On 1/14/2019 3:18 PM, Audun Holme wrote:
So I have read about solr and think maybe I need solr.
I found this link:https://github.com/integer-net/solr-magento1
I downloaed that plugin and started to read about how to install it. Unsure as
I was I sent an email to https://integernet-solr.com/ to ask a few questions
to them. They replied shortly and told me that Solr is a sepate app running on
the apache server. The plugin I found at gitHub is just a connection between
the apache and the magento store. Correct?
The project you linked is probably a magento plugin that knows how to
access a Solr server. It does not include Solr.
question:
Where to I get both the apache app? I thought it was included in the module,
but I have been wrong so many times :) Is it solr_conf folder??
What is "the apache app"?
Solr and Apache are not equivalent in any way. Solr is a software
project that is managed within the Apache Foundation. Even though the
project is known by the full phrase "Apache Solr", it has nothing at all
to do with the apache http server -- that is a completely separate project.
From the install guide, I read:"Install Solr and create at least one working
core"I assume it here means the apache app?? Isn't there a standard app in the
module ready to be used?? if so what folder is it in??
Solr is a completely standalone piece of software. It does not run as
part of the apache http server. Normally it is not embedded within ANY
other software. In order to embed Solr in another piece of software,
that software would have to be written in Java. I'm pretty sure that
magento is not written in Java.
The instructions in the project you referenced are pretty clear.
Install Solr, start it, create a core, replace the core's config files
with those provided in the github project, and then restart Solr.
Before you can install Solr, you will have to download it.
I would recommend installing Solr on an OS like Linux. There is a
service installer included in the Solr download that works on most
operating systems with GNU tools. There is no service installer
included for Windows. Some people have successfully created a Windows
service for Solr on their own.
Here's information in the Solr documentation for creating a core:
https://lucene.apache.org/solr/guide/6_6/running-solr.html
I used the 6.6 version of the documentation for the above because the
project you linked says it works with 4.x through 6.x. I have no idea
whether their configs are compatible with 7.x versions of Solr.
This is where you can get the latest 6.x version of Solr (at the time I
write this):
http://archive.apache.org/dist/lucene/solr/6.6.5/
It is available in both tgz and zip formats. The largest files in the
directory are the full binary download.
Thanks,
Shawn
