Create and Provision a Search Service Application With Powershell
By Vlad Catrinescu Microsoft MVP and MCT · Pluralsight Author
Here is a Cool Script to Create and Provision a new Search Service Application in SharePoint 2010 using PowerShell. If you split the roles between servers, you can put (example : $querysever = ” WFE1″
Here is the script. If you have any questions, do not hesitate. Say thanks if it helped 🙂
$ErrorActionPreference = “Stop”
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -EA 0
function ConfigureSharePointSearch(
[Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPIisWebServiceApplicationPool] $appPool,
[System.Management.Automation.PSCredential] $crawlCredentials,
[string] $serviceAppName = “Search Service Application”,
[string] $searchDatabaseName = “SearchService”,
[string] $searchServer = $env:COMPUTERNAME,
[string] $adminServer = $env:COMPUTERNAME,
[string] $crawlServer = $env:COMPUTERNAME,
[string] $queryServer = $env:COMPUTERNAME)
{
Write-Host “Configuring SharePoint Search…”
Write-Host “appPool: $appPool”
Write-Host “crawlCredentials: $($crawlCredentials.Username)”
Write-Host “serviceAppName: $serviceAppName”
Write-Host “searchDatabaseName: $searchDatabaseName”
Write-Host “searchServer: $searchServer”
Write-Host “adminServer: $adminServer”
Write-Host “crawlServer: $crawlServer”
Write-Host “queryServer: $queryServer”
If ($appPool -eq $null)
{
Throw “The application pool must be specified.”
}
ElseIf ($crawlCredentials -eq $null)
{
Throw “The crawl credentials must be specified.”
}
Write-Host “Creating $serviceAppName…”
$searchApp = New-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication -Name $serviceAppName `
-ApplicationPool $appPool -DatabaseName $searchDatabaseName -Debug:$false
Write-Host (“Starting the SharePoint Search Service instance and Search Admin” `
+ ” component…”)
$adminSearchInstance = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance -Debug:$false |
Where { $_.Server -match $adminServer }
$admin = $searchApp |
Get-SPEnterpriseSearchAdministrationComponent -Debug:$false
if($adminSearchInstance.Status -ne “Online”)
{
Write-Host “Provisioning SharePoint Search Service instance…”
$adminSearchInstance.Provision()
Start-Sleep 10
}
$admin | Set-SPEnterpriseSearchAdministrationComponent `
-SearchServiceInstance $adminSearchInstance -Debug:$false
$admin = ($searchApp | Get-SPEnterpriseSearchAdministrationComponent `
-Debug:$false)
Write-Host -NoNewLine “Waiting for Search Admin component to initialize…”
While (-not $admin.Initialized)
{
Write-Host -NoNewLine “.”
Start-Sleep -Seconds 5
$admin = $searchApp |
Get-SPEnterpriseSearchAdministrationComponent -Debug:$false
}
Write-Host
Write-Host “Setting the default content access account…”
$searchApp | Set-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication `
-DefaultContentAccessAccountName $crawlCredentials.Username `
-DefaultContentAccessAccountPassword $crawlCredentials.Password `
-Debug:$false
Start-SPEnterpriseSearchQueryAndSiteSettingsServiceInstance $adminServer `
-Debug:$falseservice
Write-Host “Getting initial topologies…”
$initialCrawlTopology = $searchApp |
Get-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlTopology -Debug:$false
$initialQueryTopology = $searchApp |
Get-SPEnterpriseSearchQueryTopology -Debug:$false
Write-Host “Creating new crawl topology…”
$crawlTopology = $searchApp |
New-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlTopology -Debug:$false
$crawlDatabase = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlDatabase `
-SearchApplication $searchApp -Debug:$false
Write-Host “Populating new crawl topology…”
$crawlInstance = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance -Debug:$false |
Where { $_.Server -match $crawlServer }
$crawlComponent = New-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlComponent `
-CrawlTopology $crawlTopology -CrawlDatabase $crawlDatabase `
-SearchServiceInstance $crawlInstance -Debug:$false
Write-Host “Activating new crawl topology…”
$crawlTopology | Set-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlTopology -Active -Debug:$false
$initialCrawlTopology.CancelActivate()
Write-Host -NoNewLine “Waiting for initial crawl topology to be inactive…”
Do
{
Start-Sleep 5
Write-Host -NoNewLine “.”
} While ($initialCrawlTopology.State -ne “Inactive”)
Write-Host
Write-Host “Creating new query topology…”
$queryTopology = $searchApp |
New-SPEnterpriseSearchQueryTopology -Partitions 1 -Debug:$false
Write-Host “Creating Property Store database…”
$propertyDatabase = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchPropertyDatabase `
-SearchApplication $searchApp -Debug:$false
Write-Host “Setting index partition to use Property Store database…”
$indexPartition = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchIndexPartition `
-QueryTopology $queryTopology -Debug:$false
$indexPartition | Set-SPEnterpriseSearchIndexPartition `
-PropertyDatabase $propertyDatabase -Debug:$false
Write-Host “Populating new query topology….”
$queryInstance = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance -Debug:$false |
Where { $_.Server -match $queryServer }
$queryComponent = New-SPEnterpriseSearchQueryComponent `
-QueryTopology $queryTopology -IndexPartition $indexPartition `
-SearchServiceInstance $queryInstance -Debug:$false
Write-Host “Activating new query topology…”
$QueryTopology | Set-SPEnterpriseSearchQueryTopology -Active -Debug:$false
Write-Host -NoNewLine “Waiting for initial query topology to be inactive…”
Do
{
Start-Sleep 5
Write-Host -NoNewLine “.”
} While ($initialQueryTopology.State -ne “Inactive”)
Write-Host
Write-Host “Removing initial topologies…”
$initialCrawlTopology |
Remove-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlTopology -Confirm:$false -Debug:$false
$initialQueryTopology |
Remove-SPEnterpriseSearchQueryTopology -Confirm:$false -Debug:$false
Write-Host “Creating service application proxy…”
$searchProxy = New-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplicationProxy `
-Name “$serviceAppName” -SearchApplication $searchApp -Debug:$false
Write-Host -Fore Green “Successfully configured SharePoint Search.”
}
function GetServiceAppsAppPool(
[string] $appPoolName,
[string] $appPoolUserName)
{
Write-Debug “Trying to get existing service application pool ($appPoolName)…”
$appPool = Get-SPServiceApplicationPool $appPoolName -Debug:$false -EA 0
If ($appPool -ne $null)
{
Write-Debug “The service application pool ($appPoolName) already exists.”
return $appPool
}
Write-Host “Creating service application pool ($appPoolName)…”
Write-Debug “Get service account for application pool ($appPoolUserName)…”
$appPoolAccount = Get-SPManagedAccount -Identity $appPoolUserName `
-Debug:$false -EA 0
If($appPoolAccount -eq $null)
{
Write-Host “Registering managed account ($appPoolUserName)…”
Write-Debug “Get credential ($appPoolUserName)…”
$appPoolCredential = Get-Credential $appPoolUserName
$appPoolAccount =
New-SPManagedAccount -Credential $appPoolCredential -Debug:$false
}
If ($appPoolAccount -eq $null)
{
Write-Host -Force Red (“Unable to find or create the managed account” `
+ ” ($appPoolUserName).”)
Exit 1
}
$appPool = New-SPServiceApplicationPool -Name $appPoolName `
-Account $appPoolAccount -Debug:$false
Write-Host -Fore Green (“Successfully created service application pool” `
+ ” ($appPoolName).”)
return $appPool
}
function ValidateCredentials(
$credentials)
{
Write-Debug “Validating credentials ($($credentials.UserName))…”
$password = [Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::PtrToStringAuto(
[Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SecureStringToBSTR(
$credentials.Password))
$currentDomain = “LDAP://” + ([ADSI]””).distinguishedName
$domain = New-Object DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry(
$currentDomain,
$credentials.UserName,
$password)
trap { $script:err = $_ ; continue } &{
$domain.Bind($true); $script:err = $null }
if ($err.Exception.ErrorCode -ne -2147352570)
{
Write-Host -Fore Red $err.Exception.Message
Exit 1
}
Write-Debug “Successfully validated credentials ($($credentials.UserName)).”
}
function Main()
{
$searchServer = $env:COMPUTERNAME
$adminServer = $searchServer
$crawlServer = $searchServer
$queryServer = $searchServer
$serviceAppsAppPoolName = “SharePoint Service Applications”
$serviceAppsAppPoolUserName = $env:USERDOMAIN + “sppool”
$serviceAppName = “Search Service Application”
$searchDatabaseName = “”
$crawlServiceAccount = $env:USERDOMAIN + “spcrawl”
Write-Host (“Please enter the password for the default content access account” `
+ ” ($crawlServiceAccount)…”)
$crawlCredentials = Get-Credential $crawlServiceAccount
ValidateCredentials $crawlCredentials
$appPool = GetServiceAppsAppPool $serviceAppsAppPoolName `
$serviceAppsAppPoolUserName
ConfigureSharePointSearch $appPool $crawlCredentials $serviceAppName `
$searchDatabaseName $searchServer $adminServer $crawlServer $queryServer
}
Main
