Apache Solr

How to Query Apache Solr

In this post I will show how to query Apache Solr using its Dashboard screen. This query can be done using Java HttpClient lib, curl request as well. But as I am giving intro to Solr dashboard in my last four posts, so I try to fire different kinds of query using it’s dashboard screen. […]

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Intro to Solr schema.xml File

Till Now, I have introduced about the dashboard of Apache Solr. Now I am going to discuss the core part of Apache Solr i.e. Solr schema.xml file. “schema.xml file defines the field which will be used as a reference for inserting as well as for querying data from Apache Solr.” This XML file defines that […]

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Intro to Dashboard Part – IV

In my last blog,  http://versatileankur.blogspot.in/2014/04/intro-to-dashboard-part-iii.html   I discussed about the Solr Thread Dump & Java Properties of Apache Solr Dashboard. Now we will discuss next tab. Core Selection This the part through which we interact with the solr core. Here just select the core “collection1” & you can see some more tabs on your screen like overview, analyze, […]

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Intro to Dashboard Part – III

In my last blog,  http://versatileankur.blogspot.in/2014/04/intro-to-dashboard-part-ii.html I discussed about the Solr Core Admin of Apache Solr Dashboard. Now we will discuss next tab.   Java Properties   The Java Properties screen provides easy access to all the properties of the JVM running Solr, including the class paths, file encodings, operating system, and more.           […]

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Intro To Dashboard Part – II

In my last blog,  http://versatileankur.blogspot.in/2014/04/intro-to-dashboard-part-i.html I discussed about the logging tab of Apache Solr Dashboard. Now we will discuss next tab.   Solr Core  With this console you can perform different operation on the different cores in Apache Solr.    “A core is a collection of different configuration files, indexes and schema. It can be […]

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Intro To Dashboard Part – I

Here I will give a brief introduction to Apache Solr Dashboard that we have seen in my last post i.e. http://versatileankur.blogspot.in/2014/04/getting-started-with-apache-solr.html  Logging This tab display the current log information & exists untill the server not restarted, as the server restarted this information becomes reloaded. For logging Solr uses Slf4j library & log4j.properties file. This file is present […]

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Getting Started with Apache Solr

Step-I : download solr-4.7.2.zipfrom its official site http://lucene.apache.org/solr/.    Step-II : extract it on your desired location.  In my case its location is/Desktop/poc/solr-4.7.2.zip.   Apache Solr comes with running examples. i.e. In its working directory there is a folder named as example. Just go into that there you see a jar start.jar.   Step-III : […]

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Origin of Apache Solr

  In late 2004, CNET Networks starts an in-house search platform project named as “Solar” (with an A).   In January 2006, CNET Networks decided to openly publish the source code by donating it to the Apache Software Foundation under the Lucene top-level project named as “Solr”.   On January 17, 2007 Solr graduated from […]

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