Doing this doesn't avoid the need to configure and administrate ZK. Running a special snowflake setup to avoid downloading a tar.gz doesn't seem like a good trade-off to me.
On May 15, 2014, at 3:27 PM, Upayavira <u...@odoko.co.uk> wrote: > Hi, > > I need to set up a zookeeper ensemble. I could download Zookeeper and do > it that way. I already have everything I need to run Zookeeper within a > Solr install. > > Is it possible to run a three node zookeeper ensemble by starting up > three Solr nodes with Zookeeper enabled? Obviously, I'd only use these > nodes for their Zookeeper, and keep their indexes empty. > > I've made some initial attempts, and whilst it looks like it might be > possible with -DzkRun and -DzkHost=, I haven't yet succeeded. > > I think this could be a much easier way for people familar with Solr to > get an ensemble up compared to downloading the Zookeeper distribution. > > Thoughts? > > Upayavira
