Mike created SOLR-6071:
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Summary: Make solr install like other databases
Key: SOLR-6071
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-6071
Project: Solr
Issue Type: New Feature
Components: scripts and tools
Affects Versions: 5.0
Environment: Ubuntu
Reporter: Mike
It's long past time that Solr should have proper startup and log scripts.
There are a number of reasons and much evidence why we should start including
them:
1. In Solr-4792 we removed the war file from the distribution making it easier
than ever before to set solr up with these scripts.
2. The StackOverflow question on this topic has been viewed more than 34k times
and has several differing answers.
3. For non-java developers, figuring out the right way to start and daemonize
Solr isn't obvious. Right now, my installation has a number of java flags that
I've accumulated over the years (-jar means what? -server is only needed on 32
bit machines? -xMX huh?) This leads to varied deployments and inconsistencies
that common scripts could help alleviate.
4. Anecdotally I've heard endless bashing of Solr because it's such a pain to
get set up.
5. Solr is unlike any other database I know in the grittiness of starting it up.
6. Not having these scripts makes Solr look less polished than it would
otherwise.
We discussed this on IRC a bit yesterday and there didn't seem to be any
opposition to doing this. Consensus seemed to be simply that it hadn't been
done...yet.
I am not an expert on these things, but I think we should get something put
together for Solr 5, if there's time. Hopefully this thread can get the ball
rolling -- I didn't see any previous discussion anywhere. Apologies if I missed
it.
This would be a great improvement to Solr.
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