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How it works

The Egnyte connector pulls in files stored in Egnyte. The Egnyte connector indexes the file name, file type, and contents of the file. New files are pulled every 10 minutes.

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Setup

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Configure your Egnyte Application + Sigma env variables

This is only necessary if self-hosting Sigma. If using Sigma Cloud, you can skip this step.
1

Create Egnyte Application

Create an Egnyte Application. Check out the Egnyte API documentation for more information.
2

Set environment variables

Set the following environment variables on your Sigma instance:
EGNYTE_DOMAIN=something like "app4Sigma"
EGNYTE_CLIENT_ID=
EGNYTE_CLIENT_SECRET=
3

Restart Sigma

Restart your Sigma instance as you normally would to apply the changes.

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Indexing

1

Open Egnyte connector

In the Sigma UI, navigate to the Admin Panel and select the Egnyte Connector
2

Authorize via OAuth

Click the Create New button to go through the OAuth flow.
3

Return to Sigma

Once you’ve authorized the application, you’ll be redirected back to Sigma.
4

Complete configuration

Finish the setup, optionally specifying a folder path to index.
5

Start indexing

Click Connect to begin indexing Egnyte files!