Shalin, Thanks for the help. I'm new to solr. You are right, I forgot about the special directory. I had to set that up when I was first testing out solr. In fact, I was able to find the tomcat error logs and it mentioned this:
INFO: Deploying web application archive solr.war Aug 10, 2009 10:39:21 AM org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter init INFO: SolrDispatchFilter.init() Aug 10, 2009 10:39:21 AM org.apache.solr.core.SolrResourceLoader locateInstanceDir INFO: No /solr/home in JNDI Aug 10, 2009 10:39:21 AM org.apache.solr.core.SolrResourceLoader locateInstanceDir INFO: solr home defaulted to 'solr/' (could not find system property or JNDI) Aug 10, 2009 10:39:21 AM org.apache.solr.core.CoreContainer$Initializer initialize INFO: looking for solr.xml: /usr/share/tomcat5/solr/solr.xml Aug 10, 2009 10:39:21 AM org.apache.solr.core.SolrResourceLoader <init> INFO: Solr home set to 'solr/' Aug 10, 2009 10:39:21 AM org.apache.solr.core.SolrResourceLoader createClassLoader INFO: Reusing parent classloader Aug 10, 2009 10:39:21 AM org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter init SEVERE: Could not start SOLR. Check solr/home property I see it mentioned JNDI. I am not familiar with that. I'm used to working with C# and not java, so I assume its some kind of library or component? It also looks like it has a default directory setting which is stored under tomcat5. Using the severe error, I found this site: http://www.toastdriven.com/fresh/solr-multicore/ which was very useful because I want to setup a testing environment on the same server. I think I have a good file system set up, so I will zip it up, upload it to the server and extract it to that location. Hopefully, that will work. Really, thanks for the help. --Aaron On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 12:40 AM, Shalin Shekhar Mangar<shalinman...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 6:52 AM, Aaron Aberg <aaronab...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> My client is using a dedicated server with plesk for the control >> panel. The hosting provider says that anything done using the control >> panel is supported by their tech support, so if i try anything using >> SSH, it voids that warranty. Its easy to install a servlet through >> plesk anyway, I upload the war file using the the java servlet >> installer. A sample servlet has been installed so I know this part >> works. >> >> However, when I install solr, i get what looks like a warning icon and >> if I hover over it the tool tip text says this: >> >> "Actual status of the application does not correspond to the status >> retrieved from the database." >> >> The host providers support team says that there is something wrong >> with the war file (big help). Since I kind of stuck using tomcat 5.5, >> is there an older version of solr that I should be using? How can I >> fix this so that I can use solr? >> > > Solr works fine with Tomcat 5.5 > > Solr is a little different from other web applications in that it uses a > specified directory as "solr home" which contains configuration (schema, > solrconfig etc). The solrconfig also tells solr where to store the index. > > The solr home can be specified in many ways (environment variable, JNDI or > even in web.xml). I guess you should specify the absolute path to the solr > home in one of these ways (specifying it in web.xml and re-packaging the war > may be easier for you?). You'd need to upload the contents of the solr home > at the specified location on your server (look at the example directory > which comes with the solr download). Specify the absolute path to data > directory in solrconfig.xml (make sure it is writable). > > http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrTomcat > http://wiki.apache.org/solr/HackingSolr > > -- > Regards, > Shalin Shekhar Mangar. >
