[jira] [Closed] (SOLR-6071) Make solr install like other databases

["Mike (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-6071?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Mike closed SOLR-6071.
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       Resolution: Fixed
    Fix Version/s: 4.10.1

Looks like some serious progress. Thanks so much for picking this up.

> Make solr install like other databases
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>
>                 Key: SOLR-6071
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-6071
>             Project: Solr
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: scripts and tools
>    Affects Versions: Trunk
>         Environment: Ubuntu
>            Reporter: Mike
>             Fix For: 4.10.1
>
>   Original Estimate: 6h
>  Remaining Estimate: 6h
>
> It's long past time that Solr should have proper startup and log scripts. 
> There are a number of reasons and much evidence why we should start including them:
> 1. In Solr-4792 we removed the war file from the distribution making it easier than ever before to set solr up with these scripts.
> 2. The StackOverflow question on this topic has been viewed more than 34k times and has several differing answers.
> 3. For non-java developers, figuring out the right way to start and daemonize Solr isn't obvious. Right now, my installation has a number of java flags that I've accumulated over the years (-jar means what? -server is only needed on 32 bit machines? -xMX huh?) This leads to varied deployments and inconsistencies that common scripts could help alleviate.
> 4. Anecdotally I've heard endless bashing of Solr because it's such a pain to get set up. 
> 5. Solr is unlike any other database I know in the grittiness of starting it up.
> 6. Not having these scripts makes Solr look less polished than it would otherwise.
> We discussed this on IRC a bit yesterday and there didn't seem to be any opposition to doing this. Consensus seemed to be simply that it hadn't been done...yet.
> I am not an expert on these things, but I think we should get something put together for Solr 5, if there's time. Hopefully this thread can get the ball rolling -- I didn't see any previous discussion anywhere. Apologies if I missed it. 
> This would be a great improvement to Solr.



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