Table of Contents

• Downloading SWIRL Enterprise Files
• Starting SWIRL Enterprise
• Verifying SWIRL Startup
• Enabling AI Features
• Stopping SWIRL
• Optional Steps
• Microsoft 365 Integration
• Google Workspace Integration
• Persisting Configuration Changes
• Running SWIRL Commands
• Updating SWIRL
• Recommended Cloud Instances

Quick Start Guide
Enterprise Edition

Please contact SWIRL for access to SWIRL Enterprise.

Please note: we've renamed our products! SWIRL AI Connect is now SWIRL AI Search 🔎 and SWIRL AI Co-Pilot is now SWIRL AI Search Assistant 🤖

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• The recommended minimum system configuration is a 32-core server, with 64 GB of memory and at least 500 GB of available disk space. This configuration supports up to 25 users. View recommended cloud instances for AWS, Azure and GCP.

• To run SWIRL in Docker, install the latest version of Docker for macOS, Linux, or Windows. Ensure Docker is configured to use all available CPU, memory, and storage.

• You must be logged in to Docker Hub. Open a command-line interface (CLI) and execute the following command, replacing <docker-username> and <docker-password> with your credentials:

docker login --username <docker-username> --password <docker-password>

• Windows users must install and configure either WSL 2 or the Hyper-V backend, as outlined in the Docker Desktop System Requirements.

Ensure Docker is running before proceeding!

Downloading SWIRL Enterprise Files

1. Locate the email with the subject "Try SWIRL Enterprise".
2. The email contains three attachments:
   • A PDF with detailed instructions
   • docker-compose.yaml
   • env.license
3. Save docker-compose.yaml to a folder on the target server.
4. Rename env.license to .env.license and save it in the same folder.

The leading dot (.) in .env.license is required!

Starting SWIRL Enterprise

1. Open a command line and navigate to the folder where docker-compose.yaml is saved.

2. Run the following commands to pull and start the containers:

docker compose up -d
docker compose logs -f app

Do not press CTRL+C or stop Docker during this process—doing so will shut down SWIRL.

This starts all required SWIRL services and displays the log output. Initialization takes a few minutes and completes successfully when you see the message Server Listening on....

Press CTRL+C to stop the log output.

NOTE TO EDITORS: verify that the below screenshot is still current.

Once complete, the output should look like this:

Verifying SWIRL Startup

1. Open a new command line and check the running containers:

    docker ps
   

   The output should look like this:
   

2. Open a browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000 or http://localhost:8000/galaxy

3. If the search page loads, click Log Out in the top-right corner. You’ll see the login page:
   

4. Log in with:

   • Username: admin
   • Password: password

   If you receive a warning about the password being compromised, follow these steps:
   Change the super user password

5. Enter a search term and press Search. The ranked results should appear:
   

   If no results appear or an error occurs, please contact support.

Enabling AI Features

To use Generate AI Insights (RAG) or AI Search Assistant, at least one AI provider must be activated.

1. Go to http://localhost:8000/swirl/aiproviders/.
2. Review the pre-loaded AI providers.

3. To edit a provider, add its ID to the URL. Example:
   http://localhost:8000/swirl/aiproviders/16/

   

4. Use the "Raw Data" form at the bottom to make changes, then click PUT to save.

   To function correctly, an AI provider must:

   • Have "active": true set.
   • Include "rag" and/or "chat" in the "tags" list.
   • Include "rag" and/or "chat" in the "defaults" list.
   • Have a valid API key (if required).

5. To create a new provider, copy an existing one and paste it as a new entry.

   To use different AI providers for RAG and AI Search Assistant, adjust the "defaults" list:

   • Example:
     • OpenAI GPT-4 → "defaults": ["rag"]
     • Azure/OpenAI GPT-4o → "defaults": ["chat"]

6. Once an active provider for RAG exists, click Generate AI Insights.
   

7. To access SWIRL AI Search Assistant, visit:
   http://localhost:8000/galaxy/chat

8. Ask a question, such as:
   “Tell me about SWIRL AI Connect?”

   

Stopping SWIRL

To stop SWIRL, use one of the following methods:

1. Via Docker Desktop:
   

2. Using CTRL+C in the terminal:
   

3. Via a separate terminal:

docker compose stop

These methods preserve the SWIRL database. If you don't need to save data, press CTRL+C twice to stop SWIRL instantly.

Optional Steps

• Manage SWIRL via Galaxy UI:
  • Click the profile avatar (top-right corner).
  • Click Manage SWIRL (http://localhost:8000/swirl/).

Microsoft 365 Integration

To connect SWIRL with Microsoft 365, you need:

• Admin access to the Azure/M365 tenant.
• App registration in Azure.
• App ID and secrets added to SWIRL.

Setup takes ~1 hour. Follow the guide: Microsoft 365 Integration Guide

For additional support, please contact SWIRL.

Google Workspace Integration

To connect SWIRL with Google Workspace, you need:

• Admin access to the Google Workspace tenant.
• App registration in Google Workspace TBD.
• App ID and secrets added to SWIRL.

Setup takes ~1 hour. Follow the guide: Google Workspace Integration Guide

For additional support, please contact SWIRL.

Persisting Configuration Changes

1. Identify your SWIRL Docker container (with app in the name):
   

2. Copy the .env file outside Docker:
   

3. Stop the containers:
   

4. Modify docker-compose.yaml:

   Before:
   

   After:
   

5. Restart SWIRL:

docker compose pull && docker compose up

Running SWIRL Commands

Use the following sequence to run Django or SWIRL commands:

APP_CID=$(docker ps -q -f name=app)
docker exec -it $APP_CID /bin/bash

Then run:

python manage.py <django-command>

or

python swirl.py <swirl-command>

Example: python manage.py makemigrations

Updating SWIRL

Be sure to complete all steps under Persisting Configuration Changes before upgrading.

Use the following commands to update SWIRL:

docker compose pull
docker compose stop
docker compose up -d

Then monitor the logs:

docker compose logs -f app

Once SWIRL has restarted, run:

python swirl.py reload_ai_prompts
python manage.py load_authenticators swirl/fixtures/DefaultAuthenticators.json

If this release includes updates to any SearchProvider used in your setup, update it:

python manage.py load_fixture SearchProviders/<searchprovider-name>

Refer to Running SWIRL Commands above for details.

To confirm the upgrade, repeat the Verifying SWIRL Startup steps.

Recommended Cloud Instances

Cloud Platform	Instance / Machine Type	vCPUs	RAM	Default / Local Storage
AWS EC2	c6i.8xlarge	32	64 GiB	EBS-only
	c7g.8xlarge	32	64 GiB	EBS-only
GCP Compute Engine	n2-custom-32-65536	32	64 GB	None (customizable)
	c2d-standard-32	32	128 GB	None (customizable)
Azure VMs	Standard_F32s_v2	32	64 GiB	OS disk only