Prerequisites
- Docker (+ docker-compose on Linux systems) has do be installed. Get your self comfortable with docker if you haven't already.
Installation
Linux/ MacOS
Open a terminal and create a solrdata-directory ... is the place where want to store the Solr data, i. e. ~/solrdata (on Linux/MaxOS) or C:\solrdata (on Windows). and change to home directory, i. e. with
mkdir ~/solrdata && cd ~
(on Linux change permissions with sudo chown 8983:8983 ~/solrdata)
Create and start a docker container with your solr-container-name ... is the name of your Solr container, i. e. my_solr. , i. e. with
docker run -d -v "$PWD/solrdata:/var/solr" -p 8983:8983 --name my_solr solr:8 solr-precreate gettingstarted
this will create a core called gettingstarted on the fly, you will need him as a dummy-core ... is the initial core in order to download the Solr server config from your Drupal instance, i. e. gettingstarted. .
Windows
Create a solrdata-directory ... is the place where want to store the Solr data, i. e. ~/solrdata (on Linux/MaxOS) or C:\solrdata (on Windows). . Open a Powershell and change to the parent solrdata-directory ... is the place where want to store the Solr data, i. e. ~/solrdata (on Linux/MaxOS) or C:\solrdata (on Windows). , i. e. with
cd C:\
Create and start a docker container with your solr-container-name ... is the name of your Solr container, i. e. my_solr. , i. e. with
docker run -d -v "C:\solrdata:/var/solr" -p 8983:8983 --name my_solr solr:8 solr-precreate gettingstarted
this will create a core called gettingstarted on the fly, you will need him as a dummy-core ... is the initial core in order to download the Solr server config from your Drupal instance, i. e. gettingstarted. .
Usage
Please note that you have to use the docker run command just one time to create the container. If you restart your system you have to use the docker start command!
The basic operations for your container are:
docker start solr-container-name ... is the name of your Solr container, i. e. my_solr. -d: start your container daemonized, that means in the background.docker logs solr-container-name ... is the name of your Solr container, i. e. my_solr.: show the log files, so you can look for errors etc.docker ps: shows all running container (add -a to show all containers).docker stop solr-container-name ... is the name of your Solr container, i. e. my_solr.: stops the container.docker rm solr-container-name ... is the name of your Solr container, i. e. my_solr.: removes the container.
Check results
Type http://localhost:8983/ in the adress field of your browser to open the Solr dashboard and should have the possibility to select your you will need him as a dummy-core ... is the initial core in order to download the Solr server config from your Drupal instance, i. e. gettingstarted. . Read more about Solr docker at its Github page.