On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 2:42 AM, Shyam Bhaskaran
<shyam.bhaska...@synopsys.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We are using Solr 4.0 and after indexing every time it is observed that the
> write.lock remains without getting cleared and for the next indexing we have
> to delete the file to get the indexing process running.
>
> We use SolrServer for our indexing and I do not see any methods to close or
> clear the indexes on completion of indexing.
>
>
> I have seen that adding the below lines into solrconfig.xml file avoids the
> issue of physically removing the write.lock file when doing indexing.
>
>
>
> <indexDefaults>
>
> <lockType>simple</lockType>
>
> <unlockOnStartup>true</unlockOnStartup>
>
> </indexDefaults>
>
>
> But I am hesitant in adding this directive, as it might not be a good idea to
> set this directive in production as it would defeat the purpose of locking
> the index while another process writes into it.
>
> Let me know if we can do this programmatically, is there something like
> close() which would remove the write.lock file after completion of indexing
> using SolrServer?
>
> Thanks
> Shyam
