Bitnami, or other Solr on AWS recommendations?

[TK Solr <tk...@sonic.net>]

If I want to deploy Solr on AWS, do people recommend using the prepackaged 
Bitnami Solr image? Or is it better to install Solr manually on a computer 
instance? Or are there a better way?

TK

Re: Bitnami, or other Solr on AWS recommendations?

[John Bickerstaff <jo...@johnbickerstaff.com>]

I guess I'd say test with the image - especially if you're deploying a
larger number of Solr boxes.  We do a lot of them where I work and
(unfortunately, for reasons I won't bother you with) can't use an image.
The time it takes to install solr is noticeable when we deploy Solr on our
100 plus EC2 instances.

Of course, if you need to customize Solr or the Solr Server in any way, you
can make your own by hand and then build an image from that for use as a
base.

On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 12:24 PM, TK Solr <tk...@sonic.net> wrote:

> If I want to deploy Solr on AWS, do people recommend using the prepackaged
> Bitnami Solr image? Or is it better to install Solr manually on a computer
> instance? Or are there a better way?
>
> TK
>
>
>

Re: Bitnami, or other Solr on AWS recommendations?

[Phillip Rhodes <mo...@gmail.com>]

Also shameless self-promotion, but my company (Fogbeam Labs) is about
to launch a Solr / ManifoldCF powered Search-as-a-Service offering.
If you'd like to learn more, shoot me an email at prhodes@fogbeam.com
and I'd be happy to give you the skinny.


Phil

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On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 4:01 PM, Sameer Maggon <sa...@searchstax.com> wrote:
> Although this is shameless promotion, but have you taken a look at
> SearchStax (https://www.searchstax.com)? Why not use a Solr-as-a-Service?
>
> On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 11:24 AM, TK Solr <tk...@sonic.net> wrote:
>
>> If I want to deploy Solr on AWS, do people recommend using the prepackaged
>> Bitnami Solr image? Or is it better to install Solr manually on a computer
>> instance? Or are there a better way?
>>
>> TK
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Sameer Maggon
> Founder, SearchStax, Inc.
> https://www.searchstax.com

Re: Bitnami, or other Solr on AWS recommendations?

[Sameer Maggon <sa...@searchstax.com>]

Although this is shameless promotion, but have you taken a look at
SearchStax (https://www.searchstax.com)? Why not use a Solr-as-a-Service?

On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 11:24 AM, TK Solr <tk...@sonic.net> wrote:

> If I want to deploy Solr on AWS, do people recommend using the prepackaged
> Bitnami Solr image? Or is it better to install Solr manually on a computer
> instance? Or are there a better way?
>
> TK
>
>
>


-- 
Sameer Maggon
Founder, SearchStax, Inc.
https://www.searchstax.com

Re: Bitnami, or other Solr on AWS recommendations?

[Shawn Heisey <ap...@elyograg.org>]

On 1/26/2018 12:24 PM, TK Solr wrote:
> If I want to deploy Solr on AWS, do people recommend using the
> prepackaged Bitnami Solr image? Or is it better to install Solr
> manually on a computer instance? Or are there a better way?

Solr has included an installer script for quite some time (since 5.0, I
think) that works on many OSes that are not Windows.  It has had the
most testing on Linux, which I think is what an AWS instance will
typically be running.  Configuring the service is mostly done with the
/etc/default/solr.in.sh file.

Getting help on this list is going to be a lot easier if you use the
installer included with Solr.  For help with the bitnami image, your
best bet would be bitnami.  They're going to know how they have
customized the software.

Thanks,
Shawn