Manage Search indexing

Azure DevOps Server | Azure DevOps Server 2022 | Azure DevOps Server 2020

You can manage your search extension and indexing status, which include the following actions:

Prerequisites

Category Requirements
Permissions Member of the Project Collection Administrators group.
Tasks Complete Install and configure Search.

Manage indexing

Search gets managed by running PowerShell and SQL scripts. All of these scripts are available to download from the Code-Search GitHub repository. You can download all scripts into a local folder on the server. This server runs the database for Azure DevOps Server using the Download ZIP option.

The PowerShell scripts require the SQL script files, so ensure the SqlScripts folder and its contents are present, along with the PowerShell scripts.

Screenshot showing download script files for administration.

Check indexing status

To check the indexing status after Search is configured, or after the extension is installed for a collection, do the following steps.

If you encounter any issues, get support on the Developer Community.

Pause indexing

To pause all indexing, execute: PauseSearchIndexing.ps1, which is useful if you see spikes in CPU utilization after configuring Search. You're prompted to enter the following information.

  • The SQL server instance name where the Azure DevOps Server configuration database is
  • The name of the Azure DevOps Server configuration database

Resume indexing

If you paused indexing, execute: ResumeIndexing.ps1 to start again. You're prompted to enter the following information.

  • The SQL server instance name where the Azure DevOps Server configuration database is
  • The name of the Azure DevOps Server configuration database

Reindex a repository or collection

To reindex a Git or TFVC repository, execute the appropriate version of the script, Re-IndexingRepository.ps1, for your Azure DevOps Server version. You're prompted to enter the following information.

  • The SQL server instance name where the Azure DevOps Server configuration database is
  • The name of the Azure DevOps Server collection database
  • The name of the Azure DevOps Server configuration database
  • The type of reindexing to execute, either Git\_Repository or TFVC\_Repository
  • The name of the collection
  • The name of the repository to reindex

To reindex a collection, execute the script: TriggerCollectionIndexing.ps1. You're prompted to enter the following information.

  • The SQL server instance name where the Azure DevOps Server configuration database is
  • The name of the Azure DevOps Server collection database
  • The name of the Azure DevOps Server configuration database
  • The name of the collection
  • The entities to reindex, either All, Code, WorkItem, or Wiki

Search limitations

If you do a disaster recovery (DR) operation and move your server back to an earlier snapshot of your SQL database, reindex all your collections.

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