Hi Ayan, Did you get a chance to create a wiki page for solr embedded to external migration ?
We can track the effort in the following jira tak. Move solr component to Attic <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-13220> Thanks & Regards -- Deepak Dixit ofbiz.apache.org On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM Ayan Farooqui <ayan.faroo...@hotwax.co> wrote: > Hi Nicolas, > > Thanks for your kind words! I really appreciate your offer to push it to > the wiki. But, I’d like to take the initiative to add it myself. > > I'll make sure to update the wiki soon and will share the link once it's > live. Please let me know if you have any suggestions or improvements to > include! > > Kind regards, > Ayan Farooqui > Product Engineer > *HotWax Commerce* > *Real OmniChannel. Real Results.* > email: ayan.faroo...@hotwax.co > *www.hotwax.co <http://www.hotwax.co/>* > > > On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM Nicolas Malin <nicolas.ma...@nereide.fr> > wrote: > > > Hello Ayan, > > > > Thanks for this sharing, it's really cool. > > > > I thinks it's a good work to push on the wiki. If you didn't plan it I > can > > do it ? > > > > Like that we start the plugin and jakarta migration :) > > > > Nicolas > > > > Le 20/03/2025 à 06:11, Ayan Farooqui a écrit : > > > > Hello All, > > > > I took the liberty of doing a POC to ensure a smooth transition from > > embedded Solr to a standalone instance while maintaining data and > > configuration integrity, here’s the process to follow: > > > > Before starting, stop Solr to prevent data corruption and file lock > issues. > > > > 1. > > > > Copy Configuration > > - > > > > Navigate to ${ofbiz.home}/plugins/solr/home/{YourCoreName} and copy > > the core configuration. > > - > > > > Paste it into your standalone Solr instance at > > solr8.11.3/server/solr/{YourCoreName}. > > 2. > > > > Copy Data > > - > > > > Locate the <dataDir> tag in solrconfig.xml to find the existing > data > > directory. > > - > > > > Defaults to -${ofbiz.home}/runtime/indexes/solr/products/ > > - > > > > Copy its contents and paste them into > > solr8.11.3/server/solr/{YourCoreName}/data/. > > 3. > > > > Update Data Directory > > Modify - solr8.11.3/server/solr/{YourCoreName}/conf/solrconfig.xml > file to > > set the data directory to Solr’s default or a custom path: Solr > Default > > - <dataDir>${solr.data.dir:}</dataDir> Points to - > > solr8.11.3/server/solr/{YourCoreName}/data/. (where we copied the > data) If > > you have copied the core data to a custom path then specify that data > > directory > > > > > > Once these steps are complete, start the standalone Solr instance, and > your > > data should be intact. > > > > Kind regards, > > Ayan Farooqui > > Product Engineer > > *HotWax Commerce* > > *Real OmniChannel. Real Results.* > > email: ayan.faroo...@hotwax.co > > *www.hotwax.co <http://www.hotwax.co/> <http://www.hotwax.co/>* > > > > > > On Sat, Mar 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM Anshul Goyal <anshe...@gmail.com> < > anshe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Jacques, > > > > One of the projects I am working on uses solr in the embedded mode, and > > I'll soon be migrating it to an external Solr instance. > > I'll document all the important code changes needed, configurations > > involved and challenges faced during the process. > > > > I lack knowledge of migration tools, if they're a better solution, I > would > > like to proceed that way as well. > > > > Anshul > > > > On Sat, 15 Mar 2025 at 13:17, Jacques Le Roux < > jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi Anshul, > > > > I see no problem creating a Confluence page to start. Of course > > implementing a migration tool would be better. > > > > Have someone ever done a Solr migration from the plugin to an external > > Solr instance? > > > > Jacques > > > > Le 12/03/2025 à 13:39, Anshul Goyal a écrit : > > > > Hi Jacques, > > > > A confluence page can serve greatly to users needing migration. The > > > > amount > > > > of detail it would carry is a concern here. > > > > A few things those are completely different in the two are: > > > > 1. Core creation process flow > > 2. Solr deployment process flow > > 3. Directory locations in both cases > > > > We can start building a confluence page, and then add on to it in > > progressive manner. > > > > Anshul > > > > On Wed, 12 Mar 2025, 17:22 Jacques Le Roux,< > > > > jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > So what do we do? > > > > A Jira should be enough if we plan to implement a migration tool. That > > still needs to be decided and then planned. > > If we don't implement a migration tool a Confluence page would fit. > > > > But > > > > would that be enough? > > > > Should we vote about that? > > > > Jacques > > > > Le 11/03/2025 à 07:50, Chandan Khandelwal a écrit : > > > > Hello all, > > > > I agree with deprecating embedded Solr and providing a migration > > > > process > > > > for external Solr. This will allow us to move forward with the > > > > Jakarta > > > > migration. > > > > > > Kind Regards, > > Chandan Khandelwal > > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM Anshul Goyal<anshe...@gmail.com> < > anshe...@gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I too support providing a smooth transition for users of embedded > > > > version > > > > to the standalone version, keeping in mind that Jakarta migration > > > > is > > > > important and the lucene may update solr further. > > > > This seems like a good way to deal with it. > > > > Best regards > > Anshul Goyal > > > > On Mon, 10 Mar 2025, 20:52 Jacopo Cappellato, < > > > > jacopo.cappell...@gmail.com > > > > wrote: > > > > > > I also support the idea of deprecating the embedded mode of > > > > integrating > > > > SOLR. > > To address Michael's concerns of existing users, we could provide > > tools, mechanisms, or guidelines to help streamline the transition > > from embedded to external SOLR. > > > > Jacopo > > > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM Michael Brohl < > > > > michael.br...@ecomify.de> > > > > wrote: > > > > Hi Deepak, > > > > I know that embedded Solr is used so that does not seem to be a > > > > valid > > > > solution. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Michael Brohl > > > > ecomify GmbH -www.ecomify.de > > > > Am 10.03.25 um 07:51 schrieb Deepak Dixit: > > > > We can update the Solr plugin to connect with an external Solr > > > > instance > > > > instead of running it embedded. I believe no one uses Solr in > > > > embedded > > > > mode > > > > in production, > > so it's best to treat Solr as an external system. > > With the Solr plugin update, we can configure it to communicate > > > > with > > > > an > > > > external Solr instance. > > To make it developer-friendly, we can also provide a Gradle task > > > > to > > > > download and run Solr in the development environment. > > > > -- > > Deepak Dixitofbiz.apache.org > > > > > > >
