Getting the IBM Content Search Services authentication token

The IBM Content Search Services server uses the authentication token as a security device to identify itself as authorized to communicate with Content Platform Engine. The authentication token is displayed on the last window of the IBM Content Search Services installation program for each server that you install.

Procedure

To find the authentication token for an installed IBM Content Search Services server:

  1. Log on to the host computer as css_os_user.
  2. From the command line, navigate to the css_install_location/server_name/bin directory.
  3. To find the authentication token, enter configTool printToken -configPath "css_install_location/server_name/config".
  4. To generate a new authentication token, enter configTool generateToken -configPath "css_install_location/server_name/config" -seed token_name.