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Posted to solr-user@lucene.apache.org by Craig Longman <cl...@iconect.com> on 2014/01/08 20:27:45 UTC
Solr not creating core.properties file
We're exploring using Solr as a search/faceting engine, and things went
quite well during the research phase. We've expanded it a bit, but have
run into something of a problem on the two latest machines we've
installed Solr on: Solr is just quietly refusing to write out the
core.properties file at all. I'm at a complete loss as to what's going
on. If I look in CorePropertiesLocator.java, in method
writePropertiesFile(), it appears that it would log something if there
was an IO error saving the properties file, but I get nothing in the
logs indicating such. There is also nothing in the logs that indicates
there was anything especially wrong at all. The core is created, the
solrconfig.xml file is found and read, the index directories are created
(a different directory to the config) and the core is loaded and can be
used just fine. It just seems to quietly skip the core.properties
writing. Which kind of messes up the whole auto-discovery thing.
Any ideas? Under what circumstances would that file not be written out?
It looks like only IOExceptions can be thrown, so I have to assume that
the writePropertiesFile() method isn't even being called, right?
We're running Solr 4.6.0, installed via the BitNami install client.
Any other information that could be helpful in figuring this one out?
Thanks,
Craig Longman
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Re: Solr not creating core.properties file
Posted by Erick Erickson <er...@gmail.com>.
bq: So, I'm betting the machines not writing the core properties file are
using
the old style solr.xml.
That would be my guess too. If you have a <cores> tag in your solr.xml,
then the code thinks it's old-style. If your created cores get an entry in
the solr.xml, that's further proof. The two cases are orthogonal, if you're
using old-style solr.xml, then core.properties is irrelevant and vice-versa.
Best,
Erick
On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Joel Bernstein <jo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Still reading through the code but it looks like the old styl solr.xml will
> trigger the use of
> SolrXMLCoresLocator<
> http://lucene.apache.org/solr/4_6_0/solr-core/org/apache/solr/core/SolrXMLCoresLocator.html
> >,
> while new style will trigger the the
> CorePropertiesLocator<
> http://lucene.apache.org/solr/4_6_0/solr-core/org/apache/solr/core/CorePropertiesLocator.html
> >
> .
>
> So, I'm betting the machines not writing the core properties file are using
> the old style solr.xml.
>
> Joel Bernstein
> Search Engineer at Heliosearch
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Joel Bernstein <jo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Craig,
> >
> > Looking through the code there are two CoresLocator impls, I suspect the
> > SolrXMLCoresLocator<
> http://lucene.apache.org/solr/4_6_0/solr-core/org/apache/solr/core/SolrXMLCoresLocator.html
> >
> > is the one being used on the servers not writing the core properties.
> >
> > I'll do some more code review but I suspect the solr.xml is driving this,
> > so take a look and see how they are different between the server that is
> > working and not working.
> >
> > Joel
> >
> > Joel Bernstein
> > Search Engineer at Heliosearch
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 3:13 PM, Craig Longman <clongman@iconect.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> On the dev machine, it works either way.
> >>
> >> On the other two machines, it's not working, either way.
> >>
> >> We can safely ignore the BitNami GUI, and focus on the URL I provided
> >> below. Our app needs to create them on the fly, so that's really the
> >> mechanism I am interested in resolving.
> >>
> >> I only mentioned the BitNami to help clarify that I didn't think it was
> >> a problem in our code, as the GUI on all three behaves exactly like our
> >> code; works on dev, not on the two QA machines.
> >>
> >> Make sense?
> >>
> >> How can I send a log entry, will this list accept an attachment?
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Joel Bernstein [mailto:joelsolr@gmail.com]
> >> Sent: January 8, 2014 15:00
> >> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
> >> Subject: Re: Solr not creating core.properties file
> >>
> >> One quick clarification:
> >>
> >> "On our dev machine, this works as expected, it's just on the two other
> >> machines where we're having QA take a crack at it that it's not
> >> working."
> >>
> >> So:
> >> a) On the dev machine the core admin command is working.
> >> b) On the other two machines it's not working.
> >>
> >> On the two machines that it's not working, is it failing with the
> >> BitNami
> >> GUI and core admin command or just the BitNami GUI.
> >>
> >> Because if it's failing only with the BitNami GUI then we need to know
> >> what
> >> command the BitNami GUI is using.
> >>
> >> Does the log file capture the command being using by BitNami?
> >>
> >> Joel
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Joel Bernstein
> >> Search Engineer at Heliosearch
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 2:50 PM, Craig Longman <cl...@iconect.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> > As mentioned, I'm using the BitNami installer, it has an admin GUI.
> >> > Creating it there results in not having a core.properties file
> >> created.
> >> > In our application, we issue this:
> >> >
> >> > dev-solr2/solr/admin/cores
> >> > ?action=CREATE
> >> > &loadOnStartup=true
> >> > &name=database_1_1
> >> > &instanceDir=path/to/config/database_1_1
> >> > &dataDir=/path/to/cores/database_1_1
> >> >
> >> > On our dev machine, this works as expected, it's just on the two other
> >> > machines where we're having QA take a crack at it that it's not
> >> working.
> >> > All three have the same config, checked pretty thoroughly, although
> >> our
> >> > next step is for me to setup a fourth machine personally and see what
> >> > happens.
> >> >
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: Joel Bernstein [mailto:joelsolr@gmail.com]
> >> > Sent: January 8, 2014 14:44
> >> > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
> >> > Subject: Re: Solr not creating core.properties file
> >> >
> >> > Craig,
> >> >
> >> > Can you describe the steps you are using to create the core?
> >> >
> >> > Joel
> >> >
> >> > Joel Bernstein
> >> > Search Engineer at Heliosearch
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Craig Longman <cl...@iconect.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > We're exploring using Solr as a search/faceting engine, and things
> >> > went
> >> > > quite well during the research phase. We've expanded it a bit, but
> >> > have
> >> > > run into something of a problem on the two latest machines we've
> >> > > installed Solr on: Solr is just quietly refusing to write out the
> >> > > core.properties file at all. I'm at a complete loss as to what's
> >> > going
> >> > > on. If I look in CorePropertiesLocator.java, in method
> >> > > writePropertiesFile(), it appears that it would log something if
> >> there
> >> > > was an IO error saving the properties file, but I get nothing in the
> >> > > logs indicating such. There is also nothing in the logs that
> >> > indicates
> >> > > there was anything especially wrong at all. The core is created,
> >> the
> >> > > solrconfig.xml file is found and read, the index directories are
> >> > created
> >> > > (a different directory to the config) and the core is loaded and can
> >> > be
> >> > > used just fine. It just seems to quietly skip the core.properties
> >> > > writing. Which kind of messes up the whole auto-discovery thing.
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Any ideas? Under what circumstances would that file not be written
> >> > out?
> >> > > It looks like only IOExceptions can be thrown, so I have to assume
> >> > that
> >> > > the writePropertiesFile() method isn't even being called, right?
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > We're running Solr 4.6.0, installed via the BitNami install client.
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Any other information that could be helpful in figuring this one
> >> out?
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Thanks,
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Craig Longman
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of
> >> the
> >> > > addressee and may contain information that is privileged and
> >> > confidential.
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> >> > authorized
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> >> > > dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you
> >> > have
> >> > > received this communication in error, notify the sender immediately
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> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
>
RE: Solr not creating core.properties file
Posted by Craig Longman <cl...@iconect.com>.
Thanks so much. At first, I was looking at the solr.xml files in the
directory specified as the jetty.home, not the solr.solr.home and they
appeared identical. After reviewing the logs though, I saw an entry in
the QA machine that indicated the solr.xml file was not found in the
solr.solr.home directory, and that it was reverting to "default config"
or something very similar. After placing even just the default solr.xml
file in the right place, everything is writing out as desired.
I had thought the core.properties method was the default now? Any way,
as it stands, the lack of a solr.xml file was the worst of both worlds;
it didn't use the core.properties method, nor did it create and maintain
a solr.xml with a <cores> element in it. Not sure if this is worth
handling or not, but perhaps having it default to the newer style would
be better?
Thanks again for the pointer.
Craig Longman
-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Bernstein [mailto:joelsolr@gmail.com]
Sent: January 8, 2014 15:42
To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
Subject: Re: Solr not creating core.properties file
Still reading through the code but it looks like the old styl solr.xml
will
trigger the use of
SolrXMLCoresLocator<http://lucene.apache.org/solr/4_6_0/solr-core/org/ap
ache/solr/core/SolrXMLCoresLocator.html>,
while new style will trigger the the
CorePropertiesLocator<http://lucene.apache.org/solr/4_6_0/solr-core/org/
apache/solr/core/CorePropertiesLocator.html>
.
So, I'm betting the machines not writing the core properties file are
using
the old style solr.xml.
Joel Bernstein
Search Engineer at Heliosearch
On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Joel Bernstein <jo...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Craig,
>
> Looking through the code there are two CoresLocator impls, I suspect
the
>
SolrXMLCoresLocator<http://lucene.apache.org/solr/4_6_0/solr-core/org/ap
ache/solr/core/SolrXMLCoresLocator.html>
> is the one being used on the servers not writing the core properties.
>
> I'll do some more code review but I suspect the solr.xml is driving
this,
> so take a look and see how they are different between the server that
is
> working and not working.
>
> Joel
>
> Joel Bernstein
> Search Engineer at Heliosearch
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 3:13 PM, Craig Longman
<cl...@iconect.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> On the dev machine, it works either way.
>>
>> On the other two machines, it's not working, either way.
>>
>> We can safely ignore the BitNami GUI, and focus on the URL I provided
>> below. Our app needs to create them on the fly, so that's really the
>> mechanism I am interested in resolving.
>>
>> I only mentioned the BitNami to help clarify that I didn't think it
was
>> a problem in our code, as the GUI on all three behaves exactly like
our
>> code; works on dev, not on the two QA machines.
>>
>> Make sense?
>>
>> How can I send a log entry, will this list accept an attachment?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Joel Bernstein [mailto:joelsolr@gmail.com]
>> Sent: January 8, 2014 15:00
>> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
>> Subject: Re: Solr not creating core.properties file
>>
>> One quick clarification:
>>
>> "On our dev machine, this works as expected, it's just on the two
other
>> machines where we're having QA take a crack at it that it's not
>> working."
>>
>> So:
>> a) On the dev machine the core admin command is working.
>> b) On the other two machines it's not working.
>>
>> On the two machines that it's not working, is it failing with the
>> BitNami
>> GUI and core admin command or just the BitNami GUI.
>>
>> Because if it's failing only with the BitNami GUI then we need to
know
>> what
>> command the BitNami GUI is using.
>>
>> Does the log file capture the command being using by BitNami?
>>
>> Joel
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Joel Bernstein
>> Search Engineer at Heliosearch
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 2:50 PM, Craig Longman <cl...@iconect.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > As mentioned, I'm using the BitNami installer, it has an admin GUI.
>> > Creating it there results in not having a core.properties file
>> created.
>> > In our application, we issue this:
>> >
>> > dev-solr2/solr/admin/cores
>> > ?action=CREATE
>> > &loadOnStartup=true
>> > &name=database_1_1
>> > &instanceDir=path/to/config/database_1_1
>> > &dataDir=/path/to/cores/database_1_1
>> >
>> > On our dev machine, this works as expected, it's just on the two
other
>> > machines where we're having QA take a crack at it that it's not
>> working.
>> > All three have the same config, checked pretty thoroughly, although
>> our
>> > next step is for me to setup a fourth machine personally and see
what
>> > happens.
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Joel Bernstein [mailto:joelsolr@gmail.com]
>> > Sent: January 8, 2014 14:44
>> > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
>> > Subject: Re: Solr not creating core.properties file
>> >
>> > Craig,
>> >
>> > Can you describe the steps you are using to create the core?
>> >
>> > Joel
>> >
>> > Joel Bernstein
>> > Search Engineer at Heliosearch
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Craig Longman
<cl...@iconect.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > We're exploring using Solr as a search/faceting engine, and
things
>> > went
>> > > quite well during the research phase. We've expanded it a bit,
but
>> > have
>> > > run into something of a problem on the two latest machines we've
>> > > installed Solr on: Solr is just quietly refusing to write out the
>> > > core.properties file at all. I'm at a complete loss as to what's
>> > going
>> > > on. If I look in CorePropertiesLocator.java, in method
>> > > writePropertiesFile(), it appears that it would log something if
>> there
>> > > was an IO error saving the properties file, but I get nothing in
the
>> > > logs indicating such. There is also nothing in the logs that
>> > indicates
>> > > there was anything especially wrong at all. The core is created,
>> the
>> > > solrconfig.xml file is found and read, the index directories are
>> > created
>> > > (a different directory to the config) and the core is loaded and
can
>> > be
>> > > used just fine. It just seems to quietly skip the
core.properties
>> > > writing. Which kind of messes up the whole auto-discovery thing.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Any ideas? Under what circumstances would that file not be
written
>> > out?
>> > > It looks like only IOExceptions can be thrown, so I have to
assume
>> > that
>> > > the writePropertiesFile() method isn't even being called, right?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > We're running Solr 4.6.0, installed via the BitNami install
client.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Any other information that could be helpful in figuring this one
>> out?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Craig Longman
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of
>> the
>> > > addressee and may contain information that is privileged and
>> > confidential.
>> > > If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an
>> > authorized
>> > > representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified
>> that
>> > any
>> > > dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If
you
>> > have
>> > > received this communication in error, notify the sender
immediately
>> by
>> > > return email and delete the message and any attachments from your
>> > system.
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>>
>
>
Re: Solr not creating core.properties file
Posted by Joel Bernstein <jo...@gmail.com>.
Still reading through the code but it looks like the old styl solr.xml will
trigger the use of
SolrXMLCoresLocator<http://lucene.apache.org/solr/4_6_0/solr-core/org/apache/solr/core/SolrXMLCoresLocator.html>,
while new style will trigger the the
CorePropertiesLocator<http://lucene.apache.org/solr/4_6_0/solr-core/org/apache/solr/core/CorePropertiesLocator.html>
.
So, I'm betting the machines not writing the core properties file are using
the old style solr.xml.
Joel Bernstein
Search Engineer at Heliosearch
On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Joel Bernstein <jo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Craig,
>
> Looking through the code there are two CoresLocator impls, I suspect the
> SolrXMLCoresLocator<http://lucene.apache.org/solr/4_6_0/solr-core/org/apache/solr/core/SolrXMLCoresLocator.html>
> is the one being used on the servers not writing the core properties.
>
> I'll do some more code review but I suspect the solr.xml is driving this,
> so take a look and see how they are different between the server that is
> working and not working.
>
> Joel
>
> Joel Bernstein
> Search Engineer at Heliosearch
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 3:13 PM, Craig Longman <cl...@iconect.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> On the dev machine, it works either way.
>>
>> On the other two machines, it's not working, either way.
>>
>> We can safely ignore the BitNami GUI, and focus on the URL I provided
>> below. Our app needs to create them on the fly, so that's really the
>> mechanism I am interested in resolving.
>>
>> I only mentioned the BitNami to help clarify that I didn't think it was
>> a problem in our code, as the GUI on all three behaves exactly like our
>> code; works on dev, not on the two QA machines.
>>
>> Make sense?
>>
>> How can I send a log entry, will this list accept an attachment?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Joel Bernstein [mailto:joelsolr@gmail.com]
>> Sent: January 8, 2014 15:00
>> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
>> Subject: Re: Solr not creating core.properties file
>>
>> One quick clarification:
>>
>> "On our dev machine, this works as expected, it's just on the two other
>> machines where we're having QA take a crack at it that it's not
>> working."
>>
>> So:
>> a) On the dev machine the core admin command is working.
>> b) On the other two machines it's not working.
>>
>> On the two machines that it's not working, is it failing with the
>> BitNami
>> GUI and core admin command or just the BitNami GUI.
>>
>> Because if it's failing only with the BitNami GUI then we need to know
>> what
>> command the BitNami GUI is using.
>>
>> Does the log file capture the command being using by BitNami?
>>
>> Joel
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Joel Bernstein
>> Search Engineer at Heliosearch
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 2:50 PM, Craig Longman <cl...@iconect.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > As mentioned, I'm using the BitNami installer, it has an admin GUI.
>> > Creating it there results in not having a core.properties file
>> created.
>> > In our application, we issue this:
>> >
>> > dev-solr2/solr/admin/cores
>> > ?action=CREATE
>> > &loadOnStartup=true
>> > &name=database_1_1
>> > &instanceDir=path/to/config/database_1_1
>> > &dataDir=/path/to/cores/database_1_1
>> >
>> > On our dev machine, this works as expected, it's just on the two other
>> > machines where we're having QA take a crack at it that it's not
>> working.
>> > All three have the same config, checked pretty thoroughly, although
>> our
>> > next step is for me to setup a fourth machine personally and see what
>> > happens.
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Joel Bernstein [mailto:joelsolr@gmail.com]
>> > Sent: January 8, 2014 14:44
>> > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
>> > Subject: Re: Solr not creating core.properties file
>> >
>> > Craig,
>> >
>> > Can you describe the steps you are using to create the core?
>> >
>> > Joel
>> >
>> > Joel Bernstein
>> > Search Engineer at Heliosearch
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Craig Longman <cl...@iconect.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > We're exploring using Solr as a search/faceting engine, and things
>> > went
>> > > quite well during the research phase. We've expanded it a bit, but
>> > have
>> > > run into something of a problem on the two latest machines we've
>> > > installed Solr on: Solr is just quietly refusing to write out the
>> > > core.properties file at all. I'm at a complete loss as to what's
>> > going
>> > > on. If I look in CorePropertiesLocator.java, in method
>> > > writePropertiesFile(), it appears that it would log something if
>> there
>> > > was an IO error saving the properties file, but I get nothing in the
>> > > logs indicating such. There is also nothing in the logs that
>> > indicates
>> > > there was anything especially wrong at all. The core is created,
>> the
>> > > solrconfig.xml file is found and read, the index directories are
>> > created
>> > > (a different directory to the config) and the core is loaded and can
>> > be
>> > > used just fine. It just seems to quietly skip the core.properties
>> > > writing. Which kind of messes up the whole auto-discovery thing.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Any ideas? Under what circumstances would that file not be written
>> > out?
>> > > It looks like only IOExceptions can be thrown, so I have to assume
>> > that
>> > > the writePropertiesFile() method isn't even being called, right?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > We're running Solr 4.6.0, installed via the BitNami install client.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Any other information that could be helpful in figuring this one
>> out?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Craig Longman
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of
>> the
>> > > addressee and may contain information that is privileged and
>> > confidential.
>> > > If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an
>> > authorized
>> > > representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified
>> that
>> > any
>> > > dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you
>> > have
>> > > received this communication in error, notify the sender immediately
>> by
>> > > return email and delete the message and any attachments from your
>> > system.
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>>
>
>
Re: Solr not creating core.properties file
Posted by Joel Bernstein <jo...@gmail.com>.
Craig,
Looking through the code there are two CoresLocator impls, I suspect the
SolrXMLCoresLocator<http://lucene.apache.org/solr/4_6_0/solr-core/org/apache/solr/core/SolrXMLCoresLocator.html>
is the one being used on the servers not writing the core properties.
I'll do some more code review but I suspect the solr.xml is driving this,
so take a look and see how they are different between the server that is
working and not working.
Joel
Joel Bernstein
Search Engineer at Heliosearch
On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 3:13 PM, Craig Longman <cl...@iconect.com> wrote:
>
> On the dev machine, it works either way.
>
> On the other two machines, it's not working, either way.
>
> We can safely ignore the BitNami GUI, and focus on the URL I provided
> below. Our app needs to create them on the fly, so that's really the
> mechanism I am interested in resolving.
>
> I only mentioned the BitNami to help clarify that I didn't think it was
> a problem in our code, as the GUI on all three behaves exactly like our
> code; works on dev, not on the two QA machines.
>
> Make sense?
>
> How can I send a log entry, will this list accept an attachment?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Bernstein [mailto:joelsolr@gmail.com]
> Sent: January 8, 2014 15:00
> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Solr not creating core.properties file
>
> One quick clarification:
>
> "On our dev machine, this works as expected, it's just on the two other
> machines where we're having QA take a crack at it that it's not
> working."
>
> So:
> a) On the dev machine the core admin command is working.
> b) On the other two machines it's not working.
>
> On the two machines that it's not working, is it failing with the
> BitNami
> GUI and core admin command or just the BitNami GUI.
>
> Because if it's failing only with the BitNami GUI then we need to know
> what
> command the BitNami GUI is using.
>
> Does the log file capture the command being using by BitNami?
>
> Joel
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Joel Bernstein
> Search Engineer at Heliosearch
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 2:50 PM, Craig Longman <cl...@iconect.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > As mentioned, I'm using the BitNami installer, it has an admin GUI.
> > Creating it there results in not having a core.properties file
> created.
> > In our application, we issue this:
> >
> > dev-solr2/solr/admin/cores
> > ?action=CREATE
> > &loadOnStartup=true
> > &name=database_1_1
> > &instanceDir=path/to/config/database_1_1
> > &dataDir=/path/to/cores/database_1_1
> >
> > On our dev machine, this works as expected, it's just on the two other
> > machines where we're having QA take a crack at it that it's not
> working.
> > All three have the same config, checked pretty thoroughly, although
> our
> > next step is for me to setup a fourth machine personally and see what
> > happens.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joel Bernstein [mailto:joelsolr@gmail.com]
> > Sent: January 8, 2014 14:44
> > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
> > Subject: Re: Solr not creating core.properties file
> >
> > Craig,
> >
> > Can you describe the steps you are using to create the core?
> >
> > Joel
> >
> > Joel Bernstein
> > Search Engineer at Heliosearch
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Craig Longman <cl...@iconect.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > We're exploring using Solr as a search/faceting engine, and things
> > went
> > > quite well during the research phase. We've expanded it a bit, but
> > have
> > > run into something of a problem on the two latest machines we've
> > > installed Solr on: Solr is just quietly refusing to write out the
> > > core.properties file at all. I'm at a complete loss as to what's
> > going
> > > on. If I look in CorePropertiesLocator.java, in method
> > > writePropertiesFile(), it appears that it would log something if
> there
> > > was an IO error saving the properties file, but I get nothing in the
> > > logs indicating such. There is also nothing in the logs that
> > indicates
> > > there was anything especially wrong at all. The core is created,
> the
> > > solrconfig.xml file is found and read, the index directories are
> > created
> > > (a different directory to the config) and the core is loaded and can
> > be
> > > used just fine. It just seems to quietly skip the core.properties
> > > writing. Which kind of messes up the whole auto-discovery thing.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Any ideas? Under what circumstances would that file not be written
> > out?
> > > It looks like only IOExceptions can be thrown, so I have to assume
> > that
> > > the writePropertiesFile() method isn't even being called, right?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > We're running Solr 4.6.0, installed via the BitNami install client.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Any other information that could be helpful in figuring this one
> out?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Craig Longman
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of
> the
> > > addressee and may contain information that is privileged and
> > confidential.
> > > If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an
> > authorized
> > > representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified
> that
> > any
> > > dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you
> > have
> > > received this communication in error, notify the sender immediately
> by
> > > return email and delete the message and any attachments from your
> > system.
> > >
> > >
> >
>
RE: Solr not creating core.properties file
Posted by Craig Longman <cl...@iconect.com>.
On the dev machine, it works either way.
On the other two machines, it's not working, either way.
We can safely ignore the BitNami GUI, and focus on the URL I provided
below. Our app needs to create them on the fly, so that's really the
mechanism I am interested in resolving.
I only mentioned the BitNami to help clarify that I didn't think it was
a problem in our code, as the GUI on all three behaves exactly like our
code; works on dev, not on the two QA machines.
Make sense?
How can I send a log entry, will this list accept an attachment?
-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Bernstein [mailto:joelsolr@gmail.com]
Sent: January 8, 2014 15:00
To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
Subject: Re: Solr not creating core.properties file
One quick clarification:
"On our dev machine, this works as expected, it's just on the two other
machines where we're having QA take a crack at it that it's not
working."
So:
a) On the dev machine the core admin command is working.
b) On the other two machines it's not working.
On the two machines that it's not working, is it failing with the
BitNami
GUI and core admin command or just the BitNami GUI.
Because if it's failing only with the BitNami GUI then we need to know
what
command the BitNami GUI is using.
Does the log file capture the command being using by BitNami?
Joel
Joel Bernstein
Search Engineer at Heliosearch
On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 2:50 PM, Craig Longman <cl...@iconect.com>
wrote:
>
> As mentioned, I'm using the BitNami installer, it has an admin GUI.
> Creating it there results in not having a core.properties file
created.
> In our application, we issue this:
>
> dev-solr2/solr/admin/cores
> ?action=CREATE
> &loadOnStartup=true
> &name=database_1_1
> &instanceDir=path/to/config/database_1_1
> &dataDir=/path/to/cores/database_1_1
>
> On our dev machine, this works as expected, it's just on the two other
> machines where we're having QA take a crack at it that it's not
working.
> All three have the same config, checked pretty thoroughly, although
our
> next step is for me to setup a fourth machine personally and see what
> happens.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Bernstein [mailto:joelsolr@gmail.com]
> Sent: January 8, 2014 14:44
> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Solr not creating core.properties file
>
> Craig,
>
> Can you describe the steps you are using to create the core?
>
> Joel
>
> Joel Bernstein
> Search Engineer at Heliosearch
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Craig Longman <cl...@iconect.com>
> wrote:
>
> > We're exploring using Solr as a search/faceting engine, and things
> went
> > quite well during the research phase. We've expanded it a bit, but
> have
> > run into something of a problem on the two latest machines we've
> > installed Solr on: Solr is just quietly refusing to write out the
> > core.properties file at all. I'm at a complete loss as to what's
> going
> > on. If I look in CorePropertiesLocator.java, in method
> > writePropertiesFile(), it appears that it would log something if
there
> > was an IO error saving the properties file, but I get nothing in the
> > logs indicating such. There is also nothing in the logs that
> indicates
> > there was anything especially wrong at all. The core is created,
the
> > solrconfig.xml file is found and read, the index directories are
> created
> > (a different directory to the config) and the core is loaded and can
> be
> > used just fine. It just seems to quietly skip the core.properties
> > writing. Which kind of messes up the whole auto-discovery thing.
> >
> >
> >
> > Any ideas? Under what circumstances would that file not be written
> out?
> > It looks like only IOExceptions can be thrown, so I have to assume
> that
> > the writePropertiesFile() method isn't even being called, right?
> >
> >
> >
> > We're running Solr 4.6.0, installed via the BitNami install client.
> >
> >
> >
> > Any other information that could be helpful in figuring this one
out?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> > Craig Longman
> >
> >
> >
> > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of
the
> > addressee and may contain information that is privileged and
> confidential.
> > If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an
> authorized
> > representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified
that
> any
> > dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you
> have
> > received this communication in error, notify the sender immediately
by
> > return email and delete the message and any attachments from your
> system.
> >
> >
>
Re: Solr not creating core.properties file
Posted by Joel Bernstein <jo...@gmail.com>.
One quick clarification:
"On our dev machine, this works as expected, it's just on the two other
machines where we're having QA take a crack at it that it's not working."
So:
a) On the dev machine the core admin command is working.
b) On the other two machines it's not working.
On the two machines that it's not working, is it failing with the BitNami
GUI and core admin command or just the BitNami GUI.
Because if it's failing only with the BitNami GUI then we need to know what
command the BitNami GUI is using.
Does the log file capture the command being using by BitNami?
Joel
Joel Bernstein
Search Engineer at Heliosearch
On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 2:50 PM, Craig Longman <cl...@iconect.com> wrote:
>
> As mentioned, I'm using the BitNami installer, it has an admin GUI.
> Creating it there results in not having a core.properties file created.
> In our application, we issue this:
>
> dev-solr2/solr/admin/cores
> ?action=CREATE
> &loadOnStartup=true
> &name=database_1_1
> &instanceDir=path/to/config/database_1_1
> &dataDir=/path/to/cores/database_1_1
>
> On our dev machine, this works as expected, it's just on the two other
> machines where we're having QA take a crack at it that it's not working.
> All three have the same config, checked pretty thoroughly, although our
> next step is for me to setup a fourth machine personally and see what
> happens.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Bernstein [mailto:joelsolr@gmail.com]
> Sent: January 8, 2014 14:44
> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Solr not creating core.properties file
>
> Craig,
>
> Can you describe the steps you are using to create the core?
>
> Joel
>
> Joel Bernstein
> Search Engineer at Heliosearch
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Craig Longman <cl...@iconect.com>
> wrote:
>
> > We're exploring using Solr as a search/faceting engine, and things
> went
> > quite well during the research phase. We've expanded it a bit, but
> have
> > run into something of a problem on the two latest machines we've
> > installed Solr on: Solr is just quietly refusing to write out the
> > core.properties file at all. I'm at a complete loss as to what's
> going
> > on. If I look in CorePropertiesLocator.java, in method
> > writePropertiesFile(), it appears that it would log something if there
> > was an IO error saving the properties file, but I get nothing in the
> > logs indicating such. There is also nothing in the logs that
> indicates
> > there was anything especially wrong at all. The core is created, the
> > solrconfig.xml file is found and read, the index directories are
> created
> > (a different directory to the config) and the core is loaded and can
> be
> > used just fine. It just seems to quietly skip the core.properties
> > writing. Which kind of messes up the whole auto-discovery thing.
> >
> >
> >
> > Any ideas? Under what circumstances would that file not be written
> out?
> > It looks like only IOExceptions can be thrown, so I have to assume
> that
> > the writePropertiesFile() method isn't even being called, right?
> >
> >
> >
> > We're running Solr 4.6.0, installed via the BitNami install client.
> >
> >
> >
> > Any other information that could be helpful in figuring this one out?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> > Craig Longman
> >
> >
> >
> > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the
> > addressee and may contain information that is privileged and
> confidential.
> > If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an
> authorized
> > representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that
> any
> > dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you
> have
> > received this communication in error, notify the sender immediately by
> > return email and delete the message and any attachments from your
> system.
> >
> >
>
RE: Solr not creating core.properties file
Posted by Craig Longman <cl...@iconect.com>.
As mentioned, I'm using the BitNami installer, it has an admin GUI.
Creating it there results in not having a core.properties file created.
In our application, we issue this:
dev-solr2/solr/admin/cores
?action=CREATE
&loadOnStartup=true
&name=database_1_1
&instanceDir=path/to/config/database_1_1
&dataDir=/path/to/cores/database_1_1
On our dev machine, this works as expected, it's just on the two other
machines where we're having QA take a crack at it that it's not working.
All three have the same config, checked pretty thoroughly, although our
next step is for me to setup a fourth machine personally and see what
happens.
-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Bernstein [mailto:joelsolr@gmail.com]
Sent: January 8, 2014 14:44
To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
Subject: Re: Solr not creating core.properties file
Craig,
Can you describe the steps you are using to create the core?
Joel
Joel Bernstein
Search Engineer at Heliosearch
On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Craig Longman <cl...@iconect.com>
wrote:
> We're exploring using Solr as a search/faceting engine, and things
went
> quite well during the research phase. We've expanded it a bit, but
have
> run into something of a problem on the two latest machines we've
> installed Solr on: Solr is just quietly refusing to write out the
> core.properties file at all. I'm at a complete loss as to what's
going
> on. If I look in CorePropertiesLocator.java, in method
> writePropertiesFile(), it appears that it would log something if there
> was an IO error saving the properties file, but I get nothing in the
> logs indicating such. There is also nothing in the logs that
indicates
> there was anything especially wrong at all. The core is created, the
> solrconfig.xml file is found and read, the index directories are
created
> (a different directory to the config) and the core is loaded and can
be
> used just fine. It just seems to quietly skip the core.properties
> writing. Which kind of messes up the whole auto-discovery thing.
>
>
>
> Any ideas? Under what circumstances would that file not be written
out?
> It looks like only IOExceptions can be thrown, so I have to assume
that
> the writePropertiesFile() method isn't even being called, right?
>
>
>
> We're running Solr 4.6.0, installed via the BitNami install client.
>
>
>
> Any other information that could be helpful in figuring this one out?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Craig Longman
>
>
>
> This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the
> addressee and may contain information that is privileged and
confidential.
> If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an
authorized
> representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that
any
> dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you
have
> received this communication in error, notify the sender immediately by
> return email and delete the message and any attachments from your
system.
>
>
Re: Solr not creating core.properties file
Posted by Joel Bernstein <jo...@gmail.com>.
Craig,
Can you describe the steps you are using to create the core?
Joel
Joel Bernstein
Search Engineer at Heliosearch
On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Craig Longman <cl...@iconect.com> wrote:
> We're exploring using Solr as a search/faceting engine, and things went
> quite well during the research phase. We've expanded it a bit, but have
> run into something of a problem on the two latest machines we've
> installed Solr on: Solr is just quietly refusing to write out the
> core.properties file at all. I'm at a complete loss as to what's going
> on. If I look in CorePropertiesLocator.java, in method
> writePropertiesFile(), it appears that it would log something if there
> was an IO error saving the properties file, but I get nothing in the
> logs indicating such. There is also nothing in the logs that indicates
> there was anything especially wrong at all. The core is created, the
> solrconfig.xml file is found and read, the index directories are created
> (a different directory to the config) and the core is loaded and can be
> used just fine. It just seems to quietly skip the core.properties
> writing. Which kind of messes up the whole auto-discovery thing.
>
>
>
> Any ideas? Under what circumstances would that file not be written out?
> It looks like only IOExceptions can be thrown, so I have to assume that
> the writePropertiesFile() method isn't even being called, right?
>
>
>
> We're running Solr 4.6.0, installed via the BitNami install client.
>
>
>
> Any other information that could be helpful in figuring this one out?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Craig Longman
>
>
>
> This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the
> addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential.
> If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized
> representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any
> dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have
> received this communication in error, notify the sender immediately by
> return email and delete the message and any attachments from your system.
>
>