I don't know which of these you read, so it is a bit of a grab bag. And I haven't reviewed some of them in depth. But hopefully, there is a nugget of gold somewhere in there for you:
https://github.com/LucidWorks/solr-scale-tk https://www.slideshare.net/thelabdude/apache-con-managingsolrcloudinthecloud https://systemsarchitect.net/2013/04/06/painless-guide-to-solr-cloud-configuration/ https://github.com/bloomreach/solrcloud-haft http://www.francelabs.com/blog/tutorial-solrcloud-5-amazon-ec2/ (oldish) https://github.com/freedev/solrcloud-zookeeper-docker https://sematext.com/blog/2016/12/13/solr-master-slave-solrcloud-migration/ http://dlightdaily.com/2016/11/30/solr-cloud-installation-zookeeper/ https://sbdevel.wordpress.com/2016/11/30/70tb-16b-docs-4-machines-1-solrcloud/ (just to drool, but it may also be useful) Hope it helps, Alex. ---- http://www.solr-start.com/ - Resources for Solr users, new and experienced On 23 February 2017 at 16:12, Pouliot, Scott <scott.poul...@peoplefluent.com> wrote: > I'm trying to find a good beginner level guide to setting up SolrCloud NOT > using the example configs that are provided with SOLR. > > Here are my goals (and the steps I have done so far!): > > > 1. Use an external Zookeeper server > > a. wget > http://apache.claz.org/zookeeper/zookeeper-3.3.6/zookeeper-3.3.6.tar.gz > > b. uncompress into /apps folder (Our company uses this type of standard > folder, so I'm following suit here) > > c. Copy zoo_sample.cfg to zoo.cfg > > d. Update data folder to: /apps/zookeeperData > > e. Bin/zkServer.sh start > > 2. Install SOLR on both nodes > > a. wget http://www.us.apache.org/dist/lucene/solr/6.4.1/solr-6.4.1.tgz > > b. tar xzf solr-6.4.1.tgz solr-6.4.1/bin/install_solr_service.sh > --strip-components=2 > > c. ./install_solr_service.sh solr-6.4.1.tgz > > d. Update solr.in.sh to include the ZKHome variable set to my ZK > server's ip on port 2181 > > Now it seems if I start SOLR manually with bin/solr start -c -p 8080 -z <ZK > IP>:2181 then it will actually load, but if I let it auto start, I get an > HTTP 500 error on the Admin UI for SOLR. > > I also can't seem to figure out what I need to upload into Zookeeper as far > as configuration files go. I created a test collection on the instance when > I got it up one time...but it has yet to start properly again for me. > > Are there any GOOD tutorials out there? I have read most of the > documentation I can get my hands on thus far from Apache, and blogs and such, > but the light bulb still has not lit up for me yet and I feel like a n00b ;-) > > My company is currently running SOLR in the old master/slave config and I'm > trying to setup a SOLRCloud so that we can toy with it in a Dev/QA > Environment and see what it's capable of. We're currently running 4 separate > master/slave SOLR server pairs in production to spread out the load a bit, > but I'd rather see us migrate towards a cluster/cloud scenario to gain some > computing power here! > > Any help is GREATLY appreciated! > > Scott
