How it works

The connector pulls in all documents from a specified OCI bucket. It supports formats like:

  • PDF
  • DOC / DOCX
  • TXT
  • and more

Documents are automatically updated every 1 day.


Setting up

Authorization

  1. Log into your Oracle Cloud Console.
  2. Click your user icon (top-right) → choose User Settings.
  3. Under “Resources”, click Customer Secret Keys.
  4. Click Generate Secret Key.
    • Provide a name like "HymalaiaOCIConnector"
    • Click Generate
  5. Copy the Secret Key immediately – you won’t be able to see it again.
  6. The Access Key will be listed alongside your secret key.

Finding Your Namespace

  1. Click your user icon (top-right)
  2. Select Tenancy: [your tenancy name]
  3. In the tenancy details, copy the Object Storage Namespace

Indexing

  1. Go to the Admin Dashboard in Hymalaia
  2. Select the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Storage Connector

Step 1: Authentication

Fill in the following credentials:

  • OCI Access Key
  • OCI Secret Key
  • Namespace
  • Region

Click Update to save the credentials.


Step 2: Select Your Bucket

  1. Specify the OCI bucket you want to make searchable
  2. Click Connect to begin indexing

OCI Object Storage Overview

Oracle Object Storage uses a bucket-based structure, similar to a directory system:

  • Each bucket is like a root folder
  • Inside are objects (files)

For more info, see Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage Docs