Monday, December 14, 2009

Installing Solr 1.4 on Windows XP (Step by Step)

Introduction

I've been spending a lot of time using Solr recently.. So here's my guide to installing it on windows XP

Steps


Please follow the following steps to get Solr 1.4 running on a windows box:
  • Download Solr 1.4 from here
  • Download the latest Java JDK
Select Java SE Development Kit (JDK) jdk-6u17-windows-i586.exe

Installing Java SE Development Kit (JDK)

  • You can leave everything checked if you want. However the Java DB isn't required. I'm installing that also as I'll be using java else where on this computer.

  • The installer should ask you where you want to install the JDK. I've left mine with the default option:

Installing Tomcat

Windows Service Installer apache-tomcat-6.0.20.exe
  • Run the installation choosing everything except the Examples.
  • Install to 'C:\apache\Tomcat'
  • Set the Admin password as required
  • Set the Java Runtime location (In my case that's the one installed with the Java JDK not the standard)
C:\Progra~1\Java\jdk1.6.0_18\jre
  • Once installed checked that the service starts
  • If the service doesn't start copy msvcr71.dll from C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin to the windows dir
  • Test Tomcat to make sure you can access the admin page at http://127.0.0.1:8080
  • Stop the Tomcat service to prepare the Solr install

Installing Solr 1.4

  • Setup the Solr Directory e.g. c:\solr, d:\solr or whatever you want
  • Extract the Solr installation to a temporary location
apache-solr-1.4.0.zip
  • From within the extracted zip file copy the contents of examples\solr to the Solr directory you've created.
  • Copy the solr.war file into the tomcat webapps directory (it may be called something else, so rename it to solr.war as this determine the address to the site.)
apache-solr-1.4.0\example\webapps C:\apache\Tomcat\webapps
  • Right Click on the Tomcat's system tray icon and select configure...
  • Add to the end of the Java options: 
-Dsolr.solr.home=c:\solr (change the directory if you installed solr somewhere else.)
    • Right Click on the Tomcat's system tray icon and select Start.
    • If everything worked correctly, you should see tomcat's system tray icon go green.
    • Also you should be able to test Solr via http://127.0.0.1:8080/solr/admin/
    • As a final sanity check, If you look at the settings in the top left of the Solr admin page.
    • Make sure the Solr home is specified correctly. c:\solr (what you setup earlier)
    • Ensure the Computer is the Server you're working on

    15 comments:

    1. Great post, got Solr running in no time at all. You should make this version agnostic though as newer versions of the JDK are out at this time.

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    2. Cheers. I'm glad it helped someone else out. I use it every time i've got to install Solr on another windows box. Have fun with Solr. It's awesome..

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    3. Excellent post!! Thanks a lot!! This type of post saves a lot of time for dummies lyk me!!

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    4. Excellent post! save me a lot of time.

      I have a lot of XML and PDF files located on different directories.
      How can i assign and index these data files under solr with Tomcat?
      Does Solr support French data?

      Regards,

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    5. I use something called SolrNet to send information to Solr. I've never used indexed directory from XML or PDF Files. your best bet for this would be the Solr Wiki. http://wiki.apache.org/solr/

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    6. java.lang.RuntimeException: Can't find resource 'solrconfig.xml' in classpath or 'C:\solr\conf/

      Does anyone knows what this error means? I have win 7 installed.

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    7. Hi, Have a look in C:\Solr\Conf directory.. is there a solrconfig.xml file in that directory?

      Did you install Solr to C:\Solr?

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    8. Thanks for answer - my install was in C:\Solr\Solr. So I switched to C:\Solr -> it finds the xml files now. But now I receive error: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no nio in java.library.path at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary.

      Is it possible that this is because of windows 7?

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    9. I've installed everything once more, according to your instructions. It works ))) Thanks a lot, god bless.

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    10. I've installed solr ... somebody knows how to install itas with a multi core solr ? ...

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    11. Does anyone know if I can use the Solr Spell Checker for unicode characters?

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    12. @666 Hey, you're best bet is to ask that question on stackoverflow.com using the solr tag.

      http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/solr

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    13. What if the cwd and solr home isn't quite right, but I get that screen? I am getting a messier C:\solr\example and solr\.\ for home??

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