The noodle.properties and server.xml text files are in the conf directory.

If there are problems with the conf the logs will tell you about them.

Changes to the conf file will take effect the next time Noodle starts.

Full-text search is extensible to any format, so long as there is a CLI tool to convert it to text.

Configuration of ORACLE and MSSQL built-in indexers differ and can be used in combination with this method.

To index the contents of popular formats like office documents on linux add the following to your .conf:

#tested
#apt/yum install -y poppler-utils pstotext antiword html2text unrtf python-excelerator libwpd-tools unzip catdoc
Indexer.IndexContent = ALL
Indexer.toTxt.Enabled = true
Indexer.toTxt.pdf = "pdftotext -q -eol unix -enc UTF-8 $IN $OUT"
Indexer.toTxt.doc = "antiword $IN > $OUT"
Indexer.toTxt.html = "html2text -nobs -o $OUT $IN"
Indexer.toTxt.xls = "xls2csv $IN > $OUT"
Indexer.toTxt.mp3 = "id3info $IN | grep '===' | grep -v 'PRIV' | grep -v 'image\/' | perl -p -e 's/^.+(\)|\])\:/ /g' > $OUT"
Indexer.toTxt.rtf = "unrtf --nopict --text $IN 2>/dev/null | grep -v '^### ' > $OUT"
Indexer.toTxt.docx = "unzip -p $IN word/document.xml | perl -p -e 's/<.+?>/ /g' > $OUT"
Indexer.toTxt.pptx = "unzip -p $IN ppt/slides/*.xml | perl -p -e 's/<.+?>/ /g' > $OUT"
Indexer.toTxt.xlsx = "unzip -p $IN xl/sharedStrings.xml | perl -p -e 's/<.+?>/ /g' > $OUT"
Indexer.toTxt.odt = "unzip -p $IN content.xml | perl -p -e 's/<.+?>/ /g' > $OUT"
Indexer.toTxt.ods = "unzip -p $IN content.xml | perl -p -e 's/<.+?>/ /g' > $OUT"
Indexer.toTxt.odp = "unzip -p $IN content.xml | perl -p -e 's/<.+?>/ /g' > $OUT"

# TensorFlow image search
#Indexer.toTxt.jpg = "python classify.py --image $IN | grep -P '^1\. ' > $OUT"

## others
#Indexer.toTxt.wpd = "wpd2text $IN > $OUT"
#Indexer.toTxt.jpg = "exiftool $IN > $OUT #for camera type or gps location"
#Indexer.toTxt.xls = "py_xlstoTxt $IN > $OUT # supports sheets but adds sheet = ----"
#Indexer.toTxt.docx = "unzip -p $IN word/document.xml | sed -e 's/<[^>]\{1,\}>/ /g' > $OUT"

Windows examples

• Xpdf tools
• Antiword
• strawberryperl

Indexer.IndexContent = ALL
Indexer.Interval = 30
Indexer.toTxt.Enabled = true
Indexer.toTxt.pdf = "\"C:/Program Files/xpdf/pdftotext.exe\" $IN $OUT"
Indexer.toTxt.doc = "C:\antiword\antiword.exe $IN > $OUT"

You can populate your conf file with command line method of converting the file types of your choice to text.

Be sure "System Tools > Settings > General > Enable Full Text Search" is set to "Yes".

Make sure you adhere to formatting restrictions.

1. Add or un-comment the following line in the noodle.properties file:

ScriptFile = “noodleScript.js”

2. Add custom JavaScript to noodleScript.js

3. Restart Noodle.

To test put this in the noodleScript.js:

alert("It works");

Save it and re-login to Noodle.

Other ways to insert custom JavaScript here.

You may want to wait for top.noodle like this.

You need custom scripts enabled and a page re-writer setup.

if (url.indexOf("datamanager/ReportView.po")>-1){
    doc.getElementById("totalsTable").style.display="none";
}

To insert JavaScript or HTML into the login page of Noodle - often used for a Message of the Day (MOTD) or legal waiver:

1. Open noodle.properties
2. Add or uncomment MessageFile, e.g.
   • Windows: MessageFile = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Noodle\\MOTD.html"
   • Linux : MessageFile = "/opt/Noodle/MOTD.html"
3. Make the file
4. Restart Noodle
5. Test with:
   • MOTD works<script>alert('MOTD works');</script>

Other ways to insert JavaScript here

Using modern web browsers and enabling "System Tools > Security > General > Use anti xss headers" will force continued HTTPS usage.

Old web browsers can be redirected by enabling MOTD, then adding the following to the end of your MOTD.html file:

<script>
    if (document.location.href.indexOf("http:") > -1) {
        document.location.href = document.location.href.replace(/http:\/\//, "https://");
    }
</script>

Existing key pair

If you already have a key pair (private and signed public) in a keystore (.jks, or .pfx/pkcs12) or as separate files (.pem) just make sure the server.xml file is pointing to them and restart the Noodle service. (see below for server.xml examples)

Making a keystore

1. Prepare

• Before a HTTPS connection is created and linked to the keys, make a backup of the server.xml file.
• Use CMD to add Keytool to your path (use the real path to keytool) e.g.:

SET PATH=%PATH%;%PROGRAMFILES%\java\bin

2. Generate Keystore

keytool -genkey -alias noodle.domain.tld -validity 365 -keyalg RSA -keystore noodle.pfx

Once this command has been entered, Keytool will ask some questions regarding your company. Enter information as follows:

• Keystore Password: The first time you run this tool, it will create the keystore file protected by a password. You will need this password every time you access the keystore file.
• First and Last name: the domain name, for example noodle.domain.tld .
• Name of organizational unit: This is not the company name, but may be an internal department, e.g. Marketing Department.
• Name of your organization: Your company name, e.g. Vialect Inc.
• City or location, e.g. Windsor
• State or Province, e.g. Ontario
• 2-Letter Country code, e.g. CA
• Certificate password: This can be the same as the password for the keystore file.

3. Get your Certificate signed

Popular Certificate Authorities (CA) include Let's Encrypt, Thawte, VeriSign, GoDaddy, Network Solutions.

• Make a certificate signing request (CSR):

keytool -certreq -alias noodle.domain.tld -keystore noodle.pfx -file noodlecert.csr

After uploading the file or pasting the text from that file in the CA,

Select "Tomcat" as the format when downloading your signed public key from your CA.

• Import root certificates, if required:

keytool -import -alias carootcert -trustcacerts -file ca-root.crt -keystore noodle.pfx

• Import intermediate certificates, if required:

keytool -import -alias intermediate -trustcacerts -file intermediate.crt -keystore noodle.pfx

• Apply the Certificate Signature:

keytool -import -alias noodle.domain.tld -trustcacerts -file noodlecert.crt -keystore noodle.pfx

4. Create a HTTPS Connection

Edit server.xml by adding and adjusting the following example:

<Connector protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol" port="443" defaultSSLHostConfigName="null" SSLEnabled="true" >
    <UpgradeProtocol className="org.apache.coyote.http2.Http2Protocol" />
    <SSLHostConfig hostName="null" protocols="TLSv1.2,+TLSv1.3">
        <Certificate type="RSA" certificateKeystoreFile="noodle.pfx" certificateKeystorePassword="123456"/>
    </SSLHostConfig>
</Connector>

5. Restart the Noodle service

Noodle can now be accessed using the HTTPS protocols.

If using Windows make sure The NoodleHTTPS entry in the your firewall is enabled and the correct port. 

Options

Let's Encrypt

Consider a free certificate (not self signed) as an alternative to not using SSL. server.xml example:

<Connector protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol" port="443" defaultSSLHostConfigName="noodle.domain.tld" SSLEnabled="true" >
    <UpgradeProtocol className="org.apache.coyote.http2.Http2Protocol" />
    <SSLHostConfig hostName="noodle.domain.tld" protocols="TLSv1.2,+TLSv1.3">
    <Certificate
        certificateKeyFile="/etc/letsencrypt/live/noodle.domain.tld/privkey.pem"
        certificateFile="/etc/letsencrypt/live/noodle.domain.tld/cert.pem"
        certificateChainFile="/etc/letsencrypt/live/noodle.domain.tld/fullchain.pem"
        type="RSA" />
    </SSLHostConfig>
</Connector>

Linux script

example

Redirect HTTP to HTTPS

Read how here.

Use Strong Encryption

Read how here.

Converting

Converting is not required as jks, pfx(pkcs12), pem are all supported.

• to and from pem