Using ExternalFileField on SolrCloud

[Varun Gupta <va...@gmail.com>]

Hi,

I am trying to use ExternalFileField on Solr 4.6 running on SolrCloud for
the purpose of changing the document score based on a frequently changed
field. According to the documentation, the external file needs to be
present in the "data" folder of the collection.

I am confused over here on where should I upload the external file on
zookeeper so that the file will end up in the "data" folder? I can see
"/configs/<config name>" and "/collections/<collection name>" in my
zookeeper instance. Am I right in trying to propagate the external file
using zookeeper or should I be looking into some other way to sync the file
to all solr instances.

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Thanks
Varun Gupta

Re: Using ExternalFileField on SolrCloud

[Alan Woodward <al...@flax.co.uk>]

Hi Varun,

SolrCloud only uses zk to store configuration, not data.  Each solr instance will have its own data folder, and you'll need to sync the ExternalFileField file to each one.  I don't think you can do this with anything internal to Solr at the moment - we've had clients use basic rsync to do it, though, and that works well.

Alan Woodward
www.flax.co.uk


On 22 Apr 2014, at 05:57, Varun Gupta wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to use ExternalFileField on Solr 4.6 running on SolrCloud for
> the purpose of changing the document score based on a frequently changed
> field. According to the documentation, the external file needs to be
> present in the "data" folder of the collection.
> 
> I am confused over here on where should I upload the external file on
> zookeeper so that the file will end up in the "data" folder? I can see
> "/configs/<config name>" and "/collections/<collection name>" in my
> zookeeper instance. Am I right in trying to propagate the external file
> using zookeeper or should I be looking into some other way to sync the file
> to all solr instances.
> 
> --
> Thanks
> Varun Gupta