Installing Fess application in windows 10

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Hi,

I have installed the latest version of the Fess application on Windows 10 with the following setup:

  • Fess: 14.17.0
  • Java: JDK 21
  • OpenSearch: 2.17.0

Currently, OpenSearch is running at http://localhost:9200, but it seems that the Fess application is connected to a Master Node and Fesen cluster with OpenSearch running at http://localhost:9201. I am confused about which OpenSearch instance the Fess application is connected to.

The logs show that an embedded OpenSearch instance is running. Can you guide me on how to:

  1. Disable the embedded OpenSearch instance and configure Fess to connect to an external OpenSearch cluster on Windows 10?

Additionally, I am facing an issue with thumbnail generation. Although the file crawling process runs successfully, thumbnails are not generated for PDFs and Microsoft Office files. Only HTML files have thumbnails generated, with logs indicating “No new thumbnails generated.”

Could you provide guidance on:

  1. Writing scripts to generate thumbnails for PDFs and MS Office files on Windows?

A detailed guide or documentation for installing, configuring, and troubleshooting the Fess application on Windows would be extremely helpful for users.

Thank you.

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Please refer to the installation guide. Fess on Windows does not support thumbnail generation, so we recommend using Docker instead.

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