a DataFinder Instance that indexes the SystemLink File Service, which points to S3.
When configuring S3 as the file storage, the process is as follows:
- The SystemLink File Ingestion Service points to S3. See Uploading Files to Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) for configuration instructions.
- A DataFinder Instance can be configured to index the SystemLink File Service. See Creating a DataFinder Instance for instructions.
- When a file is processed, it is indexed before it is moved to S3. The index data is stored in a MariaDB backend database.
- The path to the index data can be found in the NI SystemLink TDM Configuration application on the Index/Cache Settings tab as shown below.
