Yes, this is the expected behaviour. Once you close the command window, Solr will stop running. This has happened to me several times. Just to check, which version of Solr are you using?
I have tried NSSM before, and it works for Solr 5.0 and Solr 5.1. However, when I move up to Solr 5.3.0, I wasn't able to use the same method to start it as a service using NSSM. Do let me know if you managed to set up NSSM for Solr 5.3.0? Regards, Edwin On 29 October 2015 at 17:22, Charlie Hull <char...@flax.co.uk> wrote: > On 29/10/2015 00:12, Steven White wrote: > >> Hi Folks, >> >> I don't understand if this is an expected behavior or not. >> >> On Windows, I start Solr from a command prompt like so: >> >> bin\solr start -p 8983 -s C:\MySolrIndex >> >> Now, once I close the command prompt the Java process that started Solr is >> killed. is this expected? How do I keep Solr alive when I close the >> command prompt? >> >> This dose not happen on Linux. >> >> Thank in advanced. >> >> Steve >> >> Yes, this is expected behaviour. If you want to prevent it you either > need to keep the command window open, or run Solr as a Windows Service > (kinda like a Unix daemon, but more annoying). To do the latter I would > recommend NSSM - here are some links that will help: > > http://mikerobbins.co.uk/2014/11/07/install-solr-as-windows-service-for-sitecore-content-search/ > (from step 2) > http://www.norconex.com/how-to-run-solr5-as-a-service-on-windows/ > > HTH > > Charlie > > > > -- > Charlie Hull > Flax - Open Source Enterprise Search > > tel/fax: +44 (0)8700 118334 > mobile: +44 (0)7767 825828 > web: www.flax.co.uk >
