I have found that it could be a problem in solr.cmd. It works after I replace this line in Solr 5.3.0
IF NOT "%EXAMPLE%"=="" goto run_example With this segment of the code from Solr 5.2.1 IF "%EXAMPLE%"=="" ( IF NOT "%SOLR_HOME%"=="" ( REM Absolutize a relative solr home IF EXIST "%cd%\%SOLR_HOME%" set "SOLR_HOME=%cd%\%SOLR_HOME%" ) REM Otherwise SOLR_HOME just becomes %SOLR_SERVER_DIR%/solr ) ELSE IF "%EXAMPLE%"=="techproducts" ( mkdir "%SOLR_TIP%\example\techproducts\solr" set "SOLR_HOME=%SOLR_TIP%\example\techproducts\solr" IF NOT EXIST "!SOLR_HOME!\solr.xml" ( copy "%DEFAULT_SERVER_DIR%\solr\solr.xml" "!SOLR_HOME!\solr.xml" ) IF NOT EXIST "!SOLR_HOME!\zoo.cfg" ( copy "%DEFAULT_SERVER_DIR%\solr\zoo.cfg" "!SOLR_HOME!\zoo.cfg" ) ) ELSE IF "%EXAMPLE%"=="cloud" ( set SOLR_MODE=solrcloud goto cloud_example_start ) ELSE IF "%EXAMPLE%"=="dih" ( set "SOLR_HOME=%SOLR_TIP%\example\example-DIH\solr" ) ELSE IF "%EXAMPLE%"=="schemaless" ( mkdir "%SOLR_TIP%\example\schemaless\solr" set "SOLR_HOME=%SOLR_TIP%\example\schemaless\solr" IF NOT EXIST "!SOLR_HOME!\solr.xml" ( copy "%DEFAULT_SERVER_DIR%\solr\solr.xml" "!SOLR_HOME!\solr.xml" ) IF NOT EXIST "!SOLR_HOME!\zoo.cfg" ( copy "%DEFAULT_SERVER_DIR%\solr\zoo.cfg" "!SOLR_HOME!\zoo.cfg" ) ) ELSE ( @echo. @echo 'Unrecognized example %EXAMPLE%!' @echo. goto start_usage ) Could there be some issues with this line [IF NOT "%EXAMPLE%"=="" goto run_example] in Solr 5.3.0 (line 601 in solr.cmd)? Regards, Edwin On 8 September 2015 at 15:19, Zheng Lin Edwin Yeo <edwinye...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a custom core directories in my Solr located at > solrMain\node1\solr, and I set it through the -s <dir> parameter in the > Solr startup script, and it looks like this: > bin\solr.cmd start -cloud -p 8983 -s solrMain\node1\solr -m 12g -z > "localhost:2181,localhost:2182,localhost:2183" > > This works fine in Solr 5.2.1. > > However, when I tried to upgrade it to Solr 5.3.0 and start Solr using the > same startup script, it gives the following error: > > HTTP ERROR 500 > > Problem accessing /solr/admin. Reason: > > Server Error > > Caused by: > > java.lang.NullPointerException > at > org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter.authenticateRequest(SolrDispatchFilter.java:237) > at > org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter.doFilter(SolrDispatchFilter.java:186) > at > org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter.doFilter(SolrDispatchFilter.java:179) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1652) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:585) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:143) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:577) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:223) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:1127) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:515) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:185) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:1061) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:141) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:215) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:110) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:97) > at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:499) > at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel.handle(HttpChannel.java:310) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnection.onFillable(HttpConnection.java:257) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.io.AbstractConnection$2.run(AbstractConnection.java:540) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool.runJob(QueuedThreadPool.java:635) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool$3.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:555) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) > > > If I start without the -s <dir> command, it is able to start with the > default directory (server/solr), but without any core and index, as my > cores and indexes are not located there. > > The Solr is able to start normally with the migrated cores and indexes > only if I replace the solr.cmd to the one I used in Solr 5.2.1. I couldn't > use the one provided in Solr 5.3.0. > > Is there any changes that I need to do with my setting in order to use the > solr.cmd provided in Solr 5.3.0, and also to link it to my custom core > directories by using the -s <dir> in my startup script? I check the Solr > Start Script Reference Page at > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/solr/Solr+Start+Script+Reference, > but it didn't state any difference. > > > Regards, > Edwin >