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Apache Solr High Performance
Apache Solr High Performance

Apache Solr High Performance: In setting up Apache Solr, you'll want to ensure it's achieving optimum search results with maximum efficiency. This book shows you just how to achieve that with a comprehensive tutorial including troubleshooting.

By Surendra Mohan
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Publication date : Mar 25, 2014
Length 124 pages
Edition : 1st Edition
Language : English
ISBN-13 : 9781782164821
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Apache Solr High Performance

Chapter 1. Installing Solr

In this chapter, we will understand the prerequisites and learn how to install Apache Solr and the necessary components on our system. For the purpose of demonstration, we will be using Windows-based components. We will cover the following topics:

  • Prerequisites for Solr

  • Installing web servers

  • Installing Apache Solr

Let's get started.

Prerequisites for Solr


Before we get ready for the installation, you need to learn about the components necessary to run Apache Solr successfully and download the following prerequisites:

Tip

It is recommended that you choose the latest version of the preceding components due to the fact that the latest version has security patches implemented, which are lacking in the older ones. Additionally, you may use any version of these components, but keep in mind that they are compatible with each other and are secure enough to handle intruders.

Installing components

Once you have the previously mentioned installers ready, you may proceed with the installation by performing the following steps:

  1. Install XAMPP and follow the instructions.

  2. Install the latest Java JDK.

  3. Install Tomcat and follow the instructions.

  4. By now, there must be a folder called /xampp in your C: (by default). Navigate to the xampp folder, find the xampp-control application, and start it, as shown in the following screenshot:

  5. Start Apache, MySQL, and Tomcat services, and click on the Services button present at the right-hand side of the panel, as shown in the following screenshot:

  6. Locate Apache Tomcat Service, right-click on it, and navigate to Properties, as shown in the following screenshot:

  7. After the Properties window pops up, set the Startup type property to Automatic, and close the window by clicking on OK, as shown in the following screenshot:

  8. For the next few steps, we will stop Apache Tomcat in the Services window. If this doesn't work, click on the Stop option.

  9. Extract Apache Solr and navigate to the /dist folder. You will find a file called solr-4.3.1.war, as shown in the following screenshot (we need to copy this file):

  10. Navigate to C:/xampp/tomcat/webapps/ and paste the solr-4.3.1.war file (which you copied in the previous step) into the webapps folder. Rename solr-4.3.1.war to solr.war, as shown in the following screenshot:

  11. Navigate back to <ApacheSolrFolder>/example/solr/ and copy the bin and collection1 files, as shown in the following screenshot:

  12. Create a directory in C:/xampp/ called /solr/ and paste the ApacheSolrFolder>/example/solr/ files into this directory, that is, C:/xampp/solr, as shown in the following screenshot:

  13. Now, navigate to C:/xampp/tomcat/bin/tomcat6, click on the Java tab, and copy the command -Dsolr.solr.home=C:\xampp\solr into the Java Options section, as shown in the following screenshot:

  14. Now its time to navigate to the Services window. Start Apache Tomcat in the Services window.

  15. Now, you are done with installing Apache Solr in your local environment. To confirm, type http://localhost:8080/solr/admin/ and hit the Enter key on the keyboard. You should be able to see Apache Solr's dashboard.

Summary


In this chapter, we have learned about the prerequisites necessary to run Apache Solr successfully and how to install and configure XAMPP, Tomcat, the Solr server, and the Solr client. In the next chapter, we will learn the different ways to boost our search using query parsers and various robust function queries such as field references, function references, and function query boosting based on different criteria.

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Length 124 pages
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Language : English
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14 Chapters
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Credits Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
About the Author Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
About the Reviewers Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
www.PacktPub.com Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Preface Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Installing Solr Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Boost Your Search Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Performance Optimization Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Additional Performance Optimization Techniques Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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Performance Optimization with ZooKeeper Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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