15. Remote indexing example using Intella Connect and Intella Node

This example of using Intella Connect and Intella Nodes to index evidence and share the resulting case assumes a setup of local network with two computers. Note that this example uses IP address to address a computer, however, domain or computer names can be used as long as it is a valid UNC (Universal Naming Convention) path.

Install Intella Connect on computer 1 with IP address 192.168.1.2 on port 9999. Please refer to Getting started section for more information on how to install Intella Connect.

Install Intella Node on computer 2 with IP address 192.168.1.3 on port 9999. Please refer to Getting started section for more information on how to install Intella Node.

Add Intella Node to Intella Connect admin dashboard->Servers->Nodes by clicking on “Add Intella Node” button where Name will be “myFirstNode”, Host will be “192.168.1.3” and Port will be “9999”.

Share a folder called “cases” on computer 2 under UNC \\192.168.1.3\cases. Use Windows folder sharing facilities to achieve this.

Add shared folder to Connect admin dashboard->Servers->Shared file system by clicking on “Add shared folder” button where UNC Path will be \\192.168.1.3\cases

Having folder “Enron” inside folder “evidence”, share the folder called “evidence” on computer 2 under UNC \\192.168.1.3\evidence. Use Windows folder sharing facilities to achieve this.

Add shared folder to Connect admin dashboard->Servers->Shared file system by clicking on “Add shared folder” button where UNC Path will be \\192.168.1.3\evidence

Create case by clicking on “Create case” button in Intella Connect dashboard->Cases, fill out Case name as “Enron” and as Case folder choose “Cases” folder shown within Shared folders in folders tree view. This will automatically fill out Case folder with \\192.168.1.3\cases\Enron.

Add new source. Choose file or folder source type. Choose Shared folders->evidence->Enron from folders tree view as source folder.

Continue source definition until last sheet. Select checkbox “Yes, I want to index this source now (recommended)” and choose “myFirstNode” as Intella Node to use.

After indexing finishes, the case can be shared from it’s current location. Connection to computer 2 cannot be lost during sharing of that case as that’s where the case resides.

Sharing a case over the network could cause various issues resulting from network malfunction. Exporting will also take longer over network as compared to exporting from case on local disk. In order to share this case directly from local disks of Intella Connect, the case folder needs to be moved from it’s location on Intella Node’s local disk to Intella Connect’s local disk. The case then needs to be deleted from Intella Connect admin dashboard->cases list without checking “Also remove the related case folders from disk”, so that the reference to this case is removed without deleting the actual case files. The case then needs to be added using “Add case” button and selecting the case folder from Intella Connect’s local disk within folders tree view.