I'm sorry ... the doc i really should have pointed you to is this one... http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrInstall
(it mentions the Wiki, but has the specifics of setting up a new app) : : project? for example, make project directory and sub directory which include : : files....i don't find from wiki. : : : : where i place : : solrconfig.xml - SolrConfigXml<http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrConfigXml> : : schema.xml - SchemaXml <http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SchemaXml> : : based on your followup posts, i think you've figured out the answers to : this question, but in case i'm wrong, plese try the tutorial and see if : that helps clear some things up for you... : : http://incubator.apache.org/solr/tutorial.html -Hoss