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title: Creating a Crawling Module source
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# Creating a Crawling Module source
Once you have [deployed the Coveo Crawling Module](https://docs.coveo.com/en/3261/), you can [log in](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1697/) to the [Coveo Administration Console](https://docs.coveo.com/en/183/) to create a [source](https://docs.coveo.com/en/246/) and make its content searchable through a Coveo-powered [search interface](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2741/).

The Crawling Module can [index](https://docs.coveo.com/en/204/) the following types of on-premises content.
Click the desired type to access the source-specific documentation for more information:

* [Confluence Data Center](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1822/)

* [On-premises database](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1885/)

* [File system](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1766/)

* [Jira Software Data Center](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1772/)

* [SharePoint server](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2061/)

* [Sitemap](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1967/)

* [Web](https://docs.coveo.com/en/malf0160/)

* Any other application exposing its data through a [REST API](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1896/) or a [GraphQL API](https://docs.coveo.com/en/n6gh2329/)

As an alternative to the Administration Console, you can use the [Coveo Platform API](https://platform.cloud.coveo.com/docs?urls.primaryName=Source#/Sources/rest_organizations_paramId_sources_post) to provide Coveo with the content you want to make searchable.
See [Creating a Crawling Module source using the Source API](https://docs.coveo.com/en/3268/) and the [general Source API documentation](https://docs.coveo.com/en/169/) for details.

## Indexing secured content

Starting March 26, 2020, Coveo has progressively released [connector](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2734/) improvements allowing you to create [sources that index permissions](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1779#same-users-and-groups-as-in-your-content-system) that are up and running within minutes.
Prior to these improvements, the Coveo team was required to perform some additional work on a source of secured content to make it operational.

The following table lists the dates on which a new version of the connector has been released.
If you created or duplicated a Crawling Module source that indexed permissions on or after this date, ensure that you have also [edited the Crawling Module configuration](https://docs.coveo.com/en/3266#editing-the-crawling-module-configuration) to create a [security worker](https://docs.coveo.com/en/3278/) that will execute [security identity updates](https://docs.coveo.com/en/244/).

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|Source
|Release date

a|[Database](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1885/) and [File System](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1766/)
|July 13, 2020

|[SharePoint Server](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2061/)
|April 22, 2020

a|[Confluence Data Center](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1822/) and [Jira Software Data Center](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1772/)
|March 26, 2020
|===

> **Note**
>
> Sources created before the above dates are no longer supported, but still operational.
> Should any configuration change be required on such a source, [duplicate](https://docs.coveo.com/en/3390#duplicate-a-source) the source and [delete](https://docs.coveo.com/en/3390#delete-a-source) the original version.
> You can then edit the duplicate as desired.
> You must also [adjust](https://docs.coveo.com/en/3266#editing-the-crawling-module-configuration) your [number of security workers](https://docs.coveo.com/en/3278/).

For more information on [sources that index permissions](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1779#same-users-and-groups-as-in-your-content-system) and on how Coveo handles these permissions, see [Coveo management of security identities and item permissions](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1719/).

## What's next?

* [Ensure the update schedule fits your needs](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1933/).

* See how you can [manage your source in the Coveo Administration Console](https://docs.coveo.com/en/3390/).

* [Subscribe to notifications](https://docs.coveo.com/en/3271#subscribing-to-crawling-module-notifications) to receive an alert when the [Crawling Module](https://docs.coveo.com/en/3260/) stops reporting to Coveo.