Step 1. Installing Solr 4.5

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This is step 1 of setting up Solr 4.5 in Enterprise Server 9.2 or higher. (See a list of all steps)
For using Solr 3.6 in Enterprise Server 9.0 and 9.1, see Setting up Solr 3.6.

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On Mac OS X

Step 1. Download the Apache Tomcat 7.x Binary Distribution file.

Step 2. Unpack the file to an installation directory, for example \Applications\Tomcat.

Note: From here on, this installation directory is referenced as <tomcat>.

Step 3. Edit the <tomcat>/conf/tomcat-users.xml file to:

<xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<tomcat-users>
   <role rolename="manager-gui"/>
   <role rolename="standard"/>
   <user username="woodwing" password="ww" roles="standard,manager-gui"/>
</tomcat-users>

Note: The user specified in “username” is needed to manage Tomcat; it is not an Enterprise user).

Step 4. Download Apache Solr 4.5.1 (recommended version) or higher from the Solr archive.

Note: Enterprise Server 9 ships with a separate Solr package that has been updated to Solr 4.5 standards. For exact compatibility information, see the Compatibility Matrix.

Step 5. Unpack the file to a temporary directory.

Note: From here on, this directory is referenced as <temp>.

Step 6. Copy the file apache-solr-4.5.x.war from <temp>/dist/ to <tomcat>/webapps/.

Tip: For ease of use, the file can be renamed to solr.war.

Step 7. Copy <temp>/example/solr to the installation directory \Application\Solr.

Note: From here on, this directory is referenced as <solr>.

Step 8. Copy the content of the <temp>/example/lib/ext folder to the Tomcat libs directory <tomcat>/lib.

Step 9. Restart Tomcat.

On Windows

Step 1. Download the Java Virtual Machine 6.0.

Step 2. Download and install the Apache Tomcat 7.x Windows Service Installer.

Note: From here on, this installation is referenced as <tomcat>.

Step 3. Edit the <tomcat>/conf/tomcat-users.xml file to:

<xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<tomcat-users>
   <role rolename="manager-gui"/>
   <role rolename="standard"/>
   <user username="woodwing" password="ww" roles="standard,manager-gui"/>
</tomcat-users>

Note: The user specified in “username” is needed to manage Tomcat; it is not an Enterprise user.

Step 4. Download Apache Solr 4.5.1 (recommended version) or higher from the Solr archive.

Note: Enterprise Server 9 ships with a separate Solr package that has been updated to Solr 4.5 standards. For exact compatibility information, see the Compatibility Matrix.

Step 5. Unpack the file to a temporary directory.

Note: From here on, this directory is referenced as <temp>.

Step 6. Copy the file solr-4.5.1.war from <temp>/dist/ to <tomcat>/webapps/.

Tip: For ease of use, the file can be renamed to solr.war.

Step 7. Copy <temp>/example/solr to the installation directory C:\Solr.

Note: From here on, this directory is referenced as <solr>.

Step 8. Copy the content of the <temp>/example/lib/ext folder to the Tomcat libs directory <tomcat>/lib.

Step 9. Use the System Tray icon to configure Tomcat (Configure > Java) so that it starts with the following Java option:

-Dsolr.solr.home=<solr>

Step 10. Restart Tomcat.

On Linux

Step 1. Download the Apache Tomcat 7.x Binary Distribution file.

Step 2. Unpack the file to an installation directory, for example /home/<username>/Tomcat.

Note: From here on, this installation directory is referenced as <tomcat>.

Step 3. Edit the <tomcat>/conf/tomcat-users.xml file to:

<xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>

<tomcat-users>

<role rolename="manager-gui"/>

<role rolename="standard"/>

<user username="woodwing" password="ww" roles="standard,manager-gui"/>

</tomcat-users>

Note: The user specified in “username” is needed to manage Tomcat; it is not an Enterprise user).

Step 4. Download Apache Solr 4.5.1 (recommended version) or higher from the Solr archive.

Note: Enterprise Server 9 ships with a separate Solr package that has been updated to Solr 4.5 standards. For exact compatibility information, see the Compatibility Matrix.

Step 5. Unpack the file to a temporary directory.

Note: From here on, this directory is referenced as <temp>.

Step 6. Copy the file apache-solr-4.5.x.war from <temp>/dist/ to <tomcat>/webapps/.

Tip: For ease of use, the file can be renamed to solr.war.

Step 7. Copy <temp>/example/solr to the installation directory, for example \opt\Solr.

Note: From here on, this directory is referenced as <solr>.

Step 8. Copy the content of the <temp>/example/lib/ext folder to the Tomcat libs directory <tomcat>/lib.

Step 9. Restart Tomcat.

Next step

Step 2. Starting Apache Tomcat