you do not have to make 3 copies of conf dir even in Solr1.3 you can try this
<dataDir>${./solr/${solr.core.name}/data}</dataDir> On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Paul Rosen <p...@performantsoftware.com> wrote: > Ok. I have a workaround for now. I've duplicated the conf folder three times > and changed this line in solrconfig.xml in each folder: > > <dataDir>${solr.data.dir:./solr/exhibits/data}</dataDir> > > I can't wait for solr 1.4! > > Noble Paul നോബിള് नोब्ळ् wrote: >> >> the dataDir is a Solr1.4 feature >> >> On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 1:57 AM, Paul Rosen <p...@performantsoftware.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I'm trying to set up solr 1.3 to use multicore but I'm getting some >>> puzzling >>> results. My solr.xml file is: >>> >>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> >>> <solr persistent="true" sharedLib="../lib"> >>> <cores adminPath="/admin/cores"> >>> <core name="resources" instanceDir="resources" >>> dataDir="solr/resources/data/" /> >>> <core name="exhibits" instanceDir="exhibits" >>> dataDir="solr/exhibits/data/" >>> /> >>> <core name="reindex_resources" instanceDir="reindex_resources" >>> dataDir="solr/reindex_resources/data/" /> >>> </cores> >>> </solr> >>> >>> When I start up solr, everything looks normal until I get this line in >>> the >>> log: >>> >>> INFO: [resources] Opening new SolrCore at solr/resources/, >>> dataDir=./solr/data/ >>> >>> And a new folder is created ./solr/data/index with a blank index. And, of >>> course, any queries go to that blank index and not to one of my cores. >>> >>> Actually, what I'd really like is to have my directory structure look >>> like >>> this (some items removed for brevity): >>> >>> --------------------------------- >>> solr_1.3 >>> lib >>> solr >>> solr.xml >>> bin >>> conf >>> data >>> resources >>> index >>> exhibits >>> index >>> reindex_resources >>> index >>> start.jar >>> --------------------------------- >>> >>> And have all the cores share everything except an index. >>> >>> How would I set that up? >>> >>> Are there differences between 1.3 and 1.4 in this respect? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Paul >>> >> >> >> > > -- ----------------------------------------------------- Noble Paul | Principal Engineer| AOL | http://aol.com