Mark Haase created SOLR-7316: -------------------------------- Summary: API to create a core is broken Key: SOLR-7316 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-7316 Project: Solr Issue Type: Bug Components: Server Affects Versions: 5.0 Reporter: Mark Haase
Steps to reproduce: 1. curl 'http://localhost:8983/solr/admin/cores?action=CREATE&name=new_core&instanceDir=new_core' Expected result: Create a core called "new_core" Actual result: {quote} Error CREATEing SolrCore 'new_core': Unable to create core [new_core] Caused by: Can't find resource 'solrconfig.xml' in classpath or '/var/solr/data/new_core/conf' {quote} Somebody on solr-users tells me: {quote} The CoreAdmin API requires that the instanceDir already exist, with a conf directory inside it that contains solrconfig.xml, schema.xml, and any other necessary config files. {quote} Huh? Where is this magical knowledge mentioned in the [API documentation|https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/solr/CoreAdmin+API]? Another user on the list serve says: {quote} In fact, yes. The thing to remember here is that you're using a much older approach that had its roots in the pre-cloud days. {quote} My response: {quote} >From an API consumer's point of view, I'm not really interested in being >forced to learn the history of the project to use the API. *The whole point of >creating APIs is to abstract out details that the caller doesn't need to know, >and yet this API requires an understanding of Solr's internal file structure >and history of the project?* {quote} (Emphasis added.) -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org