How to manually rebuild the search index (Index, Main, Ref folders) in EPiServer 7

Question

I saw some custom gadgets for the control panel and a plugin in admin mode in EPiServer 6 R2, which will allow you to rebuild the search index.

What options exist in EPiServer 7?

Are there any official plugins / gadgets or any other built-in function that I have not yet discovered?

Is it possible to manually rebuild the entire index without any gadgets / plugins? as?

What is the most common method?

Answer 1

If you use the built-in indexer, you can go to http: ///EPISERVERUI/cms/admin/indexcontent.aspx (replace EPISERVER-UI with your own path) and run reindex.

I'm not used to using the built-in indexer, but I think it uses the EPiServer indexing service, so make sure it is installed (you can do this using the EPiServer OCT)

Answer 2

Well, you can always delete old index files and restart iis-service

To reindex the code, do it

var reIndex = new EPiServer.Search.ReIndexManager(); reIndex.ReIndex();