Possibly a permissions problem? Are you running as different users in the two situations?
And do note that sometimes Solr gets a little confused if you try to create the same core multiple times without cleaning out the directories. Best, Erick On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Andreas Meyer <a.me...@nimmini.de> wrote: > Hello! > > It must have something to do with the init-script and the solr.in.sh. > As long as I start solr from within a console with bin/solr start > then there is no problem creating a core. > > As soon as I start solr with service solr start the creation of > a core fails. > > Even if I comment the SOLR_HOME="/var/solr/data" in solr.in.sh > and start solr with service solr start, creating a core is not > possilbe. > > # bin/solr create -c zzz > > Copying configuration to new core instance directory: > /opt/solr/server/solr/zzz > > Creating new core 'zzz' using command: > http://localhost:8983/solr/admin/cores?action=CREATE&name=zzz&instanceDir=zzz > > > ERROR: Error CREATEing SolrCore 'zzz': Unable to create core [zzz] Caused by: > /opt/solr-5.5.1/server/solr/zzz/data > > Can't figure out why it is so. > > Greetings > > Andreas > > Andreas Meyer <a.me...@nimmini.de> schrieb am 22.05.16 um 14:14:58 Uhr: > >> Hello! >> >> Got a problem with the creation of a core using a fresh installation. >> >> # ll >> insgesamt 16 >> drwxr-x--- 2 solr users 4096 22. Mai 13:54 data >> -rw-r----- 1 solr users 977 22. Mai 13:37 log4j.properties >> drwxr-x--- 2 solr users 4096 22. Mai 13:54 logs >> -rw-r--r-- 1 solr users 6 22. Mai 13:54 solr-8983.pid >> >> # ps aux |grep solr >> solr 10121 2.0 9.6 2510148 198112 ? Sl 13:54 0:12 >> /usr/lib64/jvm/jre/bin/java -server -Xms512m -Xmx512m -XX:NewRatio=3 >> -XX:SurvivorRatio=4 -XX:TargetSurvivorRatio=90 -XX:MaxTenuringThreshold=8 >> -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+UseParNewGC -XX:ConcGCThreads=4 >> -XX:ParallelGCThreads=4 -XX:+CMSScavengeBeforeRemark >> -XX:PretenureSizeThreshold=64m -XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly >> -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=50 -XX:CMSMaxAbortablePrecleanTime=6000 >> -XX:+CMSParallelRemarkEnabled -XX:+ParallelRefProcEnabled -verbose:gc >> -XX:+PrintHeapAtGC -XX:+PrintGCDetails -XX:+PrintGCDateStamps >> -XX:+PrintGCTimeStamps -XX:+PrintTenuringDistribution >> -XX:+PrintGCApplicationStoppedTime -Xloggc:/var/solr/logs/solr_gc.log >> -Djetty.port=8983 -DSTOP.PORT=7983 -DSTOP.KEY=solrrocks -Duser.timezone=UTC >> -Djetty.home=/opt/solr/server -Dsolr.solr.home=/var/solr/data >> -Dsolr.install.dir=/opt/solr >> -Dlog4j.configuration=file:/var/solr/log4j.properties -Xss256k >> -XX:OnOutOfMemoryError=/opt/solr/bin/oom_solr.s > h 8983 /var/solr/logs -jar start.jar --module=http >> >> # bin/solr create -c xxx >> >> Copying configuration to new core instance directory: >> /var/solr/data/xxx >> >> Creating new core 'xxx' using command: >> http://localhost:8983/solr/admin/cores?action=CREATE&name=xxx&instanceDir=xxx >> >> >> ERROR: Error CREATEing SolrCore 'xxx': Unable to create core [xxx] Caused >> by: /var/solr/data/xxx/data >> >> and again >> >> # bin/solr create -c xxx >> >> ERROR: >> Core 'xxx' already exists! >> Checked core existence using Core API command: >> http://localhost:8983/solr/admin/cores?action=STATUS&core=xxx >> >> but the folder xxx is not created. I see this in the logs: >> >> So 22 Mai 2016 13:54:26 CEST ERROR null SolrCore >> :java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /var/solr/data/xxx/data >> So 22 Mai 2016 13:54:26 CEST WARN null SolrCore [xxx] Solr >> index directory '/var/solr/data/xxx/data/index' doesn't exist. Creating new >> index... >> So 22 Mai 2016 13:54:26 CEST ERROR null CoreContainer Error creating >> core [xxx]: /var/solr/data/xxx/data >> So 22 Mai 2016 13:54:26 CEST ERROR null RequestHandlerBase >> org.apache.solr.common.SolrException: Error CREATEing SolrCore 'xxx': Unable >> to create core [xxx] Caused by: /var/solr/data/xxx/data >> >> Whats wrong? >> >> Kind regards >> >> Andreas >