OpenShift Apache Solr 4.10.4 Quickstart

This is an OpenShift Quickstart repository to help you get Apache Solr 4.10.4 up and running quickly.

Installation

To install the quick start use the following commands

# Create your application to host your Apache Solr instance using jbossews cartridge
rhc app create solr jbossews-2.0

# Remove build material
git rm -rf src/ pom.xml
git commit -a -m "Removing default files"

# Pull in quickstart
git remote add upstream -m master https://github.com/LogicalSpark/openshift-solr-quickstart.git
git pull -s recursive -X theirs upstream master

# Edit tomcat-users.xml and web.xml (see below)
# Edit schema.xml and solrconfig.xml in the solr.home/collection1/conf/ folder
# Any additional customization and then commit changes
git commit -am "Added Solr Quickstart"
git push

Tomcat Security

Edit .openshift/conf/tomcat-users.xml. Replace everything within the <tomcat-user> element with (using your own username and password) and save:

  <role rolename="manager-gui"/>
  <role rolename="solr_admin"/>
  <user username="userxxxx" password="passwordxxx" roles="manager-gui,solr_admin"/>

Optional Solr Security

Edit web.xml by and going to .openshift/conf/web.xml Add the following lines within the <web-app> element and save the war file:

  <security-constraint>
    <web-resource-collection>
      <web-resource-name>Solr Lockdown</web-resource-name>
      <url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
    </web-resource-collection>
    <auth-constraint>
      <role-name>solr_admin</role-name>
      <role-name>admin</role-name>
    </auth-constraint>
  </security-constraint>
  <login-config>
    <auth-method>BASIC</auth-method>
    <realm-name>Solr</realm-name>
  </login-config> 

What Was Done

Using the quick start an Apache Solr instance is created using the example collection found within the binary distribution of Apache Solr.

Usage

Having pushed the updated code you should find the Solr Admin URL on:

http://solr-<domainname>.rhcloud.com/

Before using the Solr instance for development you will need to customise the configuration and schema. To do this you need to adjust the solrconfig.xml and schema.xml within solr.home based on your needs.

Support

This quick start is provided provided "as is", with absolutely no warranty expressed or implied. Any use is at your own risk.