There are a couple ways you can proceed. You can preconfigure some SolrCores in solr.xml. Even if you don't, you want a solr.xml, because that is where a lot of cloud properties are defined. Or you can use the collections API or the core admin API.
I guess I'd recommend the collections API. You have a couple options for getting in config. I'd recommend using the ZkCli tool to upload each of your config sets: http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrCloud#Getting_your_Configuration_Files_into_ZooKeeper After that, use the collections API to create the necessary cores on each node. Another options is to setup solr.xml like you would locally, then start with -Dconf_bootstrap=true and it will duplicate your local config and collection setup in ZooKeeper. - Mark On Jan 17, 2013, at 9:10 PM, Shawn Heisey <s...@elyograg.org> wrote: > I'm trying to get a 2-node SolrCloud install off the ground with the 4.1 > branch. This is a new project for a different system than my existing Solr > 3.5.0 setup. It will have one shard and two replicas. > > I have part of the example in /opt/mbsolr4 -- jetty, the war file, logs, etc. > This is the CWD. > > I want all my config and data to live in /index/mbsolr4, so I am using > -Dsolr.solr.home=/index/mbsolr4. This setup mirrors what I am doing for > upgrading the other system from 3.5.0 to 4.1, which is not using SolrCloud. > > There is also a separate 3-node zookeeper ensemble, with two of those nodes > living on the two Solr servers. > > What do I need in the solr home (/index/mbsolr4) before I start Solr? If I > was not using SolrCloud, I would put solr.xml in there, pointing at > directories relative to that location. > > I'm going to have multiple collections. Some of those collections will use > the same config/schema, others will use slightly different versions. I have > worked out the zkHost value that I will need: > > -DzkHost=mbzoo1:2181,mbzoo2:2181,mbzoo3:2181/mbsolr1 > > I have both Solr servers started and talking to zookeeper, but there are no > collections so the UI doesn't work. > > Are the following options enough for me to get my first config & collection > into zookeeper/solrcloud -- assuming the config is right? Do I need > numShards and the replica count at this phase? > > -Dbootstrap_confdir=/index/mbsolr4/bootstrapconf > -Dcollection.configName=mbbasecfg > > Thanks, > Shawn
