Create Content Sources in SharePoint 2010 using PowerShell

On the Quick Launch Menu, go to Crawling and then click on Content Sources.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ContentSources>
<SSAName>EnterPrise Search Service Application</SSAName>
<ContentSource Name="Sample1 SharePoint Sites" />
<ContentSource Name="Sample2 SharePoint Sites" />
<ContentSource Name="Sample3 SharePoint Sites" />
</ContentSources>

CreateContentSources.ps1

#----------------Get the xml file---------------------------------------------------------------

[xml]$xmlData=Get-Content "C:\Users\Desktop\ContentSources\CreateContentSources.xml"

 #----------------Create New Content Source function---------------------------------------------

function CreateNewContentSource
{
$flag=0 
$ssa=Get-SPEnterPriseSearchServiceApplication -Identity $xmlData.SSAName
$ssaContent = new-object Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.Content($ssa)
$xmlData.ContentSources.ContentSource | ForEach-Object {
$contentSourceName=$_.Name
foreach ($availableContentSource in $ssaContent.ContentSources)
{
if ($availablecontentSource.Name.ToString() -eq $contentSourceName)
{
write-host -f Yellow $contentSourceName "content source already exists" 
write-host -f Yellow Deleting $contentSourceName content source 
$availablecontentSource.Delete()
write-host -f Green $contentSourceName content source is deleted successfully
write-host -f yellow Creating $contentSourceName 
$ssaContent.ContentSources.Create([Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SharePointContentSource], $contentSourceName)
write-host -f green $contentSourceName "content source is added successfully"
$Flag=1
break
}
}
if($Flag -eq 0)
{
write-host -f yellow Creating $contentSourceName 
$ssaContent.ContentSources.Create([Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SharePointContentSource], $contentSourceName)
write-host -f green $contentSourceName "content source is added successfully"
}
}
}

#----------------Calling the function---------------------------------------------

CreateNewContentSource

Run the Script:

1. Go to Start.
2. Click on All Programs.
3. Click on Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products and then click on SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.
4. Run the C:\Users\Desktop\ContentSources\CreateContentSources.ps1

Output:

And in the Central Administration you could see the newly added content sources as shown in the following