{"id":3909,"date":"2012-04-26T11:26:50","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T03:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sharepointboost.com\/blog\/?p=3909"},"modified":"2023-07-31T11:39:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T03:39:56","slug":"how-to-configure-the-search-service-in-sharepoint-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/how-to-configure-the-search-service-in-sharepoint-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Configure the Search Service in SharePoint 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After installing SharePoint 2010, the search web part does not work. When I try searching for something in the search box, SharePoint displays the following error message &#8220;<strong>The search request was unable to connect to the Search Service<\/strong>.&#8221; This is probably due to the fact that the Search Service was never setup. This article will go through the process of setting up your SharePoint 2010 search box step-by-step.<\/p>\n<p>1. We need to first start the search service application in Central Admin.<\/p>\n<p>2. Go to <strong>Application Management -&gt; Manage service application<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-1.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3910\" src=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"547\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-1.png 547w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-1-300x165.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->3. Then start a new &#8220;<strong>Search Service Application<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-2.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3911\" src=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"455\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-2.png 455w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-2-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-2.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>4. Provide the application name, in this case &#8220;<strong>Service Search Application<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-3.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3912\" src=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"577\" height=\"77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-3.png 577w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-3-300x40.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-3.png\"><\/a>5. Provide a search service account.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-4.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3913\" src=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-4.png 580w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-4-300x41.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-4.png\"><\/a>6. Configure application pools for both the &#8220;<strong>Search Admin Web Service<\/strong>&#8221; and the &#8220;<strong>Search Query and Site Settings Web Service<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-5.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3914\" src=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"577\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-5.png 577w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-5-300x101.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-6.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3915\" src=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-6.png 575w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-6-300x102.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-6.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>7. Click &#8220;<strong>OK<\/strong>&#8221; and wait for SharePoint to process the request. This may take several minutes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-7.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3916\" src=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-7.png 477w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-7-300x108.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-7.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>8. A message will then appear if the search service application was successfully created.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-8.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3917\" src=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-8.png 636w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-8-300x56.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-8.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>9. OK, the search service application has been created, now we need to do some configuration work.<\/p>\n<p>10. Once again, go to <strong>Application Management -&gt; Manage service applications<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>11. Select &#8220;<strong>Search Service Application<\/strong>,&#8221; then click the &#8220;<strong>Administrators<\/strong>&#8220;<strong> <\/strong>ribbon button to configure the search service for administrators.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-9.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3918\" src=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"657\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-9.png 657w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-9-300x133.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-9.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>12. Select &#8220;<strong>SearchAdmin<\/strong>.&#8221; This is the service account we previously created in the search service application.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-10.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3919\" src=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"451\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-10.png 451w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-10-300x178.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-10.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>13. Now to assign the permissions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-11.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3920\" src=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"344\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-11.png 344w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-11-300x154.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-11.png\"><\/a>14. Almost done, go to <strong>Search Service Application -&gt; Content Sources<\/strong> and select &#8220;<strong>Start all crawls<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-12.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3921\" src=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-12.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"644\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-12.png 644w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-12-300x113.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-12.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>15. Once the crawl has completed, the search box is now ready to use.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-13.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3922\" src=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-13.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-13.png 536w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/How-to-Configure-the-Search-Service-in-SharePoint-2010-13-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After installing SharePoint 2010, the search web part does not work. When I try searching for something in the search box, SharePoint displays the following error message &#8220;The search request was unable to connect to the Search Service.&#8221; This is probably due to the fact that the Search Service was never setup. This article will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[461,125,480],"tags":[349,348,350],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3909"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3909"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9242,"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3909\/revisions\/9242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}