I have a need to override the default behavior of the BM25Similarty class. It was trivial to create the class. My problem is that I cannot load it, at least via the blob api as described here: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/solr/Adding+Custom+Plugins+in+SolrCloud+Mode
I set enable.runtime.lib=true on my solr startup I created the .system collection and uploaded a jar containing my class following the instructions here: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/solr/Blob+Store+API I can see that the blob was created. I added the runtime lib to my collection, and I can see it in the configorelay.json file Finally I added this line to the schema.xml file: <similarity class="com.sial.similarity.SialBM25Similarity" runtimeLib="true"/> uploaded it to Zookeeper and reloaded the collection. only to get this error: org.apache.solr.common.SolrException:org.apache.solr.common.SolrException: Could not load conf for core test-catalog-product-170724_shard1_replica1: Can't load schema schema.xml: Error loading class 'com.sial.similarity.SialBM25Similarity' What am I missing? Is this plugins api limited to components and request handlers? If so that's a HUGE limitation, makes it just about useless. I need it for this similarity and some filter factories, and having a simple way to deploy code to solrcloud nodes that can be easily automated would be great. -- This message and any attachment are confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to any other person. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the message and any attachment from your system. Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and any of its subsidiaries do not accept liability for any omissions or errors in this message which may arise as a result of E-Mail-transmission or for damages resulting from any unauthorized changes of the content of this message and any attachment thereto. Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and any of its subsidiaries do not guarantee that this message is free of viruses and does not accept liability for any damages caused by any virus transmitted therewith. Click http://www.emdgroup.com/disclaimer to access the German, French, Spanish and Portuguese versions of this disclaimer.