Another clarification: -Dbootstrap_confdir=./solr/collection1/conf -Dcollection.configName=myconf creates no actual link. It simply uploads a config set from a dir and calls it myconf. In the example we count on the rule of, if there is only one config set a new collection will be linked to it.
On Aug 16, 2012, at 5:45 PM, Mark Miller <markrmil...@gmail.com> wrote: > Check out some of the new documentation I added today: > http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrCloud/#Command_Line_Util > > Collections link with config sets following these rules: > > 1. When a collection starts, if there is only one config set, the collection > will link to it. > > 2. If a collection starts and it shares the name of a config set, it will > link to it. > > 3. Otherwise, the link has to be created manually - or by specifying it > explicitly when creating the collection by HTTP API. > > boostrap_conf=true uploads a conf set for each core in solr.xml - and it > links the conf sets to the collections by creating conf set names that match > the collection names. > > If a collection has been linked to a config set, you have to manually update > it to link it to a new config. > > You can do this with the above Command Line Util tool - one of the commands > links collections to config sets. > > You can even make the links before starting Solr for the first time - when > you do start Solr, as collections are started, it will find and use the link > info you have created with the tool when names match. > > If you change the link while Solr is running you would want to reload all the > cores in your collection to pick up the new config - you can do this with the > Collections API: > http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrCloud/#Managing_collections_via_the_Collections_API > > Mark Miller > lucidworks.com > > On Aug 16, 2012, at 2:24 PM, Zulu Chas <zuluc...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> I am trying to set up a solrcloud/solr4.0.0-beta with multiple cores, >> multiple shards, and a separate zookeeper process, but I think the exact >> details are less important than the method of bootstrapping zookeeper with >> the configs.Since I'm running zookeeper separately, I'd like to be able to >> version solrcloud configs and drop them into zookeeper over time without >> necessarily having to overwrite or immediately delete old ones. >> After starting zookeeper using zkServer.sh start, I've been initially >> bootstrapping it with: >> >> java -Dsolr.solr.home=instance1 -Djetty.port=8501 >> -Djetty.home=$SOLR_HOME/solrcloud >> -Dbootstrap_confdir=$SOLR_HOME/solrcloud/instance1/core0/conf >> -Dcollection.configName=A01 -DnumShards=2 -DzkHost=localhost:2181 -jar >> start.jar >> >> and then starting a second shard with: >> >> java -Dsolr.solr.home=instance2 -Djetty.port=8502 >> -Djetty.home=$SOLR_HOME/solrcloud -Dcollection.configName=A01 >> -DzkHost=localhost:2181 -jar start.jar >> hoping that "-Dcollection.configName=A01" would do what I think it should do >> :) >> >> But if I then iterate on the "A01" config and bootstrap a new config "A02" >> (stopping all instances of solr first) but don't delete anything from >> zookeeper: >> >> java -Dsolr.solr.home=instance1 -Djetty.port=8501 >> -Djetty.home=$SOLR_HOME/solrcloud >> -Dbootstrap_confdir=$SOLR_HOME/solrcloud/instance1/core0/conf >> -Dcollection.configName=A02 -DnumShards=2 -DzkHost=localhost:2181 -jar >> start.jar >> I see it upload the configs: >> >> Aug 16, 2012 1:05:47 PM org.apache.solr.common.cloud.SolrZkClient >> makePathINFO: makePath: /configs/A02/admin-extra.htmlAug 16, 2012 1:05:47 PM >> org.apache.solr.common.cloud.SolrZkClient makePathINFO: makePath: >> /configs/A02/admin-extra.menu-bottom.html >> ... >> ...so I had hoped it would use the given one in configName. Things seem to >> run fine, but then if I do delete something from A01 to prove that it's >> using the new config, I start to see error messages about things missing >> from A01 ... showing me it's still using the old config: >> >> (delete /configs/A01/admin-extra.html in zkCli)Aug 16, 2012 2:04:01 PM >> org.apache.solr.common.SolrException logSEVERE: >> org.apache.solr.common.SolrException: Can not find: >> /configs/A01/admin-extra.html at >> org.apache.solr.handler.admin.ShowFileRequestHandler.showFromZooKeeper(ShowFileRequestHandler.java:155) >> at >> org.apache.solr.handler.admin.ShowFileRequestHandler.handleRequestBody(ShowFileRequestHandler.java:120)on >> the console running instance1 >> >> I'm sure I'm just missing something simple here, but I didn't see any >> reference online about re-bootstrapping. I also tried this adding >> -Dbootstrap_conf=true [1] to each but that didn't make a difference. >> -Chaz >> [1] >> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/lucene-dev/201205.mbox/%3cbb7ad9bf-389b-4b94-8c1b-bbfc4028a...@gmail.com%3E >> >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Mark Miller lucidimagination.com
