Clik here to view.
How to determine when SOLR starts an index build
So on day 2 of NewJob I’ve inherited a slight issue with SOLR. The DB team has a number of servers upon which they generate SOLR indexes. The servers aren’t beefy enough to run multiple indexes at the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
determine ulimit for root user
we believe we have increased the max open file descriptors for the root user. This was done by adding this line to /etc/security/limits.conf: * - nofile 2048 We think we’ve confirmed that the root...
View ArticleClik here to view.
404 Error on Apache Solr install – CentOS 6 and Tomcat6
I’ve tried various tutorials and I get a 404 error when I finally navigate to host:port/solr on my CentOS machine. Can anyone tell me why I would get a 404? Once I find a solution I’ll make this the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tomcat Solr times out
(Plesk 10.4 centos 5.8 linux apache2 server, with Tomcat5 on port 8080 and Apache Solr) I get “The connection has timed out” on requesting domain.com:8080 or www.domain.com:8080 or ip.ad.dr.ess:8080...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Best Metrics for Monitoring Apache Solr instance
We are running apache solr through sunspot. What are the best metrics to use to look at the performance of solr in regards to needs to cluster/scale? I am looking at monitoring these with nagios or...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to stop Solr service from command line
I used to start Solr with this command: java -jar start.jar and all I had to do to stop it was press Control + C But then I started it this way: java -jar start.jar & Which starts it as a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What is the proper iptables configuration for Apache Solr on CentOS?
I know for a fact that iptables running is causing my instance of Apache Solr to be inaccessible. How do I know this? Because I ran: /sbin/service iptables save && /sbin/service iptables stop...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Simple full-text search server
I have been looking at search solutions like Sphinx, Solr and Elasticsearch but they are all way too complex for what I need. I’m basically looking for a server software, best distributed, that allows...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to determine if PHP-to-Solr connection is slow?
Hi have a LAMP stack connecting to a Solr 3.6.1 server running on CentOS 6.3. While benchmarking my app, I noticed sudden spikes in the time taken for PHP to send a search query to Solr and getting...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Updating solr on a ColdFusion 9 install?
I’m thinking about upgrading the solr install included with ColdFusion 9 to the latest Apache release. This raises a few questions: Is there a compelling reason not to upgrade to 3.6 (is it slower...
View Article