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title: "Configuring the Search API attachments module"
date: "2024-02-14T06:18:38+00:00"
summary: "Configure Search API attachments for Acquia Search to index and search file content. Learn step-by-step setup for current Drupal and Drupal 7, including extraction method selection and Solr server configuration."
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If you use the [Search API attachments](https://www.drupal.org/project/search_api_attachments) module for indexing and searching file attachments, you must configure the module to work with Acquia Search. To configure Search API attachments, complete the following steps, depending on your version of Drupal:

*   _Current Drupal version_
    
    Note
    
    You must already have a working Acquia Search configuration for your website running the [current Drupal version](/service-offerings/guide/software-life-cycle#supported-drupal-version).
    
    1.  [Install](/acquia-cms/getting-started/installing-modules) the [Search API attachments](https://www.drupal.org/project/search_api_attachments) module, which requires using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/).
        
    2.  Sign in to your website as a user with the _administrator_ role, and then enable the module.
        
    3.  In the admin menu, go to **Configuration > Search API attachments**.
        
    4.  In the **Extraction method** list, click **Solr extractor**.
        
    5.  In the **Solr server** list, click **Acquia Search API server** (which uses Acquia Search as the back end).
        
    6.  Click **Submit and test extraction** to test.
        
    
    ![Search API attachments configuration](https://acquia.widen.net/content/jpdv6fxhq4/jpeg/search_api-attachments.jpeg?position=c&color=ffffffff&quality=80&u=soxprt)
    
*   _Drupal 7_
    
    1.  Install and enable both the [Search API attachments](https://www.drupal.org/project/search_api_attachments) module and its requirements.
        
    2.  Go to the **Search API configuration** page, and then click the **Search API attachments** tab.
        
    3.  Scroll to the **Solr Extraction Settings** section, and in the **Solr extracting servlet path** field, enter **update/extract**.