Solr: Install

Download

#wget https://archive.apache.org/dist/lucene/solr/4.7.0/solr-4.7.0.tgz

Extract

#tar zxf solr-4.7.0.tgz  -C ~/

Start

#cd ~/solr-4.7.0/example

#java -jar start.jar

Adimn

http://localhost:8983/solr

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Directory listing of the solr-4.7.0 installation after extracting

In Solr, a core is composed of a set of configuration files, Lucene index files, and Solr’s transaction log. One Solr server running in Jetty can host multiple cores.

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Index example docs

#cd $SOLR_INSTALL/example/exampledocs
#java -jar post.jar *.xml

http://localhost:8983/solr/collection1/browse

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<<Solr In Action>> is the best source to study solr.

download example source code

#git clone https://github.com/treygrainger/solr-in-action

#cd solr-in-ation

alter the pom.xml   to add the following code to avoid compile error: maven annotations are not supported in source 1.3

<project ....>
 <build>
  <plugins>
	<plugin>
		<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
		<version>2.3.2</version>
		<configuration>
			<source>1.6</source>
			<target>1.6</target>
		</configuration>
	</plugin>
   </plugins>
  </build>
</project>

#mvn clean package