Building Apache Solr

Building Apache Solr

General Notes:

• When following the steps below, please use a standard permission user unless otherwise specified.

• A directory /<source_root>/ will be referred to in these instructions, this is a temporary writable directory anywhere you'd like to place it.

Apache Solr binaries are available and can be downloaded from here. To use these binaries, different Java flavors can be installed on mentioned distributions.

Note: Apache Solr (v9.4.1) was verified at the time of creation of these instructions

Step 1: Install Dependencies

export SOURCE_ROOT=/<source_root>/

• RHEL (7.8, 7.9, 8.6, 8.8, 8.9, 9.0, 9.2, 9.3)

  sudo yum install -y git tar wget lsof

  • With OpenJDK 11

    sudo yum install -y git java-11-openjdk

  • With OpenJDK 17 (Except RHEL 7.x)

    sudo yum install -y git java-17-openjdk-devel

  • With IBM Semeru Runtime (previously known as AdoptOpenJDK openj9)

    • Download and install IBM Semeru Runtime (Java 11 and Java 17) from here.

  • With Eclipse Adoptium Temurin Runtime (previously known as AdoptOpenJDK hotspot)

    • Download and install Eclipse Adoptium Temurin Runtime (Java 11 and Java 17) from here .

• SLES (12 SP5, 15 SP5)

  sudo zypper install -y git tar wget gzip gawk lsof

  • With OpenJDK 11

    sudo zypper install -y --auto-agree-with-licenses java-11-openjdk

  • With OpenJDK 17 (Except SLES 12 SP5)

    sudo zypper install -y --auto-agree-with-licenses java-17-openjdk java-17-openjdk-devel

  • With IBM Semeru Runtime (previously known as AdoptOpenJDK openj9)

    • Download and install IBM Semeru Runtime (Java 11 and Java 17) from here.

  • With Eclipse Adoptium Temurin Runtime (previously known as AdoptOpenJDK hotspot)

    • Download and install Eclipse Adoptium Temurin Runtime (Java 11 and Java 17) from here .

• Ubuntu (20.04, 22.04, 23.04)

  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install -y ant git tar wget lsof

  • With OpenJDK 11

    sudo apt-get install -y openjdk-11-jdk

  • With OpenJDK 17

    sudo apt-get install -y openjdk-17-jdk

  • With IBM Semeru Runtime (previously known as AdoptOpenJDK openj9)

    • Download and install IBM Semeru Runtime (Java 11 and Java 17) from here.

  • With Eclipse Adoptium Temurin Runtime (previously known as AdoptOpenJDK hotspot)

    • Download and install Eclipse Adoptium Temurin Runtime (Java 11 and Java 17) from here .

Note: At the time of creation of these build instructions, Apache Solr 9.4.1 was verified IBM Semeru Runtime Open Edition and Eclipse Adoptium Temurin Runtime version 11.0.18.0 (build 11.0.18+10) and 17.0.6.0 (build 17.0.6+10).

Step 2 : Set Environment Variables

• Set JAVA_HOME and PATH

  export JAVA_HOME=<Path to Java>
  export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

Step 3: Verification

3.1) Start Solr and create a core

Extract Apache Solr binary tar to $SOURCE_ROOT and follow steps given below.

cd $SOURCE_ROOT/<Apache_Solr_binary_folder>/bin
sudo chmod a+x solr
./solr start
./solr create -c sample

3.2) Expected Output

The./solr start command will start the Solr server on port 8983. The ./solr create -c sample command should create a core and output:

Created new core 'sample'

Access the Solr Admin Console at: http://HOST_IP:8983/solr/

References:

• https://solr.apache.org/