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administration:starting_and_stopping_solr [2022/12/22 13:09] – [Linux (systemd) Method] demiankatz | administration:starting_and_stopping_solr [2023/03/10 11:57] – [Linux (systemd) Method] demiankatz | ||
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===== Starting Solr Manually ===== | ===== Starting Solr Manually ===== | ||
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==== Linux Method ==== | ==== Linux Method ==== | ||
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If you don't want to have to manually start and stop Solr every time you turn on or shut down your server, you can set it up to run automatically. | If you don't want to have to manually start and stop Solr every time you turn on or shut down your server, you can set it up to run automatically. | ||
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- | ==== Linux (init.d) Method ==== | ||
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- | You can set up Solr to run as a daemon. To do so, create a wrapper script in / | ||
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- | :!: Important: These instructions were written for VuFind 3.0 or later, when the Solr script was changed to solr.sh instead of vufind.sh; if running VuFind 2.x or earlier, you should replace " | ||
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- | :!: If you need to run VuFind with non-default settings, you may wish to add some lines to export environment variables in this script, or else source a script containing all of your environment settings prior to running " | ||
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- | :!: Newer versions of Solr do not like to be run by the root user; you may need to either add " | ||
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- | < | ||
- | #!/bin/sh | ||
- | ### BEGIN INIT INFO | ||
- | # Provides: vufind | ||
- | # Required-Start: | ||
- | # Required-Stop: | ||
- | # Default-Start: | ||
- | # Default-Stop: | ||
- | # Description: | ||
- | ### END INIT INFO | ||
- | cd / | ||
- | ./solr.sh $* | ||
- | </ | ||
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- | // Note: The information in the INIT INFO block is only required for RedHat-style systems that use the chkconfig utility. | ||
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- | // Note: If your VuFind instance is installed somewhere other than / | ||
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- | Make sure that the script is executable (sudo may be needed on the command for some platforms): | ||
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- | < | ||
- | chmod +x / | ||
- | </ | ||
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- | You will then need to add the script to your runlevel configuration (generally found under / | ||
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- | On RedHat (including Fedora): chkconfig --add vufind | ||
- | On Debian (including Ubuntu): update-rc.d vufind defaults | ||
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- | If this doesn' | ||
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- | === Interacting with Solr After Automation === | ||
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- | On some platforms, the " | ||
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- | service vufind start | ||
- | service vufind stop | ||
- | service vufind restart | ||
- | service vufind check | ||
- | </ | ||
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- | // | ||
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- | If service is available, it is the preferred way of starting and stopping Solr after automation. | ||
==== Linux (systemd) Method ==== | ==== Linux (systemd) Method ==== | ||
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// Thanks to [[https:// | // Thanks to [[https:// | ||
- | Some newer flavors of Linux (such as CentOS 7) use [[https:// | + | Most modern |
To automate Solr with systemd: | To automate Solr with systemd: | ||
- | * create the user " | + | * [[administration: |
- | * add permission for the solr directory to this user: | + | * add permission for the solr directory to this user if you have not already: |
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* create new file called / | * create new file called / | ||
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- | In VuFind 2.x, the contents of the file should be as follows: | ||
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- | [Unit] | ||
- | Description=VuFind Starter | ||
- | After=network.target | ||
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- | [Service] | ||
- | Type=forking | ||
- | ExecStart=/ | ||
- | PIDFile=/ | ||
- | User=solr | ||
- | ExecStop=/ | ||
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- | # Java responds to a SIGTERM by returning with exit code 143 which leads to " | ||
- | SuccessExitStatus=143 | ||
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- | [Install] | ||
- | WantedBy=multi-user.target | ||
- | </ | ||
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- | In VuFind 7.0 and later, the contents of the file should be as follows. It will work with the official VuFind 3 deb package (tested on Ubuntu 16.04). For compatibility with VuFind 3.0 through 6.0, simply change " | ||
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WantedBy=multi-user.target | WantedBy=multi-user.target | ||
</ | </ | ||
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+ | The above example should work for VuFind 7.0 and later using the official VuFind deb package (this has been tested on Ubuntu). For compatibility with VuFind 3.0 through 6.0, simply change " | ||
Be sure to adjust paths in the code above to match your local system. | Be sure to adjust paths in the code above to match your local system. |
administration/starting_and_stopping_solr.txt · Last modified: 2023/10/24 13:47 by demiankatz