Once a search service application is configured, it needs data for indexing. In this recipe, we will add a new content source for our search service application.
For this recipe, we should have a search service application created in the Provisioning a search service application recipe.
Follow these steps to add a new content source to our search service application:
Navigate to Central Administration in your preferred web browser.
Click on Manage service applications from the Application Management section.
Click on the Search Service Application link we created in the previous recipe.
In the quick launch, click on Content Sources from the Crawling section as shown in the following screenshot:
Click on New Content Source.
Provide a name, such as
Local SharePoint Sites, for the content source in the Name field.Select SharePoint Sites for the Content Source Type as shown in the following screenshot:
Add the URL to the root SharePoint site...