Argh! (and hooray!) I started from scratch again, following the wiki instructions. I did only one thing differently; put my data directory in /opt instead of /home/dev. And now it works!
I'm glad it's working now. I just wish I knew exactly what the difference is. The directory in /opt has exactly the same permissions as the one in /home/dev (chown -R tomcat solr). On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 10:08 PM, Michael Della Bitta < michael.della.bi...@appinions.com> wrote: > Possibly an obvious thing you've already looked at, but does the user > that Tomcat's running under have execute permissions on all the > directories leading up to your solr directory? It might be being > prevented from traversing the directory tree. > > Also I would verify there's no ACLs on anything in that directory > tree. Those can get bizarre if you're like me and don't understand > them. :) > > I'm assuming you're using a UNIX variant here... > > Michael Della Bitta > > ------------------------------------------------ > Appinions, Inc. -- Where Influence Isn’t a Game. > http://www.appinions.com > > > On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Nabeel Sulieman > <nabeel.sulie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I tried going back to 3.5 and ran into the same problem, so it's > definitely > > an issue on my server. > > > > It's just so bizarre; I can cat or vi "/home/dev/solr/solr.xml" with no > > problems, and I've even tried setting the permission to read/write for > all, > > but tomcat still can't seem to find the file. > > > > Hmmm... I wonder if my tomcat user is running in some kind of jailed > > environment? I'll look into that next. > > > > Anyways, I'll retrace my steps and see if I come up with anything. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mark Miller [mailto:markrmil...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 5:27 PM > > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > > Subject: Re: Can't find solr.xml > > > > Can't think of anything that would cause this from 3.5 to 3.6. > > > > If you indeed have a solr home located at home/dev/solr/ and there is a > conf > > dir under that, all I can imagine is that it's a permissions issue or > > something at the OS level. > > > > On Jun 30, 2012, at 2:28 PM, Nabeel Sulieman wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> > >> > >> I really hate bothering this group with something that should be > >> trivial, but I've been googling and experimenting to get this to work > >> for the last week now. I had no trouble getting my simple > >> configuration working on 3.5, but when I moved over to 3.6, I seem to > have > > hit something strange. > >> > >> > >> > >> As I said I'm on the latest version of solr (3.6.0), and I'm using > >> exactly the standard war file, with the "solr/home" section > >> uncommented and set to my Solr directory. > >> > >> > >> > >> However, even though the path is correct, Solr/Tomcat don't seem to be > >> able to find the solr.xml file, nor the solrconfig.xml file. > >> > >> > >> > >> Java version is 1.6.0_29-b11, tomcat 5.5.35, CentOS. > >> > >> > >> > >> What am I missing here? > >> > >> > >> > >> Thanks. Below is the error log. > >> > >> > >> > >> Jun 30, 2012 12:47:58 PM > >> org.apache.solr.core.CoreContainer$Initializer > >> initialize > >> > >> INFO: looking for solr.xml: /home/dev/solr/solr.xml > >> > >> Jun 30, 2012 12:47:58 PM > >> org.apache.solr.core.CoreContainer$Initializer > >> initialize > >> > >> INFO: no solr.xml file found - using default > >> > >> Jun 30, 2012 12:47:58 PM org.apache.solr.core.CoreContainer load > >> > >> INFO: Loading CoreContainer using Solr Home: '/home/dev/solr/' > >> > >> Jun 30, 2012 12:47:58 PM org.apache.solr.core.SolrResourceLoader > >> <init> > >> > >> INFO: new SolrResourceLoader for directory: '/home/dev/solr/' > >> > >> Jun 30, 2012 12:47:58 PM org.apache.solr.core.CoreContainer create > >> > >> INFO: Creating SolrCore '' using instanceDir: /home/dev/solr/. > >> > >> Jun 30, 2012 12:47:58 PM org.apache.solr.core.SolrResourceLoader > >> <init> > >> > >> INFO: new SolrResourceLoader for directory: '/home/dev/solr/./' > >> > >> Jun 30, 2012 12:47:58 PM org.apache.solr.common.SolrException log > >> > >> SEVERE: java.lang.RuntimeException: Can't find resource > >> 'solrconfig.xml' in classpath or '/home/dev/solr/./conf/', > >> cwd=/usr/local/jakarta/apache-tomcat-5.5.35/bin > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.solr.core.SolrResourceLoader.openResource(SolrResourceLoade > >> r.java > >> :273) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.solr.core.SolrResourceLoader.openConfig(SolrResourceLoader. > >> java:2 > >> 39) > >> > >> at org.apache.solr.core.Config.<init>(Config.java:141) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.solr.core.SolrConfig.<init>(SolrConfig.java:138) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.solr.core.CoreContainer.create(CoreContainer.java:455) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.solr.core.CoreContainer.load(CoreContainer.java:335) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.solr.core.CoreContainer$Initializer.initialize(CoreContaine > >> r.java > >> :165) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter.init(SolrDispatchFilter.jav > >> a:96) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.getFilter(Application > >> Filter > >> Config.java:221) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.setFilterDef(Applicat > >> ionFil > >> terConfig.java:302) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.<init>(ApplicationFil > >> terCon > >> fig.java:78) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStart(StandardContext.j > >> ava:36 > >> 66) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:42 > >> 58) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.reload(StandardContext.java:3 > >> 056) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.reload(ManagerServlet.java: > >> 904) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.reload(HTMLManagerServl > >> et.jav > >> a:496) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.doGet(HTMLManagerServle > >> t.java > >> :99) > >> > >> at > >> javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:627) > >> > >> at > >> javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Appli > >> cation > >> FilterChain.java:269) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFi > >> lterCh > >> ain.java:188) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperVa > >> lve.ja > >> va:213) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextVa > >> lve.ja > >> va:172) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(Authenticat > >> orBase > >> .java:563) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.ja > >> va:127 > >> ) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.ja > >> va:117 > >> ) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValv > >> e.java > >> :108) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java > >> :174) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java: > >> 879) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.pr > >> ocessC > >> onnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:665) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoi > >> nt.jav > >> a:528) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFoll > >> owerWo > >> rkerThread.java:81) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPo > >> ol.jav > >> a:689) > >> > >> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) > >> > >> > >> > >> Jun 30, 2012 12:47:58 PM org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter > >> init > >> > >> SEVERE: Could not start Solr. Check solr/home property and the logs > >> > >> org.apache.solr.common.SolrException: No cores were created, please > >> check the logs for errors > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.solr.core.CoreContainer$Initializer.initialize(CoreContaine > >> r.java > >> :172) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter.init(SolrDispatchFilter.jav > >> a:96) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.getFilter(Application > >> Filter > >> Config.java:221) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.setFilterDef(Applicat > >> ionFil > >> terConfig.java:302) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.<init>(ApplicationFil > >> terCon > >> fig.java:78) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStart(StandardContext.j > >> ava:36 > >> 66) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:42 > >> 58) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.reload(StandardContext.java:3 > >> 056) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.reload(ManagerServlet.java: > >> 904) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.reload(HTMLManagerServl > >> et.jav > >> a:496) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.doGet(HTMLManagerServle > >> t.java > >> :99) > >> > >> at > >> javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:627) > >> > >> at > >> javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Appli > >> cation > >> FilterChain.java:269) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFi > >> lterCh > >> ain.java:188) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperVa > >> lve.ja > >> va:213) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextVa > >> lve.ja > >> va:172) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(Authenticat > >> orBase > >> .java:563) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.ja > >> va:127 > >> ) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.ja > >> va:117 > >> ) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValv > >> e.java > >> :108) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java > >> :174) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java: > >> 879) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.pr > >> ocessC > >> onnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:665) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoi > >> nt.jav > >> a:528) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFoll > >> owerWo > >> rkerThread.java:81) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPo > >> ol.jav > >> a:689) > >> > >> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) > >> > >> Jun 30, 2012 12:47:58 PM org.apache.solr.common.SolrException log > >> > >> SEVERE: org.apache.solr.common.SolrException: No cores were created, > >> please check the logs for errors > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.solr.core.CoreContainer$Initializer.initialize(CoreContaine > >> r.java > >> :172) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter.init(SolrDispatchFilter.jav > >> a:96) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.getFilter(Application > >> Filter > >> Config.java:221) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.setFilterDef(Applicat > >> ionFil > >> terConfig.java:302) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.<init>(ApplicationFil > >> terCon > >> fig.java:78) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStart(StandardContext.j > >> ava:36 > >> 66) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:42 > >> 58) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.reload(StandardContext.java:3 > >> 056) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.reload(ManagerServlet.java: > >> 904) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.reload(HTMLManagerServl > >> et.jav > >> a:496) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.doGet(HTMLManagerServle > >> t.java > >> :99) > >> > >> at > >> javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:627) > >> > >> at > >> javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Appli > >> cation > >> FilterChain.java:269) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFi > >> lterCh > >> ain.java:188) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperVa > >> lve.ja > >> va:213) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextVa > >> lve.ja > >> va:172) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(Authenticat > >> orBase > >> .java:563) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.ja > >> va:127 > >> ) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.ja > >> va:117 > >> ) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValv > >> e.java > >> :108) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java > >> :174) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java: > >> 879) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.pr > >> ocessC > >> onnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:665) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoi > >> nt.jav > >> a:528) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFoll > >> owerWo > >> rkerThread.java:81) > >> > >> at > >> org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPo > >> ol.jav > >> a:689) > >> > >> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) > >> > > > > - Mark Miller > > lucidimagination.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
