This is a known issue. I'll try to give a patch soon. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-883
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Mark Ferguson <mark.a.fergu...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to set up a multi-core environment in which I share a single > conf folder. I am following the instructions described in this thread: > http://www.mail-archive.com/solr-user@lucene.apache.org/msg16954.html > > In solrconfig.xml, I am setting dataDir to /srv/solr/cores/data/${ > solr.core.name}. > > It works well when using existing cores, but when I try to create a core > dynamically via the core admin web interface, it gives me an error message: > > HTTP Status 500 - No system property or default value specified for > solr.core.name > > To create the core I am entering the following url: > > http://localhost:8080/solrcore/admin/cores?action=CREATE&name=p5&instanceDir= > . > > Any suggestions? > > Mark > -- Regards, Shalin Shekhar Mangar.