It doesn't matter which node you do it on. And, you can replace an existing alias by just creating another one with the same name.
Upayavira On Mon, Aug 31, 2015, at 02:04 PM, Bill Au wrote: > Thank, Shawn. So I only need to issue the command to update the alias on > one of the node in the SolrCloud cluster, right? Should I do it on the > leader or it doesn't matter which node I do it one? > > Bill > > On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 10:35 AM, Shawn Heisey <apa...@elyograg.org> > wrote: > > > On 8/28/2015 8:25 AM, Shawn Heisey wrote: > > > Instead, use collection aliasing. Create collections named something > > > like foo_0 and foo_1, and update the alias "foo" to point to whichever > > > of them is currently live. Your queries and update requests will never > > > need to know about foo_0 and foo_1 ... only the coordinating part of > > > your system, where you would normally do your core swapping, needs to > > > know about those. > > > > You might also want to have a foo_build alias pointing to the *other* > > collection for any "full rebuild" functionality, so it can also use a > > static collection name. > > > > Thanks, > > Shawn > > > >
