Fredhopper indexed items export/import

Question

Is there any way (via API, or if not, by directly copying files) to export and import the indexed items from one Fredhopper indexer instance to another?

I can get all the items via the following URL, but don't know how to import them on the other instance: /fredhopper/query?fh_view_size=all&fh_view=lister

Both the Indexers are on-prem, FAS version 7.5.0.16 (107262) coupled with SmartTarget 2014 SP1.

Answer 1

Export the configuration

For Unix: bin/capture-export INSTANCE-NAME path/to/output.zip -c -i -x -l

For windows: bin\capture-export INSTANCE-NAME path/to/output.zip -c -i -x -l

[Edit] Use the -O switch to define the output file name. Use any of the options to specify what should be included in the capture: -c - config data; -i - indices; -l - log files; -x - processed XML; -s - stack traces of processes.

Import the configuration and reindex the data

For Unix: bin/capture-import INDEXER-INSTANCE /path/to/capture.zip

For windows bin\capture-import INDEXER-INSTANCE X:\path\to\capture.zip

Next, you will need to reindex your Fredhopper instance.

Unix:       bin/reindex INDEXER-INSTANCE
Windows:    bin\reindex INDEXER-INSTANCE

Please verify that your data has been loaded successfully and correctly and that there are no errors in the relevant log files.

After the re-index also required to publish your configuration.

I hope it helps.