Hello, Mike! As far as I've got, you need to connect to SolrCloud (Zookeeper) via Solr.Net library. Here is the reference to the fork where it's done. https://github.com/mausch/SolrNet/issues/174#issuecomment-143697474 Let me know if you need more info.
On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 8:50 PM, Mike Linnetz <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am new to SolrCloud and Zookeeper, and there's a piece of the puzzle on > which I'm unclear. I don't understand whether/how SolrCloud and Zookeeper > handles the high availability aspect. That is, once I have the Zookeeper > ensemble set up, now how do I reference the collection in a > "high-availability" fashion so that if one Solr instance is down, it will > automatically route to another instance? > > Am I thinking that SolrCloud does more than it actually does? That is, > could I instead handle all Load Balancing outside of Zookeeper, and just > use our company's network load balancer to route/distribute traffic for a > single consolidated URL:port to the different actual Solr Instances/Ports? > > Here's more details in case it helps: > I have an ASP.NET application which uses SolrNet to query and write to a > standalone Solr instance. In my program , I specify the hostname:port of > my Solr instance: > Startup.Init<SolrDoc>("hostname:port"); > This setup was used for development and testing. > > Now, for production, I need to implement Solr in a H.A. fashion so that I > don't have a single point of failure. So, following Apache's > documentation, I understand that the solution would be to set up an > external Zookeeper Ensemble. > So, let's say I set up a new Zookeeper Ensemble (three instances). Let's > also say I have three Solr instances, #shards = 2, #replicas per shard = 2. > > Once I have the Zookeeper ensemble set up, now how do I reference the > collection? > Previously, my code references a single standalone Solr instance, " > http://solrserver1:9983";. What do I point it to now? > > If I point it to any of the three Solr instances, and if that instance I'm > referencing goes down, it means the request would fail, right? > > I read similar questions online, for example https://groups.google.com/ > forum/#!msg/solrnet/-PeaGrLAMtw/pAfxuoYLVnIJ, and the answer seems to be > that SolrNet doesn't support this type of HA. So, do I understand > correctly that the load balancing aspect needs to be handled on the > client-side (or via a network load balancer), not the zookeeper/solrcloud > server side? > > Thanks, > Mike > > > > -- Sincerely yours Mikhail Khludnev
