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Creating a Mass Ingestion Service

When you create a Mass Ingestion Service, you must associate a Model Repository Service with the Mass Ingestion Service. A Model Repository Service cannot be associated with more than one Mass Ingestion Service.
Note: You must create the Mass Ingestion Service in a domain that uses native authentication. If you create the Mass Ingestion Service in a domain that uses LDAP or Kerberos authentication, you cannot log in to the Mass Ingestion tool.
    1. In the Administrator tool, click the Manage tab.
    2. Click the Services and Nodes view.
    3. In the Domain Navigator, select the domain.
    4. Click Actions > New > Mass Ingestion Service.
    The New Mass Ingestion Service wizard appears.
    5. On the New Mass Ingestion Service - Step 1 of 3 page, enter the following properties:
    Property
    Description
    Name
    Name of the service. The name is not case sensitive and must be unique within the domain. It cannot exceed 128 characters or begin with @. It also cannot contain spaces or the following special characters:
    ` ~ % ^ * + = { } \ ; : ' " / ? . , < > | ! ( ) ] [
    Description
    Description of the service. The description cannot exceed 765 characters.
    Location
    Domain and folder where the service is created. Click Browse to choose a different folder. You can move the service after you create it.
    License
    License object that allows use of the service.
    Node
    Node on which the service runs.
    6. Click Next.
    7. On the New Mass Ingestion Service - Step 2 of 3 page, enter the following properties:
    Property
    Description
    Model Repository Service
    Model Repository Service to associate with the service.
    User Name
    User name that the service uses to access the Model Repository Service. Enter the Model repository user that you created.
    Password
    Password for the Model repository user.
    8. Click Next.
    The New Mass Ingestion Service - Step 3 of 3 page appears.
    9. Enter the HTTP port number to use for the Mass Ingestion Service.
    You cannot use HTTPS.
    10. To enable the Mass Ingestion Service, select Enable Service.
    11. Click Finish.
    The domain creates the Mass Ingestion Service. If you selected Enable Service, the domain enables the Mass Ingestion Service.
    12. In the Domain Navigator, select the Mass Ingestion Service.
    13. Click the URL to access the Mass Ingestion tool.