Done, thanks! We can always use more editors who contribute their experiences...
On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 8:01 PM, Greg Gilles <greggil...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Please update my account so I can edit the wiki https://wiki.apache.org/solr. > > GregG / greg22...@yahoo.com > > Specifically, I was installing Solr on Windows using Tomcat following the > instructions on https://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrInstall, and had some issues > with the instructions and wanted to update them. I've included the issues > below to remind myself what changes need to be made to the wiki, or you can > forward this email to whomever manages the install page so they can make the > changes. > > Thanks -- Greg > > -------------- > > Modifications from Stack Exchange that fixed several errors: > > 1. Changes: Remind users that on Windows, they need to copy over the logging > jars to the tomcat lib directory or they will get a "severe error > filterstart" on tomcat start up under the Windows steps. > > 2. Users to need "copy up" a level the collection1 and bin or the will get > an error page when trying to go to the solar/admin page. > > 3. Users can modify startup.bat (if that's what they are using to start > tomcat) instead of setenv or web.xml to include: > > set JAVA_OPTS=-Dsolr.solr.home=c:\solr_home\solr -Dsolr.velocity.enabled=false > > > > ---------- > Stack Exchange link: > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17619809/installing-apache-solr-4-3-1-on-apache-tomcat-6-0 > > > > Install Solr in Tomcat > Pre Requirements > 1 - Machine with Windows OS (Windows 7,8,Xp.. ..etc) > 2 - Java 6 or Above > 3 - Solr 4.0.0 or Above > 4 - Apache-tomcat 6 or Above. > Steps to get Solr up on Tomcat Server > 1.Install Tomcat on your machine and make sure it is ready to start.(Check > using localhost:8080) > 2.Install Solr4.0 distribution package apache-solr-4.0.0.zip and unzip it in > your local directory like C:\apache-solr-4.0.0. > 3.Make a folder with name solr-home in your local machine like C:\solr_home. > 4.Go back to the solr distribution package that you downloaded > C:\apache-solr-4.0.0. Have a peek inside the Examples/solr > ("C:\solr-4.4.0\example\solr") folder. Copy all those files into the > C:\solr_home folder.(server shutting down exception will come) > 5.Look into C:\solr-home\solr and you will see two folders with name > collection1 and bin, copy these two folders a step up to C:\solr_home.(if lib > not copy "severe error filterstart" Exception come) > 6.Copy lib from C:\apache-solr-4.0.0\example\lib\ext SLF4J and log4j.jar file > to Tomcat Lib folder C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat > 6.0\lib > (https://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrLogging#Using_the_example_logging_setup_in_containers_other_than_Jetty) > 7.Copy apache-solr-4.0.war (rename to solr.war) from "C:\solr-4.4.0\dist" > directory to webapps directory inside Tomcat.(C:\Program Files\Apache > Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\webapps) > 8.If tomact is already start then solr folder will create go to "C:\Program > Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\webapps\solr\WEB-INF\web.xml" > edit web.xml uncomment entry and edit like following(Exception SolrCore > 'collection1' is not available due to init failure) > <env-entry> <env-entry-name>solr/home</env-entry-name> > <env-entry-value>C:\solr_home\solr</env-entry-value> > <env-entry-type>java.lang.String</env-entry-type> > </env-entry> > 9.Start Tomcat and check localhost:8080/solr dashBoard will come
