jcifs-ng will be a proper choice for many users. 
There are a lot of SMB devices in the world.
Some of them only work with the old jcifs library.
If you want to support many SMB devices, CodeLibs jcifs library will be helpful.
For example, since [Fess](https://github.com/codelibs/fess) needs to support many SMB devices, it uses this library.

## Getting Started

There are 2 ways to try Fess. The first is to download and install yourself. The second is to use [Docker](https://www.docker.com/products/docker-engine).

### Download and Install/Run

Fess 14.12 is now available and can be downloaded on the [Releases page](https://github.com/codelibs/fess/releases "download"). Downloads come in 3 flavors: deb, rpm, zip.

The following commands show how to use the zip download:

## Install

1. Install and launch Fess.
1. Install and launch kibana.
1. Go to kibana home [http://localhost:5601/](http://localhost:5601/).
1. Click **Management**.
1. Click **Index Patterns**.
1. Click **Create index pattern** button
1. Input "fess\_log\*" to the textbox of **index pattern**.
1. Click **Next step**.
1. Set "requestedAt" to the **Time Filter field name**.
1. Click **Create index pattern**.
1. Click **Saved Objects**.