Start Tomcat with $CATALINA_HOME/bin/catalina.sh run.

As solr, extract the Tomcat 6.0 download into /opt/tomcat6, hereafter referred to as the $CATALINA_HOME directory.Įdit $CATALINA_HOME/conf/tomcat-users.xml to enable the manager login as user 'tomcat' with password 'tomcat' (insecure): These are instructions for manually installing Tomcat 6 on Linux, recommended because distribution Tomcats are either old or quirky.Ĭreate the solr user. The log4j.properties file from the resources file (something like /opt/solr/example/resources) must be copied to $CATALINA_HOME/lib/Īpache Tomcat is a web application server for Java servlets.The JAR files from the Solr lib/ext directory (something like /opt/solr/example/lib/ext) must be copied to $CATALINA_HOME/lib/.These steps are required for both Linux and Windows.

Though this page needs to be completely re-written for the latest Solr version, here are the main differences with Solr 4.3 (at least for running a single instance). These instructions are not current and are for an indeterminate version of Solr. Solr4.3 requires completely different deployment.

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