On Thu, Nov 19, 2015, at 10:03 AM, Jan Høydahl wrote: > > Looking under solr5/server/solr I see configsets with the three default > > choices. What "feels" right is to make a new folder in there for my app > > (dovecot) and then copy my solr4/example/solr/collection1/conf folder. I'm > > hoping I'm on the right track - maybe working too hard. > > If you have an existing conf you don’t need to worry about config sets. > That is a new concept for kickstarting new cores from. > > > If that was correct, then I tried "solr create -n dovecot -c dovecot" > > (after stopping my old server and starting a new one) and it did create an > > entry. I then stopped the server, copied my old data folder over to the new > > location, and started the server. > > Assuming you’re not using SolrCloud. > 1. Copy the server/ folder to your new location > 2. cd server/solr (or the location you defined as SOLR HOME) > 3. cp -r /path/to/old/solr4/SOLR_HOME/dovecot . > 4. Make sure there is a core.properties file in the dovecot folder > 5. Start solr, and you should have your core up and running as before
You can point Solr 5 at an existing directory (SOLR_HOME) that contains your index and configs with the -s parameter: bin/solr start -s /path/to/old/solr_home Upayavira
