How to Build Search Index

Site search requires an index of content available to search.

Requirements

Notice: Copied from Core-Portal/wiki: How to Build Search Index. May be overkill for a standalone CMS.

• At least one page in CMS (see above).
• At least 15% of free disk space.
• For Mac/Windows
  • At least 4GB of RAM allocated to Docker (see Docker Desktop > Preferences > Resources > Advanced).
• For Linux (Locally)
  • Run sudo sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=2146999999 (The minimum required by ES is 262144 but it doesn't seem to work).
  • Run sudo sysctl -w vm.overcommit_memory=1.
  • Run sudo sysctl -p (In order to persist in /etc/sysctl.conf).

Steps

CMS

0. Completely shut down all of your containers and restart them.

1. Login to docker shell:

   docker exec -it core_cms /bin/bash
   

2. Index all searchable content:

   python manage.py rebuild_index
   

Portal

See Core-Portal/wiki: How to Build Search Index.

Reference

• Source: instructions in Slack and clarification in Slack