Solr server standalone mode

We know that Solr is used to make faster search and its easily configurable in Hybris.

Please read solr-overview-in-hybris article for basic details on the same

We know that Hybris was supporting Solr server in 2 ways
1) embedded
2) standalone

But from 6.x onwards, Hybris supports only standalone Solr server

There are 3 instances of Solr server configured by Hybris automatically.

1) Default solr server instance
2) Standalone solr server instance
3) Cloud solr server instance

Let’s see how to configure Solr server in standalone mode

Step 1

Add below extension in localextensions.xml

<extension name=”solrserver”/>

solrserver extension is provided by hybris which includes a standalone Solr server which can be automatically
configured, started and stopped together with the platform.

By default Solr server is configured as below in the project.properties of solrserver extension

solrserver.instances.default.autostart=true
solrserver.instances.standalone.autostart=false
solrserver.instances.cloud.autostart=false

if autostart = false, we need to explicitly start and stop the Solr server
if autostart = true, Solr server will be started and stopped together with the Hybris server

Another important attribute to set is mode

It has 2 values

1) Standalone
2) Cloud

We need to set it accordingly

For standalone mode it should be set as below

solrserver.instances.standalone.mode=standalone

Step 2

Do ant all and start Hybris server

Because autostart is enabled for the default Solr server instance, the Solr server will be started and stopped together with the platform

Step 3

Start the solr server

As explained above, if autostart = true then solr server will be started automatically when Hybris server starts

If autostart = false then we need to start it explicitly

To start the solr server explicitly, Open command prompt and switch to below path

hybris/bin/ext-commerce/solrserver/resources/solr/bin

Use the following command

solr.cmd start -p 8983

Step 4

Stopping the Solr server

As explained above, if autostart = true then solr server will be stopped automatically when Hybris server stops

If autostart = false then we need to stop it explicitly

To stop the solr server explicitly, Open command prompt and switch to below path

hybris/bin/ext-commerce/solrserver/resources/solr/bin

Use the following command

solr.cmd stop -p 8983

Raj

Founder of javainsimpleway.com
I love Java and open source technologies and very much passionate about software development.
I like to share my knowledge with others especially on technology 🙂
I have given all the examples as simple as possible to understand for the beginners.
All the code posted on my blog is developed,compiled and tested in my development environment.
If you find any mistakes or bugs, Please drop an email to kb.knowledge.sharing@gmail.com

Connect with me on Facebook for more updates