thanks for your response eric.
I've found the issue. the set up was fine.
I had a dirty solr.xml in zookeeper. Once corrected everythig is fine.
cheers lee c
On 3 June 2017 at 16:58, Erick Erickson <erickerick...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Specifying ZK_HOST in the solr.in.sh file works fine for me.
>
> bq: running bin/solr start does not start up in cloud mode despite having
> ZK_HOST set in /etc/default/solr.in.sh.
>
> I don't think the startup script would even look in /etc/default for
> solr.in.sh unless you've defined a "HOME" env variable pointing there.
> And even then it needs to be a hidden file (the "." in
> $HOME/.solr.in.sh). See the "CONTROLLING STARTUP" section in bin/solr:
>
> # the following locations are searched in this order:
> #
> # ./
> # $HOME/.solr.in.sh
> # /usr/share/solr
> # /usr/local/share/solr
> # /var/solr/
> # /opt/solr
>
> (plus some other options...)
>
> FYI:
>
> bq: "bin/solr start-c -z xxx/solr makes no difference."
>
> Unless you've made a typo the -z parameter requires the ZK ensemble,
> not a Solr node. The -c is unnecessary when -z is specified BTW. The
> -c will start an _internal_ zookeeper in the absence of a -z
> parameter.....
>
> Best,
> Erick
>
> On Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 8:09 AM, Lee Carroll
> <lee.a.carr...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Hi
> > running bin/solr start does not start up in cloud mode despite having
> > ZK_HOST set in /etc/default/solr.in.sh.
> >
> > running openjdk 1.8
> > solr 6.5.1 on aws linux
> > zookeeper 3.4.6 on aws linux (3 node ensemble)
> >
> > logs look clean both in zookeeper and solr
> >
> > running bin/solr zk ls / returns
> >
> > Connecting to ZooKeeper at ec2-xxx:2181,ec2-xxx:2181,ec2-xxx:2181/solr
> ...
> > Getting listing for Zookeeper node / from ZooKeeper at
> > ec2-34-196-159-23.compute-1.amazonaws.com:2181,
> > ec2-34-196-204-202.compute-1.amazonaws.com:2181,
> > ec2-34-196-212-108.compute-1.amazonaws.com:2181/solr recurse: false
> > configs
> > solr.xml
> >
> > This suggests that zk_hosts is being picked up and the connection looks
> ok
> > woth the zk ensemble
> >
> > running bin/solr start returns
> >
> > Waiting up to 180 seconds to see Solr running on port 8983 [\]
> > Started Solr server on port 8983 (pid=30467). Happy searching!
> >
> > but the status suggests we are in stand alone core mode
> >
> > bin/solr status
> >
> > Found 1 Solr nodes:
> >
> > Solr process 30467 running on port 8983
> > {
> > "solr_home":"/var/solr/data",
> > "version":"6.5.1 cd1f23c63abe03ae650c75ec8ccb37762806cc75 - jimczi -
> > 2017-04-21 12:23:42",
> > "startTime":"2017-06-03T15:02:53.995Z",
> > "uptime":"0 days, 0 hours, 1 minutes, 5 seconds",
> > "memory":"23 MB (%4.7) of 490.7 MB"}
> >
> > and indeed trying to create collection fails
> >
> > bin/solr create_collection -c destinations -n destinations
> >
> > ERROR: Solr at http://localhost:8983/solr is running in standalone
> server
> > mode, please use the create_core command instead;
> > create_collection can only be used when running in SolrCloud mode.
> >
> > forcing the issue with bin/solr start -c
> >
> > or even
> > bin/solr start-c -z xxx/solr makes no difference.
> >
> > I'm sure i'm missing something obvious in the solr.in.sh but can't find
> > anything so far.
> >
> > Lee C
>
