Solr has taken great strides with making it simpler for clients to install and start using solr as a service, the install_solr_service.sh file is quite handy for a brand new install. Unfortunately, the use of that script is really a one time deal and won't let you use it for Solr upgrades nor does it provide any cleanup mechanisms. In steps the RPM and DEB package managers to make it even simpler for users to install/upgrade/remove packages from their system. I went ahead and created an RPM & DEB builder that mimics what the install_solr_service.sh does to generate the packages (package builder can be run on any machine with Java installed), you can check it out here: https://github.com/sdavids13/solr-os-packager. The build.gradle <https://github.com/sdavids13/solr-os-packager/blob/master/build.gradle> file is the one orchestrating the package building (using Netflix's gradle-ospackage-plguin), for instructions to build and test checkout the README <https://github.com/sdavids13/solr-os-packager/blob/master/README.md> .
Does anyone have any thoughts on the possibility of distributing said RPM and DEB packages for new Solr code drops? -Steve
