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Posted to commits@lucene.apache.org by th...@apache.org on 2014/12/08 17:43:08 UTC
svn commit: r1643859 - /lucene/dev/trunk/solr/README.txt
Author: thelabdude
Date: Mon Dec 8 16:43:08 2014
New Revision: 1643859
URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1643859
Log:
SOLR-6778: Add more details about getting started in solr/README.txt
Modified:
lucene/dev/trunk/solr/README.txt
Modified: lucene/dev/trunk/solr/README.txt
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/solr/README.txt?rev=1643859&r1=1643858&r2=1643859&view=diff
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--- lucene/dev/trunk/solr/README.txt (original)
+++ lucene/dev/trunk/solr/README.txt Mon Dec 8 16:43:08 2014
@@ -30,14 +30,29 @@ Getting Started
To start Solr for the first time after installation, simply do:
- bin/solr start -f
+ bin/solr start
-This will launch a Solr server in the foreground of your shell, bound
-to port 8983. Alternatively, you can launch Solr in "cloud" mode,
-which allows you to scale out using sharding and replication. To
-launch Solr in cloud mode, do:
+This will launch a Solr server in the background of your shell, bound
+to port 8983. After starting Solr, you can create a new core for indexing
+your data by doing:
- bin/solr start -f -cloud
+ bin/solr create_core -n <name>
+
+This will create a core that uses a data-driven schema which tries to guess
+the correct field type when you add documents to the index. To see all available
+options for creating a new core, execute:
+
+ bin/solr create_core -help
+
+Alternatively, you can launch Solr in "cloud" mode, which allows you to scale
+out using sharding and replication. To launch Solr in cloud mode, do:
+
+ bin/solr start -cloud
+
+After starting Solr in cloud mode, you can create a new collection for indexing
+your data by doing:
+
+ bin/solr create_collection -n <name>
To see all available options for starting Solr, please do:
@@ -47,6 +62,27 @@ After starting Solr, direct your Web bro
http://localhost:8983/solr/
+
+Solr Examples
+---------------
+
+Solr includes a few examples to help you get started. To run a specific example, do:
+
+ bin/solr -e <EXAMPLE> where <EXAMPLE> is one of:
+
+ cloud : SolrCloud example
+ dih : Data Import Handler (rdbms, mail, rss, tika)
+ schemaless : Schema-less example (schema is inferred from data during indexing)
+ techproducts : Kitchen sink example providing comprehensive examples of Solr features
+
+For instance, if you want to run the Solr Data Import Handler example, do:
+
+ bin/solr -e dih
+
+
+Indexing Documents
+---------------
+
To add documents to the index, use the post.jar (or post.sh script) in
the example/exampledocs subdirectory (while Solr is running), for example: